Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-04

roday'S award in the limpin lin rick
contest was made by vote OF the mem
bers Of Frankford Post. No. 2t1,
American Legion. ut their monthly
meeting in the FrankfOrd branch OF the
Free Library on Tuesday night. 4
phot ograph Of the officers In charge ap.
pears on the hack page.
The award to be announced tomorrow
was made by jury of wounded eX.
soldiers who are taking the federal board
course IN mechanical engineering at the
Philadelphia power plant. 3256 Ger.
nIantOvn avenue.
Today we arc trying n real mon
sense type Of lin rick. fans.
The Young lady ur in Dclair is dis
turbed by the barking Of the dogtish
and the nocturnal prowling Of the cat.
fish and we give you chance to tell
u Of The other "nonScns"' things in or
on the river that take place around the
hig railroad bridge there.
Ttopens up all sorts of possibilities to
YOU. So get out your dictionaries Or
cncyclonCdias or Zo"}ogteS and see now
many kinds Of fish there are that can
add TO the discomfort of the l,eIalr miss
Just 0fThand. we can think oi
Rass blucfsh, buttcrfsh, clam. cod.
t,,rtir lobster crab. mackcrcl, eel,
ovstpr. halbut. pipCtish, shad. rorpolSe'
minnics or ninnowS, herring, ray, perch;
ritc salmon. >ardnc. jelly FISH. sword
.L sawfish seal, shark shccpShead'
shrimp, sdnid. stnrtiSh. stickieoacK
sturgron sucker. sun fish. tcrraHin' tile
fsL. trout, walrus, wcA Akhsh, WhaIe-
and. oh half a million others
And II that isn't chance enough tor
some really good nonsense. YOU can r..s
in the different types OF hSnin9 ,s poa;s
and ships and talk about th' rrtL ths
banks and tides and r0rr'H,S aud nnd aiI
fsh's scales and gi'Is NE' Nus """
'hst Hn Im,s rot together and pick out
ballot full Of corkinG good. genuine no"
sense. .o,,s
g.. ,,buo we're having TINS ,itt!e
.,,I,, togcther. let's TAX" car" "i 'tie
,'a,,r. newcomers in this contrSy IL" 49,, ~"
,,,H': ,,,t soon, I 70 understand just how hHnG
.,.Ilahlcs a lin rick line can N.Y.. 'S[" NV"
.bn others who seem 70 GSl ."', yooos
r"rtrd Svllablcs in Ill" wrong '"C "ony
,rhia will be an answer !" ,'I.i,r MS
letters we have recel''"
about II. 4,.so .: vou
o,bn write or phone We t""I .ia i"' ,,;n.
',nroc,iCally the same !,ne H.. H. s,h;nct
nor or ono who got on t'ie n"oi n",It i.nr before
vour line to this toS' "'''''
making any claims. ..r lin.
First. then. the ordinary ", n',5T5 M EI%E
may have EITlilR tl,sf, H. Srst two
I;,I,' Snrc onlv eight your last me gan
'n ','ra -inr o. il thc first tw" lines ilnHr
'c ,;rc ',.r your last line may have elsnt .h IL
m't''; ;;l,o Providing you observe t"e
'''tn" w an M EIGHT SYLLABLE line a.,% iHS
III a.. ,',st cnnc on the second. hilA
q and last syIlables. 49,.
In a I1HE. SYLLARLE: Nn%. the the
accent must come on the thlr"' s'"'" ''"
last syllablcs. .,.-....-,. .....r ~ orr
o. y.hirh can have uS many rs Ten
.,WohIrs hut this kind can always o.,
,o.or+nd because the first two lines enc
,,.itb an unarcrntcd syllable, lneh. "t
cn,,r.e the last line will CONTAIN |h'S
rytr8 uuacrcntcd syllable, bNt W. w
,,or often usr This type Ut verse. 'T'n
uori'v. tive rules gwen above WI "Pp'S !
watch this matter OF s!!,Hol'N Irn n"m
, orcnut. ior. unless you lollo" IHrHe
ruIcs. vou may b" writing goo" ''
but II is not limerick,
Legion Post Awards prize
,,ho urize announced today VA.
o,,',%d,J Inv n rotc Of III" members OF
TrNnkfori Post No. 2l1, American Ls-
I afnn. at their monthly meeting IN the
Frau';ford branch oi thc Eye" lhor"FE
last TUESDAY evening
We went W. there w,tu "2r ballots
md lopcd 10 hav" the officers ot thC
most conduct the whole pror"r"ingS' put