New Britain herald., 1916-07-25
WANTED WIFE ID
 TRAVEL IN TROPICS
Salesman Tired Of IrkSOme Itiner-
 ary and Lonely Lane

travelling alone through South Amer
 ica, Arthur M. Loeb, head of the
 engineering and contracting firm of
 Arthur M. Loeb & Co.,, with offices in
 this city and Panama, is desirous of
 obtaining wife. MT. Loeb is par
 woman he wishes to meet and in an-
 ticipation of a possible rush of lone
 some women he has appointed, he said, committee of two to pass upon the desirability and qualifications of the future Mrs. Loeb. The test will
 be severe one and those who con- template asking MT. Loeb to take
 them for better or for worse will have to pass the inspection of two of their own sex.
 MT. Loeb has just returned from an
 eight-year sojourn in South and Gen. tral America and he is at present staying in the Broadway Central
 hotel. He was seen in his downtown office looking very romantic, and for a few minutes he forgot business to
 tell about the kind of a wife he ex- poets to obtain. He looks of the good husband" type, and rather merry eyes regard one from behind shell-rimmed eye glasses.
 While MT. Loeb is perfectly frank about the type of wife he wishes, it might be well to give a description of him for the consideration of those who may be interested. To begin with, MT. Loeb has enough of this 1 worlds goods to provide comfortably l for a wife. He was born here and | educated in the public schools. ILeav- ! ing school he started out to hustle | for himself and he is still doing it, he said, with fair success. He sells ma- chinery and supplies to the coun- tries that lie south of the United States. He is 28 years old, and has hair that just escapes the Titan shade. Also it is curly and inclined to rebellion. His habits, he said, are good, and though forced to travel much, he is also home loving.
 The Requirements.
 So much for the man, and now for the woman of his dreams. The first qualification is that she must be of an agreeable personality, and not afraid to travel in the tropics Whether she is blonde or brunette makes no difference, but she must be between 23 and 2S years of age. A ! Southern or a Western girl is much preferred by MT. Loeb, but no na- tionality is barred
 My friends and relatives will think I am very foolish to take this means of meeting a desir- able young lady," he said. T don't think I am. No man hesitates to advertise if he wants a good employe, so why should not a man take the same means if he wants a wife? It is a far more important step than taking an emplOye and so why should not the same routine he employed to obtain one as holds in getting good office help? Tn my line of work I | have little chance of meeting a Wom- an suitable for a wife, and the few ! I have met in my travels did not ap- | peal to me. I want a good pleasing | for life, and you may be i sure that I am going carefully to see 1 that I get such a one.
 1T have seen many of the so-called | New York type since I came back this time, but they don't appeal to ] me. Most of them are over-dressed l and have not the qualifications that | I believe are necessary. for a good, | companion. And it is a con- panion I want. An educated woman? | Yes, but not one who is over-edu- | cated. She must not be of the dressy | type found in New York nor one | with veneer of education, affecta- | ton and perfunctory manners, but l just natural, companionable woman who can be a pal and a delightful l travelling companion. The object of | my search is a real wife and not an over dressed ornament"
 Mr. Loeb said that he was perfect ly serious in his endeavor, and that if there are applicants who appear desirable to him, they will be very thoroughly investigated, for he did not intend to make a mistake that he might later have cause to regret. While preferring an American born, he said that his choice in order of desirability would be German, Eng fish, French, Cor even' Spanish. He said he would be pleased to receive photographs from those who would like to become his wife and the com- panion of his South American travels. 1