Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-09-16
WANTED "A GIRL.
FOrlOrn Men in Manila Just Hank.
erin9 for Wives.

In Manila there are 10 bachelors TO
one girl, and the wall of the single man
floats mournfully to us across the broad
Pacific. The cry for feminine popuIa-
tIon comes across the sea, rising and
falling with the tempest and the wave
fluttering in the-but shucksl What's
the use? What we mean to say is, the
bachelors of Manila would marry if
they could. and they want to know what
the girls in the States are going to do
about it. A well-disposed girl could
get into communication directly with
any number of well-disposed bachelors
just by dropping note TO Georee
Sellner. editor of the Manila Times. or
some other public character who is in a
position to play Cupid. 1t isn't such a
long trip to Manila, and then it's see
ing the world. There's another thing
about going to Manila, and that is,
where there are few women, those that
belong are queens by virtue of scarcity.
The feeling that, from The danger of
becoming wallflower, you have been
rescued into the glories of a lilly of the
field, with admiration all your own.
the delight of queening it over whole
cohort of courtiers, and the knowledge
that, when you reach Manila, you are
no longer in an Anticipated discard of
aged buildings and disease-infested
moats, but are coming home to gen.
ulne American town, transformed bv
the magic of American science and en-
terprise into place of broad highways.
modern architecture and our typically
national cleanliness.
Any fairly attractive American girl
"a blonde probably preferred, but a
brunette carrying no particular handi-
cap-who has no particular entangle-
ment of the affections at present, but
Is willing TO have some in the early
future, is missing the chance of her life
by staying in the United States and
waiting for the right man to propose.
60 east, young woman; go east" is
the advice of the returned exiles.
What most impressed me when III
went to the Philippines" says Mrs.
Heart, was the scarcity of girls eli
gible for marriage. There are so few
women that a new arrival is at first
made to believe, so great is the amount
OF attention she receives, that she was
never before appreciated. Why, have
seen school teachers and the girl friends
OF officers wives gubbled up, as it were,
almost as fast as they arrived
To anyone who hasn't the least idea
of marriage-and none of the single !
girls who have gone tn the Philippines
even think of it, ofIcourse the vision
OF the new Manila that is arising out of |
the old is worth the trip for itself alone. |
It's pity that any great number of |
men have TO deplore the scarcity of |
women. In nearly all the towns and
cities OF settled country there are too |
many girls The stores and factories
are full of girls. and any community |
can show fine collection of spinisters
ought to have gone to Manila long ago.
Conditions in Uncle Sans orient are
such that schoolmarms quit teaching in
favor of cooking almost before they
get fairly into the good will of their
pupils, and the Government is having
an awful time keeping the schools 60
ing. It's hardly worth while for girl
to say she'd rather remain single, be-
cause we men know better. Matrimony
is the goal of every woman's ambition.