Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-10-07
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Washington Territory good wages.
tn zee paid in gold. and the added in
dueement OF probable marriage with
in three months. if they wish. The
Secretary of the Navy expressed a
fear that they would be all married
before they got there. That depends
upon their good looks"
From the above statement it seems
that Washington Territory is with
out a .temale sec. AT least ''that ser
Is rery scarce IN that region" To sup
ply this failure of Providence 1.-The
authorities" had recourse to Massa-
chusetts, ever fertile in ways and
means. The confidence of "the au-
thorities" it seems, it has been fully
Justified by Governor Andrews. lie
has collected "three hundred females, :"
upon a short notice. That was prob
ably as much as he could do; but
when we consider the various ami
mails of "that sex"-Emmets and
Evelinas, Katydids and Catharinas,
besides cats, Canarys, and COWS
other Governors will have to hestir
themselves before Washington Ter
ritory can have its complement of
"females." We would suggest that
"the steamer" which sails on the
goth, be called The Ark. n'
Those "emigrants" who are prom
ised "good wages" and 'probable
marriage" we presume belong to the
genus homo, and, using grammatical
accuracy, would be styled young ,ro-
men. Tie Secretary of the Navy is
fearful these emigrants may be mar
ried before they reach their'destina-
ton, which shows that he considers
them sufficiently attractive; but the
closing remark of the editor puzzles
us. We can hardly believe that in
this great Western Republic, any
eminent American writer would put
forth the Oriental and Mahometan
idea that our free and enlightened
citizens really valued nothing in a
wife but pretty face. We cannot
suppose that the writer is insensible
to modesty, good temper, good prin-
ciples, cultivation and religion; that
all he values is 'looksr Perhaps, like
a certain philosopher, he think 'sgood
looking" means looking good. Even
then the idea needs explanation, 9TH
erwise it may, should it come to the
knowledge of those who are going
on this extraordinary expedition,
cause pain, regret, and unhappiness.
Would they not have reason to be-
lieve that the men (',ot the males) of
Washington Territory were. them
selves but little better than the saw
ages they have displaced, if they
could not comprehend in the virtues
of intelligent woman, that beauty
which ''passeth show?" at
| What would the world say of those
\ young women, if the idea was put
forth that they intended only to &C
cept the offers Of the handsome men
of Washington Territory. Would
they not be considered very silly
creatures, Let Us hope not one Of
them will make the foolish mistake
Of valuiag the good looks above the
good ch&rscfer of those manly frleass
who usay wesoome them 10 :hsir
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