A Lady for Sale.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 June 1910, Page 4

A Lady for Sale.

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Four years ago a, Chicago ladv typist named Elizabeth Magie ciei.ted astonishing ercitemeiit thioi'ghout the country by publishing a io .t half-column advertisement, aimo-eic-ing herself "lor sale to tbe highest bidder." Tbe language she employed indicated (that she a woman of unusual ability, i-.nd the result was that an army of Chie.iii reporters invaded her home, and .she explained that tbe brains ol an n.du sit rival slave were at the c.ispo;«.i of the employer who /al.ied thc.n the most highly. Within a h.w days she secured iirterinbLiv.l n'tcntion. She was invited to lecinie all over the country. She wrote >a book called "The Slave; Triumphant." She is .now a dramatic reciter in large demand, she invents arid patents toys for fhil l r:u her odld .manne.»ts, awl is aeneridy n.tiling a mof?fc substantia! ;i e.nne. She is still unmarried, but :)nb:i:"jti'>n of .the fact that she is now living iu luxury wll bring her ofl'ers ol :i arriage from every peinlt- f_ th.e com pa."S. Whether or no this vili appeal to her hfiart it will c itainly appeal to her sense of humour. The adA r ertisement Thieh has given Miss Maaie fame and f-irtm c couitaiiiied the folloiviing sewtMicr : - "For sale to the highest ! idde'\ young wom.ni, American, slave, intelligent. refined, honest. ;urt poetical. .philosophical, broad - mindedand hig-souled, and womanly aliev" al things.

"Brunette, large grev-grcen eye> full. passionate lips, eplendyl : noit beautiful, but attractive nnd full of character and sirn'jith. Height sft 3.in, well propuriMV.iie'i. graceful, supiple. Had a ■ 0.000 do! lar education, but can ndv e:irn ten dollars a week.

Ago—-well, she is not, very old, but was not born, yceittrdav. ■tiisitic temperanient. -wa-rm. gene roil* hearted, kind, gentle, affe •tioir.vte. bu'bbliiing ovor with nierrim Mit, and withal digiiiifiexl, sedait*. studious, amd soinctiimes boved l down with grief att the nuissries of h'uiiani'iv. Can appreciate a good story and tell a iiefcter; is not a bit prudish, yot is deeply religious, th ) not pious; has a vivid imaginath l. and ununual psvcihic powers.

"Caniiiwdt sew a ilil.Me bit, tut cu plan a. dashing ce.-'tume. Cai!:.oL tell plank steak from hut can arrange a swell dvne,-. Doesn.'t go t-r> church, but obeys .:1k la.ws of God. Cannot c'otdv, b-ti (inn' create.

"Longs for silk underwear, but lias 'to pint up with cotton, wh'lt sh.allft'W-pated ladies nn'r tliemsei and their lapdorr.s in 0000-do!:;vr autoimoibile-s. She is a. craekrri vl r ibnt. tvprnvriting is bell.

"iHa.s Axminster tastes anvd r.igcamet. opportunilties. "This young woman, therefore, i'l offering herself fcr sale, is do : lg nothing but what hundreds of woman are doing everv day. Tn this case, however, the slave has <Wvev, more than ordiinnrv nnd consideration to her condilioii and ;li'' .of it, and insten'l herself fcr f/Oe nrn-n+elv s.ie does so onenlv and peMHv. in the h'.ipe of brin<xiii'»<r a. ii!'i"e tbm nvVht b- 1 cihtaiiied pt a nrivi+e 1-»." T-Ter he.n? appears to have lc"i ."ibnn rViriMv roa 1«R?d.