Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-17
BOON FOR BACHELORS
Many Marriages Arranged by
Correspondence.
DECLARED NOT FAILURES
Wide Circulation of Matrimonial
Papers.
STATE MUCH NEEDS WOMEN
Story of an Enoch Arden Romance
Reversed-Success of the
Meetetse Club.
EY WILLIAM F.. CURTIS
Special Correspondence" Of The Star and IA"
thiraC, Record Herald.

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! Special Correspondence" "f The Star and tho
thiraC, Record Herald
! CHEYENNE. August H. I9n
! There is great deal "f "courtship by
/ correspondence gong ON between the
/ bachelors Of Wyoming and tho spinsters
! IF the east which is promoted by matri-
monial agencies and newspaper adver-
vertisinE Mauy marriages are arranged
! that way. ana am assured thar large
proportion are blessed. The postmasters
| of the ranch towns often act as so-he-
tweens and references. and they probably
know more about the business than any
body else. Several have assured me that
! every case of matrimony by correspond
/ ence that they have had anything to do
! with has turned out we'll. and that the
! average Of happy marriages between
! strangers is as high as those of con-
ventional arrangement. We do every
! thing else by correspondence. and why
not matrimOny? There are schools Tor
teaching chemistry, oratoiy. engineering
| and dancing by correspondence: how to
cook, how to make dresses. and how to
! bring up children: WHY should there
! he any objection to the use of the malls
! to equalize the sexes and promote the
! happiness of mankind and wonanklnd?
| Matrimonial papers are popular out here
and have a wide circulation Matrimonial
J
! | have learned of four publications de-
voted exclusively to matrimony. one in
| Chicago. another in Cincinnati. a third /
! in Toledo. and fourth in Stoughton
Mass They publish lists of persons de-
string to correspond with view 10
matrimony'; also advertisements. of men
and women who are seeking domestic |
/ partners. aud give more particulars con- |
corning their personality and clrcum- |
stances with references in many cases. !
| The editors of these papers act as IN |
| termediaries. and by the payment OF |
| fee of ST. they will furnish the adj !
dresses. biographies and photographs of
women who are willing to consider pro-
posas from eligible gentlemen The pub /
| Usher guarantees the goods to be as
| represented, and leaves the rest TO tuplh |
and the persons interested
| Sometimes the more enterprisine and
| broad minded bachelors use the Sunday
! editions of New York, Chicago and other
papers advertising mediums and insert
requests for correspondence. "obiect mat
| rimony." in the personal columns.
Satisfactory Results.
| Many marriages which have been
| brought about in this way we'll
| known and are said to he satisfactory TO
| botl Sides The gossips have it that one
| of the most prominent citizens in the
state became acquainted with his wife
! through an advertisement. after CORE
spending with her for a year or more
=
| to marry her and brought her back TO
! this country, where she is now a great
| favoritt and very happy. ]
The chairman of the board of educa-
! ton at Twin Falls. Idaho told me that
Since he had been in office thirty-hve
women teachers had been married in that
| town, and without exception they were
| well placed and contented. This fact
has been so we'll advertised among their
unmarried friends i'll the east that the
| applicat tons for positions in the public
schools are very large. lie said he had
/ a dress suit case full of letters from
young women in Iowa. Illinois, Wiscon-
! sin, Indiana. Ohio and the New EnSla nd
states who want To come west to teach
and most of them gave as references
| tn. names of former teachers who found .
| husbands during the frs, year of their |
experience out here. Indeed, II is neceS- |
| sary to secure new supply OF teachers
in almost every town at the beginning !
| of every school year.
| \ farmer living near Twin Fails re- |
! Gently married the stenographer of |
business house in Chicago with whom |
! he became acquainted by writing letters |
! to her employer. She is woman of SUI !
perior ability and has already made her
| self popular in the church and society
| The most successful and extensive mat
| rimonial bureau that | am aware of has
| been conducted for thirty years By Fred |
Harvey who manages the hotels and
| eating houses on the Santa Fe railroad
/ in the southwest. Hundreds of the hap
! were brought out by him as Mattresses in
/ his hotels and restaurants. He has al
| ways made it a rule TO employ none but
! gooG-lookns. modest and intelligent
! Young women, ana dresses them in
/ tasteful and attractive manner. Most of
them come from Michigan. where they
are selected by woman of experience
! who has remarka bile :alen; FOR analyZing
| character. She is kept busy. however. be-
! cause such attractive girls as she sends
out seldom remain in Mr.. Harveys en-
i poy more than six months. Most of them
| receive d proposal of marriage and some
times TWO the first week afte. their ar
| rival.
| Women are needed here very much. and /
| any honorable method of inducing femi-' |
/ nine immigration is Unsuitable. because |
! he Wyoming state census OF 1876, showed |
nearly ten unmarried men to one unmar- |
! ried Womal. over iWcntN-one years -;
| age The tota number of single men over
! twentE-one i'll the state was II .:,l1. the |
| total number of single women was $50 !
In Big Horn county in 1900 there We're |
| l.2ti. eligible bachelors to rs unmarried :
women: in Sheridan county there were .
| 50. unmarried men over tWenty-one ami |
! only oiS unmarried women of that age. /
In Fremont county there were >02 bache- |
! lors to ;;06 spinSterS. and in other coln- |
| ties the proportion is about the same.
Reversed Enoch Arden Romance. |
! | was told the other day of a sort of
! reversed Enoch Arden romance-one of I
. the strange freaks of fate-by which |
material for sensational novels is |
| furnished in real life. An unhappy wife, |
| upon d farm in Oneida county " Y !
| accidentally advertisements in the
| personal column of a Sunday paper /!
| in which ranchman III Wyoming in |
| Vited correspondence with unmarried |
| women between the ages OF twenty-five /
! and thirt y-fiVe. with a view TO matrimouy !
! Her husband was a mean. diSsiDa ed /
| a btIsive wretch and her life was "A !
| martyfdom. She answered the adyer- /
| tisemept representing herself to be a i
widow. The correspondence was prolonged !
| for a year, photographs We're exchanged: |
| the postmaster vouched for his raspecta- |
| bility. and the in Wyoming sent !