The New York herald., 1922-08-17
CUPID COURT MATES
EIGHT ON FIRST day
Organizer Picks Big Prize for
Himself-'Daughter of Ken
tucky' Aged 18.
ROLLING STONE SHELvED
Woman Harpist, Weight 1874,
Proves Too Light to Match
Husky Lifeguard.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW Yosx IrEn,s,
HAMMoNroN. N. j., Aug. 16.--Upon
the round moist faces of Tom Delker
and Lew Conley. as they locked the
doors of the Palace Moving Picture
Theater this afternoon was that look
Of benign benevolence indicating that
IL ever two men had done their duty
to mankind as they saw it they were
the pair. They had closed the first
session of Cupid's Court, an institu-
ton unique, of their own conception
and direction. They had mated four
couples. Eight hitherto lonely men
and women Of sundry weights, age and
social condition had been matched, and
one of the eight was none other than
Delker himself.
Before the doors were locked and
Delker and Conley went to Conovers
Bakery for their nightly meal. an un-
dertaker had been selected to WOO a
nurse, coast guard had been handed
to 1S5 pound divorcee. a Philadel-
twice was wished upon an Ohio man
who had had one unsuccessful expert
ence and to himself Tom Delker had
awarded an eighteen-year-old "daugh-
ter OF Kentucky" by all odds the
catch of the day. 1t was felt that It
was but natural that she should go to
Delker. as she had set forth in her
letter that she yearned for a man
among men, a brilliant conversational
list. broad. deep shouldered. deep
thinking, clear souled man.
DeIker Says He's the Man.
IT." said Tom Dell<er. while Lew Con-
ley nodded profoundly, 'am him."
| Delker and Conley-the former is
editor OF the South Jersey Star and the
latter owns big cigar store-went to
the theater early this morning and
tackled up a large sign painted by the
town artist Russell Montgomery. which
told the world that here was "Cupid's
Court" Soon afterward the jury ar
rived. This consisted of Mrs. Helen
Long Rodgers. Gerald Patten. Mrs. +.
J. Pointer, Mrs. Clyde Smith. Edward
II. White, J. Lewis ODonnell and Harry
Culshaw. ODonnell was made fore
man of the jury and the court convened
TO hear the cases of the heartsick and
the lovelorn ana to award husbands and
wives to the deserving.
Mrs. Rodgers was the judge of the
court and sat beneath a brilliant electric
light, under which hung blazing heart
pierced by a black arrow. A small boy
stood in the lobby of the theater rem
dering sad selections on mouth organ.
Patrolman Nick Pacetti was sergeant at
arms.
First Client a Roamer.
THE first CLIENT" said Tom Delker.
'is a roamer. Here, ladies' and gentle
men of the jury. Is a man who said he
has roamed this world from the silver
strands OF New Jersey to the golden
sands of California. He has slept be-
meath the Aurora Borealis and siestaed
under the tropical sun. He has been
bitten by mosquitoes in Jersey City, by
punkies in the wilds OF Patagonia. and
by monkeys in Central Africa, and now
the love bug has stabbed him. A soldier
OF fortune willing to lay his heart at
the feet Of a lady not more than ffty-
five. Of sound health and mind. with a
small income and a broadness OF in
tcllect that will appreciate a, man OF the
world"
He will be hard 70 hook up" said
O'Donnell. Women amt over anxious
for these roaming guys"
"Ah." said Delker, but this iaddy
buck Is sixty and is about through roam
ing. After sixty a mans feet sort OF slow
up on him"
But there were none among the lady
applicants who were thought to be Mt
mates for the old swashbuckllng gentle
man, so the globe trotter was laid on
the table.
What am i offered" then demanded
Delker "for a gentleman OF 10 who has
had three wives and who has five adult
children, all married and independent? {?
He has $4,000 In the bank and an APP
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