The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-19
Doc Of he Four RrOher Isandsae House Ihtnd the Boat

Ieyery bone intact. By nature the gull IS
I gormand and frequently takes 50 much
food into his crop, fish, mice and other
material, that he is obliged TO disgorge a
part of his repast before he is able 20
fly.
Now that we have discovered where hes
the mysterious island and know some
thing about the gulls, let US look at the
multitude Of persons who applied for thee
job Of taking care of them. Mr.. Hatch
estimates that his advertisement inserted
once each year for eight years has
brought TO him more than fifteen
Thousand answers. Probably not more
than two-thirds Of these were ever opened
and read, and not to exceed twenty per
sons of all those who answered the ad-
vertisenent have ever known the secret
of the mysterious island. So many Of
those responding gave evidence of suita-
bility for the job that it has been Mr..
Hatch's practice to select each year three
or four of the most promising ones and
send for them to come % his Office. Only
those finally selected were given any par
ticulars- This year the place is to be
given to 9 college student who possesses
special qualifications for the position,
50 there is no use of any one seeking
further for the place this year.
Young Men Want Job.
A very large majority OF the answers
come from young men between the ages
of twenty and thirty-hve and nearly all
from persons Of education. Many indi-
cate 8 strong desire merely to get away
from the world and its annoyances. Here
IS an answer received from q man whose
name frequently appears in the society
columns of the New York and Phila-
delphia newspapers:-
Answering your adTertisement-yes!
l will gladly 80 to your island, no matter
where it is, so long as it IS far enough
from mainland that women cannot reach
il. i am not testing. want no compen-
SatOn, but will pay for the privilege"
For the first time this man will learn
through this article the location of the
island he longed for as a refuge from ths
fair sex
Following is a letter from the Second
District prison Of New York city
Il ask you most seriously for the posi-
ton you offer on some island. am .
young man, thirty years old, with fair
education and good disposition am
at present under sentence of six months
for intoxication, drink being my worst
enemy and I find am unable to over
come It in this way. My offence Is
simple one in the eyes of the law. Ny
release can be readily procured by any
one who wishes to employ me. If my
letter reaches you apply to Magistrate
Barlow. I have to remain here until
August Il, unless earlier released"
Here Is an application from a well
known man on Fifth avenue;-
Solitude appeals to me. / have
rcamed in the worlds isolated places
md dwelt there alone. Age forty-fTA
Shall be pleasedto call"
Mr.. Hatch and this man meet fro-
,uentiy socially.
A young man in the Registers ONCE
n Brooklyn wanted Summer Tine" to
% arrange that he and six of his com
,aniOns could have each two weeks on
he island.
A citizen of Guttenburg, n. J., an
bounced that his wife had lost her soul"
nd he wanted to get away from her for
season in the hope that the soul might
eturn,