Why should any woman be without a husband when by the expenditure of a small amount of money she can be put in the way of having one or many?
At least the experience of a Chicago woman goes to show that potential husbands are waiting on every other corner ready to be gathered in by any enterprising lady who happens along, says the Indianapolis Star. “All a woman has to do,” she says, “is to join a matrimonial agency,” adding, “I am a member of three myself and a life member of one.”
If your matrimonial agency offers a lifetime membership, you should probably find another agency.
She is a member of three because her fastidious taste leads her to become easily dissatisfied with the prizes she secures, and her sudden appearance in the limelight is due to the fact that she acquired several without the preliminary of getting divorced from any, and the fourth one in number for the year 1910 was unkind enough to enter a protest.
It is not, of course, advisable to follow the course of the Chicago woman in taking husbands simultaneously; it is well to be off with the old love before being on with the new, at least legally; but the Chicago woman’s experience goes to show that men are not the elusive creatures that some suppose, but that more or less eligible specimens are within the reach of any lonely lady willing to take a moderate amount of trouble and to expend a small sum in postage stamps.
In short, women who wish to marry and have been unable to do so because of the apparent shyness of men nearest at hand should cheer up.
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Disclaimer: The modern era is far from the first to grapple with rampant “fake news.” As I am neither a historian nor journalist, I make no claims about the accuracy or lack thereof of the above sources. I assert only that they make for a good story.
😂 Scammers are all about equal opportunity! We should open our own matrimonial agency/bureau to set up = E. Dwight Thomas and this Chicago lady. It’ll be the easiest dollar we’ve ever made!
Josh
“Fastidious taste” 🤣 they don’t write ’em like they used to.
Elyse
😂 In either style or content! We could use more stories like this in today’s newspapers…
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In the interest of equality of the sexes, for the gents in the audience, there’s the Exclusive Matrimonial Bureau: https://cnyhistoryunfiltered.wordpress.com/2021/04/27/all-you-need-is-a-dollar-and-a-dream/
😂 Scammers are all about equal opportunity! We should open our own matrimonial agency/bureau to set up = E. Dwight Thomas and this Chicago lady. It’ll be the easiest dollar we’ve ever made!
“Fastidious taste” 🤣 they don’t write ’em like they used to.
😂 In either style or content! We could use more stories like this in today’s newspapers…