New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-22
MANY WOULD Be BRIDES
Scores of Girls Ready to Wed
100000 Whoever.
OVERLOOK HIS 80 YEARS
Jamaica, Long Island, Man Act
ing as Agent Has Hard Time
Reading His Mail.

Many beautiful girls are among those
10 have written aud applied personally
Devid L. Hardenbrook, of No $40 Full
" s,reet. Jamaica, asking him to pre-
w., ,bcm TO his aged friend with 100000
10 wishes 10 marry twenty-year-old
,,rl He has received letters from vari-
sus points of the United States. written
a. Ave languages. four of which he can
-, read. Not a few of the letters bear
snecal delivery stamps, the writer's being
,,noble or unwilling to wait tor ordinary
I'll delivery. so sure are they that they
We the particular charms which will
nroye most attractive to the man with
me big fortune.
,,My mail is numbered with hundreds OF
.-onk letters from persons who could
rot possibly have chance" said Mr..
uardenbrook yesterday, "snd from others
,1ho are frivolous, and from still others
Who do not like this method to find
Young wife for an aged man. Here is
one, for instance. which simply gives US
hoth; well, listen TO it:
s1r: am a girl Of fourteen, but know
rhat is right II is simply crime for
TWO men like you and this rich old friend
~ yours 10 conspire TO get young girl
% marry an old man. almost ready TO
~ into his grave. II l were Of mar
ssssseable age certainly would not think
N marrying an old fossil like that.
VI d. II.
.pTheu," said Hardenbrook, there are
lstters by the score from lonely girls.
INA OF these says she is so lonely that
.hs would marry any one with money,
srcspt a uIGger.' Blondes of the bleached
sstety take UP much of my time writing
isttsrs and calling personally. OF course,
fhsy waste their time, as well as mine,
Sor I would not introduce them TO my
,ri.nd on any account. He wants a girl
from his own walk Of life, refined and
cultured although she needn't have
cent OF money.
Tslephoned Undertaken by Mistake.
On Friday evening about supper time,
arhen Hardenbrook was out OF town,
young woman of prepossessing appearance
called his number on the telephone
Through one OF those all too familiar
mistakes. the central gave her the num-
Der OF a local undertaken. She asked
n he were Mr.. Hardenbrook, and, scent
ing some fun, he admitted that he was
She wanted a personal talk, and he askec
her TO call at his (Hardenbrook's) office
at p. IN. She called at 7.
Not finding him in, she waited until
& o'clock. when she went to his home,
insisting that she had an appointment
with him. His family. of course, knew
l~.,@ lx, he IN
the city at the time she stated she had
telephoned to him. She finally agreed to
call the next morning. The undertaken
saw Hardenbrook, and twitted him about
the matter. on Saturday morning che
called. She said she was Southern GIRL
daughter Of planter.
what kind Of planter is you"
father" inquired Hardenbrook, politely.
He is an undertaken" she reluctantly
admitted.
A pair of inseparsble twins, perfect
ss's," write as follows:
Dear Mr.. Hardenbrook: We are twins,
twenty years, very loving, sweet diSpo-
stlons blond hair. blue eyes, perfect 36s,
go Won know we have some shapes. We
hope you take one OF US. VI course you
know YOU would have TO support the TWO
OF US as we cannot be separated: we
will make his freside pleasant. We are
highly educated, as you can see by this
letter. We want the man, not the money.
B. & 3.
A Long Island City girl incloses a pict-
ure and is sure she will be the one
chosen, for she possesses all the require
ments.
friend OF Hardenbrook's, seeing the
articles in the newspapers, writes:
Dear Dave: I've got an entry IN the
blonde handicap that ought TO cop nrst
money sure She is cute little My
twelve hands high and can work in sin
gle OF double harness. II TINS SANTA
Claus who is looking for frau can snow
an honest-to- goodness 5000, this chicken
will not lose any sleep trying TO count
the rest of the 7992, 900 iron men. II you
can get Methusaleh to bend an oar, steer
him to yours truly, D D.
Two letters come from mother and
son. The mother applies for Job as the
rnIlnonaire's wife, while the son writes
strong letter Of recommendation for his
mother.
A letter from q widow is testimonial
10 the possibility Of an old man and a
girl getting along together.
Dear Mr.. Millionaire: am not eligible,
ha Ting q heavy growth Of black hair, and
being past twenty. When l was, seven
teen, a neighbor OF seventy asked me 10
marry him, and We were united. Ahu,
being both people Of common sense, we we
a father. That IS apt 70 be your fate II
you marry a young girl; you VIII have
child 10 bring up, not pal ~ NJ
a u-r.u pI.pds AnnIies