LONELY ROMANCES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 141, 13 June 1908, Page 15

LONELY ROMANCES.

NEW ZEALANDER FINDS A BRIDE. "Four happy marriages have been recently effected through the medium of my Social Circle," remarked the Rev. W. J. Gomersall. The object of the Circle Is to promote friendship between lonely T.ondoners, and Mr. Gomersall epitomised four romances as follows:— (1) A lonely manufacturer, a widower, meets a friendless lady teacher. They are mutually attracted, and marry within a few month's.' (2) A builder, alone In London, and also a widower, meets at a Circle outing a lonely business woman. They are happily married as a result. (3) A missloner who works among the fishing folk is brought into touch with a governess who has no friends in London. It ls,u case of "love at first sight," and marriage speedily follows. (4) A well-to-do man In the snipping world is introduced to an attractive girl who is a "home bird," prevented by circumstances from social enjoyments. Here again it is a case of "mutual attraction," and another marriage ensues.

"All sorts of interesting and sociable people," said Mr. Gomersall, "are 'dumped , in London without "friends or home ties. It is to them my Circle appeals. The fifty men ana women gathered together at Saturday night's first spring meeting ol the Circle might be classed Into the following types:—

"Men.—Two manufacturers, 4 City men, 7 London clerks, 10 students living alone In London.

"Woman.—Four teachers, C lady secretaries, 7 telegraphists, 10 girl typists."

In June another Social Circle wedding is to come off, and another love match is in process of evolution. "The latter," Mr. Gomersall explains, "has been achieved by the 'correspondence circle.' _The man Is in New Zealand and the woman in London. Neither has met the other, but the letters whicfr have passed between them have revealed so many ideas and. tastes In common that I believe, before many weeks go by, the lady will sail for New Zealand and wed her unseen lover."