Evening journal., 1922-08-16
2,OOOLOVESICK
SEEK MARRIAGE
New Jersey Jury" Pairs
Off Couples for 6 Months
Probation
WIDOW TIRED OF
BUD" HUSBANDS

HAafAIoNToN. ". j.. Aug. 16.-
Omitted Press) This was judgment
day for 1000 persons hailed befori
Cupid court here. s
Pairing off OF lonesome souls the
country over whose desire is mat
order matrimony was started in the
Palace Theater before a Judge and
Jury.
Those who are 20 be married of
TO each other were not present in
person.
They were represented by the
ouestionnaires they sent in to tho
cooperative lovers union which
contained a full description OF their
lives. habits and previous condition
OF matr.mony.
Thomas ID. Dekler. secretary Of
the union and Lewis Conley, presi-
dent. pulled the flrst names from
the myraids of applicants. Dekler
drew the name of a woman from St.
Paul who possessed a $4,000 farm
and wanted a husband to help r. "
manage il.
Conley drew the name OF a COL
iege professor OF Boston who was
tired OF 'lsms" and "ologiesi and
wanted some one to love him. .trgC-
meDis before the jury of ;welve.
who are to decide whether the
widow and professor should be mar
rled. then started. And so on down
the list. To save any possible em-
barassment, all applicants were
masked under the names OF John
and Mary Doe.
When the jury pairs off a couple,
both arc communicated with.
Two references which have beeD
cent In by each party are exchanged.
After investigation the two are
supposed to start a mail o.der court
ship lasting for six months after
which marriage may result. II they
live near they may court at first
hand
Dekler believes 1t will take twen-
~ weeks TO mate the 1000 persons
who have applied.
Mrs Helen Long Rodgers acted as
Judge. She Impressed upon tho Jpry
the necessity Of giving their mos;
serious consideration 10 tho case ,.
each applicant.
your duty is greater than that
Of jury deciding the fate OF a
person charged with murder" she
said "In that case only one life
Is involved. In this case the fate
o, TWO lives is in your hand"
Notation under "remar"s" in the
qucstionnaires read by Dckler and
con'ey furnished spice to the pro-
ceedings
a woman. ss. from Kansas City.
said she objected to the use Of the
word mate
1T sounds too much like n bird.
she said. my first husband was n
bird. No more experiments N arni-
rhology foi me-"
Ore woman. a buyer for a large
derarfmeDt rore IN Cleveland. at a
sa.ary OF $4,000 a year wansei
business man. preferably wiaower |
whose incDme was a. least $4,000 !
year
A latorer OF Akron. )hin. whr
Omitted 2 was g,ttlny old. wanted
o marry ? wealthy woman who
NI4ts It hAlAu " fAN
From a san Francisco broker
ame the request fer wife with
'convivial inclinations but one who
VIII couiine her conviNiality % me-
OF course. nothing would be COM
plete without the name OF boot
Logger. This one, from St. Louis,
said he had "an excellent bootleg
ging opportunity but no wife to
finance f."
The following were selected as the
jurors Of the Love Court:
James L. O'Donnell. business man.
foreman; Edward White. Hammon-
ton councilman; Harry Mottalo. 4
Mrs. Clyde Smith, Mrs. |
Lillian Dingan and Mrs. Alma Pom
tier, all housewives.
Only names OF these applicants
who expressly stated they did not
mind publicity are 10 be made
,ublic.
The first OF these was John Gala
an who said 'he delivered the last
unch in the Civil War" and now
nat he was old. would like to have
wife. Callahan, whose home is in
said:
Il hope some nice woman will I
'preciate a spry fellow when she I
rs chance TO marry him."