The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-22
COOPER AND CUPID
Love Affairs of Wealthy SeXa-
genarian Are Famous.
Have Consumed Much Time in
the Courts.
HIS THIRD DIVORCE.
Has Just Been Heard by Judge
WhitcOmb.
Had Many Other Affairs OF the
Heart.
Undaunted He May Again Seek
God of Love.
SUNDAY.

For forty-one years John c. Cooper
has hunted the sunny side of matrl-
mony. He has not found it. Three
times he has been the defendant in
divorce suits. Once his lawyers de-
Tended him for breach of promise. But
still he is not discouraged. He has
not abandoned his search for the port
of his love.
According to an affidavit offered in
the recent Cooper divorce suit Lena
Tilson, young, attractive and ambi-
tious, may be a winning candidate for
honors as Mrs. Cooper No. 4. From
the list of % prospective brides offer
ed by Colonel Booge, of the Home
Comfort, there are still several mar
riageable candidates. In addition to
these Florence King-thatS her real
American-Irish name-Still commands
a warm spot in the youthful heart of
the wealthy matrimonial expert. And
Florence is a Countess. too-a real
sure enough live countess-who owns
a Spanish domain, has money in the
bank and travels in real society.
For years John Cooper's reputation
as an adroit and successful lover has
kept him at the top of the list in Kan
sas. Often and on varied occasions he
has wooed and won. The old time fire
and enthusiasm always seemed to en-
ter into Cooper love affairs and he en-
tered the game with a confidence and
determination that is hard to equal. To
be sure Cooper's marital woes would
to stop and reflect. Not so John
Cooper. He still believes that his af-
fnity lives and awaits his coming. So
he is determined to find her.
His First Love Affair.
It was away back in the early 70's
that Cooper's first real love reached
full bloom. He was a young man in
those days and any girl upon which he
smiled seemed to be the envy of every
other girl in the community. At the
dinner table aged fathers would tell
their marriageable daughters of John
Cooper's prospects in life. The young
man was what the folks in the village
called a hustler" He was also hand
some and strong. He seemed to recog-
before his companions knew that the
venture meant real profits. His dome
of intellect-which Mrs Cooper No. 8
designated as a skating rink-waS COW
ered with black wavy hair. The re-
cords show that young Cooper receiv-
ed a formal invitation to every party
and dance within a radius of ten
miles.
His First Marriage.
Then one day when Cooper attained
his majority, he married his choice of
all the pretty girls in the neighbor-
hood. Cooper and his wife came to
kansas. They located on a farm in
Usage county and for twelve years
Cooper made more money than any
man in the county. Each year his farm
seemed to lap over onto the vast acres
of some neighbor until people began
to tell of John Cooper's possessions in
sections and quarter sections of rich
land. When the Kansas crops seemed
certain to prove failure, Cooper al
ways harvested a full crop. In nine
years six children had come to the
cooper home and as the years ad-
vanced the elder of the children went
70 work in the fields.
Sometimes, it is claimed, Cooper
smiled on the damsels of the Neosho