The Washington herald., 1907-12-31
CUPID LOSES His JOB
Maybe Coming of Leap Year
Is Cause; Maybe Not.
Grille IS OH, so LONESOME
American Home Friendship Club
Formed TO Meet LOng-feIt Want
and Make Two Hearts Beat as
One, Fails i'm Its MissiOn-ROman-
tic Souls Are Lacking.

| New York, Dec SO.-Its really to pro-
voking that the american Home Friend
ship Club has been abandoned and
Wednesday is the beginning OF leap year.
or possibly, it is because leap year with
its well-knOwn privileges is here. that
the A. II. +. Club has gone out OF busi-
ness. as its mission was 10 bring "girlie"
that is what the club literature calls
her 'girlie. personal introduction to
Mr.. Man
The fascinating facts about the a. II.
F. Club were brought to your correspond
ent's attention by a correspondent who
inelosed with his letter an advertisement
clipped. he wrote. from a Western paper.
There you see. in the clipping picture
calculated to move the misanthrope TO
matrimony. II IS a two-part picture. di-
vided by nicely-drawn brick wall. Here.
on the right as you look. is to be seen a
woman seated in chair, resting her fore
head on her finger-tips and thinking, one
would suppose. whether she should have
the potatoes mashed or baked for dinner
OH- now HOtn1nNics
Nothing so unromantic On the wall
over the back of her chair Is inscribed
do you, dear grille, want to meet the
man?''
Now you begin 10 see why she leans
her forehead on her fnger-tips More
over, TO her right, entering door labeled.
No. > Lonesome Place" enters a dear lit
tie Cupid on a cloud, holding IN its cum
ming little right hand banner with this
strange device: ''Wanted-Good wife /
at No. ! Lonesome Place For informa-
ton apply TO American Home Friendship
CluD."
OF course, YOU turn at once 20 the left
hand picture and are tickled nearly 10
death 10 discover that here is a man
biting his nails. and over his head is she
legend do you. Mr. Man. want TO
meet the girl?" And that his door is
No l Lonesome Place and his Cupids
banner reads: "Wanted-Good husband
at No. Lonesome Place" &c.
Clyde Fitch Would Enthuse.
Clyde Fitch could write a play with no
other hunch than those pictures. and
that is merely the starter for the ad-
vcrtisement. The letter press vies with
the illustration in interest Listen:
These two young people are both Of
them lonesome. They'd be delighted if
they could form each others acquaint-
ance, and do so in a respectable, genteel
way"
AS IL the dear. little cuplds, wearing
nothing but their smiles and clouds We're
not genteel, They can. You. fair maiden.
and you. young man Of the world-he's
biting his nails. at that-can. both OF you.
form honorable friendships that may make
you cOntented and happy Tor life. CThere's I
only the brick waH between them. as il i-)
Biowever 10 90 on:
You can do - vi, ,hout losing one BIT
Of your seIf-respect, and with the same
propriety with which you'd welcome a
personal Introduction al a church fair or
a social gathering. cor, with as much !
propriety as girls would bake those pota- /
toes.
You can do so by joining the American |
Home Friendship Club. No exhorbitant !
initiation fee is required. Write to-day. !
in full confidence, of course. for further /
Address your letter 20 Maud |
G. Maher, secretary, 5l5 Temple Court |
New York"
Gets Rush" Assignment.
A reporter hurried around 10 see Maud /
The reporter entered and addressed a /
brunette young woman.
Il came for information about the /
American Home Friendship Club" said
the reporter.
"Oh. they attended 10 that at Water /
vile. Me. responded the young woman. /
with precisely the same manner OF one 1
who should say. Nothing doing"
The reporter showed a clipping. cut \
from a Western paper, in regard to the
club.
Il don't want to doubt your word" said
the Miss. looking as if she greatly en-
jOyed the doubt, but that's not from a
Western paper. That was never printed
except in our own publications."
Your own?'
Sure. the America Home. two years
for . cents; Sawyer's. - cents a year:
For Women % cents a year All printed
IN Waterville, Me-
Hike Would Be Too Long.
The girl reiterated the statement that
lOr further information the reporter would
have TO go 10 Waterville. but as this
seemed long hike for an afternoon as
'ignment the reporter pursued the sub
ect. While he was thus pursuing Mr..
"e'nsehenk. small whiskered man, en-
ered from an inner office
Mr.. Weinschenk, how about the
Friendship Club?" said the young woman.
"All given up, all given up" said Mr.. ,
Weinschenk, and he beat It into the inner
,ffice again. Further questioning of the
-oung lady on the part of the reporter
'ailed 10 obtain further light on the SUBJ
ect. and the reporter gracefully with
irew.
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