The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-02
BOSTON SHOP GIRLS
Not Anxious to Become the Wives of
Kansas Farmers.

Boston Journal.
Do Eastern girls want Western husbands?
Some do and some don't In fact, the ma
Jority or Boston girls are inclined to look
upon the offer OF the Kansas farmers, made
in the newspapers of yesterday, as more of
a joke than anything else, and while many
at first expressed willingness to go to
Kansas and have a look at these men hun
cry for matrimonial troubles on second
thought they concluded to have a little con-
sideraton for the young men of Boston.
1t is understood that there are 1000 young
farmers in Kansas who are so anxious TO
wed that they have taken steps to find the
girls of their choice by correspondence. Sup
erintendent Gerow, of the State free employ
ment bureau, will attempt to induce young
ladies now employed in the large depart
ment stores in metropolitan cities to leave
their present employment and seek pleasure
in rustic life in Kansas. Domestic positions
are guaranteed and a husband is thrown in
with every position.
No description of the personal appearance
Oh these western young men who want
wives Is given by Superintendent Gerow
The man 1 marry must be good looking
and nice" is the expression of most of the
girls and this information is something that
is not supplied. That the Western farmers
have been very successful this year is we'll
known and no doubt their offers of a life
of comfort and for their wives could
be made good. But this is not all the girls
OF Boston want. 1t would take more than
that for them to abandon the Boston boys
for the husky harvesters of the West.
a Journal reporter made a tour of the
different department stores of the city
yesterday to find out what the sentiment
of the Boston girls is regarding the propo-
were told Of the proposition coming out of
the West, they at once looked upon the
humorous side of the matter in the manner
truly characteristic of the Boston store
girl.
WELL" said pretty saleswoman, 81
want good-looking fellow. If you find
the right one tell him to write to me and
ndT To he <rffl tl,..l lnn%
ter. You know the kind of a fellow L
want"
If one OF those Kansas farmers so hungry
to be loved and to love could wander in a
desultory manner about one of Boston s
department stores for an hour it is safe to
| say that inside of that brief space of time
| he would have singled out at least a dozen
| girls, any one of whom he would be willing
| to have become his partner for life, and
according to the old precept, he would say:
''The last one was prettiest, bless her"
mo married life for me-" said No. 235,
| in another dry goods emporium Not
after what 1 just heard. L was selling a
collar to a man and he was so absolutely
| helpless that L had to put it on for him.
While was doing it he made life pleasant
| by telling me that his wife had just run off
with another man who had more money
| than he. However, on second thought, I'll
ask my present husband his opinion about
| would want a red-haired girl like gne?''
There are enough boys in Boston for
me. was the reply OF the next girl
The reporter glanced at her hand but
| there was no engagement ring there.
| This put another thought into his head.
| How many girls had he seen and how many
would he see In the stores who were en-
gagged? The result of this new quest was
remarkably startling. The average Boston
| girl is attractive--in fact fretty. They are
\ winning in their ways and everything that
| a man who is not "fussy' could ask for In
| a wife. Still why are there so few engage
| ment rings worn by them?
| Ii was too delicate a subject to be
| handled in a slight manner and In deer
\ thought the reporter worked ii out in this
| way: The Boston store girl is pretty, and
the majority are accomplished The average
! girl makes enough salary to live comforta-
| bly, and she asks for no more. Her life
| is not hard one. Her hours are not so bad
| and during the course of the day she be-
| comes a sociological student. She studies
men among other people and decides thai
while she remains In her independent state
she does not care to marry.
If the Boston shop girl considers the sub
ject in this way when thinking seriously
| about the Boston boys, how does she fee
| about leaving her home in Boston and goins
| West to look for her husband?