The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-15
LOVE LETTERS TO A LUNATIC.
ANSWERS TO Az ADVERTISEMENT
IN "CUPID'S MESSENGER."
A Patient In Hudson River Hospital In.
serted the Advertisement Describing
Himself as n Nassar Graduate and
Daughter Of o Millionaire and Solicit.
Ing the Exchange Of photographs.

Away out in Livermore, Alameda county,
Cal. lover sits signing and waiting for
o letter that never comes. In Los Angeles
there ara two lovers in a similar plight,
also two in Philadelphia. two in san Fran
cisco and one each in Cincinnati. New York
city, 81. Paul, Seattle, and twenty-one
other places.
Late in September these men read an
advertisement in Cupids Messenger, a
paper published by the Special Introduce
ton Company of Oakland, Cal. This is
the way 1t read:
1925 Poughkeepsie, Y VI am a grad
uate of Nassar College, are 20. feet inches;
dark brown hair and blue eyes. pleasant dis
post ION and "A daughter Of millionaire. am
IN earnest and will answer all letters and cN-
change photos. See photo above.
Accompanying the advertisement was
0 half-tone picture Of beautiful young
woman.
If tn" reader has ever answered an adj
ver,isement in Cupds Messenger he will
know that by writing to the publisher of
the paper and sending the number of the
advertisement the name of the person
who inserted il will be forthcoming for
purposes Of correspondence. SO II hap
pened that in the course of a week or two
after the paper containing this advertise
ment was printed letters began to reach
the PoughkcopSie post Office addressed
to Mis- MAY Gavnor, General Delivery.
Each mail added one or more 10 the ac-
emulation. The postmaster advertised
the letters in all the papers, but no May
Gaynor" nor any one else came forward
to claim them Ii was not until ycster-
day that the identity of May Gaynor'
was disclosed and the mystery surround
ing the letters was cleared up,
In one If the cottages of the Hudson
River State Hospital group there Is an IN
durable patient who has dehlsions of graz d.
eur. He thinks he is mind reader, an
artist of great rouown, and believes that
ell the women nuts"s and temal" PATIENTS are
IN love with him. He is a criminal and has
been in custody for the past twelve years,
having been sent 20 prison from lister
county for grand larceny. He has been
IN Sing Sing, Clinton and Matteawsn, and
was transferred from the last-nam"d in
ktitution in ls9s
Yesterday this patient called upon Dr..
Iandon and asked to he allowed 10 send
10 the post office for his mail He had
seen the letters for MAY Gavnor' adj
vertised He said that she was his sister
and that he was commissioned TO receive
her letters. DR.. Landon sent for IN" let
tors and had them opened. A. soon as
their contents were asccrtained the patient
was accused of having put the advertise
ment in the paper He admitted that he
and done SO and seemed 10 enjoy the Joke
hugely He wrote the advertisement him.
solf. had il smuggled out of tho hospital
and mailed TO CuPid's Messe' ger, togethe
with the photograph OF an a tfeSs which
he had in his room for some time MAY
Gaynor" was entirely a myth, born of his
Imagination.
The most persistent of Miss Gaynor,s
CORRESPONDENTS lives in Houston, Tex
He wrote her three letters, one In verse.
aud sent his photograph Then. when
no answer was forthcoming, he wrote
Please do answer my letter. II you are
not perfectly satisfied with me please return
my picture or burn it. as you choose II YOU
will only come to Texas ] promise that YOU
your valise with change OF clothes and come
t. me vii give you i;so9 acres of sooG o Si
won't YOU ii me cali you darling. and let me-
feel the loving tendrils Of your rosy lips to
One of Miss Gaynor's two Philadelphia
correspondence tells her that her photo
graph and description Of herself tally with
his ideal of the beautiful woman, yet Il
am sorey tempted 10 chde you for adding
daughter of a millionaire. These four
words dispelled the halo of romance
that had inst antly woven about your face
and figure" Still he begs her to answer
his letter and send her photograph
Princeton, Ill furnishes two correspond
ents, one of whom has the incest barber
shop in tow'p, yielding him an income of
S3iS month, and the other. writing from
purely disnterested motives, saws;
think with your great NtAl'n anu my
ability OF success in business life could
make life heaven on earth, am confident
that could learn to love you. so II YOU VIII
eend me money TO come TO see you with l"Hl
do so
l.. F. S, writing from Seattle, says;
have lust come, from Dawson TO spend the
nt.r have plenty 81 Gh ir IS a me w bsn
With me in the spring We can have a lovely
time and the trip i we'll worth seeing.
Another correspondent expresses the
hat m hn h.f
in the way of his marriage to Miss Gaynor,
las | race horses. ] can stand either pros
peritv or revcrses. | am fairly acquainted
In your city, a. have raced horses there"
man in Wyanet III, was in quest OF
housekecper and a friend of his handed
h; a matrimonial paper containing the
advertisement of May Gaynor. He writes:
looked it over, and thought that YOU were
20 ordinary, giddy girl or you could never
have gone through Nassar.
con, ributor in King Cty, Cal describes
his qualifications 70 be husband, In detail,
and ADDS this:
PSI believe I can take my sweethearts
manufacturing our inventions ourselves and
pla cinc them on IN" market
From Cincinnati comes a letter from n
young woman who wants Miss Gaynor to
put her in correspondence with n wealthy
Protestant man in New York, and promises
IN return To get her suitable male cor
respondent in Ohio.
j VI y. General Delivery, New York.
enniS nm itemized description of himself
He ay>
The characteristics of my face denote
stcrrnc~s NV teeth ARE all good. tire"
gold crown and three gold 0llug- in upper
SGT; back ones all hlled with amalgam, shoe
size. :. glove we,
George b, who is employed in life
saving station on the Pacific Coast and de-
scribeS himself a. "chroric joshcr, writes
in a tone that would seem to mean business
yet he touches a note of scrpticism when
he says:
II YOU are a miilionnire'~ daughter and
pretty A. Your photo shows YOU 10 h", don't
Think YOU would hay" any difficulty finding
a husband without advertising in a messenger
Of any kind, but, of course, that /, your bu~-
ness. not mine.
C. p Of san Francisco, who holds two
college diplomas and gold medal for ora
tory, but is kept down to n clerkship he
cause he hasn't got pull 10 obtain po-
stion for which he j. 0ualiiio !. bck- Miss
Gavnor in his first letter to bc hi, and thus
relieves hi, bursting heart:
The morning Of love has dnVurd upon ulc
with irr".i~ ihl" force. leaving in my heart
void which only lov" can al. aud hlug il
With n feeling OF Loneliness which only love
can "Npel yes, an indc~Cribahlc louripT
which only love can ~ati-f feeling which
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