Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-06-19
now, GIRLS ARE BOUGIIT AND
SOLD IN MARRIAEE IN ERA NCE.

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obtaining an insight into the operations
Of the system, gives some interesting de-
tails In regard to it,. 81 - -. -.
''The women have little to do in these
operations. nearly all the business being
accomplished between men. In the cou-
jugal comedy, in which the chief Of the
establishment is the manager, the women
play their part without knowing it. Thus
he has correspondents in all the largo
towns. He is in relation with all. or
nearly all the ,notaries in France, who
keep him advised Of the different heir.
esses. whose affairs they manage. The
chief arranges these heiresses by divis,
ions, according to their importance, and
he Pre;ends that he is the only man in
France who can say, Approximately.
each year, the total Of the united wealth
of heiresses of the empire.
"a gentleman, who wishes to get mar
ried-he is a lawyer, an agent, or a
merchant. He presents himself to the
chief Of: the matrimonial establishment,
who demands first to know what are his
Pretensions. After this visit, the first
duty Of the agent is TO seek Information
OF the character and position Of the can
dldate, and if these are satisfactory he
appoints new rendezvous and proposes
to his client different ladies. (The ladies
you will recolect are all this time igno-
rant that they are the OBJ ject Of specula-
tIon.) When the parties come to Terms
the matrimonial agent puts in operation
plan to bring the lady and gentleman
together, and he arrives at this result
naturally, without the lady's ever sus-
pecting that she is a puppet moved by a
thread in the hands Of a matrimonial
agent. ..-r -..... ..........
''If the heitess lives in the province,
the agent addresses letter TO his cor
respondent. who can always End a means
of bringing these two unknown individu-
ais into each others presence. A Soiyee,
ball. an accidental meeting at the house
OF q third party-there are many occa-
sions of uniting these two stars designed
to shine in the same armament. Once iu
the presence of the object, the rest is the
gentlemau's own business; he must put
his talent into play, If the fish bites, it
Is again the time, for the agent to step in,
and through the agent OF the notary,
make for the Pretendent the official de-
mand, as is the custom in France, for
the hand Of the lady. -
'tHere is an example of,the manner in
which these marriages are brought about:
The affair occurred in the Department
Of the Nord. AT Lisle, three months
ago, d handsome young girl had fortune
OF six hundred thousand francs( E4O, ,O0O)
to bestow on a, husband of her choice.
All the young men of that country had
made efforts 10 reach the heart OF, the
heiresS in vain. She believed thn. not
withstanding her beauty, her admirers
sighed more for her francs than for her
person. She wished to be loved 1.-THE old
story , f9r herself "a log cabin and her
Fin her quality Of rich ii ii. heiiresssi, 1hsii si Tie the
name OF The young: girl was. naturally,
found insctEbed in The book of our afore-
said m matrIW6nial agent. Her name stood
high up IN The list Of the first category
one OF the .rarest flowers Of the matrimo-
NAL bouddet::' at the period our agent
protected a handsome young fellow who
desired nothing better than a match such
as this, The agent pointed his finger tothe
young Liltois, E0ile d1 Vord Tile star of
the 5North. He wrote at the same Same mo: NO!
ment to his correspondent, put him into
the secret of the affair, sent him three
thousand francs to- enable him to give a
ball to which was to be invited ali the
flowers Of the town.
The morning of the ball the young man
fell as if by accident at the correspon-
DENTS house. like friend who makes
visit uuheralded, appeared at the ball.
and danced with the young girl, letting off
IN her honor.a> " hole ARTILLERY of compli-
ments, dwelling. especially upon his quail
ty as stranger. He knew no one in the
city, he was completely ignorant of the
name of the lady with whom he had the
honor to dance, but he had never been
dazzted with such bright eyes, he had
never seen or admired such hair, he had
never seen such patrician hands, such a
1e4lOte waist, such pretty feet, such per-
lect grace. ETC., etc. - -,as --s. ".r J A--
After the first contra dance, he solicit
sd-ths.tax0r-of. -waltz,,.,theu,r.ap polka,
then me4pFE4kP, F4k .then a schottisehe.s He
showed himself during the whole evening
SO completely devoted to the young girl
that the latter, reaeeting that the good.
looking stranger had only arrived ID the
morning. aud consequently could not
( know the figure of her marriage portion,
believed that at last She had found the
IDOL OF her dreams 1.-The enthusiastic Wer-
ther.the Saint Preux of platonie sloye,S.s
"a e few days. afserward the young
man received through the kind Offices s6f
MS lrlend, the Correspondent. an invita-