MATRIMONY IN CANADA.
'•'CaimdaUMms'to.' bsi woman's'paradise, "In-England many -a'womanfired'with'-the legitimate ambition -of ■' 'motherhood '. never /has fa'; chance-'. to 'marrj;.':"?'lii:^Canada v tho'-';-girl.■■ who ,'docs {riot •secure-all- the'proposals she.wants has no', one but/herself to'blame. ViFijrure's' will 1 show .why this; 19, {{'For. every" sixteen, mon immigrants who;,come, in -there are/only; seven women: ,In ijther ..Iwords,:';thero. is a'.yearly shortage of nearly/: 50,000 /wonion -among .the immigrants alone. The':result-is'natural. 'What is the use ,of { ou'iv canvassing /London' and- helping girls/ out?'/ ■ says, .employers-' arid '.agents for domestic .servants."-, : 'They come here and'they barely;-learn; our ways, beforo 'they are ;niarried'./, We.have' none .'-of the class- distinctions thritkeep/dovvnAgirl'because.she is in tic'service. ( ; Many.a man: comfortably provided for'/prefers ! her because she knows" something : übout home;, life. .In :England /your servants only'.'marry 'the plumber, the policeman,'-the small mechanic, or the, labourer.: Here, they have/their;choice 'among farmers■ and men iin established'' posi tioris.' ■■'•■'''';.:..'".-'/
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 687, 11 December 1909, Page 11
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143MATRIMONY IN CANADA. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 687, 11 December 1909, Page 11
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