The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-04

condition of affairs could exist without
becoming known. The thrifty long
shoremen OF the place and the wood
men, the miners, and the merchants
have written east about 1t, and few
| days ago the mayor of the place was
surprised and delighted to receive u
letter containing a suggestion. 1t was
that, as women were too numerous in
the east to find the homes they desired,
he, the mayor, should devote part Of
the funds of the town to sending east
! for car load Of manageable young
women to come out and settle in the
| vacant homes.
The letter suggested that as the
young women We're not in affiuent Cir
cumstances, most Of them living with
married sisters or supporting them
selves, it might be a good thing to pro-
vide each with a 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 COM
mittee 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 re-
ception committee of men and women
to meet them. when they get off the
train" said the chairman of the COM
mittee, eve will approach them, shake
hands with them, and make them feel
at home at once, men as well as wo-
men being there to say, How do you
| dog"
| The scheme at last reports was being
carried out, and hundred little grip
sacks in the east were being filled with
the small belongings of femininity, the
same that We're to transform that cor
ner of Vancouver from the most desc
| late place upon the earth into para
disc.
| In other countries, especially those Of
| Europe, women are so much more
| plentiful than men that certain induce
J ments are held out to men to marry
These people can hardly believe that
there is an FL Dorado for women,
where woman needs only wedding
! gown and bouquet to be taken pos
session of by delighted and worthy
man.
In these European countries the men
have been thinned out by emigration
| 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 be-
came important, and grows more and
more so every year. In France the
poorest girl must have her dot, and If
her parents cannot give it to her she
must work until she gets it. Here a
girl, If she be poor, works only to give
herself a trousseau, and is very fortu-
nate If she comes to her husband with
! five dollar bill in her purse, Women
of America do not know how like
queens they are compared to those of
other countries.
There are places upon the frontier Of
the United States, villages bordering
upon recently opened places, Terrific
ries, and upon the limits of cultivation,
where woman Is worth her weight in
gold and @ great deal more. There Is a
genuine bartering Of women constantly
taking place.
Let a woman from the city go there
and the "courtship" begins Immediate
ly, and great rivalry there Is for her
hand. The men have gold ore to offer,
they own claims" they have partly
worked farms, and they want good
home to live in. They will hire China
men or half breeds, anything to do the
hard work, If only a goodlooking wo-
man will light the parlor lamp at night
end sit in the window and walt for
them to come home
The price" for pretty woman OF
good education and family in newly
constructed town is great enough to
establish a man in business in the city
and introduce him to society. The
agent of matrimonial bureau in Chi
cago who, as much out of curiosity as
for business, kept himself in touch with
frontier needs, received letter from a
wealthy miner of a certain desolate
territory. II need Wife," wrote the
miner, land If you can persuade a
good looking woman to come out here
and take look at me I can gamble she
Will have me. I won't show her my
own bronzed mug, but I'll let her get a
squnt at the ore. If she'll name her
figure she can have it. Mines put in
her name the day before she becomes
Mrs. Hawkins"
The price" of a woman-for with
such quick matrimonial arrangements
true love" goes to the wall and poor
Cupid goes home out Of occupation
depends upon the woman and the loca-
ton. In thriving villages. where every
man owns his own farm a pretty girl
wants good house clear" big acre
age of land, and a good-looking man
The live stock is also taken into ac-
count by her. Homelier girls get less
And so all the way down to the woman
who is angular and sour, and who
must be contented with a farm hanc
and lots of hard work. That is this
way things are managed in the wo-
mans FL Dorados, where every woman
can have a husband 'as quick as
wink" and where every man is waiting
for girl to come along.
In the most desolate spot upon earth
where delegation Of women is expect.
ed to arrive almost any day, the ma