Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-26
Daily o Eagle
A CASTLE GARDEN WIFE.
BONE SPECIMENS OF THOSE WIG
HAVE APPLIED FOR HER.

HAVE APPLIED FOX HEX.
A Second Hand Man Who Wanted New
Wife and Two Dollars for One-An APP
pIicant Who Let His Money Do His Talk
ing-Happy Marriages and Some Misfits.
The Rockland county farmer who recently
applied to Superintendent Simpson at Castle
Garden for wife was very fair specimen
OF hundreds of others who make similar ap-
pGcations in the course of a year. The fact
that he wanted to marry some woman who
was comfortably situated financially makes
his case an ordinary one In other respects
he was more than usually particular.
The applicant had no right to expect any
thing out of the ordinary run of women, for
he was, if anything, less progressing than
the ordinary run Of mankind He said he
was rs years Of age, but he looked ten years
older at least. He was cut on the angular
plan, and everything about him, including
clothes, manner, accent ard expression, was
distinctly rural He wanted young woman,
stout and strong enough to do hard work,
and skilled enough in housekeeping to cook
first rate. She must have black hair and
ant than all, not less than $1,000 in cold cash.
The applicant modestly confessed to having
no objection to marrying a woman who had
more money but woman with less-never!
He said he had been a widower seven years,
and that his farm was worth 1000. He did
not see anything unreasonable in second
hand man like himself, who was worth only
81 900, distinctly refusing to marry any wo-
man who was not brand new and who was
worth less than twice his value.
WANTED KILKENNY GIRL.
There should be no difficulty in pleasing
any foreigner, for the Garden is frequently
filled to overlooking with women represent
ing all nationalities Many of the women
who como from the Storage of big steam
ship into the bad smelling, stuffy rotunda of
the Garden are pretty, but they are seldom
attractive. A long journey in the Storage
OF steamship would would mar the att,ac-
tions of the prettiest women, and then they
frequently appear awkward. The strange
ness Of the place, the way they are hustled
about by the busy officials, and the fact of be-
ing in a strange city thousands Of miles from
their homes, frightens them. Some of the mon
who call here for wives are worthy Of good
ones, and these always receive the ready help
of the officials A few weeks ago little old
fashioned Irishman with the richest kind of
brogue called ON Superintendent Simpson
and said:
Il want a wife"
''Is she here?" he was asked.
Faith If she was wouldn't I take her
awayT he said Il want to find one TO
marry; can We help meg'
who would marry little old man like
your" asked Mr. Simpson
PLENTY Of them," replied the little man
confidently, ''if they saw this"
He pulled out of his pocket bank book
which showed deposits amounting to $1,000.
'That'll catch any of them" he said, land
ell l want you to do is to pick out a nice
pleasant hammered girl, not moro than 80
years old, and from Kilkenny If you can"
''How old are youg"
''Niver moind that; it's this'n talk whin We
foind her."
The little man slapped his bank book and
laughed. He said he was boss carman who
had been too busy all his life to find wife
for himself. He wanted somebody else to do
1t for him, and when the selection was made
he promised to come around and marry her
offhand
APPLICATIONS BY NAIL.
The men employed in the Garden realize
what q delicate thing it is to find a wife for a
man. In the language Of one Of them, such
an arrangement is apt to be a misfit a man
who can't find wife for himself is always
worthy Of suspicion, and is seldom entitled to
one
A man with a stiff black beard, deep set
black eyes, and an appearance indicating
marked antipathy to soap and water, called
ut the Garden In the early part of last fall
lie had strong Italian accent. He wanted an
Italian girl not more than IL years old He
preferred one without friends and without
knowledge Of any language but her own.
What did he want her forf For a wife Of
course. He was asked what his business was.
The question angered him He thought that
was nobodys business but his own He was
coolly dismissed, and he went away in a great
passion. Nobody doubted but what he wanted
a girl for some evil or degrading work.
When a man applies to the officials at the
Garden for a wife his character and his
means for supporting her are carefully in
quireo into. Ii he proves to DO a fit person he
gets all the help possible, and there have been
many happy marriages brought about in this
way.
Sometimes man from some thinly settled
western part of the country applies for wife
by letter. Usually these written applications
have charming frankness about them.
Nearly all the writers are farmers or small
tradesmen, who want a wife with money
enough to help them improve their business.
In addition to this they want her TO be both
strong and young, 50 she can work. and help
them In this way. A few of them are very
faStidlous and devote pages TO describing Just
the KIND OF a woman they want. The most
particular of them entirely forget TO describe
themselves, and this gives rise TO a suspicion
That their appearance won't stand it. Once
IN while man sends his portrait. This is (
honest, but ii is disastrous, and one glance at .
the picture is a sufficient explanation why the .
man has difficulty in finding somebody to
marry him.-New York Sun
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