The Detroit times., 1913-02-14
GIRLS WOULD
WED AS REFUGE
FROM MONOTONY
Fact Is shown in Response to
Call Of Two Young From
tiersmen
SOME or THEM, HOWEVER,
MAKE MOCKING REPLIES
Serious Yankee Maiden So Tired
Of II She'd Take a Gunman
or a Burglar

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE number
OF girls in the cities who yearn TO
''get back to the soil" and live the
free ranch life and incidentally find
husbands In Canada's great west Is
surprisingly large, to Judge by the an
swers that The World has received
to letter sent out by two young men
In far away Carlsbad, near Medicine
Hat, asking for girls to correspond
with q view to matrimony.
One letter received by The World
was az follows:
Carlsbad. Alta, Canady, Dec. 81.
New York World, Dear Sir:
VIII you put this artikle in your
paper for us. And let US know
whut II will kost US and we will
send you the monte ter pay fer 1t
ne soon AS we here frum you And
send Us copie Of the paper It
r. rote in.
Our ages is l am (2s) twenty-five
and Stem Is purity close to thir-
" f30).-
Wanted fer to write ter sum
pritty gurls must be edicated and
sensible object mattrimone with
CD young ranchers prity good
mkin.
Me and Stem amt rich, but we
got pritty fare Ranch and sumo
stoke on It, gurls that Is unserius
don't mead too rift.
Mr.. Edditer, we want you too
no we are serius on this matter
and we have got the Monte too
pay fer this when you let US no
what the cost is. -
Medicine Hat, near the Saskatche-
wan river, Is where the weather
comes from.
This serious proposition was taken
seriously by some girls and humor-
ously by others.
The following. from M. NJ. and her
chum,y bears the date line Broad
way, New York City. Jan. 49,"
"Gintlemenn: We seen your artikle
In the paper and wish to state that
your proposition strikes US as being
q NIFTY fine wone. BY Us / meme my
chum and I; being two as pritty gurls
as can be found betwixt Yonkers and
Battry Parlse.
AS to eddication-the president OF
Princeton Amt superior TO we two,
and feel sure that Is your Alma Mat
ter too, for from the fine frasing OF
your letter. would bett a neeckel
that you're a Princetonn gradatte.
You state the applicants must be
pritty and sensible. AS some mems
veews differ on the subjeck Of sense
as applied to the feminine seeks,
would like to have you rite US more
definitely 90 this point, otherwise we
Wi Just Att the billie; but on the
pointe OF sense am a leetle bit shak
key -
I'VE like our Jobs here pretty well
but Il Is q little bit slow. and think
life on the rancho with you and Slen
would be more adventuresome. Al
% skeedoo Is my number, I'll take
you.
''P. S.-One OF US subject to boil!
having one on her moose at thi:
ritin', and one OF my one eyes are
somewhate ON the bleenk, but they
are mere inceedentals, but though
best to notify you OF any little Ina
perfecksion, SO that you wouldn'
think you was gettin' stung when yoI
seen the originals"
IN. 8. M" of Glen Rock, Pa.
seemed to take It more seriously. She
wrote:
with reference TO this ad. can yor
sive me any further information, as
70 what the addresses OF the mer
areI Would like to answer their re
quest. II %, inform me-"
Several Of the girls enclosed neat
" addressed envelopes containing
sweet-scented and bulky letters Il
the ranchers, which they took par
ticular care to seal, and SO, OF course
the contents can only be guessed at
All will be forwarded
a young woman who gave an ad
dress on the upper east side wrot,
the editor 90 follows: