The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-14

l first batch of literature did not elicit any application for membership no more is sent unless it happens that some mem Der from the same town or neighborhood asks a list of possibilities. when he Is sent with a letter of introduction to that girl
 pense of the club this might be more than she bargained for, particularly if the young man presented the letter to her father by mistake. A sirl who thought she had arranged for such an exigency wrote as follows
 Seeing advertised that many yodns men, were anxious to marry, will say would be very much pleased to corre- spond with one of them. l prefer a man with blue eyes and light hair. And one who is wealthy. am young girl IS years of age, have dark eyes and hair and am comparatively rich. Graduated from college last year and am at home this Winter for a rest and would be very much pleased to correspond with some nice young man. Please answer and send picture of my correspondent.
 "P. S.-Please put Personal on my let ters so my father will not get them
 The Special Bargain Offer.
 When the club has a membzer who is looking for a helpmate in a certain town or locality it makes a bargain offer. The person who is found to join the club and undertake the happiness of the inQuir- ing meRiher is given membership for sl LO1 BlA itOAtllbp WuiCu IS Ont-udlL tHe reg ular rate. The following circular letter is first sent out:
 We have a call for a gentleman in your town from a young lady wishing to correspond with a view to matrimony and, not having a suitable member there, we obtained your name from another matrimonial agency to which you wrote few months ago.
 We are satisfied that the lady men tioned in the inclosed special offer would make you a good, true wife. We have every reason to think that she Is honest In this matter and don't hesitate to recom- mend her to you as one worthy of your respect and confidence. She has plenty of money to make a nice start and wishes to correspond with some honest gentleman. She is willing to exchange photos and give you any other information that you may wish when the proper time comes accept the offer we have made you please recommend some good, honest gentle man"
 The letter ends with the statement that no addresses can be given until the mem bership is secured. Since the offer is 2 tempting one 1t finds ready response and there are always applicants for the spe- cial offer. If there should be no one ready to Heet the emergency some name might be sent. gathered from any and every possible source. particularly directories and advertising lists. In one such in stance on record 'n the club office the AlAlhC uA U lHdkTlcQ WOHldn was sent. u evidently astonished the woman to receive love letters from a strange man. and all though she bore the trial hravely for a time she finally discovered the agency through which he had received her name
 She then wrote to lhe club officer mak- ing her position very clear and threaten. ing to expose his fraud ''I will give you over to the police if you do not desist at once. You have now given my name to two men who are seeking wives through your agency. l would have you know have husband and three children. My husband is a respectable man and I am a home-loving woman. and if you do not cease this annoyanc eat once l will tell
 my husband of it and he will find means to put a stop to it."
 Unfortunate Husband the Victim.
 Another time a man was the unfortu- nate victim and he, too, was married He did not threaten to tell his wife--in fact, his grievance was that she had dis covered 1t. She had looked over his mail for him and had found the letter among some business correspondence on his desk. His temper Is evident in his protest:
 Why do you use my name for your low business? What right have you to find me wives? I have one now and you came near making trouble between us. My wife road the silly love letter some girl wrote me There was card of introduction or within 1OOvmiles of it would have you locked up and sent to the penftentiary for such business"
 As fo: photographs, the club agents were well supplied. Every application which was sent in had its inclosed DOT trait, They came from the four quarters of the globe. There is an interesting young army officer taken in Siam with his white helmet and khaki uniform There is photograph of German who has come to thls country and Is farming in Iowa. The photograph, however. was taken in Zurich and the young fellow wears the uniform of a soldier in the German army.
 An elderly Kansas applicant had a ko- dak picture taken with himself in his cornfield and his house in the background. A white-bearded party stood beside his bee hives. with his ducks on one side and the chickens on the other. The picture is labelel My wealth"
 A Swede inspired with the same idea had a front view of his house taken, with the organ and the parlor chairs on the porch and himself at the gate. These pie lures were evidently taken especially for the club, as was that the cobbler sent of himself at his bench. On the back of this is written T want good wife, who can keep things straight and look
 Photographs for Distribution.
 The club officers make small duplicates of these photographs and print them by the thousand for distribution. In one case 10.o00 were sent out at one time. the ap- pllcant pdInB m great hurry 10 leave ths country and wanting wife to take with | him. As result of this general publicity | he had 676 offers of marriage and had | much ado in choosing a wife from that number. He wrote the club president: 'I have too many to Choose from. Cant you tell me which you think is the like Hest to make good wife? It is so hard to tell from the photographs. 1 want a | piano player, but they all say they can | play Write me instructions at once"
 When titp finally lntrllp1 -and | he was-the agency trium7hdntly an ! We chose him a wife and she | suited hiG. 1t only cost Tim & for our | services and he is IS happy as q lark, | Come try it yourself and you will be happy, too"
 The standard Club cir:Jlars modestiy announce tha- it handic5 thousands os | m onthy and that every satis- | faction is given. The imm .nslty of the | club corre spondenCe cannot he oVeresti- | mated. Sev'ral hundred letters are de- l ivered daily to the Ayers Avenue ofhce i and many more are sent away. The | amount of business which these letters | r apreseHt is not so certain MT. SchlOSser | says he is making money fast and there | .s every reason to believe that he is. His | regular rate of yearly membership is $4 | W hich does not include the extras, and | there are as many of them As he can find | time to publish.
 Members of Long Standing.
 There are, moreover. some members in | his club--not so many-who have been on | the membership role cor several years and | who are still unhappy in their singleness. | Mir Schlosser insists that he has done | or too poor, or not good looking. It l seems one has to be all three to be pop l ular in club circles Given all three at | tributes to charm and it is easy enough | 10 find a husband or a wife, as the case ! may be. The agency guarantees success for such cases, but it has not given uni [