The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-21
Matrimonial Bureaus Furnish OPP
portunities for Happy Unions.
ALMOS7ANY lRLCANIMARRY..
husbands Are Cheap Commodity.
One Hundred and Fifty-three Pro-
posals Purchased for Hghty-ave
Cants-Amazing Returns From an
Advertisement ~ Letters Received
From Msrriageable Men in All
Avocations. s,.

who lives on the west side, to q Mime
apolis Tribune representative. Illus
bands are a cheap commodity. I have.
just purchased 1853 proposals for eigh-
;y-lye cents" = q
She walked over to her desk, opened
drawer, and came back With q great
heapfof opened letters In her hand.
Then she explained in d Inatter-of-
fac, way that she had put n s.personnl"
advertisement in "a newspaper asking
fer husband and had received these
1853 answers 1t is necessary to know
at the outset that the woman Is inter-
ested In economics. and that her con-
duct was. therefore, entirely lmperson-
al She desired to secure statistics. She
wanted to} know how many men would
marry respectable young woman II
they knew she was willing to marry.
1.-THE advertisement brought amazing
returns. said the woman. rapidly going
through the pIle, of correspondence. ut
is not true that good husbands are
scarce. It Is safe to>say chat a large
percentage Of the men whashaye pro-
posed to me in these letters would
make excellent Husbands for an ordi-s
nary girl.
Men Of Small Education.
Most Of them, of course, are from
uen, of small education many of them
are amusing; but every onesof them is
beautiful and ,commendnblyin earnest.
The lesson these letters have taught
me. however, is that there Is no dearth
of husbands In the marriage market.
and that! II a girl Is only frank and
brave enough TO say that she is open to
proposals she can quickly find a suit
able mate
Here the statistical young woman
drew out an assorted bunch Of letters
from the heap and began reading bits
from them and commenting on them.s
q have good chance here to get
young lady an excellent husband, A
young medical student Of twenty-five Of
Arkansas City medical college, is eager
to meet me and exchange photographs
with me. The girl who takes this man
might haye 10 live plainly for awhile.
but 1t isn't everyone who can marry
professional man.
Now here's o farmer; from Missouri
wants TO marry me. He has $50 acres
Of land. but he writes wretched hand
and spells lndifrerently. He says he's
besn pursuing the phantom goddess OF
society till he's tired. Now he wants a
pleasant lady, Well, $50 acres Of good
land is not to be sneezed at
Another Farmer.
THE man who writes on this pink
paper is another farmer. He's worth
$4,000, has never. went into society.
Neither chews nor drinks, but confesses
he's not pious. He signs himself.
yours in matrimony.. That young man
would marry on the shot. :.
This man here is more ,exacting and
cautious. He requires explicit partic-
ulars about my finances But here. in
contrast, is a fine. impetuous. impulsive
young man who, in spite OF his bad
spelling, Is pleasant to hear from. He
says: I will offer my hand In wedlock
to one SO noble as you. for there are
few like you and I feel that could love
you for your stern remark. settled
life.' have always lived such o life,
but failed to find q mate think that
will do,veryi well for, a first love letter.. I
don't like man who wants to know
particulars by first mall,
''The next letter comes from q young
man who belongs to one OF the frs.
families in the country. where he lives.
He wants me to marry him oft-hand.
He saysEhe has had no late love az
fairs He ends rather weakly. though.
II you see At to play ball with gen.
tleman who Is a college graduate we
can see each other Itdon't like that
ending. & y.
An Excellent Choice.
"The next seems an excellent choice.
A professional man, from Topeka writes
me frank, plain letter. He, Is thirty
five and needs wife. WILL or won't
I? Next comes a bachelor OF forty. a
blacksmith With property; next IS
telegraph operator Of twenty-sIx; next
is an 'unincumbered widower.' who will
not give his age. After these follow n
boy OF nineteen. who lives on a farm
with his parents and wants to know
how much money !. am worth: Wild
over from Iowa with three boys; q
professional man Of thirty, with good
practice In a Kansas town. a bashful
young man OF twenty four. who suys he
has $1,000 a5year q suspect him):
drug clerk in n down-townJcity drug
store; q Jolly dentist who weighs 200
and implores me to answer him: con-
tractor and builder. who asks for
short outline of&Inyself. and a man
who owns an orange and lemon grove
In California. 40
There are farmers and blpcksmIths.
clerks and bankers, printers and physi-
clans. and nearly everyone Of them Is
fntigued with Society, eyen"taes man
who drives a sand wagon. and they all
e want to marry wife. Think of the
chaRcesi III
"A widower of nfty-onc comes next.
He's old. that's true, but he's steady
and sober and he hus property.
Propose Curious Things.
Some OF my correspondents propose
+ curious things for me to do. One man
wants me TO show myself on n certain