The Cordova daily times., 1920-01-23
CUPlD'SSHAFTS
 ARE DIRECTED Y: 7: AT ALASkANS

the following appeals for husbands from women in the States may add to the happiness and contentment of some Alaskan who wants a hand-me- down wife at bargain rates. By se curing 8 wife through this great ad- vertising medium the bachelor is saved many dollars and consider able time, although we will not guar antee the goods to arrive in undam- aged condition. Theater tickets, auto rides, candy, jewels and other luxur- ies to delight the feminine heart are dispensed with, and the courtship may extend only for the duration of time necessary, for the exchange of references.
 The first lady who desires to lead some bachelor a life of connubial bliss writes directly to the point. Her let ter follows:
 7 Export, Pa, Dec. ', 1919.
 ssBditor Miner: I saw an advertise ment in your paper and l thought maybe I would be allowed to apply. had an uncle who lived in Alaska once. and he told me so much about it I believe I would like to live m Alaska. I am five feet four inches high, weigh 11S pounds, blue eyes, light brown hair, net too young and mot too old, can cook most anything; believe I can take care of home real we'll. I am not a photograph but may be a Victrola If your correspon- dent has not got a wife by this time, will he please answer this? s MARY STAYMATES, '. Export, Pa, R. F. D. l."
 The next applicant is a person of more or less culture, and she also pos seeses a strong personality. Her let 4er Is a common-sense exposition Of new viewpoint regarding the hoary se-ob1em of marriage, and the present dav tendency to defy the conventions hv going after what she wants. She may be somewhat long securing her hearts desire, as the man who wins her must have a well-fl1ed poke and have a nature which appreciates the fruer and finer things of life-and the .h;,;+., and means to procure them. . She says she can turn log caoln into a heavenly abiding place ana tickle the palate of Luc with cpl curean dishes. Her leal to the sierner sex should 10 ysn both heart and purse strings:
 Editor Miner: Not so long ago it would have been considered breach of the conventions for a man ana a woman to become acquainted without rho formality of an introduction. Ana by way of the mail route, even more reprehensible. But these cofdttlons have passed; the whole fabric Of our social system has changed owing s@ inc great world war; and today many neon1e of the highest type, with the finest qualities of heart and mlno' who. for different reasons, lack the onportunity to meet the opposite sex socially, whom they care to know, are tseeking some means of doing so
 ~Somewhere in the world there is mate for everyone-if he can be found ....
 ~'No one is so accursed by fate,
 No one so utterly desolate,
 But some heart, tho unknown,
 Responds unto his own
 Some of the best writers of today are using the columns of the leading newspapers and magazines to advo- cate the plan of getting acquainted by mail. A few years ago, before the WEI. such a thought would have shocked most of us-that is, some of us But today, after two years Of service among total strangers, when no one thought of introductlons and the greatest good-fellowship existed everywhere, the conventions of yes terday seem absurd and out of keep ing with our up-and-doing times.
 Many nice women will take ad- Santage of the new order of things, and instead of waiting modestly for some man to come and find her, she will preen her plumes and do little hunting for herself. Every woman has an ideal, but far too many have to marry the best that is offered un- der the circumstances and then trim her ideal down to fit him. Now she is going to grab (no, not club)-a rop and rush over the world via l