The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-25
5000 WOULD, BE BRIDES
OFFER THEMSELVES no THE
BACHELORS OF WYOMING.
A Flood Of Letters From Women All Over
the Country Brought by the Announce
mrnt mat the Gray Bull Club Of
Meeteetse was Looking for Wives.

formed to encourage the importation OF
wives into that womanless land, had not
been runnir & two months before II received
5000 offers Of matrimony from women all
over the United States. There Is an en-
barrassment of riches for the bachelors Of
Wyoming, for the Gray Bulls number only
1000.
Newspaper publicity did it. The men,
bers OF the club, bachelors all, young for
the most Part and nearly all in the cattle
business, decided to make their wants
known through the Eastern press. A
newspaper correspondent wrote an article
about 1t, which was published simultane-
ouely last February, in several newspapers
Of the Fast.
The Gray Bulls didn't promise immediate
Enatrimony. They realized THAT Wyoming
was short of women; and they promised to
be good to any maid or widow who immi-
grated, to find her employment II she needed
IL, ard then to let the law OF sex attraction
do the rest. 1t was felt that any enterpris-
ing girl, once established in that country OF
great demand, would be able to pick her
man and superman him
The first result was fattering in the ex-
treme. The local post Office was choked
with letters to Mr.. Barrow, the secretary.
Most OF the 5000 letters arrived the first
week, but there have been scattering re-
eponses ever since. Women OF New York
and its e%nvirons sent about 1888.
Now the club is able to report that II
has imported more than 100 OF the 5000.
found them places in the Territory, and left
the rest to their own powers Of attraction
and the ardent wooing OF the cowpunchers
OF Meeteetse.
From the New York letters a few samples
have been culled.
1t is hard to tell whether this one expects
to be taken seriously or is Just joshtng the
Gray Bills:
IT would prefer a man who was kind and
good, with a million or over. for although
I am not mercerary, 1t is much more easy
TO be happy with money than without, and
I believe in being honest in regard to the
matter-then there can be no mistake. am
capable at managing a house in every detail,
as I have always lived home with my mother
but now my parents are both dead ard am
alone. so | mrst make a change Of some
kind; but I will not marry a poor man..
"I am musical, have a college education,
and am able to take care Of myself, but I
feel as IL / would like a man sixty or over
to take care Of me always"
~ ~ III p'OONiy Ea'H s''"t o'O '"o u
sister In Wyoming and would like to have
a husband out there so that she could be
near her sister. She adds:
Il am honest, upright and a Christian
woman. Don't fool or want to be fooled
with. as I am sincere. Cheerful disposition,
Understanding housekeepin ing in all its
branches. and sewing.
"Would like a gentleman anywhere
Rrxo, az 70 m ayap oIIar 70 ha haa ne m
take care of him in his old age, as I am a
good nurse also. would give the best Of
care and kind treatment as a good wife
should. ] have a gentleman Tam keeping
with. NV sister got such a nice husband
/ think ! much rather have a Western
man.
From Harlem comes this businesslike
statement Of requirements:
Il saw in SUNDAYS paoer an advertise
ment about your place saving there were
80 many bachelors l though would write
to you and see If YOU could find one to siit
me. ! want a dark conplexioned man,
loving disposition, for I REQUIRE a good
deal OF attention. I an a widow, IS, blue
eyes and dark brown hair. Some people
say good looking. 5 feet o inches in heigth,
work as a saleslady in n bakery from $50
A. M. to 7:3O P. NJ. Long hours, don't you
thinki Horing that this will reach the
eye Of some good man."
This one makes no secret OF her anxiety:
ITO Whom it may Concern seeing an Adj
In the Paper about the Orgari7e Club Of
O Thousand members to get help-mates
take the opportunity Of answering the
same. I am a strong Healthy woman OF
IS years was never married but il / got
acquainted with some good inc worthy
man would appreciate a good Catholiao
woman ! would not fasitate. No other
need reply. Can give good references and
expect the same. Horirg to hear from
YOU before going into further detail l re-
mpin anSiors'v. =.
"A girl of White Plains wants a cowboy
husband and hopes that the letter will be
handed to a cowboy between rs n IS,
tall, dark, need not be handsome, but
honest. and able to support a family. To
such she promises a photograph Of herself
in cowboy girl costume
A young woman OF Dobbs Ferry writes
In q business college and a most alluring
account OF herself and says;
sJust any old man won't do, either
A young woman Of Harlem calls the
attention Of the secretary Of the Gray Bulls
70 the fact that she cannot lima gine a greater
tragedy than to 60 West and after marrying
find that neither is congenial to the other.
She wants a nan OF innate refinement;
otherwise he would be devoid Of sentiment.
However, this one spoils her chances with
the truly loyal citizens Of Wyoming by
concluding:
Il do not desire to bleach my bones 90
far from home"
This comes from an address not far from
Gramercy Park:
Il am English and have been out West.
I like the West very much and would like
TO 20 West again. I am Episcopalian. !
am Earning my Living as a cook. would
perfer a English, Scotch or American age
about 10. I am a good Housekeeper and
Neat. Have good Refances. Am tall and
Fair"
A young woman Of Greenwich village,
IS years old and OF alluring specifications,
wants a man not more han ten or twelve
years older than herself, but II those are all
gone she will take one from fifteen to twenty
years older.
Ayoung woman Of Albany say that there
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