Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-12
ARE WE sPouINa FOR TIaHT.
Among other things which Mr.. Depew discov-
COME ON, GIRLS.
Marriage without Acquaintance May
be Brilliant Success.

From the Chicago Herald
The mayor Of Boston has received official
notice from the mayor Of Tacoma that young
women suitable for wives are in great demand
in Washington territory and especially in the
promising and growing city Of Tacoma. He
states that there are ten-fold more men than
women in the territory that will soon become
state, and that most Of them are young, en-
terprising and industrious. He asks that the
needs of the people residing in the far north
west be made known through the newspapers
to the unmarried women of the ancient COM
monwealth of Massachusetts,, and that as many
can be spared be sent to the country lying
about Puget sound. This notification
MEANS BUSINESS.
1t comes square down to facts and figures. It
is not intended to catch the eye of CRITTERS"
who often answer matrimonial advertisements.
1t shows that there is an active demand for
maidens and widows OF any reasonable age, and
that there is preference for those who were
born and bred near Plymouth Rock, Bunker
Hill, Cape Cod and Witch Hill. 1t does not
state that any prejudice exists against girls who
were brought up on baked beans. dried Goldfish,
smoked herring, spruce gum, cider, apple sauce,
pumpkin pie, doughnuts, Emersons philoso-
ply, Hawthorne's romances, Howells' novels
and Lowell's poetry. On the other hand 1t de-
clares that the arms, hearts and homes Of the
men OF the great promised land of the north
west are all open and ready to receive them.
1t may be true that the improved Puritan
maiden does not like to be wooet and won in
this plain, matter-of-fact business wav There
is too much of western bluntness about it. 1t
Is not in conformity with the traditions Of her
ancestors 1t is entirely lacking in sentiment.
1t is destitute of any trace ofromance or poetry
More than any or all of these, it conflicts with
her inherited ideas of propriety and with her
notions Of modesty. But girls who have reached
or are approaching what is known as the I'M
certain age should not stand ON triles. To
them, more than to most persons, delays are
dangerous" They may prefer a man who can
trace his lineage directly to persons who took
cabin passage in the Mayhower. whose father
graduated at Harvard and whose pedigree can
be traced to the time of the conqueror They
might enjoy a courtship extending through
five or six years and ante-nuptial presents con-
sisting Of a bust of Browning and ietter-presJ
edition OF Longfellows poems, but they must
remember that western men are busy. Time
and labor are required to make modern i'm
provements in ''the continuous woods where
fows the Oregon" To construct bridges and
roads, to build cities and navies and organize a
state demand energy, time and labor. Men
who are engaged in these affairs have no leisure
to spend in
WHISPERING WORDS OF LOVE
But they authorize an official to say: "Come
on, girls, and we will marry you" History
shows that the happiest marriages were those
made on very short acquaintance or without
any previous acquaintance. The Sabine women,
who were enticed to Rome to witness some
games and were made captives, were satisfied
with their husbands, and not one Of them ever
applied for a divorce. The Tahitian women
whom the mutineers of the ship Bounty stole
and took to Pitcairn Island. just a hundred
years ago, always lived contentedly with their
husbands. Marriage with an &C qualntance is
often "a failure" With a stranger it is gen.
orally brilliant success There is entirely too
much sentiment connected with the orthodox
society marriage