The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-05-18
HIGHEST BIDS
SHOULD OBTAIN
THE BACHELORS
ONE OF THE MANY THINKS GOV.
GILcHRIsT, MAYOR REILLY AND
ALLIE RtERA SHOULD &c BID IN
BY BACHELOR eIRLs-ARE TOO
MANY FOR POLICEMEN.


gested that old bachelors be forced to
to serve either in the military COM
panies or on the police forces, one of
ing.
Editor Pensacola Journal
In Your edition of this date and I'M
der the caption of ITO EXterminate
Old Bachelors" you have touched upon
an interesting subject that is world
wide in it's influence and effect. a sub
ject that has been propounded by many
generations past and so far no prolific
response that can or will improve the
condition of social progress. In rea-
soning from cause to effect and irony
effect to cause, the first inquiry than
would perhaps be made is, why such
vast number of males are living a
single life? !. And in this connection it
were not uslwise to take into consid-
GRAFTON the life of the single female of
the species, The Bachelor Girl"
I should like to make a suggestion:
/ would like to request that Miss Burn
lam of The journal and Mr.. Felkel of
the Evening News take the female and
the male part of this proposition, re-
spectively, and give the public the
benefit of their theories pertaining
thereto
I have read carefully your sugges-
defect in society, and your solution to
make all bachelors between the ages
of 20 and GO serve as policemen or in
the military companies, but did you
take into consideration that in such
an event it would bankrupt the state
to pay their salary on the present
basis of payment. 1 have requested
estimates from many prominent men,
and their replies seem to indicate that
In Escambia countXcalon are a larger
number of bachelors than in all the
military companies in the state Of
Florida, and then add to that number
the police departments of Pensacola,
Jacksonville and Tampa and still there
would be some to spare. There is no
reason to believe that Escambia coun-
ty is in any way an exception to the
other As counties of the state in ratio
of their population, or that it is
paradise for the bachelor and bachelor
girl, alone.
In making policemen of FIorida's
bachelors there would be included in
the ranks of blue uniformed peace
makers our Honorable Mayor of
the city of Pensacola, our Hon.
orable Governor OF Florida the
Land of Sunshine and Flowers.
and numerous others. prominent in ma
tional and local affairs. Even Allie
Riera, the prince of all sportsmen and,
fishermen, would be wearing a uniform
of blue But say, wouldn't Allie make
a dandy policeman Ca suggestion for
marshaD. And that is not all, for in
the professional ranks that should not
be overlooked you will find Doctors
Mcmillan and Quina. With them in
the police department the city need
not elect q. city physician, and soon
the police department would be the
most popular body Of men in the city.
And last, but not least, come our mer-
chants and clerks. From the foot of
Palafox street, where the waters of the
bay ever soothe and caress, to the
smoky stacks of Goulding. you will
find in each and every business place
bachelors either at the head of the
business or important associated there
in. There's Levy, with his rope and
chains, and captains and mates galore,
there's men who weld and shape the
iron red, and pilots strong and brave,
and Stagno and Morasso for that far
off land. and Oerting and Engstrom,
some combinations hard to beat, then
M and o. and The John White Store
with bachelors complete, and Henry
on the corner, smiling, nice and neat.
And 10! the banks quite forgot. Just
take a peep and see, twould touch the
heart of any maid, and inclinations
would insist that 'twere q place to
high in air we find that Baars is nes-
tied there, as well as McRee, Loftin,
Wilson, Kirke Monroe and yet another
score of leading lights whose pHghts
we all deplore, and on and ever up
ward this number seems to soar and
then we reach DAlemberte's and
Roch's, the bacheloAs' camp grounds,
and there's Phillips,s Tom and Mobiles,
who should not be let stray beyond the
fold, and Philip Yonge, always smiling
and no more, and Johnnie Carey-in-
deed Whiting / came near leaving
you when passing on this molly throng
before. And now comes the bunch as
ne'er before for in the door / see-Joe,
Jolly Joe-oh, Santo you're a dandy
Parker, Parker you have heard the
name before, so there l let the ladies
score. and Cawthon from the west who
came and joined the rest.
But to mention all would require
many editions of your paper, and j
have simply called your attention to
this vast number of bachelors that
wherein they may be disposed, as this
throng would far outnumber the de-
mand Would il not be good idea to
have a public auction, that they may
be sold to the highest bidder and those
bidders to be only bachelor girls, with
title and deed to such property free
of cost to the purchaser, the proceeds
to go to the orphans home and charity
hospital Then if the bachelor girls
will not purchase, you may lay the
blame wherein it may belong. If they
do then perhaps you will not resort to
making policemen of them. but viii
find them in the ranks OF Benedicts
numbered among our best and worthiest
citizens. The first that suggest that
be offered for sale will be Gov. A. W.
Gilchrist and Hon. Frank Reilly,
mayor of Pensacola, and Allie Riera,
our prince OF sportsmen. And now,
bachelor girls. who will make the first
nffar Address ALL communicat lions 10