The Washington times., 1924-03-13

cart of Mrs. Lima M. Gibson, 1925
7 Sixth street northwest, when she
learned today that she is the first
woman fan to earn tickets to the
opening baseball game through
the medium Of the limerick last
line contest now being waged
among readers of this newspaper!
Not only did Mrs. Gibson win
two tickets, but she actually won
four, 80 that now at least three Of
her most select friends are already
receiving invitations to hold the
date Of April Is sacred, az all
hands are to be in "Skillet's'' pa.
rade out at the florida avenue ever.
glades.
Her success as a limerick artist
came in the elise Dudley jingle.
published Monday in this news.
paper. The uncompleted jingle
was:
Young Dudley came here from Lake
The Wy he can shoot 'em ID pretty.
He's singIe to boot,
Mrs. Gibson supplied the follow.
ing best last line:
'His twisters entwfne like spagetti!'
All of which in the combined
opinion of the judges, was the best
Of nearly thousand last lines sub.
mitted on the unfinished rhyme.
The Three Bills" won the other
six tickets award today-William
N. Lockname, William T. Nc.
Cracker and William D. Crouch.
Lockname provided this apprO-
pirate ending:
Strike two! Three! You're out! Is
his ditty."
Bill" McCraken, bless his Scot
fish accent, earned a place in the
limelight today by the virility Of
his last line, and ''Skilllet" hopes
none will take offenSe at 1t:
''TO He'll with his IoOks-is he
'hitty?"
The other bill" to ring the bell
on elise Dudley, bill" Crouch
earned his free tickets, two Of 'em,
with this:
Ignore those few faults, cause
he's gritty:
Now what do you several hun
bred also-rans think of that collec.
ton of winning rhymes
Miss Sedgewick, Ames Kendrick
and "Sklllet" Finn, ESQ.,, picked
them from a stack Of goodness.
knows.how-many and believe US,
they had nearly an all-night task
Of it.
At least eighty percent Of the
elise Dudley answers ended with
the word "ditty'-that seeming to
be very strong weakness on the
part Of the m'rick hounds.
Many, oh, many others ended
with "pity" and still others with
witty" Among them. were hun.
dreds Of really exceptional word
combinations which not only
rhymed but which had real mean.
ing tucked away In the syllables
ideas which read, so to speak,
right of the end OF the unfinished
jingle.
For instance, another lady fan,
Helen j. Lines, 404 Aspen street,
near distinguishing herself with this
arrangement:
"TIl bet he can sing love ditty."
II And miss E. v. Ledman, 212O
Pennsylvania avenue, contributed an
exceedingly original line to wit:
"The Chinese fans hOlIer mo
hittee."
Other original last lines that at
tracted attention and had to receive
deliberate consideration before being
eliminated were:
cts leap year. Poor bud. what
q pity!'
"Oh. Skillet! Oh. Skillet! Have
pity!'
"YOu finish this verse, you're SO
witty"
The judges are very we'll satisfied
with the character Of limerick last
lines which are being received now,
although occasionally some will
even yet fail to have the right
meter. In order to avoid this, all
you have to do is to have nine
counts in the last line, the same as
in the first and second. Miss Sedge-
in this respect, has indited these
lines with the hope and prayer that
she will see no more limericks
which do not jibe:
Oh 70 busy rhymSteFS,
We clever last llneeterR,
Yet hcarken awhile to my plea.
While I lecture frankly
On last lines that blankly
Invite an intelligent spree.
limerick neat
Has some manner Of feet,
And lines that are not more than five
The first and the second and last are
alike,
Let the two i'm the center survive.
II one ends In "hapDy"
And two ends In "snappy,"
Now Hist 20 this wisdom I urAv.
II three and II four
End In 'mOro" or in ''rOaP'
Just pay mo attention I cay.
But mako the nth end
That with one II may blend
Or find q companion am I've,
For 'happy" and snappY"
! May rhyme well with pappy,
But with moro" 0r With ''Boas'e bhaw
went De- - 4