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Run and Phones Ring RingCountless RingFor RingCorftestants
For Contestants ContestantsCountless CorftestantsCountless
Countless Suggestions Suggestionsflade Suggestionsrlade
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The contest inaugurated ma gurated by The T1 e Sunday Times hasfieized has hasSeized hastseized
Seized the people of Washington W ashingtonaS as no other has in recent recentears recentears ecenttyears
tyears ears and men women and children cl ldren old and young yot ng7 are areVying are arevying arevYmg
Vying vYmg with each other in the effort to submit the brightLest bright brightlest brightst
lest st and cleverest fifth line to the popular limericks limericksEach limericksEach limericksEach
Each morning the Sunday editor of The Times has hasfctood hasstood hasEtood
stood aghast as the office boy piled hundreds of letters on onIhis onhis on1is
his 1is desk each containing lines for the limerick The con contestants contestants contestants ¬
testants ants have not been > een limited to the District Pistrict of Columbia Columbiabut Columbiabut Columbiaundreds
but readers of The Times in other cities hundreds h hmiles of ofmiles ofmiles
miles away have forwarded their idea of f what the miss missing missbIg Inissn ¬
bIg n line should be beSPECIAL beSPECIAL beSPECIAL
SPECIAL DELIVERY AND TELEPHONE USED USEDThe USEDTbe USEDThe
The interest in the contest is unparalleled and from the hour the thvsfcditorial th theditorial theI
editorial I rooms of The Sunday Times opens on Monday morning let letters letters letters ¬
ters containing the fifth line to the limerick pour in steadily They Theycome Theyome Theycome
come ome without any abatement up to a n In Itte to hour on Saturday night nightNot JightNot eighttot
Not tot a a few of the contestants sent in their suggestions hy special de delivery de1ivery delivery ¬
livery post These continued to come in until nearly midnight midnightNot midnightNot midnightNot
Not only were ero the mails used but the telephone was 115 kept busy busyUntil busyuntil busyisntil
Until very late last night by b persons who had failed to get in their theirsuggestions theirsuggestions theirsuggestions
suggestions in time for f r the malls and were anxious to have their theirlines theirJines theirlines
lines submitted before the contest closed for the week All 1l this only onlywent onlywent onlywent
went to prove the tremendous interest that is taken in the contest contestInaugurated contestnau contest4nauKurated
Inaugurated nau Urnted by b The Sunday Sunda Times TimesThe TimesThe TimesThe
The answers have been beon almost as varied ns they are numerous numerousOwing1 numcrousOwing numerousOwing
Owing to the lack of space The Sunday SU 1da Times could not begin to toprint toprint toprint
print even a quarter of the replies The task of the judges in selecting select selecting selecting ¬
ing the prize winner iJlner was a n difficult one as there were so manyfthat manyfthatwere many ih bat batwere i itre
were were tre clever c1eerbrjght bright and deserving d erdng
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A A M Hamrick 1108 L street tx e f north northwest n av h hBecause ¬
west westBecause westBecause
Because Because there therore re not enough to go gorouri gorour goroun
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Foe oe Weber m 31 T street northwostust northwost norihwostust northwostust
ust because they cant hold them themdown thomdown thorndown
down downVllllam downnUam
4 Vllllam t < Peacock 211 A street stryt street south southt southBecause southBecause southBecause
Because marriage marrlajQ marria o takes cash spot spotdown spotdown spotr
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down downX2 downt
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f3 K3 They fear theyll thoyUproposo proposo propose like aclown a aclown aclown
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2 Their answer Mswer is Is a n sigh or a 8 frown frownMrs fr9wn fr9wnMrs frownMrs
Mrs H Huddleston 601 Fourth streeJ streeJnorthwest SlTceanorthwest streeinorthwest
northwest northwestThe northwestlhe northwestThe
The right one has not yet ot bean be found foundThis toundThis foundThis
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O 1 On a a benedicts life they all frown frownIn
2 In liquor Jlqu r their sorrows they the drown
3 They Thc all look sd s ugly and brown
4 They are all after big money down
5 They refuse of all joys jOj the crown crownEdward crownEdward crownEdward
Edward Edward J T Leahy 130 G street south southwest southwest southvest ¬
west vest
Some settle up and not down ttownE dnE downE
E S Wood ood 786 Sixth street north northwest norlhC1Jt northThu ¬
west westTh C1Jt C1JtThu
Th Thu gowns come high highmeR men cant pay ptl ptldon paydown
down downJ downII
J T H HSaunders Saunders SUMer Sn S er I 6r Spring Md MdWell llcIVeH Mirl1Ve11
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J T W Saunders JS Slt 1 Eighth street streetnorthwest strop strootnorthwect stropnorthwest t
northwest northwestThey northwectihey northwestThey
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Anna Cooks Cool M6 B street southwest southwestI
J think theyre all oat and and down downThomas downThomas downThomas
Thomas Wright V rlght 453 C street north northwest northosl northwost
west wostBocause westBecause osl oslBecause
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crown crownYo crownv
W Yo v O OGlbson Gibson 402 40 Fourthistreet soulh soulheast soulhC8 southcart
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northeast nor northeastBockues 11st 11stHBcc 5
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1 UCoulle Cause beefsteaks a quarter a apound r rpound apound
pound poundGrocriea
2 Grocrles are up and salaries down downI
I The boys are too mean to < o get getbound gelbound ge gebound t
bound boundThomas boundThomas boundThomas
Thomas C J T Bailey J3allcy631 ESI Randolph Randolphstreet Randolphtroet Randolphstreet
street troet northwest northwestJ
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2 The average mans but a clown clownOn clowna
a 5 On their knees the young me mewont men menwont menwont n
