Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-10
YOUNG WOMAN SEES
INSIDE OF MAYORS
MATRIMONY BUREAU
MEETS YOUTH WHO SEEKS HIS MATE
His Honor Has Visions of City Hall Transformed
Into Bower of Beauty with Roses, While
Sweet Strains of Wedding Marches
Ring Through Corridors

and hesitatingly asked to see Mayor
Harper alone a minute. The mayors $
inner office was engaged and he drew
the young man aside. After several
false starts the visitor began:
ut is a most extr' ord nary thing to
do, you Know, ut-well-but-as q
matter of fact, you see-its like this,
you know. AS l was just going to say
Well, frankly, 1 should like to be mar
ried, you know.
"I've been over here year from
Cheshire, England, and / have been
down at Las Vegas. l was bit un-
steady at home, you know, and me re-
mittance will be doubled IL am mar
ried. When l read in the papers about
thls-well, you know--I just thought 1
would take a chawnce. Fawncy me
doing this! Most extraordinary, you
know!"
Not at all, my boy" said the mayor,
taking him cordially by the arm and
leading him to a seat. Just wait until
1 get through with this young woman
and we will have a talk"
During this ! was sitting in another
part of the room trying to keep a
straight face.
Mayor Careful Cupid
"Come here and 1 will show you
| some of the letters we have received"
he said to me, and followed him to
a nearby desk.
did you notice, that young man sit
| ting there?"
1 professed ignorance of any young
man, and asked
1.-THE one behind the paper?" He,
by the way, was perusng the daily
market report while holding the paper
upside down.
That's the one. He /. ks like a
| fol 10 hr- l.,
here to see about the matrimonial
| bureau, too"
For a few minutes longer we talked
| and he pointed out the letters.
Here's one that would not suit you
at ALL"
This letter looks as if it were from
| the right sort of a chap" etc. Just
then. Detective Talamantes came into
the office in the interest of some friend
| and the mayor was called away. Most
of the people at the city hall should
have recognized me and 1 was in con-
stant fear of a denouement.
How would you like to meet that
young fellow? 1 really think he looks
Ike a nice boy"
l blushed, stammered and said:
well, 1 think l should like it very
much" and his honor went off to learn
more about the young man.
| JuSL walt I'LL L speak TO MIN dnO
| see what he is like"
The mayor is very discreet. He is
only going to introduce the right kind
| of people, and thus he investigated the
| would-be husband.
Some questions as to his salary, his
occupation and his general character
were put and the two returned to me
Introduces Young Couple
The mayor asked for my name an6
he introduced us, using our shameless
| ly assumed names. / looked at the
reporter and he looked at me. We
both stammered and finally said we
were glad to know each other.
The mayor discreetly walked into the
other room to talk to the detectives
and left us to form our friendship and
to discuss matrimonial plans. When
we were left alone 1 rebelled.
II think 1t is horrid to deceive him
when he is SO nice to us-how shall
we ever get out of it?
"Shall we stick or shall we make a
run for the door now?" asked this
pseudo mining man.
The telephone rang. Enter the mayor.
We are both trying to talk to each
other.
"Yaws, 1 have been down in Las
Vegas a year. Beastly lonely down
there, don't you know" ooh, that cock
ney accent)
Approving smile from the mayor.
"Tell me something about yourself
Exit the mayor, still smiling delight
edly.
"How shall we get out of here?" from
my companion. More framing up.
Another telephone. Enter the mayor
again.
Mayor Is Most Polite
T H. 4
like to see more of you. Don't you
think we could rrange to be intro
duced formally, by your parents, you
know, perhaps. Have you some par
ents?" All in the English accent.
The mayor talking the while, his
bright eyes twinkling.
After he went out a second time we
decided that we had been together long
enough to form an acquaintance and
we went out to say good by.
I'VE are going to be formally in
\ troduced by my parents" 1 said, land
think we shall be very good friends"
'Well, that is nice, and you will
come back next Saturday morning,
won't you?" said he, cordially, as he
put out his hand to say good by.
l promised, and my Englishman"
stammered his thanks.
II feel that l am very much indebted
TO you, Mayor HARPER, ne SalQ, ana
! then the mayor paid me the prettiest
compliment imaginable.
Indeed, / think you ought to be,
young man." he said with true GAL
lantry, as he looked at me, and 1 did
envy that little school teacher whom
was not.
would like to become chief assistant
to Mayor Harper in the matrimonial
bureau, and 1 hope that woman suf-
/ L,
to keep him in the chair as long as
he wants to stay.
BY THE BOGUS MINING MAN
If you have any pet illusions you are
nursing and you want to make them
more real you want to tell Mayor Har-
per about it. The genial little man will
make you think your dreams are all
| true.
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