Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-09-12
Marriage agencies i'm Paris.

The Paris correspondent of the "Pall
Mall Gazette" gives the following interest.
ing gossip about marriage agencies" a
business OF which the outside would has
heard before: 1.-The marriage agency bust
ness as exercised by Nine. de st. Just is
very imposing profession indeed. This
lady commenced operations with finely
furnished suit Of rooms and an extremely
beautiful prospectus, which would really de-
serve being quoted in full but for its length
Prefacing with the promise of bowers "from
100, 900 francs up to several Millions" she
went on to state that the matrimonial pro.
fession had been misunderstood up TO this
hour, but that she would now place herself
at the head of it, and. being former pupil
of the Convent Of the Sacred Heart, act I'M
der the patronage Of the clergy. The nobil-
ity and the bourgeoise were tending more to
unite their ancient names and laboriously
earned wealth, and she hoped that, by en-
couraging this propensity, hardy race
might grow up under her auspices, endow-
ed both with domestic and chivalrous vir-
tues, and aid in the regeneration Of Society.
my object is holy and great one,' she
concluded. May honest hearts perceive it,
and march with me taking for their motto
France. Religion, Family" Such a
stirring appeal could not fail to entice, nor
did it. The Institute" began its work OF
regeneration last January, and in the course
of five months, as proved by the ledgers,
which were kept with great regularity, and
read ia court, Mdme de St. Just found
one hundred and niuety-two customers, and
pocketed POSTS francs Her fee was "a
down and FIVE per cent on the dover, to be
paid within three months Of marriage. Her
customers were of all ranks, and the Pub
lie Prosecutor was obliged to own that many
Of them were persons Of the highest respec-
! liability, sand that the business was carried
on with every semblance Of honor"
Nevertheless, he moved that Mdme. de
St. just might be punished for having &C.
cepted 100 francs of the plaintiff and not
having found him wife in turn. 1t seems
this plaintiff. after paying his fee. had been
sent to look at young lady at Beleville,
who, however, had just plighted her troth
to another customer from the "Institute."
He returned, and was referred to "an indi-
vidual in a cafe" which individual took him
to shop on one of the boulevards, and
showed him through the window a maiden
of eighteen selling tobacco by the side of her
mother. The plaintiff deemed her too
young, whereat Mdme. de St. Just remark
ed angrily that he was difficult to please,
but produced "a list of heresses," and de-
puted him six Of them one after the other.
Three Of them would have nothing to say
him, and he declined saying anything to
the other three There was no suiting such
man and Mdme. de St. just sent him
about his business, adding that he had given
her more trouble than all her previous Gus
toners put together, and that his claim to
have his "a restored him was the most pre-
posterous thing she ever heard. The judges
of the Correctional Court inclined to this
opinion too After listening to the public
prosecutor, who laid principal stress on
Mdme. de st. Just's Communist antece-
dents, they dismissed the charge with costs
an unlucky thing for the plaintiff, who
confessed that he was on the lookout for
wife simply because he was pennless but
they took stern view of the defendants hav.
ing sported name and particle which we're
not be own and, oE this account, sent>
enosd her to pay fine of EGO. Whether
the ''Insttute" will now be conducted uu-
der the name Of Jobert remains to be seen
but as French opinion goes, the defendant
appears to have left the court with but lit
tie stain on her character"