Show YOUNG WEALTHY AND HANDSOME GIANT UNABLE TO FIND WIFE painful predicament which has brought woe to the heart of august barth of brooklyn DEMANDS ONLY ONE REQUISITE IN BRIDE himself seven feet gaii he insists the lady must be six feet seven inches need not be youna beautiful OP rich oung good looking wealthy and p orce a bachelor such is the painful position of aug us barth of brooklyn d the cause 1 e is seven feet tall S sensitive on the subject haef mr barth has found that n i ens who have won his heart are even more so ie engaged to a charming achl girl herself six feet tall the en garment ga ement was brol en because the lady arted she looked so small beside hi n that they attracted attention on the street bride must be tall now he insists that the companion 11 honeymoon must be at least six beet seven inches in height he says she need not be rich she need not bt beautiful she need not even be ite so young as I 1 am all I 1 ask is that she be at least six feet seven inches tall six feet seven inches of femininity liv feet seven inches clinging loving ton lly to seven feet of masculinity Is it possible that there Is no way of effecting this ideal combinations 7 it oud seem not it must be understood that it Is through no fault of his mr barth re mains in the words of rudyard kip ling a wild ass of the desert he has tried bard he has made a personal canvass of eligible woman hoed covering many miles he has advertised he offers a reward of to any one ho will bring about such a and still the right girl has not appeared A number of the prettiest show girls in current new york musical plays were approached and asked it they would have any strenuous object alons to marrying a man seven feet in height it any demurred she wad informed that this giant was proper si ch an episode again and am ing to take chances in the hope of cheering him mr I 1 insist on the six feet seven inch clai e his lost happiness I 1 was once engaged to a very pretty girl I 1 was just out of college and enjoying myself in chicago I 1 met this young woman and we fell in loi e she was tall nearly six debt li fact but when we went out er she looked so very small alongside f mp that we attracted attention bs atis sensitive and could not stand the notoriety so that although she loved n e she asked me to break the engage ment now I 1 don t want to go through I 1 can t help it said he I 1 am too sensitive about the discrepancy my self AS a last resort arrangements were nade to have mr barth meet the woman in america who could come up to his standard miss rosa the finnish giantess also with the circus miss is exactly seven feet tall and while not exactly a beauty she has a pleasant face she Is a dis blonde while mr barth Is the opposite miss when approached on the subject at first was diffident she 1 strange to say extremely sensitive about her height she feared an ad ler scheme of some sort but was assured that mr barth was not connected with any circus or side show and in fact had never yearned to billed as a giant so finally the giantess consented to meet the giant mr barth fled the day arrived george auger who looks down on little folks of sean feet was to make the introduction the little group including col auger tody hamilton a new york sunday world representative and mr barth assembled asem bled in a room at madison square garden across the room miss wed sied was in a little ante chamber ar rv ng herself tor the meeting that barth was informed that col george auger barnum bailey a giant who Is seven inches taller than the brook yn man has a loving wife of medium height tiona tely rich this seemed to set tie the matter and several of thee divinities agreed to meet mr barth he saw them but did not even ask for a nearer interview they re all very pretty said he but not tall enough tell you why might be so fraught with importance to both the interested parties suddenly mr barth remembered tha he was in a hurry and excusing him self fled incontinently was it who knowse hie lady was disappointed anyway when mr barth was 21 years of age he was as tall as he is to day his father Is maj gen barth who retired from active service a quarter of a century ago and who is now heavily interested ip western mines barth holds enough shares in these tit on taken out between two berths so that he can lap over as it were aiom one to the other no hotel pro es a bed b g enough for him su he has had one made that is long enough to receive all of his elongated statsie sometimes when he cannot carry the bed along with him he has use mines to make him independent he also owns property in the bronx in jersey and at plainfield and river lead L I 1 after he had his arst affair of the 1 eart barth promptly resigned his po with an electrical concern shook the dust of chicago from his tee and went to new york traveled for three years then he concluded that he would like a pigmy beside me then I 1 shall forget the discomforts of being a in the happiness of being a br degroo a but where shall I 1 find the don t you thirk you will be able to find a wife in this country 7 I 1 don t know I 1 have been on the lookout for some time but my search las been in rewarded As an indica alon of good faith I 1 am willing that the woman who becomes my wife may first look into my character look into francial responsibility and while ne is doing so I 1 will give her all the assistance I 1 can I 1 am sincere no man was ever more so scirth has three brothers one ol 01 whom is the same height another is wen feet two inches and still an other is seven feet four inches HI go traveling and set sail for loncoa three years were spent in london scotland ireland and france whets ei or not he was in search of a wife he would not say to mr barth means more of a sacrifice than it does to the ordinary mortal his seven feet of height make the question of sleeping accommodations a serious one in traveling at night he always has to engage a stateroom and have the par the regular hotel bed with a chair added to it on such occasions he uses the bed sidewise if it Is not so made he can stick his feet through an opening in the footboard it Is most unpleasant tor mr barth to go to a theater for the people who sit behind him always object that they cannot see the stage he has there fore to take a seat in the back row and as he Is a trifle near sighted this makes it unpleasant during all your travels did you not find a woman who measured up to your requirements as far as height waa con he was asked admires scotch women not in scotland england or france I 1 got into a little town in scotland I 1 think they call it peebles where I 1 met several large women but when they stood alongside of me they looked small the finest looking women I 1 me on my travels I 1 met in peebles I 1 don t think I 1 am particularly finicky I 1 don t want a beautiful woman that is I 1 don t insist on it I 1 have seen scores of women who were willing to marry me but there was an indefinable something lacking in each case perhaps it Is my extreme height thit militates against women wishing in droves to marry me but then again there is col auger taller than I 1 am he got married all right maybe a woman would rather marry a little man I 1 noticed in the papers e other day the story of a dwart in ew york only three feet two inches tall who was arrested for big amy on that basis I 1 ought to have had tour wives by this time tor I 1 am twice as tall as he and more confident he will find affinity bome day I 1 am sure I 1 shall find lay affinity a majl woman who won t look mother was four feet ten inches tall his father a giant seven feet five inbae in helget |