New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16
HER JOKE WON A HUSBAND.
A MASPETH MAIDEN ANSWERED FRANK
LAMBARD'S MATRIMONIAL ADVER-
TISEMENT
TISENIENT
NOW THERE ARE VISIONS OF BREACH OF PROM
IsE SUITS BY THE REJECTED WOMEN RlS-
ING ON TIE DOMESTIC HORIZON

!
Use SUITS BY THE REJECTED WOMEN RIs-
ING ON THE DOMESTIC HORIZON
A MOTHERIY CRITICISM.
Frank A. Lambard, Of No 249 Dufleld-st.. a
real estate agent and the son Of wealthy widow
living at No. 227 Duf1ied-st. shortly before Janu-
arv "a was unmarried. He advertised himself as
an eligible Young man. received G3S letters from
women who wanted to marry, apparently ac-
cepted the proposals of thirty-nine, and finally
picked out Miss Hattie Kellogg. blonde about
twenty-five years old. OF Maspeth. Long Island.
Now half dozen of the other thirty-eight I'M
claimed damsels are after him with a sharp
stick, and he is likely to find that indscriminate
proposals of marriage is Improbable business.
Mr.. Lambard comes Of good family His
| father amassed fortune as a real estate dealer
and the son has not found 1t difficult to make
money at the same business. although he mas no
established office His marriage a surprise
to his mother, who. it Is said. Will disinherit him.
He seems to be thoroughly in love with his wife
and she with him. and 1t all may end happily but
visions OF half dozen breach OF promise suits
rise on the domestic horizon.
| The marriage ceremony was performed at 1920
y. m. January "a last. by the Rev. w. c. Steele.
pastor OF the Russell Place Methodist Episcopal
Church at the home Of Mrs Moore. aunt OF the
| bride
HER MoDEsTY APPEALED TO HIM
Young Iambard had arrived at the age OF
thirty without finding a city girl to his liking,
| and he determined to see what the medium or
| advertising would do for him. On January III
he inserted the advertisement for wife under
! the name Of Frank Aldrtch. and the returning
malls for several days afterward brought ava
lanches Of letters. His bosom friends are Mr..
| Kern and Vanderbilt Sprader. Together they
| looked over the letters, and picked out forty or
| fifty "egble'' ones. But among the whole LOT
| the neat handwriting and modesy Of expression
| in the letter sent by Miss Kellogg most attracted
| Iambard's attention He then made the deci-
| sion to investigate the charms OF the iair
writer. but in the mean time he had some rather
startling epistolary experiences with young Ia
| dies from Brooklyn and New-York. Yonkers and
| other towns
Mr.. Lambard, It is admitted by his friends.
proposed to thirty zinc off ms correspondents
Then he hied himself to Yonkers to look UP the
| antecedents of a young lady in that town. VINO
| told him by letter that she had an assured IN
| come Of $500 a year and $500 In cart wheels
| in the bank. He was accompanied TO fonKers
| by his valued friend Mr. Kern. who went as
witness The young lady was found 70 be agree
able and for time 1t looked as though the
match
| Mr. Lambard is Protestant. and the Yon-
kers girl IS a Catholic and the stipulation on
the part of the mother that the two should
| be married by Catholic priest was such
! damper to the young man that negotiations
| were broken off.
MASPETH BELLE WINS.
| Next day saw Mr. Lambard in Maspeth. He
| visited the young woman's house. and found
| her to be a bright. good-lookng blonde with
an intelligent and refined face. She was
modest in demeanor, and coyly admitted
having written the letter. explaining that
| she had done 1t 'for Joke But when MT
| Iambard saw her he realized that 1t was
no Joke for him. He fell in love on the spot
! and told his story. Miss Kellogg had lived
with her aunt Mrs. Moore, and a short talk
| with the author OF the advertisement impressed
a cripple. he is a good-lookng young fellow
| and one who would be likely to attract women
and so he pleased Miss Kellogg on sight
Mrs Moore was away at the tune OF MT; Mr
| I.ambards first visit, and although he asked
| Miss Kellogg within fifteen minutes AFTER thcy
| met If she though she could always live happiiy
| with him. the young woman repied that sile
| would have to ask auntie first Mrs. Moore
was out at friends house that night ana
| did not return until nearly midnight, but the
| two young men were there waiting patiently
When Mrs Moore was introduced to Mr.. Lam
| bard he said to her: Il want to marry your
niece | must do 1t up quick. too. Inc goou
lady nearly tainted. People did not marry IN
that way in her younger days and such pre-
cptancy alarming. There was long
earnest conference, and the result was mat MI
| Lambard wanted the young lady TO come 10 town
| the next day and meet his friends and family
to show his honorable Intentions
For the next few days Mr.. Lambard made
| frequent visits to Maspeth, and Miss Kellogg
came to town "to get acquainted with his
| family
A MOTHERLY SUSPICION.
All this time Mr.. Lambard's mother. who lives
at No. 249 Duiiled-st. was ignorant Of his IN
tentions She noted his frequent absences from
the house with suspicion. and a day or two
before the marriage said to another son: i
know that boy is going TO be married" And
sure enough he was.
Mrs Lambard IS a woman about seventy and
bright and active despite her years she
learned OF her sons marriage the day after 1t oc-
Cured. The shocked her at first and she
did not hesitate to tell her friends that she
thought her son was extremely foolish youth
to marry that way. especially as his present IN
come was not what 1t ought to be according to
her Idea OF what man should have when he
marries. Iambard brought his wife home and
introduced her. There a pleasant meeting
between mother and daughter-in-law The young
! man decided 20 take quarters elsewhere and
! found a room in a modest house In Duff
held-st just few doors from his mothers
place There he is living. until he accepts
business position in the South.
Mrs Lambard said to Tribune reporter yes
terday 1T was foolish thing for my son to
| marry, especially III tAe way hc "'u' mo "'iS
| Is very nice young woman in every respect
| But / do not approve Of advertisement mar
| rages.
But be this as it may. Mr.. Lambard says he
&c happy and that, as both he and his wife
| have good prospects. he thinks he can pull
| through without difficulty until his golden
| age arrives. .,
In the last few days Lambard has received
two or three letters. the tone OF which was
somewhat menaclng. women he said. yes
terday. ARE queer. They something like
cats You can't tell which way they are going
| 10 lump. Now If any girl sues me for breach
OF promise, what can she 90? am marsieu