WANTED-A WIFE
HOW IT IS DONE IN INDIA
BEAUTIFUL WIDOW OF 16 YEARS Many and varied are the ways of acquiring a wife, but for originality the palm must go to India. A Cambridge, diatrist resident recently received a copy of the Hindustan Times, published at New Delhi some extracts from the matrimonial column of which are published below: — Suitable match for respectable Agarwal widow of 16, beautiful, accomplished with very handsome dowry. Wanted —Beautiful, educated, cultured girl of respectable rich Bisa Agarwal family, for a graduate belonging to rich family.
Wanted —Match, settled, for cultured Vaish, Goel graduate girl. Marriage this winter.
Wanted —A' suitable match for a healthy, handsome, Eng 1 ish-retTurn-ed and highly posted Arora (bachelor) young man. No caste restrictions.
A suitable match for a Khashtriya girl, healthy, beautiful, well-cultured, 8.A., B.T. Drawings Rs. 80 per mensem. Only those whoi are highly qualified and well settled in life need apply.
Wanted —An enlightened and beautiful bride of tall and slim build, aged above 16, no objection nonJains, for a Mittal Gotra Jain Agravval bachelor of 24, of a well known U.P. family and highly placed in a big industrial concern.
A suitable match for a highly educated, healthy and beautiful Vaishya girl of 17 years, belonging to a very respectable family. No subcaste restrictions.
Wanted—Highly placed -matches for girls, 19 and 17, very beautiful and fair, well versed in Hindi, music, embroidery and household affairs, belonging to a cultured Bisa Agrawal millionaire family.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 200, 7 January 1942, Page 8
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247WANTED-A WIFE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 200, 7 January 1942, Page 8
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