The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-04-25
a PARADISE FOR GIRLS.
A FEW POINTERS nv A TRAVEL
mo RoMANcER.
A nracing Climate and an Embracing
oftb Dakota IL the
so-CaIied Promise Land
A Play OF Rivals

~A.tts8 sERMA~E As&n1-
Play OF Rivals.
Few people in the older settled parts
Of the country have little or no idea
what scarce article young ladies are
up In the Dakotas. said a travelling man
In Chicago as he watched the fair
ones tripping along tho street In front
OF his hotel Office windows. Why. any
ono OF these shop girls, working here
for a few dollars a week. can 90 up in
TO that country and have the choice OF
all the men there. An attractive young
lady In that part OF the country Is
something 10 pause and gaze at, and
she does not stay single long for the
want OF proposals. represent Chi
cago hardware house and include North
Dakota in my territory and do you
know that In only about one town out
OF every ten do catch glimpse Of a
pretty young lady's face. All are
school girls or married women. l
don't imagine why the old maids do not
go there and capture men. Hotelkeep-
ers up there tell me they have lots OF
trouble in keeping supply OF dining
room girls. As fast as they import
them from the east the men out there
tell them that they ought not To be
working by the week but should pre-
side over homes OF their own. That
settles IL. Away go the girls and a
new lot has 10 be imported. cannot
Youch for the truthfulness OF II. but IL
s said that one hotclkeeper displays
Ghe following notice In the dining
room:
Guests are warned not 10 talk OF love
TO the waiter girls. Any one convicted OF
making proposal Of marriage 10 them
Sill be promptly shot. Business Is bust
uess
Many of the country hotels have
quit trying TO keep waiter girls and
employ crude men. with big, red.
hairy hands. 10 paw over your proven
der. | won't forget an incident that
happened at the little town OF D.. on
The Northern Pacific. l used 10 Sun
llay there. and so did another young
travelling man representing st. Paul
house A pretty young lady lived in
he town. and we both had met her at
! Saturday night dance some weeks
before. IL happened that my friend
md / reached the town about the same
nour one Sunday afternoon. We soon
had on our best clothes. and. as IL
lacked only little over an hour OF
church time | stole away from my
friend 10 ask the fair one for her COM
pany for the evening. | had been In
her presence but few moments when
there was q rap at the door and she
admitted my friend.
The Chances we bestowed upon each
other meant more 10 us than they did
to her. Each one OF us plainly read
the others thoughts. There was 10 be
no surrender on either side. Our
iorces wcro evenly matched and strata
rem would have 10 be resorted 20 II
either achieved the victory. After the
time usually allotted 10 making "A social
call had elapsed j saw that the situa-
zion was growing embarrassing and sug-
gested W my friend that we should be
Uoing. BY the time we got back 10 the
hotel II was getting dark and, feigning
1eariness. left my friend sitting out
aide aud went In as though on tho way
10 my room. But did not go 10 my
room. stole out OF the rear door and
In c.rcuitous roundabout way hastened
toward the young lady's home, hoping
10 reach there before she had gone 10
church and yet carry out my original
plan. just at the gate l met man
face 20 face. IL was my friend. We
each spoke some low, indistinct words
and then laughed at the situation.
then proposed that we Flip coin TO see
who should have the field He won.
just then the door opened and the
young lady accompanied by big
bronzcd native started on the way 90
church. We gave up the notion OF
going TO church and went straight TO
bed.