The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-06
Told n THE UlII COLUMN


III you lore your WIFE. someAody Aas
said. get her . gas stove" and .1f you
haven't = wife to love-" No might
have truthfuIly added. go 10 the
want columns Of = daily newspa-
per and set one" This place IN .
modern Journal IL probably read more BY
lonely mAidens and disconsolate BACHELORS
than any other. and II there II Z careful
continuance Of this policy. of course pay
Ing due attention to sending and recetv-
Ing answers. there must be something se-
her e they fail to set wife or husband
pretty soon.
Hare. for instance. ID IN ad- that ap-
peared In the want columns Of the Post
Infelligencer last week:
HAVING returned from the Yukon coun-
try. where have valuable Interests, de-
sire to meet lady Of mauesfionabas
erEetic. OF musical ability and the pos-
SCISSOR OF small means, unfncumbefed:
no trtder need answer.
One would not ordinarily think that suoh
m nd. n this would bring many replies.
but there were actually over two dosen the
6rst day. and the second and third mail
brought enough to MI . small pouch. II
that Yukoner Of valuable interests has not
COMPANION by this time. It viii be be-
Cause he - too old and not good-looking
enough He u not very mpreposseGstng, ana
many . damsei might. perhaps. do well to
marry him, though he has no more the
appearance OF = Croesus than the average
Kiondtker. II II to be hoped. however.
that he has by this time found . suitable
helpmAte and become = Benedict.
But the gem Of all Il the next one. A
young man wants partner who II spir-
ftuAily inclined. and doubtless feels that II
such an ethereal creature should reply to
his query. life would open untold gems Of
bliss for him. This was the Id. Of this
pale. poetic young man:
YOUNG man OF % would Ike to ret &C.
auainted with q young lady. one Who Il
deeper studies OF nature; no others need
apply.
Then. here 10 q young lady" Of an ex-
ceedingiy guileless experience. who thinks
some good. kind-hearted man viii answer
her I'd. and come to her succor:
REFINED young lady. stranger IN the
iS assisi here e object %ss VINO
Another funny ad.. carrying between its
lines world Of trouble. which II about to
be ended by the sweet yielding disposition
OF the maid, was this:
rRANK-Come back to Nellie. II was al
my fault.
KlondikerD seem TO b the favoritoo
among the women that seek this easy
means to secure life partners, but the rep
reservations made by some old women
that would like to ind gentlemen" would
give the IMAGE OF truth the jaundice. A
few days ago . couple OF women Of un-
certain age II thought under 30" and
exceedingly certain age II one dared 70
tell the truth and say they were lover 90
put this ad. In the Post-Intelligencer, and
in turn received grist OF replies:
TWO attractive. respectable ladies. under
%. wish the acquaintance OF two gentle
men who will assist them to 70 to OaW-
son.. Alaska; no triflers.
Here Il your bashfnl artisan who has
longingiy stood on the street corners and
wished. oh. so hard, that he dared speak to
that pretty girl under the straw hat. with
. dainty white dress on: but he lacked the
courage. and 30 has gone to the Post-In-
teiligencer columns for his consolation:
RESPECTABLE. m!ddie-aged mechanic
desires the acquaintance OF q respectable
working girl: object. mafrimony; no trif-
lers.
Good. true women'' are evidently to BE-
found through advertisements. or, At least.
this man thinks they are:
GENTLEMAN OF good principle. industri-
Gus and temperate In his habits desires
the acquaintance Of . good, true woman:
object, matrimony.
And the last and briefest and most sensi-
bic OF all:
LADY wishes the acquaintance Of gen
tfeman