Show - : : ' j ' ! THj OGDEN yrANDAJtD-EXAMiE- ' ' ' i ' ' - S - i ! i - ? nil ' 'ir "ymfttMi ' r ' o n NOVEMBER 25928 l - !!-! ' nil Is ' ' : ii mt? mm Le - ! SUHlPAYIVlORNINa R :i r iUkv n Tv o ' n 99 n I Crusaders of Old the Husband Hunters Set -Ou With Ae Plenty of Idealism hut Then They Came Y T It 7 I 1 and Set l'ewspaper W Home on the Kim! it O -- —N f V &l y 'l iv:!f-y-- ' iE'' vt' iWlIll — - is a tala of three modern who set bravely forth on a quest for the ideal— and then came home on the rim! Idealism lured King Arthur's noble knights tilting across the plains of Camelot and into the darksome forest where they sought to find the Holy GraiL And if mere words mean anything a similar aesthetic urge was behind the following advertisement which appeared a few weeks ago in a Washington D' C newspaper: "Wanted: Four women who have not found their ideal mates to drive to Los Angeles in a sedan stopping They-muen route fcave ' $200 Address Box 162" Miss H glen Davis pretty Washing- - !1 THIS u 'i st I two years was the author of this pungent appeal And -- she didn't have to wait long for a response As is frequently the case newspaper men were X ' " - SStSSL i Hi as5SJS: - - '! Here the reporters who had heads for organization perked up a bit and showed additional signs of interest The caravan would swing West with then setting sun and as it passed through each city and town its ranks would b© augmented All women who had not found their "ideal" mates! and who were of suit- v If ''MJWCM if 171 h : 3 4 4 V r- " 4 J ft i it " 1 racket x - 1 Miss Helen Davis Chief Gunner of the "Matrimonial Musketeers" She Organized the Great Husband Hunt Which Went on Rdcka at Nashville Tennessee i the first to hit the trail land a few days after the "ad" appeared Miss Davis found herself facing a galaxy of gentlemen of the press "This much vaunted freejdom! The j modern woman! The ideal husband? Well But why not? Phrases such as these flew thick and fast as Miss Davis made her position clear As she talked her original conception grew in scope until at last the matter loomed like this: Miss Davis was young-j—wel- l of course she wasn't exactly adolescent but she was still on the sunny side of then this question of a "forty And husband — it was a troublesome business at best Why a few short years ago a demure youngthing jbad to be content with sitting arouid hands folded and praying silently! to a just and benevolent Providence to send an acceptable male her way ) Now this was all out of kilter Miss Davis explained Oi yes she knew the old wise crack about the world : I beating a path to the docjr of the smart lad with a good mousetrap but who was interested ia mousetraps 11 in: — " —— ' What arrangement they made with Mips Davis yet remains to be disclosed That there was a financial settlement seems reasonably sure both from Miss Davis's "ad" and from what followed ' With two recruits Miss Davis decided not to j wait for a fourth After all why shoutd "Athos Por- Lho anyway? This was 192S and every up and coming young woman was interested in a husband Never mind the mechanical gadgets 1 Well when a woman wanted a husband what young should she do? Hide her light under a bushel? Not on your life 'opined (Miss Davis' Instead she should go out and' capture the elusive male in brisk and workmanlike fashion That was her story and she put it over with such intensity that a few of the more skittish started edging toward the reporters door r They might just as well have saved their pains because Miss Davis was just warming up It's a notably poor doctrine that applies only to one individual and Miss Davis was guilty of no such narrow-mindedneShe had advertised for four women to accompany her from Washington to Los Angeles The five of them she explained would form ' a nucleus for a greater movement By the time Los Angeles wa3 reached she hoped she would be heading a "matrimonial caravan'' of imposing proportions tLir ufl Anr i9 wwt ii sacrifice of dignity? What! about tie ' sanctity of the home and all the rest of it?" Some" of the authofs of these letters didn't stop at mere expressions of their lack of sympathy They descended to bombast and even called Miss Davis names But the leader of the "Matrimonial Musketeers" was unperturbed Most of the world's great idealists suffered from the jeers of the multitude kt one time or another Instead of being discomfited the lChief Gunner of the the "Matrimonial Musketeers" went right ahead with her business of preplu' I 1 - n te ! Somebody mentioned- - idealism and Miss Davi3 made short work of that Every woman had a to a proper mate she said It right was not fair to expect a woman to choose - a husband among those who offered near at hanc) if none of them suited her She was right in searching far afield and as for Miss Davis she would gladly give her idea of the ideal husband: Firsts he would be somewhere' between forty and fifty He would have poise — perhaps be a bit distinAnd he would have money guished -—plenty of it- - He would like to travel and he wouldn't worry much over a mere five or ten thousand dollars In' The reporters departed Came Mrs Vivian Frederick and Mrs Stella Howe They carried clippings of Miss Davis's 'ad" in their purses and the light of idealism in their eyes Both were widows and thev both fell hard for the "caravan" r?gir7flii thos 6nd Aramis" wait for "d'Ar-tagnah?" The newspapers already had dubbed the caravan the "patrimonial Musketeers" and as such j they pre pared to set forth Of course the publicity j which movement achieved already bad produced results - American women wete split on the question and Miss Davas received letters and telegrams frcln all over the country From college campuses 4came notes of commendation "Atta girll Hooray for tie Get your man !' modern woman! Comments like this made Miss Das " M ' happy I From the more conservative ele ments came cooler letters "Did Mis Davisand her companions really think able age social position and financial stability would be invited to join the movement Finally the full plan glowed in all its beauty The imaginative writers saw an impressive army of women tall and short! thin