An Adamless Eden.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 32, 6 July 1885, Page 4

An Adamless Eden.

The London Daily News says :-rTlicre seems to be a fine opening for young moil of good address, as the advertisers sometimes Bay. Precisely jwhere it is, unfortunately, we cannot toll; with entire confidence, though it must be, easy to find out. It is about #00 miles from London, and is in a ■ town, " much beloved by shoemakers : and glaziers." That surely ought to . be cleir enough for any smart young man worthy of a rich and" handsome wife, and nothing less than this is all ."Out guaranteed to such a one if ho will only lake the hint and go. "If a handkerchief; was fluug, ye gods 'arid little fishes !" writes a ; "disconsolate da msel " — one, of the prizes— "how we would rush to pick it. up." . Tliere'are, it seems, all sorts of advantages in this broadly indicated locality j " hut we have one, I might almost say fatal drawback — we have np young men. Can any words of mine adequately describe so horrible and distressing a situation? ?" If a ••dance is given, there are no partners. 5 The men live for solo whist— -all old fogies in fact, and that although these , hapless damsels are by no tncaus penniless, "far from it." That they are also in obvious, when it is added that in this Adamless Eden they are all young Jewesses. -The letter quoted from appears in the Jewish World. That, it may be is a difficulty in the way of a i good many who would otherwise promptly be making tracks for this town only 300 miles from London. It is by no means certain, however, that. the difficulty is insuperable, or even serious. " Candidly •speaking," [writes the fair correspondent of the Jewish World, "I don't wonder at : our provincial girls marrying out of their religion." If that isn't a hint, it is difficult to say what is. Young men, whether Jews or Gentiles, would .certainly do well to give this locality a look, up before getting down* to ! business on Monday morning.