Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-07

"You tell 'cm. soldier, I'm getting
dollar n year to keep quiet
The kind of jury that picked today $
winner couldn't be better for the pur-
pose, If we do say It ourselves. for
it's the same kind Of gang rs set the
Kaiser to saving wood instead of seeing
Paris. More. it happens to be some of
the same original gang.
Limpin lin 'rickers, meet the Federal
Vocational Boards classes at Banks
business College. They chose Fl. Rus
sci Fry, 10 Lanfair rond. Cynwyd. the
winner. although. of course. they didn't
know that he'd written the winning
line. They just knew his line was
good.
It was q close decision. for this little
old theme about the original partner OF
"Gott" seemed to draw a pretty good
lire from the limpin est lin Kicker in
the running. So there were ten to So
leCt from and there was pretty fair
sized comrany To do the Choosing--l40.
to be exact.
Young Fry--hc is only nineteen. and
n chemical engineering student ont nj
Penn seems to have soaked MP tie
right idea somewhere. though. because
il wasn't long until the drift Of tho
ballots was running pretty strong his
way. What he said in his last line
had the genuine ring TO 1t. the kind OF
stuff one doughhov would shoot at nm.
ether during some midnight argument
after taps in a chilly barracks with
the vim rouge sitting kind of light
"n the ribs, and everybody ready for an
argument.
Life isn't one grand sweet song for
that jury, we don't mind saying. Ever
our ol' Office pet Popocatepetl. says
that he'd rather be a veteran of the
battle of Hog Island. SO far nS tn,
hikin' is concerned. He likes his glory
and all that. but there wPr" $50 men
saws he. all of whom have been wounded
or gassed. or who have hearts that dom
pump right, due 10 the Carefrpc way ir
which some ot our doctors overseas used
to diagnose illness. Nothing gidod Rhou
their existence
So a limerick line to please thi
outfit. made UP OF men the war WASH
| kind to, had TO be "a little bit Of al
right" as the Australian bunch uScC
to say. The topic was one which II wa!
quite easy TO get eloquent about. i
you were selling Liberty Bonds or jug
Cling rivctS at 50 an hour.
Payday for the Outfit
But when you studied it with tn,
Twenty eighth Division or the Forty
second. or even just as casual bacl
in the mud at st. Aignan-wCll. ther,
has to be something real about an,
poetry that discusses the topic, that
ali.
Now, il was payday for this outfit
and payday is no time to kid an arm.
man, PARTICULARLY one who has beer
through the trouble Of getting in toucl
with the vocational board. Conf
dpntially. they used to draw down th"i
"bcaucoup francs" at noon, but the.
IN for III" detail once the money wa
in pocket So now they don't get i
until after classes are over, at 3 10.
Yes, the OUTFIT was little hard t,
get lined up, hut one" in formation IN
iob was over foot sweet. The win
urr got G3 votes tmscOunted at frs
as CO.. After MIN came a good second
with % and then the others ran niue
lower. In fact. one of the tcllers pu
il this way: "Oh, they're just a bunch
Of CasunlS No need to call the roll.
VINO was it, however. that said OK
service men wcr" apathrtic about any
thing: Not man left that room unit
the result was announced. and th"r
was yelling for both the lin riCk"rs VIII
ran up such close score. The outij
L. was satisfied with the result, and thcr
orplt ro be- no doubt that it coul
nike ,Ar measure of amy lil old line i
which Kni Hohcnzoil"rn ever figured
, lin rick W lliEdenburg.
The uomcs Of the t"ll"rS VIII
counted uut today's winncr app"a
= with tlrir photograph on the back pag'
= And i've winner