‘CUPID’S SHAFTS
ARE DIRECTED
The Valdez Miner says it is not
conducting a matrimonial bureau, but
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 a wife through this great ad
vertising medium the bachelor is
cared 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
acme bachelor a life of connubial bliss
writes directly to the point. Her let
ter follows:
it "Export, Pa., Dec. 7, 1919.
'Tiditor Miner: I saw an advertise
ment in your paper and I thought
maybe I would be allowed to apply.
1 had an uncle who lived in Alaska
A^once, and he told me so much about
I believe I would like to live in
Alaska. I am five feet four inches
high, weigh 118 pounds, blue eyes,
Tdght brown hair, net too young and
too old, can cook ’most anything,
I believe I can take care of a home
real well. I am not a phonograph but
may be a Victrola. If your correspon
dent has not got a wife by this time,
will he please answer this?
P • MAlvi BlAxmaiiiO,
- “Export, Pa., R. P. D. 1.”
The next applicant is a person Of
more or less culture, and she also pos
sesses a strong personality. Her let
ter Is a common-sense exposition of a
Slew viewpoint regarding the hoary
problem of marriage, and the present
day tendency to defy the conventions
by going after what she wants. She
may be somewhat long securing hei
heart’s desire, as the man who wins
her must have a well-filled poke and
have a nature which appreciates the
truer and finer things of life -and the
ability and means to procure them.
♦ She says she can turn a log cabin
into a heavenly abiding place and
tickle the palate of Luc with epi
mrean dishes. Her >eal to the
Berner sex should lo an both heart
and purse strings:
“Editor Miner: Not so long ago it
would have been considered a breach
pf the coii*fefttiofi& for a man and a
woman to hecotiiei acquainted without
the formality of an introduction. And
by way of the mail route', evbn more
reprehensible. But these conditions
Rave passed; the whole fabric of bur
social system has changed owing
r the great world war; and today many
people of the highest type, with the
finest qualities of heart and mind,
who, for different reasons, lack the
opportunity to meet the opposite sex
socially, whom they care to know, are
peeking 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
war, 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 introductions 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
vantage 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 a little
hunting for herself. Every woman
has an ideal, but far too many have
to marry the best that is effered un
der the circumstances and then trim
her ideal down to fit him. Now, she
is going to grab (no, not a club)—a
pen, and rush over the world via
printer’s ink and find the right one,
the one she really wants.
^ “This is precisely my attitude, and
through this article I hope to find the
one man in all the world for me. I
have lived a little in the Yukon ter
ritory and know the conditions, and
though I have traveled extensively,
f there is no place I love as I do Alaska.
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And I like the people. They are more
kindly tolerant; have broader and
saner views of life, and finer spirits
than any I have ever known. As for
myself, I belong to a good old South
ern family who would be shocked if
they suspected me of doing this, but,
like Eva Tanguay, ‘I don’t care.’ I
can’t toot my own horn very much;
but I can say this: I am the kind of
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a woman a man feels proud to intro
duce as his wife. I have the ability
to adapt myself to any mode of life
and get something out of it. I can
turn a cabin into a home and cook the
best dinner a man ever ate. I have.
Then again, I am generally consid
ered one of the most distinguished
looking women at an assembly ball.
I am still young, weigh 135 pounds,
and five feet four. Now, that's enough
about me. As for the man I hope to
find. He should be 46 or thereabouts,
fine physique, good character and
standing, brunette preferred. He
should have a nature which craves
and appreciates the truer, finer things
of life; and the ability and means of
procuring them. He is up there in
that wonderful country somewhere.
“Please write full information and
inclose a snapshot or a photograph.
Any letter received will be treated
with the strictest confidence and re
turned to writer wrhen I shall have
made my choice. Address,
“MISS ELEANORE GORDON,
“P. O. Box 1212, Los Angeles, Cal.”
The writer of the above does not
ask for a husband; she wants an an
gel, and very few Alaskans of the male
of the species in any clime can qual
ify. And, too, the fine spirits written
of in the above letter no longer exist.
Alaska has gone dry. Bewack, hootch
| PROFESSIONAL ~j
*DR. W.* W. COUNCIL
PHYSICIAN and 6URGEON
Office and Residence, CordpYa
General Hospital (Ostrander
euUding).
Phones-Residence, 116; Office, 1352
dr.w.(lMse
Physician and 8urg«on
Lathrop Building
Phone 9 '•
Established Cordova 1908
DR. W. ITARCY CHACE
PHYSICIAN and SURGfi^N
WINDSOR HOTEL
Hoars:
1 p. m. to 3 p m. and 7 p. m. to 8 p. m. f
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DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
bENTAL OFFICES
i lathrop bldg. Phone 200
CORDOVA, ALASKA
* DrTcORA DAGGETT
SPECIALIST
DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS
PYORRHEA X-RAY
OFFICES WITH
DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
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DR. VON ZESCH
Dentist
Suildino
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ATTOR N E YS- aY-tA W
Office*:
CORDOVA and VALI&Z
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FRANK H. FOSTER j
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
ROOM 1, OSTRANDER BUILDING
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E. F. MEDLEY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
Room 1, Adams Block
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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R. H. L NOAKS
ATTORNEY-AT- LAW
SECOND ST., OPP. HOSPITAL
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D. C. FAIRMAN
TEACHER OF PIANO
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FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Juneau, Alaska .
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THE ALPHA
SCHOOL OF DANCING
Private lessons every evening.
American Bakery. Phone 203.
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ino, white mule and wood alcohol are
the only spirits obtainable under the
present laws.
However, we will extend the right
hand of fellowship to them, and do
all in our feeble powers to bring them
to Alaska. There is no necessity for
marrying “Dirty Anne,” “Klawock
Kate’ ’or “Unalaska Lil” with this pair
of queens to draw to.
Mrs, Dunham’s home-made mince
meat at Finkelstein & Sapiro’s. 10-tf
Scarborough Pictures that please at
prices that are right Over Cordova
drug store. Phone 140—3 rings.
Your eyes fitted. Compound and
stigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
borne.
CORDOVA MACHINE 1
WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop,
Residence Phons 101*3
Shop Phone 182 '
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing. General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy*Acety
lene Welding and Catting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and 8hop: City Dock
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
THE BIBLE
This book contains the mind of God,
the state of man, the way of salva
tion, the doom of sinners, and the
happiness of believers. Its doctrines
are holy; precepts binding; histories
true; decisions immutable. Read is
to be wise, believe it to be safe, and
practice it to be holy. It contains
light to direct you, food to support
you and comfort to cheer you. It’s
the Christian charter. Christ is its
Grand Subject. Our good its design,
and glory of God its end. It should
rule the heart and guide the feet
Here Heaven is opened and Hell dis
closed. Will reward greatest labor
and condemn those who trifle with it.
Read it slowly, frequently and prayer
fully. Then come and study with us
at the
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
“The Church with a Message”
11 a.* hi. 8 p. m.
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Licensed
UNDERTAKERS
And
EMBALMERS
'Phone 133—3
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! Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton and Poultry
Wholesale and Retail
All Orders Given Prompt Attention j
NORTHERN MEAT MARKET
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SHEET METAL
WORKS
Goods Manufactured to Order, of ^
Sheet Iron, Galvanized Iron, Tin
and Zinc
Phone 143
Second St., Next to Hospital
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