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ingly, chosen to represent that par
ticular idea.
So it went oil through the list.
Battle Of the Ballots

On the first ballot by the Hoppe jury
the vote stood: No. 11-3; No. 10-2;
No. 9-1: No. 7-2; No. CO; No.
Al.
This was not a decisive ballot, SO we
held discussion as to how limericks
should be judged, particularly on the
basis that the last line should carry
out the thought of the first four.
The second ballot nar."wed the con-
test down to Nos. 9 and o and then,
with further discussion of all the prin
ciples stated here, the third vote gave
Miss Gerson seven out of the ten bal
lots. and she was declared the winner.
This jury of Hoppe employees was one
of the most earnest of any that we
have had yet and they faced one of the
hardest problems. 1t was composed of:
Mrs. Grace Herbsleb, 371S Aspen
street; bookkeeping department.
Myrtle Miner. 1O6 South Thirty
third street, Camden: auditing depart
ment.
Robert s. Warner. 61O South Forty
eighth street; general Office.
H. c. Goldsmith, Audubon, N. j. !;
credit department.
Ernest Reckeweg, Haddon Heights,
n. j.. repair shop.
Margaret NJ. Mannix, 1926 Baltimore
avenue; music roll department.
LOrelle Smith, II South Fifty fifth
street: retail Victor department.
Thelma w. Tryday, 2313 West Ok
ford street; advertising department.
Clara v. Gleason, 1920 North Six.
teenth street; cashier.
r. NJ. Hoppe, 400 East Mount Airy
nyenue. assistant secretary
Claude w. Kohl. 242 West Olney
avenue, Olney; wholesale Victor de-
partment.
About Today's Winner
The winner of today's prize is the
daughter of Felix n. Gcrson, editor of
the Jewish Exponent.
She has lived in Philadelphia all her
| life, graduated from the Normal School
about three years ago, and is now
teaching the kindergarten in the Sar-
tain Public School, Thirty first and
Oxford streets.
She seemed both surprised and de-
lighted to win this prize, but her
father said, "I am not bit surprised.
knew 1t was the winning line the min
ute she showed 1t to me. don't know
how she ever thought OF it,"
Most of the money, according to Mr..
Gerson, will probably go for the benefit
of the Chidren's Country Week Farm
at Collegeville, in which his daughter is
deeply interested.
Miss Gerson has frequently written
sketches and verses, many Of which
have been published in periodicals and
newspapers.
Telegraph Their Answers
You fans may get some idea OF the
way this limerickitis germ is spreading
from the fact that we have received two
answers by telegraph from Virginia.
Miss Florence Timmons, of 1907
Westover avenue, Norfolk, wires
Following submitted as answer to
limerick twenty-five, viz, there is n
young lady in Wayne who from movies
can never refrain she goes night and
day and the doctors all say she's sure
to go really (reely) insane
And II. Franklin Harvey, Jr.. of
Newport News, wires:
Limerick twenty two the poor fish
shell be getting insane lin Seine)."
Letters from Lim'riClers
From Mrs. George Kallenback, 229
West Mount Pleasant avenue, Mount
Airy:
family of FIVE, who clamor for more
attention than is their due, you must
agree with me that limericking is an cx-
travagant pastime. Mother is liner
licking again Is the cry when far.
away look appears on the face Of-youI
interested limerick fan"
From Dorothy Graham, "NIonsieu,
Beauoaire" Limerick Club, Forres
Theatre:
IAN the girls in our company have
been gaining whole lot of usefu
knowledge as well as good fun by read
ing your daily contest of limping liner
icks in the EVENING LEDGER,
"Most OF us are English girls and arr
somewhat familiar with the idea of tn,
, limerick at home, where it originated
but we are all puzzled by your ode
, Americanisms, many of which are Greel
| to us and at times seem to have 81
many different meanings, still we ar,
all trying our very best to win one o
those daily twenty pound prizes.
| "YOu cant imagine how much rca
enjoyment we have had behind stag
during the dressing room waits rackinI
q our brains for quite the right answers
1t has been catching, too, and every
G body Is doing it from the Stars to tn
y stage hands. We have even interested
our charming and popular prima donna
= Miss Nancy Gibbs, who seems to take
I genuine pleasure In suggesting lines an,
: ideas FOR us. Really IL has given u