The Washington times., 1924-04-14

stand.
Furthermore, Skillet" will per-
sonally escort them on the field Of
battle tomorrow promptly at 3
o'clock when the Times.Herald
newsboys band will lead a parade
Of fully 500 souls including the
ticket winners and participants in
the grand pageant which has been
arranged for the occasion.
The Skillet Finn, Esq, limerick
contest, thanks to the fans who
have stuck to it 80 loyalty up
through the very last day, has
been an immense success from the
standpoint Of this newspaper. and
Skillet" as well as the officials
Of Mr.. Hearst's organizations in
Washington wish to thank the public
for its generous cooperation. With.
out the general interest which has
been expressed in many ways on
| all sides, no contest of this kind
could go over the top as this one
has.
The success or failure Of such
q venture as "Skillet's" is always
as much up to the public as il is
up to the people who are CO.
operating from within the news
paper, and Washington certainly
has responded generously and
gOOd-naturedly to "Skillet's" an.
nual spring tonic.
Such a contest always carries dis
appointment to a big majority OF
| those who are participating, but
the joy and thrill that comes to
the winning majority more than
balances the regret of the many
whose efforts avail them nothing,
Still, the limericks kept coming and
coming and the nearer the end of
! them approached the harder the
masses of people who had become
themselves seemed to apply them
selves.
"skillet" himself has personally
enjoyed the momentary public con-
tact his limerick contest has
brought him. AS a writer on pub
lie topics, he Graves nothing more
than to meet and talk with the
folks who go to make up that vast
public, and his latest contest has
made him more wealthy in friend
ships than anything else he could
have conceived.
He has tried to make friends
| for himself and for The Wash
| ingtOn Times Mt once and be-
Neves that he has achieved that
objective, for all Of which he has
only his followers to thank.
These opening day ticket contests
have come to be an annual institu-
ton with Skillet" and just as he
| started the aerostic contest a year
ago and the limerick contest this sea-
son, so will he have something of
like nature to offer you a year
hence.
The last two hours Of the life
Of "Skillet's" limerick contest was
probably the most spirited of the
entire month over which it was
conducted. Realizing that the best
ten seats available for tomorrow's
game were locked UP right in
'Skillet's" imitation solid mahogany
desk, the fans vertically broke their
necks to get their stuff in before
the zero hour at 6 o'clock Saturday.
At $50 o'clock the sporting
department was thrOnged with
belated Jingle writers, many Of
whom wanted pencil and paper
to j0t down their efforts. The
last limerick was handed to
Skillet" at exactly two minutes
Of six by Herbert l.. Levy, No.
2O6, The WOOdley.
The winners Of the Judge and
johnson limericks are printed at
the head Of this column and
"Skillet" for the first time is
not printing the last lines that
earned the tickets. Space is scarce
in today's sporting section and it
doesn't make so much difference
what won the tickets as who won
them. Suffice It to say that
"Skillet" and his judges burned
some midnight oil Saturday arriv-
ing at the above printed con-
illusions.
Now, the only other thing you
readers can do to make Skillet s"
venture an overwhelming success,
is to meet him at 2 o'clock tomor.
row at Fourth and T STREETS and
march into the grounds with his
party, for he wants his procession
to be 100 per cent ticket winners.
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