The Washington times., 1921-09-04
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HE RE, HE
LOOKS TO
FAR LAND
His Search for Evidence
I Nets FOrty-Nine Anus
/ ed Beauties and Host
of Angered Relatives.
By ED DUFFY.
,<<NMA T r I M o N Y
M Bridge" spans the
80 A%Iox,%sc The colo

ssgEy Atlantic. The sole
owner of "Matrim ony
- Bridge" is Congressman
= Manuel Herrick, the Okla
I homan. For forty-six sum-
!. mers this bridge, leading to
/ marital happiness, has con-
! fronted Mr.. Herrick.
/, Every sweltering day of
i those summers the present
Congressman Herrick toiled
in single blessedness. Those
, years Of labor have brought
, him wealth and fame, for he
is known in every corner of
his home State as the
grower of Herrick's Giant
Yellow Corn. -..-.
There was AZ time when "Mat-
rimony Bridge" had the bases Of
its spans firmly riveted in Amer
lea. The time has passed, and
today "Matrimony Bridge" is the
only one which stretches across
the broad Atlantic. Congress-
man Manuel Herrick Is thorough
ly disgusted with American girls.
When I think of marrying 1 shall
go abroad" he has told his friends.
But that bridge is ahead. maybe
far ahead, and I will cross it when I
come to It. will not amplify that
statement, interpret it as you may.
Suffice to say that my recent expe-
riences have not been pleasant"
te So .'Matrimony Bridge" remains
Z, to be crossed. and when the former
p, Oklahoma farmer first experiences
- the roll of the tossing Atlantic, his
feet on the deck of real ocean liner
in the middle OF the water which his
bridge does span. then, and only
then, may the world look to see the
departure Of the wealthy farmer
from single blessedness.
PROVES A BOOMERANG.
~ The Investigation" which Con.
gresham Herrick undertook, so sure
of obtaining evidence to place before
the Judiciary Committee to support
>. his bill showing that aspirants for
beauty honors have been made VIC
81, Tins Of mashers, proved to be q
boomerang. 1t threw national spot
light on the letter he wrote to pretty
girls Of the District, supposedly
opening a contest for his whole
soul love-"
The net result Of his contest for
love" investigation may be judged
best by the forty-nine amused girls
who received the letter, eight indig-
nant mothers who resented his at
tentions to their daughters. two
8 angry husbands who threatened him
with physical punishment on ac-
count Of his letters and one irate
father, who visited him for personal
satisfaction" Mr.. Herrick skillfully
~ avoided serious conflict.
A ROUGH DIAMOND.
Congressman Herrick, his friends
say. is not the bold, bad West
!. erner" he has been painted. He is
not the primitive cave man" some
Washington girls imagined, as they
read his passionate contest for
love" letter recently. ..a
He is but q farmer. "Mild-man-
nered, good-natured, great-hearted-
!. but crude, very crude" said the
, mother Of a Washington girl whom
r he has called on, recently. She con-
F: tinued: Congressman Herrick is a
(, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, and oh. 30
very rough at times. But 1t is be-
!: cause he Is only q farmer-like a
big country boy. Just coming to
strange big CITY," ~
This Is the consensus Of opinion
IN Washington. following the sud-
den revelations made in the news
papers about his beauty contest"
ir The gentleman from Oklahoma is
yet bewildered about It all. He can
not understand the columns the
newspapers have been printing
scout MIN and his activities. He
Iras strange, fearful expression on
his face. and attempts a smile when
the battery OF newspaper photogra-
pliers and moving picture men con-
front him for their daily shots"
is TOO KIND.
"The trouble about II all Is I'm
too fun of the milk of human kind
ness" says the former Oklahoma
farmer. II am trying to help the
fpretty Young girls who might be