New Britain herald., 1922-08-17
MATCHMAKER PICKS
 GIRL FOR HIMSELF
Women Candidates From IS to 69
 on Matrimonial Block

yebtefdhy, put Tn tfe Nret dayB cons solidation of the qualifications and
 yearnings of 1000 bachelors and l,-
 100 spinsters only four "matings" re- suited.
 But they were shining examples an undertaken was selected as the nat.
 ural wife Of nurse, cost guard was slated to begin correspondence with a fair divorcee, divorcee was picked as the logical helpmate for another divorcee. and greatest of all, bright star of the whole thing-"a daughter Of old Kentucky" an ls- year-old belle of the mountains was snatched up by Thomas Bancroft Delker himself.
 + was Delker. editor and newspaper correspondent who joined Lewis Samuel Conley, Harmonious leading cigar store proprietor, in bringing about the Lovers Cooperative union. which in turn produced Cupid's Court Over plate of hash in Con. overs bakery and restaurant. Delker and Conley decided-but that will be told further down.
 Suffice 1t to say. touching on the iurys choice for Delker: He deserved the niftiest prospect of all that came flooding into Messrs. Delker and Conley when they launched the unions idea that the lonely maiden and the pinins bachelor should get their chance to know each other right in Hammonton.
 A Movie Theater the Setting.
 The Palace motion picture theater. the only theater in town, was the scene of today's romantic events. and the pink and purple advertisements Of film thriilers had been banished to make room for tastefully executed signs proclaiming that "Cupid's court Is now in session. and emphasizing the fact with designs of bleeding hearts. transfixed by black arrows h. side the theater when the proceed. ings began at o'clock this morning was an audience consisting of twelve reporters four protographers and two boys Delker set the stage for the court, with an electric light shining directly down on the chair occupied by Cupid Mrs. Helen Long Rod. Igers.
 Foreman L. Lewis O'Donnell was the first juror to arrive. He Is tSe Western Union night telegrapher and IS also chairman of the Atlantic County republican committee. Then came Mrs. w. C. Baker, Jerry Pat ten, an 1s-year- old cartoonist; Mrs. F. U. Pontatier, private secretary to Del. 'ker; Edward H. White, dean of the Hammonton common council Mrs Clyde Smith, whose husband is su- perintendent of the Hammonton Shoe Works; Harry C. Culshaw, a Canadian | war veteran and Chief of Police Henry Motalla
 With the jury in place Delker arose and told how the idea, which or ,iginated over plate of hash, had grown until thousands of responses to | their offers of assistance had come from lone souls longing for a heart . mate all over the land.
 As an instance, Delker read a let ter from a Kentucky girl.' and said that although her requirements for a prospective husband had been very strict, he had found one for her. The jury later made Dexter run for the office himself but to continue with the secretary's opening. he picked up one of the letters and said This one comes from a man who calls him. self roamer." It developed that "Roamer' finally had begun to think of nice little home"
 Buried Two Husbands; Wants Third
 Delker read her letter. It ap- peared that she had buried two hus- bands, but wanted third. Number three might be middleaged, he might have bald pate and false teeth, and while the writer had no objection to a little cave man tactics, he must know when to abandon these tactics for the gentler technique" He must also know how to rake the stove and shake the grate as well as polish his nails" And confessng that she had read parts of Three Weeks" the writer underscored the fact that she didn't want any blonde daily ing around on tiger skins
 Mir. Delker then disclosed that among the HOO women who had written for husbands. the youngest was Is and the oldest 69. Their weights, said Mir. Delker, ranged from a3 pounds to e66. Delker, ranged was 23 years old and the oldest 79. He added that the union insisted that at least six months courtship precede any ceremony Women, he said, would be given the first opportunity to investigate the prospective other half. If the woman was convinced that the mans references were all right then the man would be given the woman's name and address If the bridegroom hunter didn't like the mate assigned her, the whole thing was of.
 letter had come to him, continu. ed Delker, from a Canadian woman who owned a s1o,000 farm, an auto- mobile and had s4.ooo in the bank. She wrote for a professional man, be- cause she wanted to get away from the farm. MT Delker said he had about decided to award her a man who had written that he was a grad uate physician but needed a wife with funds enough 10 send him through a couple of post graduate courses.
 "1'll tell that woman,'' he said, that here is an opportunity to marry a plain doctor, give him the funds to go through the course and she will have maybe, world famous surgeon"
 After lunch about fifty of the townsfolk assembled to see the pair ing off of the registrants. Mir. Delker appeared as solicitor" for the cases called on one side and opposing him was MT. Conley. Each had sheaf of