The Washington times., 1920-12-18
HAS YOUTH AND BEAUTY.

TPDTtStntdtINt OIL MI. ihb'' ~
appointment to call upon her this
week.
HAS YOUTH AND BEAUTY.
blessed with both youth and beauty
and "A captivating personality MISS
Smith feels sure that she VIII make
n good impression on either Mr.. Han
son or his representative. and IL
.anxiously awaiting developments.
Miss Smith was married at sixteen
and her marriage was annu!led Wheh
she was eighteen. She came to syria
cuse last June She visited relatives
here and often told them that If she
ever married again it would be rich
old bachelor.
A week ago last Saturday the story
OF the janitor's fortune and his plea
was published in dispatch in syria :
cuse newspaper. Relatives OF the girl
saw il. and told her. Here's your
chance
Answering a dare. she wrote to the
janitor.
The dispatch described william X.
Hanson as plain. good-natured,
everyday drug store janitor. VINO had
fallen heir to "A quarter or a mlllioh
from the estate of the late Mrs. Eliza >
beth Moor of Chicago. lie sald that
he sought romance Win INC INV"
sands.
The ladies. God bless them" he
said. Come one come all. ! like EN-.
Doesn't make any difference to me
their age. Fact is. | myself. am
forty-nine, a bachelor-Dok older. al
WAYS work ed hard, you see, but they
can he old or young. handsome OF
Indifferent Don't even care II they
can cook well--am so used TO res
tsurants by now that | would hardlN
know home cooking when l saw II.
but I'd like 'em good-natured. that's
ALL good nature d..
DECIDES TO WRITE HIM.
Miss Smith said that she would
make good the dare. but the next
day feared it might not be the right
thing to do. But then she had hours
nc lonesomeness, for her father is
dead and her mother she never sees.
and il was then that she decided
ot least to write. Her missiVe lO!-
lows:
won will no doubt be surprised
IN hear from complete stranger,
hut saw your advertisement Tor
n wife and as | feel l comply with
the requirements ] am writing you.
am a Divorce. I have been free
from my husband since June, l'lS.
81 am a poor gir land as | have
no home am anxious to find a
suitable one.
Il am not sweet sixteen, nut sun
I am not as old as ] might De-
eff YOU wish ! will send you
photograph Of myself at my earliest
convenience.
NOW. if you have not already OBJ
| hone Won iii
answer my note. If you have al
ready married, l congratulate you
and wish you the greatest success"
TELLS HOW IT BEGAN.
The young girl was not a bit
backward in telling reporter the
events which led up to the sending
Of the letter.
A slender girl with wavy dark
hair. neatly coiffured and possessed
~ large brown eyes and rosy
cheeks. answered the newspaper
mans ring at the door of the Sigma
Kama house, 500 University Place
The girl was dressed in white and
| m every appearance was one Of the
Young goods of the house. which
was the reporters belief as he
asked: Us Miss Smith imp
"Tm Miss Smith. won't you come
| NJ" was the response.
The sorority girls were hurrying
hack and forth as Miss Smith led the
vay through the hallway and two
large living rooms into the library.
She carefully closed the folding
doors leading to the dining room
where several girls were still busy
! at breakfast
AS she turned after closing the
| doors the reporter made known his
identity, and, with a smile, the young
girl answered, 81 suspected it, that's
why I closed the doors"
sitting down she added: T have
got myself into this so I expect
| will have to make the best OF It
! You don't know how embarrassing II
is going to be for me.
HAS MET UNHAPPINEss.
CT cut the item out of the paper
before the girls got up so they would
not know It and think me silly. Now
| suppose they will read about me
! tonight"
when asked IL she planned to &c
through with her end of the venture
| Miss Smith responded. and this time
with a smile, 81 most certainly do
81 have heard of girls and women
doing this before, but never thought
that I would. The letter was written
first because of a dare. but before II
was mailed was sincere and am now
"My life has not always been one
of happiness. Twas born OF En-
glish parents near Ogdensburg al.
most twenty years ago My TWEEN.
tieth birthday will he the day after
| Christmas. I attended grammcr