The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-06
GIRLS ENTITLED TO
PROPOSAL RIGHT
Fewer Maiden Ladies if Gus
tom Of the Ozark Ages"
Was Banished.

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Give the women tho right to pro-
fewer bacheller maids. "
%Aisos3K the. girls of the east would
come west. where the supply Of home
loving men fisl much greater, in pro-
portion to the supply of home maxi
ers, much, happiness would be added
to the worlds varying quantity.
So said Rev. WI Fl. Matthews, pas
tor Of the First Presbyterian church,
In his sermon delivered Sunday even-
Maids" unmarried
III ONE were as free to choose
their mates as men there would be
but few maiden ladies. Custom seals
their lips ~when-they find a suitable
companion. custom a y let the
young maf=&come regularly for as
many years as he may desire. and
then drop you II he cares to do 80.
1t would be unwomanly for you to
protest." said Rev. Matthews.
Relic Of Dark Ages.
~ am free to say that I consider
this custom a relic of the dark ages
when men ruled women by brute
strength. Give me any other reason
than custom that d woman should not
propose II you can. 1t cannot be
Done. Even leap year is just a joke.
would make leap year a reality and
then make every year leap year.
Greater Chances in Cities OF West.
Women ought to have the privile &c
or expressing their preference. omen
ought to have a right TO look for hus-
oands Just as men have q right. to
look for wives. 7 think a school
titled in going to the west or to some
large city where she can find men.
Our young men flock to the large
cities and a girl has two chances to
get married in the. big city to one in
the small town.
our young men 60 to the far west
to seek their fortune. They follow
their migratory instinct. Then there
comes a day when they long to es-
TO md that the supply of girls in
their locality is limited. Without the
restraints OF the home they spend
their time in dissipation or loafing
In the saloon and pool room,
Nonsense to Wait for Providence.
- would advise girls to go west
where the census shows that there
are W. or three men to every wom-
an. 1t Is nonsense to say that we
.must wait until providence shall send
us husbands. Providence works ac-
cording to economic laws and the
economic laws force the young men
to the sparsely settled districts of the
west and the densely settled cities nj
the east. ...'-s "
Found Ready Demand.
The small towns all around Chi.
cago are full of maiden ladies whijo
nearly every girl in the city Of Chi
cago gets several chances TO secure
a good husband. Some time ago the
mel of Wyoming. sent out word thai
tney wanted wives. and some women
the demand. Girls who went ont az
school teachers ;domest;cs clerks nd
mattresses were picked up at once.
Holding Hands Most IMPORTANT.
When women get their full rights
!of voting for .thase,.who -e to hoif
once but they Will also be able 20
express a choice as to who shall ho,d
their hands which is. far more i'm.
portant for the future of this com.
try: eo'"
To deny m the privilege. O,
proposing and make advances to those
tney love puts a premium on deceit
AFTER a man is married his. wife tell.
MIN how anxious she was to get him
Why cannot she have the priyilee.
OF telling him this before? MANY =
young man is afraid. to make ad.
vances. He keeps away from the girl
not because he would not marry. bul
because he knows SO. few young iadiee.
and does not know just how to -s1
acquainted with them. Young men arc
SO occupied in making a business sue.
cess OF life that they pay little atten.
ton to the social side. Young womer
pay. much attention to the social aid.
and are better fitted to make delicate
advances to the opposite sex than are
the men. ~
Tradition the Only Excuse.
When made this suggestion tr
my good wife she threw up her hand
IN horror. but why: I asked her w,
and she could not give any reply tina,
was not based on mere tradition. We
DOW before the god of, things as theS
were and fail to get the good out 81
IRE tbs we are entitled to get.
believe that every fair minded mar
would. after he got used to it. wei.
come a change in womens' privileges
and ever permit them the right t.