THE "SANDOW GIRL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13235, 21 July 1906, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE "SANDOW GIRL.

'■■ REAL'LOVE LETTERS TO MISS i CARRIE -MOORE. y. .Miss Carrie Mookk, who is well jmown .'.::'■■'.' out here, has been the recipient of numer- ' oils love letters since her advent as the charming " Sandow Girl "in London. The -letters given below were published in a !■ recent number of T.A.T., and will he, no • ' doubt, read with much interest. . HOW A "no nth diamond" : rBOPOSBD. ; Dear Madam, —It is useless for me to try and obtain an introduction to you, for 1 .'....' have only just returned from Rhodesia, . where, for the past five years, I have been . a- mining ■ prospector. I have not a single friend in - London at present, but as I "Touched lucky" at the mines, amd am a -■' lich man, I suppose it will not he long before I find plenty of people to ait least pro-

fore I find plenty of people to.at least pro- '.". im ■ friendship for me. .'!.•;'::' : .'■'■• For the past three nights I have occu- ,■ pied the- same stall—No, 4 from the end. in the front row—simply to he able to . gaze upon your wondrous beauty. When you sing your Sandow Song to-night I will unostentatiously ware a bright red handkerchief three times round my head, and •?.'.''•"'. if'you will make an appointment to meet ■ ■ me some day, perhaps on leaving the stage ' you will quietly wave in return to me, or '*' accidentally" drop your own. pocket handkerchief.' Please, 'please, do not dis- : appoint me, for never in my life have I loved a woman as I love you.—lf you take a fancy to me, we could be mar- . lied very Boon by .special .license. lam «itraid>you will find me a "rough diamond," - ' for I have had to work hard to make my pile, but, all the same, my heart is in the , ! /right place, '. " 1 ' sportsman* and lover too. ,\ : .,:. " . Dear Miss Carrie ■ Moore,— understand from a friend of mine, who knows man3 p ; actors and actresses, that you are unmar- . jried. lam a man of few words, and therefore wish to make you a fair sporting pron- posal. ry - -"•'■■ At the present time I asm not actually a . rich man, though I have- saved a few hundreds, and, best of all, am in the position to get information from some ;of the warmeat training stables in the; country. \ , To show you that I am speaking; the truth I may tell you in confidence that Polymelua is real good for the City and Suburban at Epsom. I have backed the horse to win me a " packet," and I strongly advise you to do likewise. If this cert comes off all right, will you meet 'V'-'' : ''"We- i one dry, when we could discuss future ; ' arrangements (matrimony later on, of '- course)"/ By the way, while you are about .'• it, you might take a nice little double, PolyItaclus for the City and Silver Streak for ■'" : ' the Jubilee. Yovi will probably, miss, be surprised at my thus addressing you. but no doubt, like most ladies, you would like . . to win a bit on the Turf, and, believe me, '.:> what I don't know about racing has yet to by found out. ; With best wishes, and don't forget what* I have told you. . Your devoted wellr-wisher. ; [Neither Polymeius nor Silver Streak ,-' ' son.—E».] ;.'.•- ' : : / ; -'' ' WANTED A MODEL. ' Pear Miss Moore,— years and years 1 have been heavily handicapped in my proiession—l am an artiste-through not being able to find a model who really inspires me, Now, however, I hope I am, right in believ- ' ing that this difficulty-will exist no longer. Your, soulful face and. divine figure stir up my artistic instincts to the utmost. Believe me, I could /heritably make you live . again on the canvas, and the sweet intercourse and interchange of confidences '■ with you as a model,would make the day's work just one long holiday. v X will not say more now, but may I ask I you; to be so good as to grant a struggling ! arti&t the favour of a few sittings? With I ■■';;?;.■: you to spur me -on, and inspire me, I '■■'~ ; ' ' ' should/1 feel sure, accomplish work-which ■:".'"■ ' mil go down to posterity as some of the I'M- ' finest of the century. And afterwards?. Well, who can say what might happen? .'■::'}:■.:"'■■"■■■'.;■ .; : Years ever. MORE LOVELY THAN OTHER GIRLS. -'";'', Dear Miss Moore,—l"or years past I have looked upon the- Gibson Girl as the most ■ beautiful type of Woman in the world, but, ; then, I had not Seen you. A fortnight ago ; ' I went to s.