FOUR HUNDRED LOVERS HOAXED.
AMUSING STORY OF AN AGONY ADVERTISEMENT.
Barcelona, June 9.—An amusing hoax was perpetrated here recently by which 400 young men were made to look supremely foolish.
An advertisement appeared in the local newspapers to the effect that a young and wealthy American lady desired to meet an elegant young Spanish gentleman with a view to matrimony. Applicants were invited to send their photographs ' and addresses.
More than 400 candidates applied, and each received a letter informing him that lie. was the accepted suitor, and asking him to meet the advertiser at a farm, situated outside the town, at a certain hour.
The 400 candidates, all dressed in their very best clothes, put in an appearance, and when they found they had been cleverly hoaxed a ludicrous scene ensued. Finally they organised a hostile demonstration, and marched to the advertising office from which the "American lady's" announcement had been dated.
But for the timely arrival of the police the office would have been wrecked by the crestfallen young gallants.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12931, 29 July 1905, Page 2 (Supplement)
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