Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1911 — MEGAPHONE ACTS AS CUPID. [ARTICLE]

MEGAPHONE ACTS AS CUPID.

AlfLTtmm I n U xn ■* ia-j ts«« - nWInIIW WIHw wmow Recognizes Voice of the Train Announcer. Fqr the first time In its history, the! megaphone has played the part of Cat-; pid, and as a result a wedding uniting! Frederick Mulhaus, train ahnodncer In the Jersey City terminal of the McAdoo tunnel and Mrs. Julia Bwal-, lenger, a German widow, will takei place in a few days. They knew each other when he was* a youth in Germany and visited her a* they while she rolled cigars, he dreamed of. a fortune to be made In faro ft America. He finally hid his sweetheart good-by, came here and obtained a position, but no fortune. He could not fill his part of the agreement made beneath the arbor, and she married a prosperous clgarmaker. Then he, too, married and lived in comfort for many years, but ten years ago his wife died. He finally obtained the position of train announcer in the Pennsylvania railroad station of the McAdoo tunnel. He it is who calls out which trains to take for Twentythird or Cortlandt streets, and to. carry his voice he uses a megaphone. The other day, while he was busy at his daily task, a middle-aged woman who had been standing at the end of the platform turned suddenly and looked at him. She waited thus until be called out his message once more and then went up to him. “I am Julia, Frederick,” she said "and I know you by your voice.” "There must be some mistake,” he answered, this time without the aid of the megaphone. “I would never have guessied it if you had not used that instrument,” she answered, “but you must be Fred Muhlhaus, for your voice is the same strong, deep, manly voice of my old friend. It is different; it is weaker when you talk naturally, but, then, you are older now.” ' ; > ’ “Julia 1" This is all Muhlhaus said. He then learned that her husband had come to America, made a fortune and a year ago had died. He told his story, and in a few days the two will trip iip the aisle of St. Patrick’s church.—New York American.