The Washington times., 1922-08-12
CUPID 'SCOURT
To De HELD IN
JERSEY VILLAGE
Begun as Joke Correspondence
Bureau Has Grown Into
Serious Business.
BY WILLENE TAYLOR,
Cosmopolitan News Service.


HAMMONTON. N. j., Aug. IL
Males-tall males-to arms Cupid
is flashing you-Cupid is desperate,
fluttering his little wings, curly head
dropping. The Lovers Cooperative
Union here, famous because Of it's
offer to mate lonesome ones, will on
August 16, match 1000 lonesome
lovers to ] 900 lonesome lovables;
but, oh! men, 1000 lonesome low.
ables will be left over II you don't
speak. up.
Cupids court, begun here a month
ago as a joke, has grown into a very
serious business, because so many
lonesome hearts have confessed to
the court and asked for a comforter.
Such a serious business II Is that,
although the court charges no fees
to applicants, reporters are required
to pay the secretary, Thomas Il.
Delker, for stories, Delker being the
wise editor OF Harmonious South
Jersey Star. Think of a reporters
Joy in covering the postage charge
to unite a lonesome widower in
Texas with a lonesome old maid In
New England.
Yes. two.thirds Of the Ionesomes
are Lizzies, causing Cupid the pres
ent agitation.
And more than two.thirds of these
are widows. Have tried 1t once and
are lonesome to try again. The big
majority are between thirty and
forty-the young ones aren't SO
Beauty counts In a woman. Do
men have easy chances because their
looks don't count? Never. The
women are the ones who demand the
good looks, and these are women
from every part of the country, in
Guiding Canada.
He Must BE Tall.
He must be tall" It's a de.
mand in nearly every woman's let
ter, and one fair girl of nineteen
adds, ''and weigh at least 175
pounds"
Il like dark. nice.looking men,"
Is another common demand, where
money. position or home are not
specified. The men? Not one asks
for a pretty woman.
The men ask principally for a
woman who can cook" That goes
under the heading Of Glowing her
home" and making a good wife"
Then intelligence and education are
appreciated by the men, showing
some progress Of the times.
Apparently there are few fortune
hunters in this Cupid's game. Not
a single applicant asks for a mate
with money, but women sometimes
say they want a man with a COM
Portable salary; but both men and
women often state that they do
not want mates with lot Of money!
Cupid's QUESTIONABLE, sent to any
applicant and answered faithfully
by him, returns to Cupid's court, full
Of the lonesome ones secrets. As cne
lonely man said, he could find
out more about his girl through
the QUESTIONABLE than he would
dare ask her in a year.
The court procedure is to match
up likes with likes. On August
16, Secretary Delker and President
Louis s. Conley will plead the
causes Of applicants before the first
court meeting. There will be
jury Of twelve. made up Of six
newspaper women from New York,
one unmarried girl, one married
woman, one widow, one unmarried
man, one married man, and one
widower. all from Hammonton, who
will judge whether a certain man
should be mated with certain
woman-all judged from their ques-
tionnaires and photographs. II the
jury disagrees. Cupid, in the form
of Judge Helen Rodgers, will settle
1t.
Six Months COurtship.
Love is a complicated thing. II,
at the end OF six months, the match.
ed persons don't care for each other.
they can apply at the court and get
substitute. Otherwise, once the
court has decided a match through
correspondence, the court is through
with the couple-let them make love
as they will. However, II any one
wishes to appear in person. he may,
pleading his own cause.
IL q mans a gentleman, he'll court
the lady for six months after intro.
duction by Cups, says the court. II
isn't obligatory but just the gentle.
manly thing tC do.
This love business IL about the
biggest thing In life. All the world
is hungry for II. all the world 10
yearninE for II. the lack OF II causes
all the trouble. and yet 90 many,