The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-11
THE JOKE is ON SCHUSTER
Advertisements in San Francisco Papers 6x'
Ddnd His Correspondence Materially.

from the postofice to his own Office
tomorrow morning.
Some wag showed a copy of the ma
trimonial advertisement to Mr.. Schus-
ter's wife and asked her what 1t meant
She knew that some of the boys had
been trying to play joke on her hus-
band and took it in that light. In an
swer to the matrimonial advertisement
4 young lady from Vallejo. California,
writes as follows; Il presume you
will want to know something about
the writer and what | am like. Well,
to begin at the beginning. | am ma
tive of California but lived in the
East. | am a graduate of an east
ern college. l weigh 130 pounds. have
a fair complexion. and am rather tall.
Am very fond of outdoor amusements
and like to have a good time generally.
Should you desire answer this letter
giving full particulars. | should be
pleased to hear from you. "The young
lady signs her name, and gives her
street address.
| From the number of answers re-
ceived in answer to the advertisement
for a stenographer which appeared
/ in the San Francisco Examiner, one
would judge that the typewriting trust
I in San Francisco was not an effective
organization as there seems to be
great many who are willing to seek
the air and climate of Arizona. One
man forty-seven years of age states In
his application that he speaks Span
ish English. German. and French. An
other refers Mr. Schuster to A. Orfla
l. T., Y...fn A n
came from an employment agency in
san Francisco to furnish any number
0f men for the place.
The Beside Mining Company is
fake company organized at Nogales
for. joke 1t is capitalized at $50, ,000,-
0G0 and the board OF directors issue a
| million shares of the stock to friend
every now and then. Some OF the dir
ectl rs of the company are Bob j.
Whiteside. j. c. Gates. F. l.. keil. and
Col. VIM Schuster. the mining eX-
pert. who by the way is no relation
to the Mr. Schuster on whom the Joke
was perpetrated. Mr.. Schuster believes
hat the members of the board of dir
ectors of the company put up the
Joke on him. Mr. Gates is in the city
end he denies having had anything
10 do with it, bnt he says that it looks
like the work of Bob Whfteside IT
Whiteside was seen. he would probably
deny 1t and say that it looked like
tie work of Jack Gates
The Joke was a good one. however.
who ever perpetrated 1t and there are
still Others to he heard from In res
ponse to both advertisements. 1t would
seem from the many answers to the
matrimonial advertisement, that Mr.
Schuster's personal charms had pre-
ceed it. 1t seems a sname that Mr..
Schustcr Is married and can rot an
swer the many fair applicants. He has
offered to turn over his letters to any
single friend who has ambitions in
This line.
Mr.. Schlster received a number of
IterF hy tho mail from the West this
morning in answer to the matrimonial
advertisement. one Of them enclosing
the picture Of the writer. Mr.. Schuster
has been showing all of the letters to
his wife but the boys say that he
concealed this one until by accident
she found ont that he had received It,
The letter is from a small town in
California and reads as follows; My
dear, Mr. Schustor-I saw your ad
in the Monday Chronicle and thought |
would answer it. This is my first at
tempt at answering a matrimonial ad
and | suppose that it will be my last /
have lived with my widowed mother
all my lie, my father dying when f
was a baby. / am, demi blond, my
cyns aYe blue. ana my height is five
fee. ErA. | weigh one hundred and
nay pounds. ] have always been an
Y u,s 20 go to Arizona as my father is
nu"iea there He vas accidently shot
While riding in wagon with three
other men. AS | know of nothing to
write about that will interest you !
will close"
The picture enclosed in this letter
is a very pretty one. Mr.. Schuster
turned over the letter to Jack Gates
who Is unmarried and he intends to
answer It.