Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-08
BISMARCK GIRLS
LEAP YEAR CLUB
MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE HAS a
WIERD STORY AND CARTOON
ON THIS SUBJECT.

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Last Wednesdays Minneapolis
Tribune raised a commotion in this
city by giving away the secret plans
of an alleged Girls club in this city,
which is said to be scheming to round
up some of the eligible men who are
going to waste in this section. The
article and cartoon excited consider
able interest since its appearance and
the paper was in great demand by
both the maids and bachelors. ma
story Follows:
Bismarck probably has more diff
dent and eligible young men to the
square yard than any other city In
the state.
In fact the conditions are said to
be deplorable. They are excellent
hands at 'toting" the girls around,
but the marriage license officials and
local preachers are complaining BIT
terly that there is nothing doing"
The many handsome and attractive
girls of the town are almost driven
to despair by the unprecedented
"slowness" of the men and were at
their wits end to break down the
seeming Indifference of those who, in
all reasonableness, ought to be wedd-
ed to the maids rather than to their
clubs and single blessedness
That something should be done was
apparent. It was happy thought
when the fact that it was leap year
came to the forlorn damsels and dash
ing widows To think was to act and
now club has been organized for the
express purpose of rounding up the.
recalcitrants and leading them to the
altar before the end of the year.
Under the leadership of charming
young widow about 20 maids have
formed a society which has set of
bylaws which, were the boys to know
their contents, would make them aban.
don hope of escape, and, falling on
their knees, save their face by an
early proposal. The leading feature
Of the obligation of the club members
upon initiation is that in case the
Chosen one does not propose be-
fore Nov. / of this year the girl must
to1yn mo IN
and pop the question" herself. Az
firmation on oath must be made that
the girl has been refused three times.
This is the only escape from the hea-
Wy fine imposed by the bylaws. This
provision is supposed to be so severe
that no girl will give up the ship"
until every endeavor has been sx-
hausted to enable her to make the
coveted announcement, and that there
will be something doing goes without
saying Few cities of the size of Bis
marck have SO many beautiful and
lovable maidens-with a few charming
young widows thrown in-and there is
no sound reason why the license clerk
should not be kept busy. The city is
full of mems clubs and secret socie-
ties, which the male sex seem welded
to, and strangers are allowed to come
and carry off prizes which any sane
mortal would give anything to possess
for their very own
Conditions in the country are just
the reverse, and so great is the matri-
monial market in that section that
farmers complain that they cannot
keep a daughter very long after she
has donned long dresses The preach.
ers say if it were not for the "coun-
try trade" their wives would never
get a cent of pin money"
The above item is given out on the /!
strict q by one of the girls club in
the hope that it will either hasten
the boys up bit or bring in some
one who can appreciate charms and
graces which are going to waste
through the carelessness of local
beaux.