Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-18

| contest was made by the employees In the
executive Offices Of the American Stores
, Co., at York avenue and Noble street.
The 800 award TO be announced 70.
morrow was made by jury composed
Of Office employees Of the r. NJ. HOl-
: lingshead Co. manufacturers OF and
dealers in leather dressings and auto
spsCialties. at 1t2 North Ninth street.
Camden. y. J.
Those attending the dance M the
Alpha Phi Fraternity tonight. In tho
ballroom OF the Bellevue. Stratfoi1l
Hotel, will vote TO decide the winner
Of a 500 prize TO be announced next
week.
We'll. that just goes TO prove that
| the people living in small country
| towns some distance from Philadelphia
| have Just as much chance to win the
800 lin rick prize rs those residing
/ in or near the City Of Brotherly Love.
This was the statement that greeted
us when We went out TO Avondale, "a,
| 10 notify today's winner Of the 500
, lin rick prize that. after many weeks,
/ he had at last succeeded in coming out
ahend Of all the other lin rick fans
We discovered that number of his
friends have been trying to discourage
him in his attempts to win the Slo
prize by saying that only contestants
living in the larger cities or the suburbs
Of Philadelphia and Camden had a
chance 70 win. Ge>. We Thought
every one realized that whether you live
in Honolulu or on Market street Phila-
delphia, each contestant has an equal
chance. All you have 10 do is 10 supply
the best lincS
That vas great day We had going
down to the big mail y ant and eEcCu-
tive offices Of the American stores 20.
at York avenue and Noble street. 10
nick that jury for the limpin lin rick.
The sunlight poured in the big win.
dows and tho girls smiled at us and
made us feel right at home,
Spicy affair too that visit. Now.
now wait The kind in boxes. we mean
sugar and spice and everything nice.
all piled up by the gross in IL" endless
storrroomS We passed Through
Speakinc Of the mirror maze. we'd be
IN those storeroOms vet il Frank Noble,
mficr manager. hadn't kept strictly on
.he lob anil rescued us every tim" w"
triej 70 omen an elevator shaft when We
thought II was th" front parlor
Bu, I've that nS il may, wc finally
ycurl 81 the cafeteria
|, was in the cafeteria the Jury had
decided ~ ST. \ regular galaxy OF
fri4nd,inoss and beauty met our dimmGGI
hut discerning eye, Those G'FII cow W.
gaiy our pnr anytime they chose. We
,'aIc ", our mind that life was not. on
thn whole, such an unpleasant proposi-
ton after all.
We'll, after wc aN exchanged t"w
friendly greetings. the fair inriSteS in
sisteJ on getting down to business. We
gorn out the ballots and sat down at
Crce n one Of the tables with Joseph
Kramer, advertising manager. and Mr
Noble
Then William VI NJ Robinson. who
fs treasurer Of the American stores 90,
came down ~ the cafeteria 70 see no"
,Ln lin rick jury va coming on. III
wos very much Interested and we hav'
suonNing suspicion h" would nave
,tkcJ TO scrvr ou that jury himself.
Tic gir,S had all sorts Of fun pickini
i',. winner pnl snirk"ring o. our bai'
head. WIZ say their decision wa
rorv .c,nntlhca"r made. IN" Jury wa
oor nft"eu uinGt"S and thr"t h',,"Tns ma,
Tl.c Mr. Noble counted th" ballot
'rr il ,yas tounl that the winning lin
lad Nr on written hv
Irving {. Cook. care Harry Cook 4
Son,' Garage and dealers in automo
bllt<. ANondale. IA.
w.e Mncr;rh a. roun,"tCd by NJ"
I.imrrick ~. u;
>..j tlr }rr'or l,Lo rd"og"d hc Io9'
.ri,u. Jca.te Lor. 0oa" modtP a'her
I.-,.x ne pIt rn,vmG WWJS
I'D t,o |.rda"t Si"g'.-
T.c so,c, rI'rL o,g pfc"cy G"".
n, r,ns.- vine vas 40. ) on tn
..,I,I, The other jinrs were:
No ! And there's hops in III
,bicl kangaroo. William w ArIand
. I497 Stiles stree.
30. >. The rhunlss selling "centH'
for ? SOU Mr.. i. II. Weber, "'''
l.arrhu"0i ny"n1".
40. 3. The giraffe. | heard ia""'
when he flew. Melvin W. BperI'' 80
, Coral street.
40. /, The Lions II little "hoarsc,
' too. Mis- Knthryn W. Fr"er, of2
"" 10. !. The lIamaS' paiamas ,wer
Gnu, + =. sloan. A. Queen lane
. 40, q. Fish efficiently fly in til
blue. Edgar \ Fought, NJ. j., 60t
| WoUdlaud avenue.
' so. :. And the sea horse has jus
east shoe. Narry s Rule, 452H San
/ som street
80. .. While the bear cubs turne
turtle and flew, l.. Martin. Jr, -
south Forty second street.
No. 10. And the cowbird gives mil
and SAYS Moo. Josephine J.. Moni
hnn. Strayer's College, Eighth an
Mr. CooL's line received o votes lin
/ bv Mrs. Weber, vote, and line II
bv Miss Monihsn. ! vote,
The members OF the jury wer" t
| follows
Miss Estelle PetcI. southwest corpe
Fiith and Chcw streets, Oiney. In
toruution clerk,
Miss Lulu Halteman, $40 CorinIhia
avenue, banking department.
| Mis- Elsie c. DietZ, O4l hsndo'p
| street. freight department.
Miss Jennie Mcfarland, 1923 lIavcr
ford avenue, check writing departmeu
Miss Margaret X. Pollock. 18c
South Fifty fourth street, merchandI'
department.
Miss Lillian Bell. S2G North Thirty
eighth street, tabulating department.
Miss Beatrice Gstling, 1104 Wsllat
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