The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-23
CUPID Is 70 Be CUT OUT
ST. PAUL MAN ORGANIZES A MAT
RlM0NIAL BUREAU ON COM
MERg sen BASIS
YOU CAN MEET YOUR FATE NOW
At Fixed RATE. Err Meet Per Fate,
the RurewUIcFWin Provide
Both r. o. These
Promptly.
II , Aetoy IOVef serene
re sent sad, reprOachful sonnet.

| Unto his lady love- serene
| CT, re sent SAD, reproachful sonnet
she TO publisher sent the poem,
Recelved a check and bought bon
But the Lady of the Sonnet is not the
only glaring example of the cold COM
merclallsm of the age Hearts are for
SAFE at sou North Exchange street right
here In st. Paul. And mind you they
are not SOLD at wholesale in aristocratic
IdSItoI, 10 be scattered broadcast
through the town, but are retailed al
most across the counter, as it were like
| cheese and ribbon and other vulgar
thlngs at so much per heart Just a few
days ago the matrimonial bureau OPEN
ed. Already it's promoters are doing
business at the stand on Exchange
street A phflanthropic enterprise, those
promoters style it, and tiny Office on
the second floor of a North Exchange
street block is the headquarters of the
enterprise. So far the youths and maid
ems OF St Paul have not patronized
the new shop Perhaps the mafdens
are waiting for bargain days. If SO
they'll wait in vain Prices are fixed
and 'one price for aIl'' is not a trade
platltude in this new matrimonial en-
porluTn. We sell for cash only" is not
dead letter in it's law either. The
usual method of introducing would-ha
benedicts to prospective blushing brides
will be by letter. Personal introduce
tons may be had, but they come higher
Photographers are such fiatterers and
the goods are all marked c. o. D. The
profit of the promoters of the new en-
terprise depends, of course, on the
amount of money that goes to the pur-
chaser along with the hand of the bride
or groom, as the case may be. To the
splnSter OF uncertain age, who has not
seen ut to change her plant of most
anybody, Lord, will do" a small fee
only will be charged, provided, of course,
that she gets most anybody And
those gushing young people who like to
quote
Here with a bookqof verse beneath the
bough,
A flask of wine5 loaf of bread-aud
thou
may be made happysfor just as small d
financial outlay. BaE those sordid souls
who scorn bread ard cheese and kiss
es'' as they scofns the philosopher of
Omar. must turnover to the promoters
a good-sized percsntage of the gross re-
ceipts
RURAL DISTRICTS RESPOND.
Inquiries are ALREADY pouring into the
bureau from the country about St Paul.
1t may not be losag before the st. Paul
maiden herself wilI not consider her
shopping lOuE NUTSHELL uHlll she mas
dropped in to seq what they have"
Perhaps you haze some idea of what
you would like y One can fancy the
mercenary person behind the counter
asking a hlushing SANITY City damsel.
81 was thinking ofsa black mustache,
pink cheeks and
20. do have soulful eyes, Name
breaks in the friend who has accom-
panied her. ''I think soulful eyes are
just too SWEET.
''They come higher. miss, it may be
the nereenary person will rejoin, bur
riedly consulting what looks like a stock
exchange report Yes, soulful eyes
have gone up. The .stee1y glitter is
popular and not SO high Fhen there
the far-away' look. That's the. same
But why gaze on the sordid picture?
Better draw a. BE tween and the
soothing sverld A IFS Cupid sit is well
your eyes are Blinded, for some base
god has marked on every one of your
arrows its prlce5 and the victim, instead
of giving himself up TO the rapturous
thrill Of welcome shot. coolly plucks
out the dart and searches for its price.