The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
DIZZY HUNT FOR WIFE
REMARKABLE SEARCH NOW ON BY
THE REV. G. w. BROWNBACK,
OF PENNSYLVANIA
INSERTS A MATRIMONIAL AID
Gets 500 Answers From Women and
Is BusiIy Writing Such of
These as He Regards
Eligible.

Most remarkable. is the search being
made. by the Rev.. G. w. Brownback, of
Reading, Pa, for bride. Mr. Brown
back inserted this advertisement in a
Chicago newspaper:
I DESIRE to correspond with Christian
ladies of good health and means, be-
tween the ages Of eighteen and forty;
object matrimony; L am a Congrega
tionalist, aged tWenty-nine (see photo
abOvel; fun particulars, description and
photographs exchanged in first letter.
Address Rev. G. W. Brownback, No.
S24 Chestnut St, Reading, Pa. Z. .
References exchanged.
AS result Mr.. Brown is swinging
around the circle" in his hunt for wife
in a dizzy whirl compared with which
the jou.neyiGss Of campaign orators are
l-isureIz.
From selected list of 800 answers to
his advertisement for a suitable wife, Mr..
Brownback narrowed his choice down to
twelve 'likeIy-appilcants,' as he expresses
it.
Two weeks ago he set out to visit each
Of the twelve in turn and decide which
should be favored with the title of Mrs.
BroWnback. He had visited seven of the
applicants and is still continuing his
travels.
Il may be married in twenty four
hours, and it may be month before L
see the finish of this thing" said Mr..
Brownback.
when L find the woman that I can
fan i'm love with the rest of this marry,
ing affair can be concluded in a mighty
short time. 1 shall simply take out a
license, call on a brother clergyman and
catch the next train back to Reading
with Mrs. George w. Brownback on my
arm.
Fl can't be hurried and I can't be fool
oil Nfn
want and m locking for her"
TO a reporter for the New York Sunday
World Magazine Mr.. Brownback con-
scented Cor the first time to make a COM
plete statement regarding his extraordn-
airy search for q wife, with particulars
Of his experiences thus far.
Mr.. Brownback is of decidedly clerical
appearance, from the crown of his long
ish, sleek-combed black hair to the soles
of his small and very neat-fitting polish
ed CATERS. He wears a black Prince
Albert, a silk tile, a wide expanse of
shirt front and a small white tie His
manner is dignifed, not to say stoical
His gestures are oratoricaI, and as he
talks Of his matrimonial affairs his SEN
fences roll out as if they were addressed
TO a mass-mceting in Carnegie hall.
Mr. BrOwnback lives in neat little red
brick house on Chestnut street, Reading
Pa. He boards there, but the door-plate
with REV. G. w. Brownback' shining on
its face indicates his status as parlos
boardeT.
Seating himself easily in a carved chair
with plush trimmings, Mr.. Brownback
waved his visitor to another plush chair
opposite and began his story.
u am Twenty-Five years old, and conse-
Quently have reached the age when il be-
hooves me to think about matrimony,"
said Mr.. BrOwnback.
Il have my ideal of a wife, and I made
up my mind that 1 never would marry
until l found that woman.
Certainly I'll find her.
THE reason so many men fail to find
their ideals is that they don't look for
them.
II can't say that I have ever regularly
paid marked attention to any lady. OF
course, here in Reading, where 1 was
born and raised, and all the young ladies
and their mothers know that I'm a min
lister and a single man-er, well, I've been
invited around a good deal Wen put it
that way.
I've frequently visited homes and gone
home to dinner with deacon's folks, of
course. andSah-met the young ladies.
But / never went back a second time. 1t
IS not in my nature to wish to raise false
hopes.
Besides Reading is a town where, as