Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-12-29
A NEW ENTERPRISE.


Several advertisements have recently |
appeared which read about as follows:
\AT ANTED.--A broker TO advance money |
w on handsome young mans matr'-
Inonlal chances.
A handsome Tribune reporter who
olushes at the thought of matrimony,
concluded to pass temporarily as a
young man of this typo, and wandered
down through Wall and Broad streets,
among the brokers. Stepping into
well-known Office, the reporter called
for Charles j. Osborn. who is usually
willing to make money, and asked for
private audience. When seated away |
from curious ears the reporter re-
marked:
"Mr. Osborn. come on peculiar
GRAND. As you perceive, | am good
looking Young man of fascinating man.
ners. and readily win the smiles of the
fair sex. Now, if / had some money
with which to board in fashionable
locality, join a club, drive dog cart
in the Park. dress well and get in the
social swim. in less than six months ]
could marry an heiress. propose
that you advance me, say five thousand
dollars, and take your chances. and aS
soon as succeed will give you ten
thousand dollars. !"
Mr.. Osborn stared at the scribe with
broad grin, and then began to laugh.
We'll" he said, If that isn't the
strangest scheme I've had proposed
yet, and have been in Broad street
good many years. My dear young
friend, l am delighted to have met
you. but after brief consideration. ]
assure you have retired from bust
ness"
The reporter was not discouraged.
He did not desire in his heart to have
money thrust on at one fell swoop.
On Wall street, where the setting sun
casts shadow of George Washington's
statuesque head, firm of bankers and
stockholders occupy basement. The
head of the firm is of reputed shrewd-
ness in business. and the reporter was
anxious to hear the explosion that
would follow proposal OF that kind to
him. He listened attentively and then
said: II happen to know OF case OF
this kind which occurred in Boston. A
well-to-do friend of mine knew very
handsome clerk at the desk. One day
he offered TO stake him on his matri-
monial chances. The young man took
the money, went into society, met an
heress, cultivated her and became en-
gagged to her. She was a girl of COM
mon sense. and wanted to know more
about the young man than he had
communicated to her. Some friend
looked up his record and surmised
what could not be learned definitely.
One day when the handsome lover
drove up to her door with his dog-cart
for drive, servant handed him a
note. 1t suggested to him the advisa-
bility of returning to his desk like an
honest man. as he was forbidden to
enter her house again. My Boston
friend has never experimental since,
and l do not propose 20 begin now.
even If knew you were to be married
tomorrow and would return my money
doubled the next day. To tell the
truth / don't wish to discourage your
venture; one kind of gambling
is as good as another in these days,
and no doubt you would make as good
husband as the average. | want SIM
ply to caution you that heircsses are
not always what they seem financially.
The times are peculiar, and some men
who manage to keep up appearances
and put as much style on their daugh-
tiers as usual, do so for a purpose, al
though they may be carrying enough
borrowed money to swamp them. As
you seem to look like an honest young
man, who is simply cultivating an ex-
traordinary within temporarily, let me
also give you point. Many men like
to see their daughters married to hon.
orable young men, however poor.
Now, il you can fairly win the affec-
tons of a rich girl, ten to one her
father will advance you the means to
get past the knot safely, particularly il
he sees you are on the highway to sue
cess. l have one customer, however,
who has ten million dollars to leave to
three daughters. He is so dissatisfied
with modern marriages that he pro.
poses to leave his wealth in such way
as to make their marriage impossible.
unless they prefer to become penniess.
He intends to build them home Ike q
club. where they can have all the en-
joyments of life as long as they remain
single-horses, servants, yachts, every
thing except men,"
| Another broker who declined to ad-
vance money to the reporter in dis.
guise, admtte that he knew several
successful cases. "a friend OF mine. v
he said, "has taken chances on two
young men. One borrowed five thou
sand dollars and gave him ten thousand
dollars in return, and tho other abou
seven thousand dollars and returned
fifteen thousand dollars. Both of thest
fellows went to Newport, lived in flint
STYLE and married heiresses within si'
months. 1t may be good business tt
engage in, but / have decided to con
tinue making money in the old way ant
take no risks, not even on so handsome
man as yourself "
The reporter feels battered by hi'
reception in Wall street, and hope!
, young men who have contemplated
some scheme of this kind will feel en-
couraged by his self-denying efforts t.
clear the way for them.-N. y. Tribune