St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-08
WANTED A WIFE.
The TribulaIiOnS of N Young MAN
Who Wishes TO Marry.

Who Wishes To Marry.
Marriages brought about by matrimonial
agencies. or by correspondence, between
parties who have never seen each other are
not unusual in these modern days. Mime
apolis. however, has recently had peculiar
case of which is called personal adVertls-
ing as a means of securing a wife.
Last summer an advertisement appeared
in local paper under the
head of "A woman Is wanted
who approXimates the following descrlp-
ton of a man." The advertiser was evil
IDENTITY in dead earnest and wanted wife
badly. 1t seems, however, that he had
some peculiar notions as to what his
affinity should be like, and it took half
column of nonpariel type to express his
ideas upon the subject, which were pre-
scented in language that can be best de-
scribed as exceedingly high-flOwn. The
description given of himself apparently did
not emanate from a man OVerburdened with
mOdeSty as witness the following excerpts,
which might be applied to the ideal Of per-
feet manhood.
l am 25 years old, six feet in height and
weigh $50 pounds. l am broad, square
shouldered, straightforward and of athletic
build. l am physically sound and perfect,
and free from hereditary complaint. have
black hair, blue eyes, ruby complexion, with
large, open features, fun lips and large,
white teeth. am clean and tidy in my per-
sonal habits, living chaste and continent
life, mentally and physically, and desire al
ways TO live so. l have never been married
and never stained the perfect whteneSs of
any womans soul.
After announcing that he had clipped in
the Atlantic's crimson wave and woOed
sweet sleep in the shades and shadows of
the silyer-tipped, golden-ribbed Rockies"
the advertiser went on 10 say
That his religion was of this world, and
his only worship the mind, soul and person
of one true, pure, healthy, wholesome
woman; mis- heaven home where humanity
is the only altar, pure, sweet love the only
priest, the endearng circles of each others
arms, the only shrine, bright, beautiful,
happy children, the only angels, the free eX-
change of mutual hopes and wishes, the only
prayer, the velvet words of each others
praises, the only incense, sweet warm kisses
on each others lips, the only true nectar OF
the gods.
want wife whose womanhood, strong
and pure, shall become the crown of glory 10
my life. and would wish upon my soul and
sacred honor that my manhood shall become
Ms much to hers. l would like 10 build
home where every sound shall be music,
every smell sweetness, every motion grace,
every object beauty.
1t would seem strange that such a gifted
individual as this should have been forced
10 advertise, and stranger still that he
should have been obliged To go out of Min
neapOliS TO find his ideal, as later appears.
Of course the personal" attracted atten-
ton and numerous answers came, but none
suited save one from person signed MARY
Wilbur" After considerable correspond
ence the advertiser decided that Mary
would suit, but who was she? In order to
find out the ardent wife-hunter had his pic
ture engraved and inserted in the paper
with a vigorous appeal. for Mary
to come to the front There was
no response and some one finally
discovered that the supposed feminine par
agOn was a young man who had been
amusing himself. Later developments in
dictate that at last there is a prospect that
the advertiser will have his desires gratitied.
A dispatch from st. Charles, Mimi, stated
the other day that sensation was created
recently at that village by the arrival from
Minneapolis of a man named Wright who
was seeking out young lady who had
answered his advertisement for a wife.
According to a letter from Wright himself
to the paper in which the advertisement
originally appeared the st. Charles girl bids
fair to ill the bill. He describes her as
Only Is, stands five feet six inches and
weighs 145 pounds. exactly the normal weight
according to DR.. Hutchinson. She is a pure
blonde. Her sunny locks hang on her tenn
piles like q golden fleece. and many JaSonS
have been in quest of her." One might
stand on the corner Of Nicollet and Washing
ton avenues many an hour some sunny after
noon when the fashion" flies along, before
seeing one so well built and Shapely formed,
while grave doubts might arise as TO whether
the sight, TO use plain terms, was cotton fill
ing, spring coils or natures modest work.
AS To HER QUALIFICATIONS
for the important position she is probably
to assume, he says:
Is my girl practical? 1t makes my mouth
water, even now, to think of the delicious,
toothsome viands with which she licked my
palate when | went to see her. Yes,
marched right into the kitchen and saw her
make them with her own clever hands and
nimble fingers.
Can she sew? l have no fear that my socks
will 60 undarned or my trousers without but
tons while she is around. How about heI
carriage? She is well versed in the poetry OF
motion, and 1 have a bran new spring
''cady" for the man who can waltz her dowI
or swing her off her feet. Moreover, she car
do washing for ten of a family and theT
pen me a letter with as much dainttneSS as
Turkish scribe.
Is she good? / pray to her every hour, anC
like a ministering saint, she feeds my fam
ishing soul with sweetest ambrosia, ant
quenches my spirit and thirst from 1.-THE cuI
of the double form"
VIII she marry? Not for two or three year,
at least, or until she completes her education
and tries her hand at numbering the limo
cents for few years. Marry in haste
repent at leisure" is the thought with which
she consoles me.
What does she think Of me? Her last lette
contained nine or ten pages of the larges
sized note paper, brim full and running owe
with her sweetest thoughts and tenderes
words of endeaTment.
The young gentleman who has thus mad,
his matrimonial lOngingS a matter of public
concern is a young brickmaker NAMED
John f. Wright, who resides with his fathe
Capt. John Wright, highly respected
resident of the Seventh ward of 24O9 Four
teenth avenue south.
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
He is On the List