Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-17
CUPID COURT CLOCGED;;
/. HUNDREDS SEEK MATES
Lovers Protective Union Over
run With Petitions From
Lonely Men and Women.
BY Associated Press to Every Evening.

Hammonton. N. j.. Aug. 17~-What-
ever may BIO tho outcome OF the first |
"Cupid's Court TO bear the name, the |
little town OF Hammonton. resting |
snugly on the main line between Phil |
adelphia and Atlantic City, has begun !
10 take On an air OF retiring bashful- |
ness, mixed with n just pride over its
sudden elevation to the ranks OF a |
purveyor OF national news. Its in
habitants apparently are bewldered:
apart from few, they are loath to
participate In the deliberations OF the
court. and yet they view with approval
the activities that has thrust their
town into the limelisht.
Meanwhile, the court, conducted I'M
der the auspices OF the Lovers Pro-
tective Union. Is continuing It's DELHI
erations that have for their objective
the mating OF lonely couples scat
tered through tho United States as
IL Il were a tribunal OF the highest
order. Both the presiding oficer and
tho Jurors denean themselves with
an austere dignity In spite OF the
delicacy OF the cases that are laid be-
fore them.
SO great has been the press OF busf-
ness, that the machinery for dispos-
ing OF It has been greatly clogged. The
applicants for mates now run into
hundreds and come from almost every
state in the urion. On that account
the court will hold It's seconi session
, today with subsequent sessions later
in the month.
} During the procedure yesterday
much titterins on the part OF the
auditors occurred because OF the word
d, ing OF the applicants.
: i've buried two husbands IN the
= last thirty years." ono woman in New
York wrote. Neither of them was
4 what you could call a success. But
4 want to try another. HIS fondness for
g chickens should be confined 10 his owr
t back yard"
: From Wisconsin came an appiica'
:. ton from a woman who wants hus-
d band with a sense OF hunor. He vii
d need it, che added.
: Tom Delker and Lew Conley, the
}. former is editor of the South Jersey
9 Star and the latter owns a big cigar
= store-went to the Palace Theatre
yesterday morning and tackled up q
large sign painted by the town artist
Russell Montgomery. which told tbs
world that here was "Cupid's Court.
It Soon afterward, the jury arrived
This consisted Of Mrs. Helen Loni
Rodgers, Gerald Patten. Mrs. F.
l. Ponder, Mrs. Clyde Smith. Edward II
IS White. ]. Lewis ODonnell and Iarr,
n Culshaw. O'Donnell was made fore
= man Of the jury and. the court con
j. vened to hear the cases of the heart
W sick and the Ioveiorn and to awar
"a husbands and wives to the deserving
Re Mrs. Rodgers was the judge Of tn
% court and sat beneath a brilliant cleo
% trio light, under which hung a blaztn;
heart pierced by a black arrow. !
le small boy stood in the lobby Of tn
q theatre rendering sad selections on /;
mouth organ. Patrolnnan Nick Pacett
was sergeant at arms.
: The first Client" said Tom Delke,
is a roaner. Here. ladies and gentle
. men OF the jury. is a man who said b
has roamed this world from the silve
sands of New Jersey TO the golde
IS sands Of California He has slept be
Is meath the Aurora Borealis and siesta
j. been bitten by mosquitoes in Jerss
ir City, by punkies in the wilds OF Pata
SO gonia, and by monkeys IN Centr;
Africa, and now the love bug has stat
L. bed him. A soldier OF fortune willin
8. to lay his heart at the feet OF a lad
not more than dfty-fve. Of SCUM
\. health and mind. with a small incon
and a broadness Of intellect that W.
4. appreciate a man Of the world
He will be hard 10 hook up" sal
ODonneil. Women amt over anuol
e. for the roaming guys"
40 "Ah," said Delker, but this lado
On buck is sixty and is about throug
a. roaming. After sixty mans fe'
Z" sort of slow up on him."
-, But there were none among the LAD
~ applicants who We're thought TO be /
mates for tho old swashbucklir
gentleman. so the globe trotter WI
laid on the table.
What am offered" then demanc
IN ed Delker. "for gentleman OF 70 wi
has had three wives and who has A,
adult children. all married and II
dependent? He has $4,000 in the bar
y and an appetite ikeIhe lad who pla.
., the harmonica- Kind and loving al
,o,. not a fault worth mentioning"
,er IT have here" said Conley. "a spi
~ ster Of So. who is getting tired OF b
ha ing lonely, and aims 10 settle dow
with a loving old man"
"Just the man." said Tom.
|. "A little old. think" said Mrs. Ro
gers.
TX "All right" said Delker, pass. e
Ill up"
10 At this point Delker fumbled ov
De- the applications and announced n
I'd; the weights Of the applicants rang
9TH from ninety three TO ZIG and that I
Oldest woman was So and the olde
man 70. This may have had som
me thing TO do with the larger attendan
ar the afternoon session. AS resi-
OF Patrolman Facetti had difficulty
In depressing giggles.
be The first Offering OF the afterno
The was life guard.
There is nothing" said Delker. "
sound Of limb and wind as lie qua,
H Forty-eight this summer and widow
. with two grown children. A good, XII
srs father and steady worker"
est Conley offered Philadeir hia la
o& who paints on china, a lady Of breed
an and birth and one who can also pl
~ the harp.
nd Doesn't sound like a life guar,
ers, said Delker. Weight. please?"
his; "One hundred and thirty-four"
'Too light" said Delker. Find son