and fat winding up through the hills Miss Davis rode at the head of the column and every member of the matrimonial caravan was "intent upon 'getting her man" J'itfC V X- ' 1 ! ration In ifact the caravan had not left Washington before there Was a bid fort its leader A minister vihrote in to say that Miss Davis was his ideal His letter was' glowing but it contained Ih this sen an iunfortunate Sentence tence the man of God adniitted thit he didn't have what is termed "heavy sugar" He hadnft preached in thirty years and busines wasn't so good he said Accordingly his Inamewas scratched off the list of s those eligible The day came when the caravan was poised for flight and while Mis3 Davis gave the engine of her sedan a final workout and affixed that last daub off powder needful to the successful husband hunter a reporter raised f another important question: "Hadn't Miss Davis already had f ' I i ! ' 1 - if Matrimonial Caravan Started Unt According 10 9 offers of marriage? She was comely intelligent) and by her ' 17 I I nAS$vrT u f I Ten( JNewspaper Clipping Tells the bad I ale of the final Smash It Also Explains Why the Nashville Police Are Expecting Miss Davi for Tea Some Afternoon IS own admission was something of a success in business Surely snnifl imnressionable male must have felt a heart flutter or two at her A !' proximity?" Miss Davis smiled— a sad sweet Yes there had smile of reminiscence been a Don Juan or two in her past For instance there! had been an Army Colonel and several others But they either were fat or bald or short or thin or were not satisfactory in some way or other Ideals! That's what Miss Davis wanted She didn't merely want a mate She wanted an "ideal mate" and she'd be gratified if itlie reporters would keep that ideal part of the business m mma Tthe caravan started in a cloud of ° sloTV'l Three purposeful females in a small sedan is not a Com ' jj I f -- selves to make a last stand against the host of applicants for the position ' of "ideal mate" The deepening shades of evening a few days later found Mrs Frederick making her vay along an unfamiliar street determined and alone There was a faraway look in her! eye from which some of the idealism! seemed to have vanished jShe accosted a policeman who obligingly directed her to Police Headquarters which she f reached in due time The solemn peal of midmght bells was booming over the city ere Mrs bination to be trifled with and all Frederick her tale of finished on the starting line 'woe into the lear ofpouring were a sympathetic police official i The progress of tljie party was marked so sort how it see "And lotcal a of that's diemonstrations ?you by Was" in towns she concluded in the of a through something Newspapers which the "Matrimonial Musketeers" fluster "Why that woman went about telling everyone that v we were passed gave many stories to the movement but strangely enough the ranks on a husband hunt and we didn't Miss Davis know anything about it until after were not augmented we'd started P tried to find time to interview the canHere BIrs ! Frederick waxed justifididates who presented themselves as she couldn't but husbands ably indignant "Miss Davis made me prospective see all of them In! each town she left put up $150 and Mrs Howe $200 for a forwarding address for the letters traveling expenses Yesterday I told her I was tired of all the 'foolishness from admirers and asked that clipalso be and that I was going back to Washingnewspapers pings from local ' ' ton ' ' sent vj'-jj v-"I asked her for my money and we Then an unwonted incident ocThia" about I it curred Mrs Howe suddenly decided had an argument I Miss Davis wasj gone morning Musketeer" that being a "Matrimonial waited awhile and when she didn't rewasn't all it was cracked ' up to be turn I decided it was a matter for the She remembered that she'd forgotten "J police" to turn oif the gasjin her Washington ofuite right Madam! "And were you of little or some! oversight! apartment quite right" replied the pojice official that kind and hurried home $he with the Southern courtesy for which didn't return but Miss Davis and Mrs Nashtille on peace officers are noted their Frederick continued merrily Then he himself off "tothe files! took way and for the next hour orso was busy was reached Tenn Nashville There was a loud welcoming hail from pondering the measurements and recof a score of young women who an appreciative4 press and Miss Davis- ords have found the world a tough place themintrenched Mrs Frederick and for misplaced idealism When the policeman returned it was with a sad shake of the head The Nashville police hadn't had the ure of meeting Miss Davis "But" and the constable brightened periff ceptibly "perhaps she'll drop in for tea some afternoon" Stranger things have happened and he was going to ask lots of other policemen in other -- well-wishe- rs 1 r"'l"' j - - I fy (((! - cities to extend the invitation if they happened to see Miss Davis Mean- while Mrs Frederick might just as i j It well mosey along home i t h was get-- ! ting late and Washington was a long distance off" Thus ended the merry march of the "Matrimonial " Musketeers" They started out bravely but they came home on the rim which unfortunately is a fate suffered far too often by idealists the world over say keen ob servers Meanwnue tne xsasnvuie no- lice are keeping a lot of nice hot water on hand so they can serve tea the moment Miss Davis arrives and they've broadcast the following invita? - a a Sfe — ——Sfli : i I - fs -- ss tion to their brother officers through- out the land: "Look out for a Miss Davis and the: Get news-- 1 husband hunting gamepapers to help as she probably will try to sell them the story1' But Miss Davis has not offered her interesting memoirs to a hungry press r - a :i t The Matrimonial Musketeers Pose for a Picture Before Lea-rinWashington They Are from Left to flight Mrs Howe DesertedT the Mrs i: Vivian Frederick Mis Helen Dvis and Mrs Stella Howe Mrs Until Frederick Stuck hat Start Soon After the They Reached Nashville Expedition -" Kmpptr fMtura Sirrlo 132 j u I i! i' :t : i I i! 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