Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-16
CBy Helen Dare, in San Francisco
Chronicle.l

(By Helen Dare, in San Francisco
Chronicle.D
There's one thing you can say In
mitigation Il was about to say in de-
| fence" when. on second thought. /
found | couldn't carry it to that eN-
tremel of the excessive mOdernness
CT the modern young man, and that is
! that he certainly has the courage CT
his progressiveness he's not ashamed
of the revolutionary things he does
however shameless they may be.
As in the much discussed case Of
his streetcar manners. and has
changed. unchivalrous attitude to wo-
men, he is open and above board; he
stands for what he does.
If, indeed, he has degeRerated from
the oldfashioned ideal, he at leas:
makes no pretenses; he glories in lis
degeneration.
Time was when no young man
however eager he was to make such
an alliance-would have confessed,
even under inQuisitorial torture. that
he was deliberately seeking wealth
with a wife, or possibly the way
round
Yet here we have a modern young
man not only confessing it but blazOn-
/ ing it to the world at large-advertis-
ing his want broadcast, with a post
script plea for further publicity in the
final words: please copy"
Frankly Mereenary.
He is frankly mercenary young
man who knows what he wants and
has no old-fashioned notions about
masculine pride and independence to
restrain him from asking for it.
Straightforward and explicit is his
matrimonial want ad," which he has
sent to the Chronicle from Hawaii;
and in it he addresses eligible heir
esses at large in this fashion:
If you are already overburdened
, with wealth, why should you marry a
rich husband? Give the poor devil a
chance. | am young man of no
means whatsoever, battling away with
the hard-headed old world, getting but
slight commentator for my efforts to
help it along, yet feeling that mighty
hand of it ready to pinch my ribs if
/ do not tend to business | am tired
of being cramped; and want a few
more roller-bearings in the machinery
of my affairs. Round dollars make
excellent ones. So want to marry a
girl with fortune, And / want it to
be of ample size, too, while am
about it-say $4,000 UP to 81, 900, 900,
nothing less: =.
Across the Pacific
you American girls of means fall
in love with counts, dukes and men
OF title over there across the Atlantic
yet look at the spirit of the coun-
tries they come from: War and cor
ruption! Why not turn your pretty
heads, now and look across the peace
full Pacific to Hawaii, where the spirit
OF the country is peace, happiness and
love? | am Just a mere men, but can
love harder than all of those French
counts, Austrian dukes and English
lords put together.
IF you are eligible. e., either own
er or direct heiress to the required
fortune-please do not hesitate to
write to me and start proceedings at
once. My address is ]. s. S., box 90,
Paia, Maui, Territory of Hawaii.
However, find 1t necessary to
make few. stipulations, which, if you
cannot meet them, please do not re.
spond, viz The successful applicant
must be within seven years radius,
above or below, my age. l am %. She
must be clean, have clear eyes (Io
required color, plenty of hair (all her
own, teeth, ditto. Her skin must be
white and clean enough so that the
complexion specialists would be will