The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-17
TEN GIRLS TO EVERY MAN
TOWN OF GLOvERSvILLE Is ALMOST
AN ADAMLESS EDEN.
Martha WatsOn's Appeal for a Hus-
band-Characteristics of Place
Where Gloves Are Made.

New York Letter in st. Louis Republic.
During her recent visit to the Hoboken
police justice, Martha Watson, of Glovers-
vile, n. Y, revealed TO the world a state
of things in that pretty little upstate city
that should bring a blush Of shame to every
eligible bachelor in the country. Il have
come, announced the fair and robust Mar
tina to the magistrate. Ito have
you find a husband for me.
There are ten girls to every man where 1
live, and consequently nine old maids re-
main to envy the one lucky female. 1 am
one of the nine"
The stranger whose reasoning faculties
had been trained by a perusal of the ex-
ploits of the late Sherlock Holmes might
easily find a confirmation of Miss Watson's
statistics in the long billboard opposite the
Gloversville station. To the casual observ-
er it is much like other billboards, but a
closer inspection reveals a remarkable pc
culiarity.
Where are the familiar advertisements of
"Natty Suits for Nobby Men," or Superior
Chewing Tobacco for Males in Humber
Walks of Life of "Suspenders That Will
Not Break and Buttons That Re
quire No Thread" designed for the unfor-
tunate and Helpless bachelor? Where are
the thousand and one Soothing Syrups,'
''Teething Lotions and collie Cures sup
posed TO be indispensable TO the man Of the
family?
Instead, four varieties of chewing gum
vie in attractive and extensive display,
while various articles pertaining to the
feminine toilet occupy the remaining
spaces. One lone cigar advertisement has.
to be sure, a modest corner, but it was
evidently painted by one who failed to COM
prehend the situation.
Leaving behind this prima facie evidence,
the main street, although it was almost
noon. presented a vista of barren side
walks. 1t seemed, In fact, a deserted VIII
lage. Stores there are in -plenty-smart,
attractive, up-to-date stores at that-but
customers are nowhere to be seen. The alb
sence of men appears to be accounted for
by the absence of persons of any kind
whatever.
Suddenly, somewhere in the distance, a
factory's midday whistle blows, dozens Of
other whistles join in the chorus, all OF a
pitch that is characteristic of the place
none of your hoarse, masculine toned whis-
ties. but shrill, high-pitched: feminine
shrieks such as a young ladies seminary,
invaded by mice, might be supposed 10 pro-
duce.
NOON HOUR BEAUTY SHOW.
The idle clerks stop gossiping in the door
ways and rush behind their counters Soon
from the outskirts approach the chatter of
feminine tongues, the swish of skirts, the
sound Of countless daintily shod feet. A
minute later, like an advancing flood, a
great wave of femininity sweeps down the
road. In gossip whispering groups of three
or four, in a~rgumentative punches Of a
dozen. in noisy, laughing crowds Of twenty
at a time, they descend like a horde of sew
enteen-year locusts. And such girlsi Those
acquainted only with the city factory hand
Observation-Disclosures, sallow-faced and
hOllow-eyed-can form no ADEQUATE con-
ception Of this daily noon hour beauty show
at Gloversvilie.
A life spent for the most part on the
home farm has given them perfect health
and magnificent figures. 1t is paying the
ripest and roSiest peach a high compliment
to use it as a comparison. Now and then
an exceptional man passes by. Those whose
them already married stalk by unheeding
and unheeded, while at long intervals, an
occasional desert, as ii were, in these GASES
of feminine bloom, there hurriedly sinks
past a still unmarried youth. who wears a
certain hunted look peculiar to the rara
avis bachelor in this place.
At first thought this typical expression
might naturally be attributed TO the impor-
%tunities of the ten young ladies who, ac-
cOrding to Miss Watson, have but one man
TO divide up among them, but investigation
reveals the actual cause TO be quite differ
ent. You see pathetically explained one
OF these distracted youths, with such a
bunch Of beauties to pick from, how car
a man ever make up his mind which tc
take? Now, look at my case. Last might
l took Mamie 10 the dance, tonight Lulu
goes with me to the Pleasure Park and 10.
morrow evening | have promised 10 take
Ella to the theater, besides which, Jennie
Sara, Mary and Annie will be offended
; If 1 neglect them. I tell you. it's quite pos
sible TO have too much of a good thing
From which conversation II may be seer
that il is an awful indecision that is SLOWLY
but surely undermining the constitution:
Of Gloversville'S strong young manhood
Really. under all the circumstances. II j!
most creditable 10 their integrity that they
|, have not cut the Gordian knot by fallins
converts 10 pologamy.
a Gloversville p~icnic-they have all tn,
rural populations fondness for picnics-
would seem TO the poor city youth. com
peeled TO share the smiles Of his adored on,
with several jealous rivals, a picnic in ever,
sense of the word.
2 HIGH WAGES EARNED.
! The fact of the superabundance Of III,
r fair sex having been once established, it be
comes OF interest TO ascertain the cause
a man in the last stages of double cat
2 aract might discern that il is certainly no
! due to any lack of physical charms on tn
part of the young ladies themselves, no
do they lack in that comfortable dot
that is deemed so necessary by our French
cousins. Starvation wages are unknown
= I'm GlOversville. and many Of the girls carr
more than 500 a month. Investigation
2 shows this absurd state OF things 70 b.
D due. first 10 the aboriginal Indians, and
q second. 10 the Mckinley tariff.
Way back in the early history OF tn
] country, when the sole feminine portion o
what grew 10 be this thriving town consist
\ ed of dusky Pocahontases, attired In neg
a beads the Indians of this section OF tn
. Mona wk valley became noted for their Su