The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-23

girls face as much as to say. what
next?"
Il should prefer a man with a dark
mustache." hearing which there was a
suppressed gigge from the sofa.
"A dark mustache." echoed the scribe.
"A dark mustache." scratched the
pen.
how old?' asked the scribe
II am not particular" replied the girl,
Anywhere from 20 to SO."
Age immaterial TWc nty to 30 pre-
ferred." scratched the pen.
ANY old thing Will dc. Oh, any old
thing will do" huminea the male voice
from the sofa.
nad been witnessing the fir al formal
lt1es or the registration of an active
member OF the First American Iadies'
Self Assisting society, and / shall now
let Mr.. Gustav Yungieb tel you why
such society should exist. Mr.. Gus
tav Yunglieb is prosperous East Side
jeWeler. and one of the officers and
chief promoters Of the organization. and
TINS is his explanation AS he gave it To
me:
Inc chief aim of this society is TO
help women anu girls to find coed hus-
bands and establish comfortable homes.
It's pretty serious thing when a wom-
an reaches middle-age and finds herself
an old maid, and with no prospects be-
fore her but the charity of relatives or
the poorhouse.
Marriage and giving in marriage oc-
cuples pretty prominent Part of life.
whether you live OH Fifth avenue or
down here In the East Side. And East
Side girls aren't any more anxious to
get themselves comfortably settled than
the uptown society bellies are, and their
methods aren't much different either.
sentiment! Well, / guess not. This
Is buslness-strictly business. This So
clety Is organized on strictly business
principles, like an insurance company
on the ice trust. l don't say, understand
me, that there isn't any such thing as
love and sentiment. but they are Incl
dentals. merely incidentas, when it
comes to poor girl marrying.
Marriage for our East Side girl is
almost always dependent upon the dot,
unless. of course. she is lucky enough
to be $4,000 beauty or clever enough
to win the love of a man Just by her
little tricks and ways. But when girls
work hard all day. in factories and the
sweatshops, they don't have much time
to either practice up on catchy ways or
to improve what good looks they have.
IF girl has relatives or friends to
provide this dot and she is half Way
good looking she needn't worry much
about the future, but say she is homely
ana pialn and has not a cent in the
world save her weekly wages, what
chance has she?
mot ghost of chance. An East
Side girl has got to nave enough money
to buy the furniture. and the very least
she can comfortably begin on is $780,
Our scheme for furnishing this neces-
sary $500 is very simple.
when girl joins the society she
pays an initiation fee of $le5 and so
cents per month dues. At the expira-
ton of two years she is entitled to from
$500 to $500, exactly which amount de-
pending upon the strength of the So
ciety by the time that her policy NAV
become due We cali it a marriage poll
ICY just as the insurance companies
speak of an insurance policy e
I'VE have now 300 members and -ex-
pect at least 500 within the next week.
or course 1t will be necessary to
limit the number of marriages, as we
Will be able to cash only SO ...any poli-
eies during given period. The girl
must nave belonged to the society two
years at least before she can avail
herself OF the financial benefits IT, how
ever. she marries before tina. time. and
keeps up her membership. sne can claim
her 500 at the expiration of her two
years membership. when the $500 will
come IN just as good as ever
We hope to be able to pay very much
hagher premiums as we go On
IT IS not our purpose to put the
scnatchen out of business. but still it
VIII be our aim to help girls to find
suitable partners provided they are not
already supplied with sweethearts. We
will study their tastes and invite their
confidence as to the style of man they
prefer.
"A memorandum of all these points
Is taken when they register as members.
and from that time on we proceed. i'm
every delicate manner possible, to bring
them into the company of their ideal
men. We help them to secure escorts to
balls, theaters and parties and in every
possible and conceivable way seek to
further their matrimonial possibilities"
But, I inquired, eff at the end Of the
two years she We're still unable to tina
husband, what would be her status
with the Ladies' Self-Assisting society,""
At hearing which Mr.. Gustav Yungliek
beamed satisfaction.
Nov that's just the beauty of the
whole scheme he said 4rtumphautly,
If she don't find anybody to suit her;
or the fellow goes back on her, she II
permitted to withdraw her savings with
interest"
A Kindred Soul. -
. They had Just been introduced, ana al
she looked into his thoughtful eyes. the
young girl felt that she had at last met
man Of high ideals.
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