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Show V nv mm This Sounds Like a Good Matrimonial Proposition Va, the Women By stTJTH MUXETT ... "I am 29 years of age and am willing to many any girl or. woman who can put mo back on my feet until I can get a Job to support her. I do not drink, chew tobacco, smoke, or gamble. I can cook and do housework." A young man In Steubenville, Ohio, la responsible for that -ad la a local newspaper, and before you decide against him give him a fair trial Compared with the titled f entlemen who need to be "put back on their feet" that our American heiresses are forever marrying the young man of Steubenvllle sound like a Horatio Ho-ratio Alger hero. To begin with, he's straightforward. None of that hand-kissing hand-kissing ttuff from him. He says frankly that he will marry any girl or woman who can put him on his feet There Is probably not a duke, prince, or count who Is that honest with the heir-! heir-! eas he wants to support him. Also our Steubenvllle hero doesn't drink, smoke, or gamble. Well, If you can believe your favorite gossip column, that's about all that counts whe have found their heiresses ever do. And In addition to those virtues, this young man from Ohio . offers something tn return for his support He sayi with pride that he can cook and do housework. And If he weren't willing to do both, he certainly would never have dared mention those , nccornpllshmenta. So If a widow with a tidy little inheritance, or a thirtytsh young woman, with a good Job but poor matrimonial prospects, takes this young man up on his offer, she'll probably be getting a lot more for her money than the heiress who buys herself a play-boy with title, or without. |