The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-09

Christian women; and among the humber
Hebrews also, as the reports OF court pro-
ceedngs have frequently borne Witness the
marriage Of jewish girl with man not OF
her own race and religion Is regarded as
dire calamity. Yet member OF the famous
RoruscHILD family has alliod herself with
the English nobility without provoking tho
resentment Of her relatives, though to some
of them her independence OF the ancient
traditions must have been very unpala-
table
1t will bo long before the time shall como
OF which Prof. ADLER has prophcsicd, when
jew and Gentle will unite to build up the
spiritual house OF Israel and extend tho
bounds of tho chosen people. Therefore the
Western bachelors Of that race OF whom wo
have spoken must continue to go without
wives, much as they may long for them, IL
they cannot find Hebrew maidcns to win.
But how shall they get them4 According
to our Jewish contemporary the cxgcncies
OF business, which thoy are not given to
neglecting, prevent the Jewish young men
In the far West from coming eastward in
search OF the spouses they In vain seek In
their own ncighborhoods. And yet among
Hebrews, as among Christians, In our great
cities, there seems to be a strong indsposi-
tion on tho part of many eligible bachelors
to undertake matrimonial ventures. The
consequence Is seen in the large number OF
Hebrew maidons in New York. for instance,
who are OF marriagcablc age and who,
we are led to believe would welcome offers
of marriage from desirable young Jews
But how shall supply and demand DO
brought together The Jeicish Times, after
much hesitation, admitted to its COUSINS
the advertisement Of Jewish merchant in
the West who sought by that means to get
the wife for whom he longcd. Our contem-
porary informs us that the advertiser re-
ceived many replies, and that there is rea-
son to believe he will secure for himself q
desirable partner for life. His success will
probably encourage other bachelors Of his
race to make the Same experiment; but
there are many objections to advertising
for wives even though the advertisement
be inserted in good faith and the best
maidens are likely TO hesitate long before
answering them. Moreover, by such means
only small part OF the demand is likely TO
be satisfied, for the absent Jews may and
probably do wish to do their counting in
person rather than by letter. Might they
not oftener bear the pecuniary loss OF
journey to this city In order to seek one of
the prizes to be found among the maidens
who frequent the synagogues; and would
not such an exhibition OF zeal go far 10 win
their way TO feminine favor2 A man must
not be too economical in his counting days,
and we fancy that many OF our Jewish
friends in the far West could afford the
| money for n trip in search OF a wife II they
once made up their minds TO undertake it.
But il Is "A very difficult and delicate mat
ter supplying wives for distant communities
| in which girls are few. Some ten years
ago an organized emigration OF Massa-
| chusctts spinstcrs TO the Pacific coast was
attempted, but the movement was short
| lived, and failed to DO very successful
though wives were needed in California and
Oregon, and in Massachusetts, there are
sixty thousand more women than men.
Maidens eligible for mntrimony were at one
time sent from England, also overstockcd
with them. to Australia, but the undertake
ing was given up after short trial One Of
our citizens in the Sandwich Islands lately
wrote home that what we want most now
Is a cargo of women. There are lots OF
young men, but women OF light complexion
oro scarce" This language has greatly Of
| Tended Mrs MATILDA JosLYN GAGE, the cdi-
tor OF our esteemed contemporary, the Ma
tiondl Citisen and Ballot Bor Defender, who
compares such a suggestion TO the sale Of
Crcassian and Georgian girls TO the Turks.
And certainly it is Of a rather mercantile
| flavor.
But how shall the demand and supply be
brought together? How shall the lonely
Western bachelors be introduced into our
| blooming garden OF girls?