San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
THOMAS HAUG
WINS $40 f Or
HIS LIME RICK
Five Other Prizes of One
Dollar Each Go to Four
n Contestants.
MANY, GOOD ONES in
Variety Of Subjects Treated
in FiveIine Rhymes By
Light Readers.

~street, won the first prize of $40 in
The Lights limerick contest with
half q dozen others giving him a
close race and many more submitting
excellent limericks. The winning
limerick follows:
A boy met girl on Romano,
On whose head was twisted ban
danna.
He said, Little Miss,
I'd fall for one. kiss"
And he did-on a skin of banana.
Five other Emericks won prizes
of one dollar each and were submitted
by William B. Lee. 124 Panama
street; William W. Bessell, Jr., Fort
Sam Houston, (two); Jesse Edmon-
ton, san Marcos, and J. r. frost, Ia
Blanco Road. Mr.. Lee just missed
out on the first prize through the
coming of q word in his first line.
If bed used Borneo he'd a made
it.. said one judge. Mr.. Lees lime
rick is:
There was a young cannibal from
Monio
"Who said I must see San Antonio
"0f its romance I've read
dHu Il We Oil utufu ~
"That this is where Juliet Romeo
Submits Pair OF Winners.
The two limericks submitted by Mr..
Bessell follow:
"A fellow who came from Fort
Worth, ~
"Started in lisping at birth,
"He 'lithph' when he speakths'.
Like the 'thteam' when it .leakth,
"You should hear him thing thongs
! to hith nurth.'
u And <s:.-
! "A flapper, ST. Anthouy's pet,
"Opce wagered helluva bet,
! "She bet she could make
"Every inch of her shake
Oh, folks, you amt heard nothing
yeti
Jesse Edmonston of San Marcos
sent in mis- clever limerick:
"Jn old San Antonio de Bexar,
"a blind tiger builder his lexar,
- But the place was soon found
by q federal hooch hound,
Who took all the booze that was
tbexar."
And J. B. frost, I24 Blspco
road, won prize of one dollar for this
one, although it is not the polio; of
the p. E.. to- encourage the. personal
element: e... s. 81 ~ I.
"The Puzzle Editors codes are no
'They hare gotten his brains in a
] "But the goodnatured soul
"Has gone down in the hole
"To bring up new 'cryptogram.'
Hundreds OF other good limericks
were received in the contest and hun
dreds of others Could not be considered
in the judging, because they did not
conform to the rules. Mary failed
TO give their limericks the applica-
tipns stipulated in the announcement
Of the contest and some of the efforts
were not in limerick form.
Some Of the best of those submitted
are printed below. Nearly all of
these we're considered in the judging
but lost out because of some minor
defect.
Some on City Politics.
As was to be expected the city poll
teal situation came in for it's share
of attention from the "Ilmerickers."
One said:
There once was sheriff from
Bear
~Who decided he'd like to | /. mayor,
"Said his friends, go right to it,
wen see you pull through it.
Here's luck TO that sheriff from
Bexar!
A woman voter wants some inside
information and limericks:
Addressed San Antonio Light,
Puzzle Editor. clever and bright;
\ You've propounded a few,
"Now here's one for you
!, who'll win the city hall fight?.
As IL the Puzzle Editor was seer.
Afoe Of prrocrastination sent this
bne:
I'VE need flood prevention, we say.
"And an auditorium surely would
i pay.
!; "But much to my sorrow
"We put off till tomorrow
4 "The things which we should do
I today"
Other things got attention also.
Just look at this from a lieutenant
at Fort Sam Houston:
"The sight that one frequently sees
As nc Boeb uoNH tue street IN
4 breeze,
4 "Now that skirts are so high
/ .Tney blow all awry
! ~And leave the poor little calves
to freeze"
This from a married woman out
on San Pedro avenue:
"His wife raved about Valentino,
/, "They quarrel-and that's all we
4 know.
\ 81 must have my Sheik,
"She said. with a shrek,
! $50 she's hunting him over at Reno.
Where Did She Learn.
Would you guess this one is from
a woman also with the knowledge of
the great indoor sport that she dis
plays? One by one mans prerogatires
are Aiming away.
"A San Antonian was a demon at
poker
"The cause of his friends going |
broker
@But bis luck was a joke
"For at last he went broke
when he m,stook an ace for a |
JOKER
This one plaintive from Harlingen
didn't win prize for fear that the |
Valiey chambers OF commerce would |
raise row: \
cit rained In the valley one day
SO hard all the land washed away. \
Nherc the farms used TO be
sThere is only a sen
But we're broke, so here we must
stay !