The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-08
{ MArmurraf- Sta,
SHORT tOrRTSHIPS ARE .rt.y
Where Marriage Without LoDv H..
anse Was Crowned with HappI.
ness,
Chicago Herald.

Chicago Herald.
The mayor Of Boston has raco;.
ed Official notice from the nv
of Tacoma that young Women MAT
able Ter wives + III great dent
IN Washington Territory, and r""'
riallv in the promising and
ing city If Tacoma. He s 9'|"
that there are lehfolG more we
than women in The Territory ,hs,
Will soon become Il State, and lba,
most Of them are young, enlern. %'
sing and industrious. lie asksILnna,
the needs of The people residing; ~
The far Northwest be made kneea.n
through the newspapers to the mr'
married women OF the ancie",
Commonwealth of Mlssarhnsa,n"'
and that as many as can lie sn,ra1
be sent to The country living ahoot
Puget sound. THIS h~oljfical;aY
means business. 1t come, yonara
down to facts and figures. # j.
no lh'ei'dtu To catch The eve Of
"trlflers," who often answer ma,r;
monial advertisements. 1t show.
that there is an active demandIror
maidens and widows of any ra,.
sOnable age, and that lhereis
preference for those who were bnrn
and bred near Plymouth Rock
Bunker Hill, Cape Code aud Witch
Hill. II does not state that any
prejudice exists agaiI st girls wIo
were brought upon baked beans,
dliod Goldfish, smoked herring,
spruce gum, cider, apple sauce,
pumpkin pie, douglmut>, Elmer.
suns philosophy, Hawthorne, ia.
mances, HoweIls' novels and Low.
ellis poetry. On the other hand il
declares that the arms, hearts and
homes OF The men OF the Great
promised land OF the Northwest
are all open and ready to receive
them.
II may he true that The improv.
ed Puritan maiden does moi like to
be w0oed ahC won in tins plain,
matter 0i-lact business way. There
i, too much If Western bluntness
aGou, it. 1t is moi in conformity with
the traditions of her ancestors. 1t
is destitute of any trace of ~.
nance or poetry. More than any
or all of these, IL conflict with her
inherited ideas of propriely and
with her nations OF o .esty. But
girls who have reached or are ap.
preaching what is known as them.
certain age should not stand on
triiles. TO Sem, more Than 10
most perSonS;f delays are danger.
GUS" They may prefer a man who
can trace his lineage directly 10
Lersons who took cabin passage IN
the Mayllower, who e father gra.
dnated at Harvard and whose ped.
i9ree can be traced TO The time Of
The conqnerGr. They might ENJOY
a ceurtship extending through five
ur six years and anle-nuplial pres
ent>, consisting of Il bust OF Brown
ing and a letter-preSs edition Il
Lnngfellow's poems, but they mus
remember that Western men are
busy. Time and labor are requir'
ed To make modern Improvements
IN the coutiuuoGs woods where
flows The Ore g H." To construct
bridges and roads. 10 build Giles
and uavieS and organize a Stale
demands energy, time and labor
Men who are engaged in these at
fairs have no leisure to spend III
whispering words OF love. But
they authorize an official TO say:
Come ON, girls, and we will marry
History shows that the hap
iiesl marriages were those made
very short acquaintance or
without any previous acquaintance
The Sabine women who were en-
heed to Rome to witness some
games and were made capliveS
were satisfied with their husbands,
and not one of them ever applied
for IA divorce. The Tnhitian wo'
men the mutineers of the ship
Bounty stole and took 10 Picalrn
Just a hundred years ago
lived cuntentedlv with
heir husbands. Marriage with an
acquaintance is often "a failure.
With a stranger it is generally a
brilliant success. There is entire
.irely too much sentiment con
1ected with the orthodox society
marriage,