The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-09
TIMES ARE BAD WITH CUPID
HE HAS TO CALL on DUKE JOE
LEVY FOR HELP.

but Younger Candidates for MatrimonI
Are Lacking Good Advice F:on
Gum n Psyche for q Man Visitor
In his office over on the West Side. Cupid
who has given over 100, 900 introductions
from which nobody knows how many
marriages nave resulted, gazed almost
despairingly at the carpet. Surely 1t wal
tough luck that the financial depression
should have hurt his business the way II
has, and as he thought this his gaze q
dered to where the great enemy OF race
suicide smiled down benignly from the
mantelpiece. Blu to-day the charm OF that
smile had departed. .,
And whyf Twas very simple. Only a
moment before he had let one Of his best
! customers out of the door after trying In
vain to explain that for the time being
he had no charming young Jewess for him
to cherish, and the man had gone away
In q hut.
-Himmell' said Cupid, SIS this the end Of
the business conducted personally by me
for twenty-one years. In which time have
I introduced to one another 100 900 Of those
young and foolish TO be married. Can 1
not now at the critical minute satisfy this
one faithful Of my customersp Himmell'
And then 1t was that as he gazed around
the room again. seeking inspiration. he
thought of the name of one Levy, Duke Joe
Levy Of ESSEX street, at one time famed all
over Greater New FORK for his munilcenoe
In the distribution Of presents to happy
couples he had united In the holy bonds
Of matrimony. AhiH Here was O fellow worker
! for the happiness Of mankind. Perad-
venture he might have a List of charming
young Jewessea. A letter would ascer-
tain. So Cupid wrote as follows on a letter
head containing tho announcement; Mar
riageable persons everywhere OF every rank,
religion and nationality introduced
NJ IA. ,.r, Ne, yo.k "
DEAs sIR: A customer OF mine. who
married once q lady ! introduced: and she
died. and he is back again. but not yet sue
c~essful. has been urging mo repeatedly for
the names Of Hebrew ladies. He Is a Hebrew.
and will marry no one but q Jewess. 1 have
you, and don't know what facilities you have,
but il you can send me the names Of a number
Of Hebrew ladies'. under 90. who are Of GOOD
hsrsctsr ana nave a iaos, riobt In MARI
enm.h .n..cIs,ad nrs.nm. 49," .rs
mueh pplooiaseu. p ,ee1 We aIo
Stranger 10 each otner. MY only apoiosy
Tor writing sucn a letter 10 the earnest ana
repeated request OF my client.
The Duke came into his office opposite
ra.sT Msrkst court and dronned his NIT cas.
-uh , - 81 ..i.s I...s 10. 49,. ~
win q sign OF relei. 1. was NOT, the Luxe
had Just come m from the country and his
temper was far from good. He opened the
waiting letter.
well, I'll be darnedi' said he. Il never
was so insulted In all my lifel Don't know
what facilities I havef Have I got the
names OF Hebrew ladies under Sc? The
bloomin' schatohen. marriage broker.
musical comedy mani And his let
twenty-onel yearsi What dyer think OF
that7 And / never, knew it and all the
time thought / was the biggest thing In
the matrimonial market hat ever hap
.Why don't he put his name In the papers
like ] do? Well, he'll get all the publicity
he wants this time. u
The Duke handed the letter to n OF
the court reporters with the injunction
to edo what you want with it, and then
relapsed into a state OF inooherency. The
Duke was angry. I,
That afternoon a young reporter walked
slowly up the front steps OF Cupid's bower.
He was ushered into hat little parlor
described in the circulars as holding a
business that now requires over twenty
employees, occupies all OF two large build
ings except the first foor OF one In
the basement window On the way up the
steps he could see Mrs. Cupid working away
busily at a typewriter.
Cupid beamed on the young man as on a
customer.
'Of course. you never can tell how these
things are going to turn out > he said when
asked about the prospect Of finding a wife,
we always believe In being frank with
our customers.
Now. we had q young man In here yes
terday about your age who was introduced
to a young lady. made out The papers,
paid his fee and everything done UP hand
some In an hour. In an hour-yee, sir.
OF course. it doesn't always pay to rush
things, but don't walt too long.
And then again there was a middle aged
man, lived right over here q few blocks
away. we'll to do. church member and all
that, met q young lady and they corre-
sponded for a long time and then he finally
married some one else. No. you never can
tell. We don't say these thing to discour- |
age you. you know; we just believe In being |
perfectly frank. Il
Now, how old are you. young manf
Only %. chr Well. Of course, there are not
many even very young girls who want to
marry q fellow as young as that. Now
we lave lots Of ladies in our books here
whose ges run anywhere from ~ to 60
very nice ladies'; but the Younger ones are