Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-22
Jury of Neel.Cddilldc off,
cidls and Workmen Show
They Do Not Prefer
Obuious Plays on Words
in Verse
L. B. Hopkins, of Nwbertk,
Wins ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS With Neat
Line About Beatrice e..

THE ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR
limpn' lim'rick prize awarded today
was voted on by jury of officials and
workmen Of the Necl Cadillac Co. A
photograph OF the jury Is printed on the
back PAGE.
The award TO be announced Monday
Is being voted on by n jury Of girls in
the main Office Of the Keystone TeIc.
phone Co., 1876 South Second street.
Watch for it--and the photograph Of
the girls.
Wonder how many OF the fans will
hravc a sigh Of rcicf-as we do--to-
day and say, well. thank goodness;
there aren't SO many Of those puus in
the lines today, ANYWAY
Funny thing shout puns; those who
fall into the habit soon lose all sense OF
proportion and tcar and twist n word
until il is ha-dly recognizable without
u diagram We've had o lot like that.
Sometimes II takes us several minutes
to puzzle them out ourselves.
wc'rc mighty glad that today prize
is won by lin 'rickcr who didn use
pun. You can consider IL play on
words, II you like, but It ism one OF
those torturous things that make you
groan in agony when you do finally get
IL.
This will. VIC hope. convince the nom
running fans that We we're rcrtectly
sincere the other day when we said that
We hopod and prayed that such line
would win. Just to rid people OF the
impressiou that wc are deliberately en-
couraging punninS
OF course. the choice is up to tn"
jurics, but some Of the pun hunters
won't realize this and hold us indi.
vidually aud directly responsible.
Today's choice was made by jury
Of officials and workmcn Of the Necl'
Cadillac Co. As is our custom. we
furnished ballots containing lines which
we had selected as the most represent
ativc of those received. These lines
were printed. with no names and ad-
dresses, so that the members OF the Jury
could not know who the writer's were.
The choice fell on
L. y. Hopkins, : Chestnut avenue.
Narberth; with scott Co., DreNcl
Building.
The lim'rick as completed by MIR.
Hopkins, was:
Limerick No. 80
! Said Nathaniel TO Beatrice G..
"Oh. come; in my firrcr rcH fec.
| Buf, Shc 0fSNSTCH, w, ANuty
I cannot do that:
Bring ring. not a rattle for me"
! Mr.. nopkinss limerick was No. on
/ tho ballot. The other lines were:
No. Ito flea, Gnat, n bug would
be-" Raymond Edclman, 23 South
Twenty first street.
No. when you auto fought to>
have both your arms free" G. G..
Shaufcltcr. l2OS North Broad street.
/ No. 3-Youve no license 10 tag after
me-" Robert J. Fitzgerald, ll33 Sny-
der avenue.
No. 4-Better Tilted than iolted for
me" William s. Savage. Room No.
/ 544. 142l Arch street.
No. I'D rather he bounced on your
knee" Robert Macarthur, I'll West
Airv street. Norristown, Pa.
No. CAS- flyer your flivver's $
\. G." Phillip II. Hof. 100 Callow.
hill street.
No. s-Can't clope" tcsnteloupel
Honey do (lOney dew)." pleaded he
Miss Victorinc Bouillon, 80 South FIJI
tirth street.
No. 8-You've a license for Liz, moi
for me-" James I. Morrison, 3lI
Darien street.
No. 1O-Can the Ford or you can
n Ford me-" Albert r. White, l@1C
Market strcet.
The members Of the jury from among
tho officials and workmen Of the Ncol
Cadillac Co. : snlcsrooms at l42 Soutr
Brood street and tho service station al
1910 Wallac" street we're;
Miss Jean 4. Hartley, 56lI Spragu'
street. Germantown; private secretary
Herbert T. Hare. 1876 Fairview ave
rre. Highland Park, Pa. manager o.
sales promotion.
George r. Parlser, Glcnsidc, Pa.
assistant superintendent.
John G. Cripns, 4o@ West Fish"t
avenue: purchasing agent.
,IorgcnSon. 1A10 Wallace
s,rcot accessory department manager.
b II T.. Brachcr, l4l0 Wallace street
sor,.icc salesman.
francis Jansscns. 30 Locust street
'"I.rN paT;d Camp, l114 South Forty
-,io,tI street. superintendent o
t,acksmith department.
. WINTER Moore. "jO4 Olive street
forcmnn Of machine shop.
j. ChqrIrs Ioehlc, IA sharon Avenue
CoI'incdalc, PA; Hh"n foreman
. John Davies. 1860 North E""S
4 street tcst department.
!. F. Rub, Go"G Media s'"''t' ma
chine shop.
,, about TodaS's Winner
Z; The winner of the 500 prize 'oda,
, avs ,bot he will not Eav" tho l"aS
troYh,o in deciding what 70 d" with W.
r,onpy Mr.. Hopkins, who is 'hH treas
, mror of thc Scott Co.. efficiency cnci
|. "ccrs With oficcs in the Dr"Hel Build
, ;,g Fiftb and Chestnut streets, sal,
~ thr little matter about docidtn
how 10 spend the 500 has already bee,
,o,'od h, Ms wife and tun daughters
When Mr.. hopkins told his family
rho live with him at { Chestnut ave
,uc %arbcrth. TINT hc was going t
nrtar his contest. they agreed uuanim
o"s,y that IL he should bo 81 fortunn'
. rs 10 win the prize they were best tit
l rod 10 spend il, So there you ar'
= %icc how such things nm he scttl"
" without a dispute or tho need Of arhi
u tration. Lots of p"oDjc sure are will
@ irg 70 help you oVt whom it comes
spending 500.
y Mr.. Hopkins ,aud that all Of the en-
B.. rloyrs Of the Scot Ga. are nrder
= Inn rick fans. even thoS" who work
,. rho Chicago branch # the company. II