The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-07-02

in the East to find the homes they de-
sired, he, the Mayor, should devote a
part OF the funds of the town to send-
ing East for carload of manageable
young women to come out and settle
in the vacant homes.
The letter suggested that as the
young women were not in affluent cir
cumstances, most of them living with
married sisters Or supporting them
selves, it might be good thing to
provide each with small "dowry"
with which to'equip herself to come
out to the frontier coast and marry
one of the needy men.
The letter SO impressed the Mayor
OF the place that he laid it before a
committee of men and women, for
there are few women there, and
they decided that nothing could be
better. Their fertile brains hit upon
the expedient Of fitting up hotel or
"home" for all the new arrivals, and
they suggested reception committee
of men and women to meet them.
"When they get off the train," said
the chairman of the committee, Eve
will approach them, shake hands with
them, and make them feel at home at
once, men as we'll as women being
there to say, How do you dog"
The scheme at last reports was be-
ing carried out, ID hundred little
gripsacks in the East were being filled
with the small belongings of feminin
ity, the same that were to transform
that corner of Vancouver from the
most desolate place upon the earth
into paradise.
In other countries, especially those
OF Europe. women are so much more
plentiful than men that certain induce
ments are held out to men to
marry. These people can hardly be-
Iieve that there is an Ell Dorado for
women, where woman needs only a
wedding gown and bouquet to be
taken possession of by delighted and
worthy man.
In these European countries the
men have been thinned out by emigra-
ton. They have gone out to Australia
have gone upon the high seas, have
come here. But the women have
stayed at home. Hence the dover
question became important, and grows
more and more so every year. In
France the poorest girl must have hel
dot. and if her parents cannot give il
to her she must work until she gets it
Here girl, if she be poor, works only
to give herself a trousseau, and is very
fortunate if she comes to her husband
with a SIS bill in her purse. Women
of America do not know how like
queens they are compared with those
of other countries.
There are places upon the frontier
of the United States, villages border
ing upon recently opened places, Ter
ritories, and upon the limits of cult
walton, where q woman is worth her
weight in gold and great deal more.
There is a genuine bartering of women
constantly taking place.
Let woman from the city 60 there
and the "courtship" begins Immediate
ly and great rivalry for her hand.
The men have gold ore to offer, they
own "claims," they have partly work
ed farms, and they want good home
to live in. They will hire Cinnamon
or half breeds, anything to do the
hard work, if only good-looking wo-
man will light the parlor lamp at
night and sit in the window and wait
for them to come home.
The 'price" for pretty woman of
good education and family in newly
constructed town is great enough to
establish man in business in the city
and introduce him to society. The
agent of a matrimonial bureau in Chi
cago, who, as much out of curiosity
as for business, kept himself in touch
with frontier needs. received letter
from wealthy miner of a certain de-
ISOLATE territory. 81 need wife, wrote
the miner, "and if you can persuade a
good-looking woman to come out here
and take good look at me can gam
BILE she will have me. I won't show