-a "The Dairy Maids" for the first tirpe,; and T'have not missed an evenj *:<,:, at the theatre since. As the Sandow '• '; ' Girl you are infinitely more beautiful;than - any Gibson Girl ever was or ever will be. Such grace of form, such perfect outline of! figure, I have never before seen, and though it may be my hard lot in life to have to ■ ' worship you from afar, yet at least I shall '•:: always have the satisfaction of knowing that ' J have been lucky enough to gate upon a ■ perfect woman. ■;■■"•... '.'";-'.•' - ';[ may say that I am an unmarried 'man, : possessed of considerable means, but somehow or the other I feel sure that you would - , only wed the man you really loved. Would that I was that man'. Ever your most devoted admirer. - S. Ever your most devoted admirer. "' ALAS! THEY NEVER MET. Dear Miss Moore, trust you will forgive the great liberty I am taking in. writr si ' • ing to you, but I have tried for weeks to obtain an introduction .to you— without success. I now, feel that I cannot rest con- ,, , tent any longer without letting you know of the intense admiration I have .for you. ■* . I have travelled in many countries, and have seen many beautiful actresses in various parts of the world, but never once has it kenmy good fortune to meet anyone so beautiful and so perfectly charming in every -..■■ -way as yourself. Can we not meet some- ' ; :' where? I think of you day and night, ana shall never know any peace of mind until V-':•'•': you smile upon me. i • '■ ,i ' ' Ever your devoted admirer. ■ .-.. .'■' LOVE ;IN THE GALLERY. •■''.','' ■'- " ;■ - Deer Miss Moor,— have beam to se you, 1■- five times this weak/and as I always go er!y and wait at the Galery door I am able ; ' to get a seat in the midle of the frunt row of the Galery every time. You will easily - ; . ; ; .be, ; able to reconise me as I always weer a ,: '"■''■;[ '■■ frock-coat with clcen chccck wastecoat and . scarlet red ty. When you come on for the 1 , r ( firsts time tonight I will throw a big bunch * ' of fiouurs at you and if you pick them up , 1 shall know that you will meet me at the ;-E.aig door after the ■.theetre. I would like you to know Miss that I am in a good pose- ' tion. I earn 21 shillings a 5 week in a City , , Wearhouse and shall get a nice rise in less than two years.. I Am steedy, a teatoler, "' never smoke cegans, 1 but only woodbines, so T think,l have the makings of a reel good husband for eny rispectable woman, like i F;v, .yourself. Hopiiig this finds you in good ' healths as it leaves me at present. Yours obeedeantly. , P.S.—lf you don't get the flouers you will know that I could not:throw, them far ; . enough, though if sumeone picks them up beioe I hopes as it will'.be a girl as I dont want to waistc my money on a man.* "I'M (NOT GOra' A MILKING." Dearest Madam,— you forgive me— i ' bis, who is only quite, a poor young man— for writing to fell you that I love you? When I went to the Opollo one day last week little did I know how sick: and sore ;"," ■ ' at heart I was to be when I came away ■.'■'.- :.: from the theatre. /: ' ram myself employed at a dairy, but ■ ' none of the girls at our shop can compare ' with you— who are the most beautiful, ; the most pcrfecteht woman in the wide I / <**'. *'■»•• ' ■■■■'.■■■« **\v....' ■■■'■ :'■■:■>:■.;■■:■:.-■ ■■ ■• ■.."■■.■ .■■ ;. .■■■■■■..■ i ' wide world. I If you will share my lot with me I will I 'buy I cow, and we will start trying to sell j - * invaJid milk in this neighbourhood, as 1 ; •:' , have■ long^thought that there, is, plenty of opening for enterprise like this, seeing as how there are nearly ten doctors within a ' siojie'e throw of where I live, which seems ; : " ' to show there must be plenty .of sick peopies about here. ' . _ ■l<" ] -. I 'implore you to answer this letter, and, ' ' - -you: might mention, when writing, whether you have been used to milking, and will yon meet me one afternoon to talk things \ over? , • Your loving. SOUGHT AN ATHLETIC WIFE. • Dear Madam,l know I err gravely when '■'. ■-. I, whom yon-have never wen, address you ~" without an introduction. But my walk in ■>'. : ,,, Hie—l am manager of the Bank, at— ;fe.:i-AjD^von«hire—has prevented me from meet- ™'''.•': ing many members of the theatrical profes-

I am now forty-five, and really should. like,.to settle .down with;a wife, for-it is lonely at limes in the long evenings in the country. Might I.call upon you one day when wo could make each other's acquaintance?. And,';'who;'-knows, many lasting affections have Sprung up from chance meetings, Mid why should one not spring up in this case?.'; -. ','.'-"■„■. •'• '\ •; •;,, There is no one I admire so much as an athletic woman, and I feel sure, after seeing you as the "Sandow Girl," that yon must have undergone a special training under the tuition of that past-master of the , art of physical culture., Yours very truly,