wont go down
4 To one one skirt they thc dont want to tobound bo bobound bebound
bound boundMrs boundMrs boundbars
Mrs L P Hieston 2911 P street northnest north northwest northweet ¬
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1 Mates for the fair cant be be found foundOn
20 2 On marriage so many men frown frownH frownH frownH
H J Lowe 130 Eleventh street southeast south southcast
cast eastBocauscthey castBecause < > ast astBecause
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northwest northwestpL
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4 4 Their shyness 8h ness at at once onc they dont dontdrown dontdro1m don dondrown t I
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William Ullam Peacock 211 2UA to A cil rur = ttsouth ttsouthoast taouth taouthoast t8oUthoost
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northwest northwestBecause rorthw6stDocnuSQ rorthwestBecause
Because they th y just cant settle down downHenrv downHenrv downHoar
Henrv James 704 7 I X L street stra street t northwest northwestL
L 1 Why Vh we cant toll tho th public publicyou pubU pubUOU public publicyou
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town townMary town1Iary townMary
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C2 C Because theyre lean and undnot not rouh rouhMrs ro ro1tlrs rounMrs
Mrs J T E Snydor Fourteenth Fourte nth street streetand streetaJd streeand
and Brentwood Road RoadThe Roadlho RoadThe
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I a Aint It the Truth TruthC Trut J JC
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the house working around aroundMiss around aroundMiss a und undMiss
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northwest northwestJust northwestTust northwestJust
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west westI
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John P Carl roD West 160th street streetNew streetNew streetNew
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Ms Nellie Whltlrig Central Heights HeightsFor HolghtsBennlngs HeightsBennings
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1i nqynoldo nq l d 500 Thirteenth streetnorthwest street streetnorthwest s t tnonhwest
northwest northwestCause nonhwestCau northwest northwestCanso
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their heads abound aboundMiss aboundMiss aboundMiss
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street northwestThe northwest northwestThe northwestTho
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trun down downa
5 The great mass wear a a clerks clerksworried clerksworried clerk s
worried frown
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7 II Cause of o povertys POcrlyseternal eternal frown frown
8 iClvll Civil service lervlce might now throwthem throw throwthem throwI
I them down
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drown
10 They desire < not a martyrs bright brightcrown brightcrown
crown crownU
11 Cause the tq rating of o man m man n hasgone has hasgone hasI hasgone I
gone down
12 Men are now no seeking wealth and andrenown androt1tnm
renown
13 Man Ian has now made of love a apronoun a apronoUn apronoun
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avenue avenue southeast southeastBooause southoaatB008UIU southeastBecause
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northeast northeastBecause northoastecause northeastBecause
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aroundUntil around aroundUntil aroendUnUI
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Raymond Reynolds R lolds 129 ThirtsetstreetBecause Thirtieth Thirtiethstreet ThlrUetastrectnecause h
street strectnecause Because they smoke tobacco un until unttl anttl ¬
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with the latest patterns of the month monthJTlll monthVIm monthwill
JTlll VIm be distributed free each e ch month at atthe atthe
the pattern department departmentPattern departmentPattorn
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hail with delight this innovation upon uponthe uponthe uponthe
the part of S Kann Sons Co
WARNER TELLS STUDENTS STUDENTSOF
OF VALUE OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONThe
The students etud nts of Woods oods Commercial CommercialCollege CommercialCollege CommercialCollege
College listened < to a practical talk by byB b byB
B H Warner amer yesterday Joster ay afternoon afternoonwhen afternoonwhen
when he spoke of or the merits of business businessschools buslne businessschools e
schools s hools and colleges as an aid in thedevelopment the thedevelopmenf t tdeelopmento
development of young ounl business men menHe menHe menHe
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necessary necessar necessary today than ever before For Formerly Forn1erly Formerly ¬
merly It t was customary customal for merchants merchantsto
to take young mon Into their rooms and andtrain andtrain andtrain
train them Now No the business man has hasnot basnot hasnot
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ago educators spoke of commercial commercialschools commercialschools commercialschools
schools as Innovations upon the educa odueational educational MUcatlona ¬
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they are part of the public school edu eduj education education
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in Slam the teak industry there is ismost Ismost 1 1most s
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police believe belle to have been a death pact Pflc Pflca pacta i ia
a mar and woman killed themselves themselvestoday tltemseiseatoday
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MAYOR OF CLEVELAND CLEVELANDC3LUVBLAND CLEVELANDoLJDVEL
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Cleveland has attracted th the atten attention attenUoa tten ttenUon ¬
tion of other cities because It has gonEfurther gonefurther gone gonefurther
further and moved faster toward thesolution the thesolution tht8OluUon
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the question que tlon is this thisShall tJdJIShall thisShall
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