Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-20
WANTS A MAN
Yonkers Widow Advertising For a Husband Gets Proposal
 From This City
OTHER APPLICANTS

New York, April 20.-One hun dred and one suitors in four days have entered the contest for the hand of Mrs Mime Rauch, the young widow of Yonkers, who made pub lie appeal for husband who would Hove and be loved" The young woman has faced courageously the opposition of family and friends, and stands pat on her determination to wed the best man that applies. With the last mail delivery Sat urday night, Mrs Rauch had received 101 letters, every one from suitor. Nearly every man sent his picture, and more than 75 requested the widow ot to give their names away. Said Mrs Rauch yesterday:
 Tt would seem tLat l am the talk of the town. Tbe men seem chival- rous enough to give me credit for being a good woman The women are not so kind. But 1 must not start another controversy with them. They all despise me now. Just say that I mean to carry out my inten- tions, and that I will marry the man l decide is best. I mean by that the one with whom 1 believe I shall find my future happiness, regardless of financial or any other but moral considerations.
 Did you receive many anonymous letters?" she was asked.
 Not one, and there is great re- lief in that phase of the matter. l received not one scurrilous note nor one that was unsigned. But 1 opened one which was positively silly, and it went into the fire. The only other one that was objectionable came from my disgruntled sailor, MT Fleming who gave up to the public the sincere letters I wrote to him. He wrote me letter which was insulting in its criticism, and 1t was consigned to the fire at once" :"
 It was the correspondence be- tween Mrs Rauch and Fleming which brought out her desire for a husband. Fleming had made a pub lie avowal at a meeting of the Self Improvement club, in Harlem, that he was in search of an affinity. Mrs Rauch read the appeal and wrote to Fleming, declaring that she lived in dread lest she should die with out having been happily married. She wrote him letter explaining that she wanted to marry a man who would provide her with a happy future.
 Mrs Rauch declared yesterday that she had destroyed every letter which came from Yonkers. She said six men from that suburb had at last walked up and made an appeal for considera- tion.
 'I have 101 proposals to choose from at this date" said Mrs Rauch "All but about twelve have been laid aside or destroyed as entirely out of the question. shall make another test, which will eliminate at least half of the dozen which now have under consideration. Not one of the survivors Is from Yonkers; three are from New York and the others are from cities and small villages nea3 by.
 "0ne old fellow thought he had a joke, and he wrote just this: So you want man, ha. ha, ha. How about me? and signed his name. He was about the first one to be discarded. Another one wrote poetry. One boy, sort of baby chap, about. 20, wrote a long sentimental appeal to woman beautiful. loving woman,' and such rot. He is out of it."
 One of the amusing letters came from Waterbury. Conn.,, and the pro- posal was written in verse. The widow destroyed the initials of the writer. but the verse reveals his name and address. It follows: Mrs Rauch. with great delight read your letter the other night: The one you wrote to Mir Fleming l thought it fine, without saying
 Lemon"
 You seemed to be my hearts first
 choice,
 Or in other words you are real nice Your age. it would just suit me fine. For l am just five years from thirty.
 nine.
 My height it is just five feet six. And am not cranky. with no mean
 tricks.
 My eyes are like the blue, blue sky They look quite bashful-but I ain't
 shy. My name and hair is Auburn Brown. My cheeks are like the sweet red rose With full high forehead and Roman
 nose. am no scribe or learned man houll know yourself when thesa
 lines you scan. now reside in the state of Conn. Where there are plenty of girls to bn
 be struck on. now reside in a oOzy street That Is called Elm. where I sIeeD and
 cat. The number is one ninety-three. rTrrr