Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-12
Mrs. Walter Thomas, OF
Pleasant Street, Gets One
Hundred Dollars for
Writing Best Last Line
A,cmd Is Made by Jury Of
Girls in Offices of Bald
,cin Locomotive FORKS;
Letters From the Fans

VnUtDgTapn Oi 'He jury dppc"o "" wv
back page.
The award to be announced tomorrow
Is being made by jury Of men and
women connected with the Hoppe piano
company, iiI7 Chestnut street. Watch
for IL.
Tonight. the audience at the Orphcum
Theatre, Germantown, will appoint u
committee Of ten To go up on the stage
and vote on the winner TO Limerick
No. %. The verdict will be announced
Friday.
You've all heard Of Samuel NJ. Nau-
claim. Of course. He's the chap that
makes the locomotives that bear the
Baldwin trade mark. They tell us that
they're mighty good locomotives. too.
We've never bought any. but we've sort
Of sampled 'cm--that il, we've taken
one or two rides behind 'cm and they
seemed to get MS there and back o. X.
We'll. we just want to say that Mr..
NauClain must be mighty bright man.
because he's not only an expert on
locomotives but he's an expert on girls,
too. We suppose it's Mr.. Naucnin,
that is. All we know is that We went
up to Broad and Spring Garden, whcr"
Mr.. Nauclain is employed, to meet up
with a jury to decide one of these
limpin' lin riCks and the minute we
opened the door and saw 'em around
the table we said To ourselves, "ll'm
Somebody up here knows his business.
And. IA Mr. Nauclain is frequently
mentioned in the papers as being the
head of department or something up
there we suppose it was hc--Or him,
we never were much on grammar. any
way.
But whoever it was that gathered that
jury tOgrthcr-wc'rc much obliged For
half an hour or 50 we forgot that we
were a lin rick editor and felt almost
human. We were little late getting
there and we found the girls just about
ready to pull our hair. but when W"
took Of our hats and they saw we hadn't
any hair to pull, they just smiled. They
were polite; they didn't laugh. They
just smiled.
And then. so a. to compose themselves
ready for the photograph, they looked
over the limpin' lin 'riCks and voted the
Irize to:
MRS. WALTER THOMAS
- Pleasant street,
Germantown
Isn't it the limit the way these Ger
landowners are taking the prizes away
from the rest of you fans? What'rc you
going to do about it? First it was West
Philadelphia and then New Jersey. but
Germantown now seems to hav" the
bulge now. Here's the completed linn
erick that brought ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS to Mrs. Thomas:
N0tc for juriCs they're Stdrtin1 10 drdm
The ic0mCm, and rcN say. "HWrdh -
TheyW soon settle me strife
BPtwccn mdH and has wUC
And no Mormon (mOre mcnD can
fool iOith the iaw.
There were ten lines altogether sub
mttcd to the jury for their vote. The
other nine and their writer's were:
And knit home ties whie he stands
in awe-Wiliam :. Savage, Room Oh,
l421 Arch street.
The judges canal Panama lean all
panel maw)-Ada g. NJ. Chandler,
Box 14T. Fort Washington. Pa.
The women r now mOtherin' law
Dirck ii. Groootcnbocr, 1920 Locust
street.
just ice soon will be reigning-nO
Thaw-FranciS &. Lea. 2OS Financ"
Building,
When the jurors assIster in law
+. 4. Trout, 40 Woodland avenue,
Wayne.
They'll put stitches in breeChcS of
Iaw-Alcxaudcr Marshall, East Tabor
road. Dlncy.
On the femi nine points of the law
John DoIman, Jr., IS Mitchell avenue,
Morton, Pa.
Nav will lay down the law; exit
Paw-II. +. Thompson, State street,
! Vincland. y. J.
By giving the last word to Nav
Mamie f.. Shoemaker. 1879 New Ilamp
! shire avenue, Atlantic City.
The jury that Mr.. Nau"Inn-'r
somrbody-pickcd out to do tn" dccid-
ing for uS was composed of:
Marion Fiahcrty, 1911 FajrmoUnt
avenue.
Harriet Brown. Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Ethel &. Shonc, 1913 North Fifty
"'i. Laura McDermott, 9G35 Aspcr
| street.
Ora T. Devices. S3I Enst ChcltCI
Cecilia +. Campbell, 3G23 Hamilton
! street.
Frances u. Morgan. &2O North Penn
street.
Ketta Roam, 26iG South FoItor
street.
Mae c. Young, 10 North WoodstocI
street.
You'u find photograph Of EN- o.
the back page and "" think you II fin
it worth looking at.
About the Winner
Mrs. Thomus. the winner. is a rra
, limerick fan Sh" has hrcunlc - inter
cstcd in the contest that ah" frrqurntl
rises from bed during th" night in ordC
to iDt down any chunC" inspiration Ill
may have.
Helen and Iiny Thoma-, her tw
J dauyhlorS, Wrr" H. much pleased OvC
= their mothers victory in the limcric
contest aS WAS Mrs. ThumaS. The tvs
girls said that while their mother ha
! promised tu civ" them each II whit
sweater in case IA" won III" prize, tho
were both afraid there woud be a dis
cu,>ion before they get their share
the uriH". Tl"y puinI"d UIt that the
. father thought they >h"uOd have gree
I sweaters. WhiI" they held cut for Il
! white.
= Mr.. Thomu,, who j. n carpenter, an
I who is now helping II rrlatly" build
- bungalow, Ia. been Ia" official ccns'
: Of rhr Nm"r,C;s r"n' IN for this cor
% test hy the other urIt.1rrs Of his iamll
y His daughters >",d that Vhjl" he I'd
t not have ANY GunrIi for uni;ug rhyme
- he sure wus good rrIt,c.'
From Rev. y. W SpOoncr, Gre
Valley prc.b},criau thurch, MaIver
Pa: