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Show oo GROOM WANTED WHO IS NOT AFRAID Oakland, Cal.. Aug. 26. Miss Mae Clark, 25 jears old, is to be married in a lions' den at a local amusement 12 rk to , she does not yet know the name of her husband-to-be. Miss dark, who is an orphan came here with her two sictero from Denver Den-ver last Fobmary, with tho small estate es-tate left them by their father to support sup-port them until they found positions. Positions were scarce. Alter m6nth of fruitless tramping after jobs, Miss Clark, tired and discouraged, and mado desperate by the hunger forecasted fore-casted by the exhaustion of their funds, saw nn advertisement offering $u0 to any couple who wouid bo married mar-ried publicly In a cage of lions. Mls3 Clark promptly called upon the managers man-agers of tho park. "I have no sweetheart." ahe told thorn, "but I will marry in the cage for you If you can find any one willing will-ing "to marry me. "There ought to be somo lonely man In the community on the lookout look-out for a good wife. I can cook, sew and keep house. The only requirements require-ments that I make are that the mac be an American, honest and industrious. indus-trious. I would prefer that he be a brunette, as I am a blonde. |