Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-10

| Ten nurses III tnc ShtHhFEtNU IrOspitdt,
Broad and Ontario streets.
The winner to be announced tomor.
row Is being chosen by Jury OF girls
from various departments Of the Fed.
eral Reserve Bank, Chestnut street
above Ninth.
You fans all know the old song-"1
don't want to get well, don't want T.,
get well, I'm in love with a beautiful
| nurse
Well. that's about the way we felt
when we went up to Broad and Ontario
streets to meet jury OF ten nurses IN
the Samaritan Hospital, which. az you
all probably know, is connected with
Temple University.
Next time we're up in that neighbor .
ho"d we're going to step out in front OF
n truck or something-nothing serious,
you know just broken leg or arm
that'll keep us confined in the wards a
couple of weeks but won't blind us or
impair our conversational abilities
But, come to think of. it, we'd better
not have that arm broken. No; wen
make II the leg and keep the arm for
emergencies.
On this visit we had to attend strictly
TO business and that business was judg {.
ing the winner of Limpin' Lin rick No.
10. The nurses looked over the ten
best last lines we had picked out and
when the ballots were all in the win.
ner was found to be:
Miss Amy Townsend, 30 West
LOuden street, Germantown, stenOg.
rapher, National Drug Co.
There were number OF fans who
turned in lines with much the same
thought as the one used by Miss Town
send, but hers had the best jingle and
rhythm. Here is her completed verse:
Limerick No. 10
The sueet girl pho ICED Brother BW
Said, "I cont say Il toiH'-not until
You cut out the obey.
And no,o people say,
"Oh, didn't she Buffalo Bni?"
We picked out two Of these Buffalo
Bill' lines to submit to the jury. Here
are the rest Of the last lines voted on
She's the boss, and she'll Buffalo
Bill-Ida B. Lewis, $500 West Ches .
ter pike. Upper Darby.
She's Bill's will and wills Bill at will
Raymond c. KooH, 1927 Ruscomb
street, Logan.
With her will" will her VIII get
his will?-Frank w. Christman, 3031
North Twenty first street.
Bill's bored by another board bill
Mary +. McFadden. 2432 South Elev-
enth street.
o, be you obellent Bill?-James II
| Brinkley, $500 North Taney street.
She surrendered her won't" to hcI
Will-Mrs. Laura Walden, $50 Ceda
street, Camden.
Not a tyranny (tear any) more will
she spill-Stephen B. Jessum, BIZ
Frankford avenue.
She neither loves Nora Bayes (nol
obeys) Bill-Grace Plying, 194S Nortl
Camac street.
She II pay bills from Bills TIL Will
Bills still-F. A. Lotus, 1908 Maste
street.
Wedding bellies, when they're told
are ne'er stlll-Michael V. Abramsol
1877 North sixty second street.
The nurses who voted on these line
and awarded the prize to Miss Town
send were:
Inez Fowler. Ridley Park.
Hannah Black. Johnsonburg, Pa.
Florence BreisCh, Catawissa, Pa.
Agnes Costello, 4045 North Broa
Helen Jefreris, 5O13 Wayne avenue
Grace ReIvea, New Brunswick, n. j
Lillian Wiseman, 2O32 Believe
street.
Esther Huffman, Harrisburg, Pa.
! NJ. Ii. Reed, New Brunswick. n. .
Mabel Saylor, Lancaster, Pa.
About Today's Winner
Today we have a modest author, al
though she's n highly paid and sue
ceSsful one.
Miss Townsend, who secured Il
800 for the best answer to limeriC
No. 10, didn't think her line was gOC
: enough to send in. In fact, she left
lying around the house and sent it
, at the last minute.
1t was the first one she had a.
swercd, too, which makes her feat q
p : the more surprising. As a sure fir
right off the bat limericker it seems
, if she would almost qualify.
She is employed as stcnograph
at the National Drug Co., 1919 Stent'
avenue. and a number of the other cir
have been answering the limericl
every day since, tney,' started. -,
"Wail till they hear about this,
she laughed Every girl in the cff
will be sending in answers now. l.
going to keep right on, too"
Miss Townsend is going to "salt
> her hundred away iowa: d a trip to h
former home. London. She came
this country when she was eight yea
Z old and now she sees an opportunity
revisit her old home and her many re
atives on the other side of the water
II guess the EVENING PUBL
:, LEDGER didn't know it was running
!, y travel bureau In connection with
2 limerick contest" she added with
Il smile.
i. Movie Theatre Uses Limerick
The limpin' lin rick we printed t
o other day about the young LADY
Wayne who Is such a movie fan seeI
Is to have caused a stir in that subur
Is u. Il. Trout, ewner Of the Way
n Theatre, writes us:
= The management OF the Way
Theatre has DECIDED TO. put this "
t. finished limerick, as you have print
= Ii, on the screen every evening fr(
a now until next Thursday.
Blanks will be furnished for han
- ing In answers ut the boxoffice a
I'd prizes Of twenty tickets for the b,
\, answer, ten tickets for the second b.
and five tickets for the third best "
I be awarded next Thursday night. .
ID answers will be judged by some lo'
DO men,
I'd 1--WE will print what you award
the winning answer along with G
prize winners Thursday night"
, And then, having thus told us abe
the business arrangements, Mr.. TrC
= proves himself real lin rick fan
Us adding;
l. II am also enclosing three or Il
E. answers to today's limerick and
E. would be obliged II you would |
ne them in the proper place for Judging
u Letters From Lim'rickers
Dd From George J. Breaker, Waldo
as Astoria Hotel, New York
take Measure in handing yon