Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-26
They "IUST LOVE
old MEN, --IF
they're RICH
MILLIONAIRE IN NEW YORK BE-
slEeED BY LETTERs FROM
BLONDES

New York, July 26.-"I never dream
ed. when undertook to find wife
for an old friend Of mine who had
been a successful merchant IN New
York and at 62 years Of age found
himself widower retired to q farm
in the upper part Of the state, and
rather lonely what a lot Of real work
Cupid has to do" said David L. Har-
denbrook. real estate man, at No.
S1s Fulton avenue, Jamaica, yester-
day.
This friend Of mine | sa most kind
" gentleman who has devoted his life
to good works, and his years with his
first wife were ideally happy. She
died year ago leaving him alone in
the world except for a married daugh-
ter and son with a young family
coming up. Both children think ev-
erything OF their father The son is
a man Of great executive ability whose
whole time Is taken up with his busi-
ness. Tho old gentleman tired and
Ill retired to his birthplace up state
and undertook to be contented there.
After battling with the loneliness up
there for months he came to me the
other day and said that if he could
find girl of 20 who had any Of the
qualities Of the good wife that he had
lost he would marry her and try TO
make her happy. His own efforts to
find one had failed. And when
said that It was not to be difficult
he begged me to try it for him.
promised to do what could but when
had make known to a newspaper
man the sort of girl that my friend
had in mind and the description Of
her had been printed realized the
power Of publicity as never had be-
fore.
Il have been swamped with letters
from SO many nice blond-haired, blue
eyed girls that ! can never hope to
investigate all OF them and must pick
out those who seem to me to be
nearest to what my friend has in mind
He is worth millions Of dollars He
entertains good deal and latterly
travels much. Of course l cannot tell
you who my friend is, and have dis
guised his characteristics 50 well in
speaking Of him that no one could
recognize him.
After the news,went forth last week
that Mr.. Hardehbrook had temper
arily taken the ob Of Dan Cupid he
became the buatest man ever with
mail and his telephone ringing con-
stantly at his office. You'd better
get new and enlarged letter box Of
wrought iron with soldered joints. " said
Postmaster Ashmead, "for form the
heat of some of those bundles of gush
letters that have been coming in ]
take it that your old one may catch
fire.
When Mr. Hardenbrook came home
the other day form his daily business
trip to New York he found that the
dust had been cleanIy swept from the
store tagging outside his jamaica Of
fee BY the many skirts that had pass
ed that way on accommodating trips
and the doorbell Of the place was out
Of order. The street in front Of his
office looked like bit out of some
old Saxon city, there were so many
blue-eyed, bIond-haired damsels
walking about and casting shy. long
ing eyes at the windows Of his real
estate emporium. Several came up,
and standing on tiptoes asked him
boldly if they would do, while others
beseeched him to tell them something
more about the kind old gentleman
who wanted blue-eyed, saxon-haired
Lohengrin Elsa for helpmeet and
wouldn't they fill the bill2
II never knew tnere were SO many
pretty girls in the world" he said,
"It IL wonderful how we'll some Of
them can express themselves in the
letters they write me. Of course
some Of them are iokers, but hundreds
are serious. It speaks III for the