The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-23
Mary changed her name to that of :
~ Nouy ova

| on New Years eve.
| "Her husband is a splendid fellow, a
farmer. I have changed my name,
| too, since I wrote you last. I new
er had any thought of remarrying, but
I have no reason to regret the step.
My other daughter is at home with
me- She took to farming from the
| beginning, so we give her all she
wants to do round the stables. The
result is she is the picture of health,
and can handle a team Of horses with
any man. We are all happy and
! prosperous"
| A Match by Mail.
! The aspect of real romance is not
| absent from this department of work.
! Take the circumstances that led to the
migration of the widow T., and her
family.
| Young L., out in Ontario, was in
search of wife, and could not find
a partner to his liking in. the region in
which he was located. In a letter he
| confided his difficulties to the wife Of
ont of our prominent officers with
whom he had been acquainted for
merIy. BY curious and fortunate
coincidence. as it turned out, the Off
Ger mentioned was at that very time
interested in a worthy widow named
T., who had four daughters. Mrs. T..
was making a brave struggle against
very hard circumstances.
Feeling that she might be able to
help the lonely bachelor and the Us at
the same time, our officers wife tact
fully introduced the subject of the
10, 1o rryid don
and her daughters.
The result was that correspondence
was established between one Of the
girls and young L.. followed by an Of
fer of marriage, it's acceptance, and
the transference of a bride, accom-
panied by her mother and her sis
ters, to Canada, the Salvation Ar
my finding the ways and means.
hear that another of the sisters has
married, and that the other two are
| in good situations
Government Approves Plan
Many eminent men and women in
the United Kingdom and the overseas
Douinions have written to the general
and myself warmly sympathizing with
ont object, and commencing our plans
for attaining it. Our work will be
| carried on in close cooperation with
the Governments Of the various States
in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and
South Africa.
very sifnificant communication is
that received by the General from a
gentleman who has held eminent
| Government positions in the Domin-
ions. In discussing the merits Of the
he
ct cordially emphasize the import
ance of it, apart altogether from the
great and unhappy preponderance Of
women over men in this country
which carries it's own penalty. My
whole life abroad is witness to the
: evil Of emigrating so many Of our best
men without giving them the oppor-
tunity of union with good and whole
some women.
We believe that the scheme, al
though it's effects may be modest in the
beginning, will have a tendency to-
ward a more equal distribution of the
sexes throughout the Empire, a state
of things greatly to be desired, con-
sidering that before the war there
were nearly a million and half more
females in the United Kingdom, than
e~A1o~s
J Zealand and South Africa were suffer-
ing from a scarcity of women.
Moreover, I would urge that the
sending Of suitable women to these do
minions, where they can so often meet
with opportunities for marriage, sure
ly offers something toward the solu-
ton Of the declining birth-rate, which
is 1. menace not confined to any one
country.
Public Trustee Cooperating.
Although perhaps 1t is now very we'll
know,, say state that Gen. Booth
| has issued an appeal for 100000
pounds for the Inauguration of an EN-
| pire migration fund 10 carry through
the work l have Observation-Disclosures.
! ly Of great importance, ca ling for ar
duous anu painstaking laLor, unbound
ell faith, and tho generous support of
| all who have the cause o: the widow
and fatherless at heart.
It will be interesting to our cities
| as we'll ~ to- our friends to know
| that the public trustee is co-operat-
| ing with us in this work, and that the