Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-07

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the audience Mt the Broadway Theatre
Broad street and Snyder avenue.
The award TO be announced touor,
row. was made by jury Of girls from
various departments OF the BlauneI
store, S33 Market street.
The award to be announced Wetines
day will be made tonight In connection
with Limpin' Lim'rick night at the Ic,
Palace. The members Of tho All .Phila
delphis girls hockey team will be th,
Jury, and the lim'rick on which the,
VIII vote Is the ono about Belle, wht
went out on the ice.
Say, fans, did you ever notice tina,
the girls from South Philadelphia ART
very bashful2
We never noticed 1t ourselves until
the other night when we went down
to the Broadway Theatre. at Broad
street and Snyder avenue, with the In :
tention, OF Cutting a jury composed OF
five girls and six men from the audience
to judge the lines sent in to our Office
to complete Limerick No. 43 about
Grace and her makeup.
Well, take 1t from US, fans. we had
some time down there. We thought that
as soon as we showed our poor de =
fenseless bald head upon the stage OF
the Broadway Theatre we would have
nc difficulty in getting eleven people up
to act rs the jury.
In fact, we thought that as soon as
| We appeared there would be regular
mob jump up from their seats and rush
up on the stage to ask us about the
lines they had sent in for various linn =
ricks.
But nothing like that happened, al
though we have to admit that we had
no trouble In getting the six men to
come up on the stage. Our real trou-
bles began when we asked the girls to
come forward. We were so anxious,
too, TO get some girls up there, as you
all know our little weakness In that
line.
So you can imagine how pleased we
were when one Of the actors at the
theatre finally coaxed two of them up
to our side. We finally had TO COM
the audience and asking two girls TO
help us out, which they agreed to do,
and then we got several more men to
come forward to make up the jury.
The hundreds of people that were in
tHt huuithNt NNtluVh " INV
Of the lines that were on the ballots
for the Jury to consider and which were
read aloud while the jury was at work.
And the funny part about 1t all was
that we finally got of that stage with
out any kind Of injury
The jury finally cast their votes for
the lines they liked best and after re-
turning to our office from the theatre we
found that the author OF the line that
had received the most votes was
J. Harry Clifton,
ss5 West Rlttenhouse street. German
town.
The lim'rick which was completed by
Mr.. Clifton was
Limerick No. As
There ,oas young shop0irl named
Grace,
Whose arr rus quite plain on her face !;
Her makeup and hair
Made the customers store
TiH the boss said, Aisle manager
case"
Mr.. Clifton's line was No. 9 on the
ballot. The other lines we're:
No. I. 'Twould ave broken 'er art
to grimace. Joseph V. Pequignot,
1417 Chestnut street.
No. 2. Now her names in the help
wanted space. Miss NJ. Grace Kline,
| l3 North Main street, Spring City. Pa.
| No. o. A trace Of her pas tells dis.
grace. Howard y. Ashman, 1424 Wal
| nut street, care Of Sears.
| No. 4. And chicken less chic took
her place. c. U. Greeley. 14l5 Ritner
street.
| NJ L..
1917 Wildwood avenue. Wildwood.
M.
No. Z. She hides what si,eI .lacs In
her case. John y. Anderson, 1013
Parker street. Chester. Pa.
No. e. Oh. Grace. chic'n chaste,
why de. face? Mrs. Roger Owen, Glen
'HsS No. . 8. She was painted" ther
"Hred' like n vase. I. w. Lenton
1871 North Sixty third street, Over
No. 10. oh, can't we per .fumlgate
Grace? C. II. Wiltbank, 210 East
The line written by MIR. Clifton re-
cciyed three votes out Of the eleven votes
cast. Line No. 3, by Mr. Ashman
and line No, 10. by Mr.. Wiltbank. were
close contenders for the first place as
each OF these lines was given two votes
by the jury. Lines No. I, by Mr.
PeuuignOt: No. 4, by Mr.. Greeley No
5. by Mr.. Ware, and No. by Mr.
Anderson. each received on" vote.
The winner Of today's prize Is simpl,
another example of the value Of neve
getting discouraged when your lines d.
not win and even do not reach the bal
lot. Mr.. Clifton has sent in at leas
one line for every limerick published
since the second week Of this contest
and he told us that he had determine
that he was going 10 continue until h
either won the 500 prize or else tn
contest was closed.
That's the spirit. fans. Nothin
like "sticking to the ship"
Mr.. Clifton is the secretary of tn
: Mineral Development Co, with Office
, ON the sixth floor Of the Drcxel Build
: ing. Fifth and Chestnut streets.
! took him several long minutes to re
. cover from the shock he received whe
I we told him that he had won the $40
I nrize. He said that il was the frs
3 thing that he had ever won in his life
I although he has taken part In a numbe
of contests.
He IL a native Of PHILADELPHIA an
I attended the Joseph NJ. Singcrly Publ
q School, Mt Twenty second and Bcrk
q streets, and later went to Temple Uai
, versity for two years. He IL the di
W rector of the choir at the First Baptis
= Church of Lansdale.
4 When we asked him what he wa
= going to do with the $100 prize he sal
that he thought he would follow the ex
ample Of other winners of this contes
and pay some of his BILLS. although h
admitted that he would probably have {
speak to friend wife" first and see jus
. how much of the prize she had decide