Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-15

He laughs best who laughs last
may be an old saying but the longer this
lim'rick contest continues il appears
the more people begin TO believe thar
whoever IL was that first started this
saying was a "wise old bird and cer-
tainly "said a mouthtul'' 80
You see. fans. there ore SO many
people who are being "hidded and who
have been "kidded' about their lin :
rickin' that when jury finally selects
them as winners, they refuse to believe
Il at first and We have 10 talk and talk
in order TO convince them.
Take DR.. Batcs. the dentist, out on
Fifty second street, for instance. lie
IL the winner Of the 800 awarded to.
day. When We entered his Office and
told him Of his good luck, he tried to
give us the "ha ha' and asked US,
What are you trying TO do. kid meE
Who sent you here any way:
Now that's not our idea OF n hearty
welcome. but we couldn't blame Or.
Bates. because he had been ''kiddrd'
so often before on this subject that when
the real thing" appeared before him
he could not believe that II was true.
And the worst part Of Il was the
fact that after we had shown him the
line that he had sent in to this oftice.
and which had been selected as IN"
winner by the jury. he asked us right
away where the 800 check was that
"" told him he had won.
Just for the information of those
who may win in the future. Jet us
toll you thai when we first visit the
winner Of the daily lim'rick contest.
we do So in order to get his or her
photograph and also TO fod out il th""'
really i any person such as signed IN"
name TO III" winning lin rick. in order
tIat We ourselves viii No: he the victims
O! some joker. m" 800 check is nev'
mailed out until after We have seen Tn"
winner and convinced ourselves that hr
or she is the person whose name was
signed after tn winning line.
Several weeks ago Dr. Bates tod us
that his name was among those placed
ON the ballot from which the jury Sc
lccted the winner. Two Of his friends
who have been sending in their lines
for the daily lim'rick without success
started to "kid" DR.. Bates as soon
~ they saw hi' name among those who
"nlSo ran"
But He Missed the Jury
well. your name is in the paper,
hut YOU are no closer to the 800 prize
than we are, whose names were no:
even OIL the ballot" This and 9th ~
similar comments have been heard 20
often by DR.. Bates recently that we
cannot blame I'm. because. at first
when We saw him he was very much
inclined TO join the ranks OF the doubt
iny TbonaS.s Hc agreed. however,
before We left his office. that at last
he has the laugh on his friends who
have been Joking with him for so long
Or. Bates gets the 800 prize. but
one thing that he didn't set was The
opportunity 10 spend d pleasant haf-
hour with the jury COMPOSED Of en-
Moves from the Frank & Seder Co.
| dealers in cloaks and suits for women. az
Eleventh and Market streets. And
I white We may envy him a little bit be
c.usr ne has carried of the hundrej
Lurks. We sure are glad that We were
/ able 10 get q look in" at that jury
Yon can take il from us that 1t was
some Jolly crowd l.
And while the members of the jury
we're all busy being photographer We
ont "A n one corner with Miss Cline,
Mead Of the advertising department OF
The store, and well, she counted the
votes 20 see "NI'HA Inv Hhu Nun I"'
S1Uo W. wish she would help US
with all u.r iurirs, because she didn't
seem 70 mind whether our head was
be,d or not. and just between our
selves. We don't Ike people to notice
this unfortunate fact too much--cSpc
ria,Iy when th-y are as attractive n
Miss cline. We wonder If she want
anv on, TO help her with hcr "ads't
WrM. at all events. with the help "i
Miss Cline. aS We said before, W.
finally counted the votes and toun'
that the line that had received th'
most votes had been written by
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