Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-04-30

matrimonial agents in Paris and asked
him for an interview I was very well
received, and tie agent showed him
self quite disposed to satisfy my
curiosity. Chance has served me well
The lady who had given me the idea
of calling upon him was one of the
most active OF. the Intermediates he
employed. a-.a Nh. I
SIN France, he said, housekeeping
has become so expensive that most men
hesitate about marrying, at all events
men no longer marry young, in certain
society. A man must have his position
insured before thinking of marrying
and when that is done he is no longer
Of the age when men obey the impulses
Of the heart at the expenses Of the
head. OF ten men who think of marry
ing there are nine who put the ques
tons in the following order Is she
rich, pretty, healthy Of good family?
Then, for most men, marriage is first
a money matter, next a matter Of self
love, and finally of domestic peace. The
other questions come after. Heiice
men do not tear to apply or to get
themselves Recommended to nie by a
common friend .t.
TOW IT is DONE
$50 far as the man are. coneered,
things are done very simply. 1 re-
ceive my client. When 1 receive him
! it is my business to study him deeply
enough to be able to say Up to what
point he is elegant, disti,ague, gallant
and well bred. Or else to what degree
he is awkward, innocent, bashful, or
ignorant Of the habits Of Society. In
every marriage there are two parts
that Of the intermediary and that of the
interested party; and l have always
succeeded better with men who have
no great advantage to offer, but who
| made personal effort in the cause, than
with men who could do nothing by
themselves.
"But it is not with young ladies who
want husbands. Ayoung lady would
never forgive her future husband for
having married her through MY agency.
''What, sir" she would say to him,
"you have married me then only fol
my money! Through an agent! How
horrid!" And the couple would be
forever unhappy. Hence I vanish SO
soon as the first formali.ies are accom-
plished. The aspirant signs a written
engagement to pay me six per cent on
the dowry Immediately after his
marriage with a person named in the
treaty; and then am seen 70 more
My place is then taken by interme
/ diaries such as the ore Of whom. you
II "a y
speak, such as many others you meet
every where, such as many men whom
YOU elbow IN all salons and who are
overwhelmed with tender care, because
they pass for having numbers of young
men to marry.
"When have drawn in all the ne
cessary information, which / faithfully
communicate to the intermediary who
may use it, he tells ine Che names of the
I young ladies or widows of his acquain.
lance who might suit my client. W.
make our choice, and in my turn en-
gage to pay my intermediary half thu
sum he shall require. The latter ther
goes to work. He pays visit to the
family of the young lady we have il
Eview. He there learns, for instance
that next evening she will be at ball
He then by hook or crook procufes al
invitation to the ball for the aspirant
At the ball; while the Intermediary i
talking with the young lady to be mar
ried OF her mother, the asoirant come
up and bows to the Intermediary, wht
is charmed at The meeting, and iutro
duces him to the ladies'. The aspiran
| dances with the young lady whom h
does not know, nor that of her family
which only makes him the more natu
raj. While he is dancing or during tn,
evening the lady or gentleman who act
as intermediary must find means of civ
ing the parents Of the young lady hi
or her opinion about the young MAJ
| who, on his side, if he likes the project
should naturally try to facilitate Til
task of the agency. aita,tsaoa IN.
u 'sThe intermediary few days late
becomes the Interpreter of the feeling
raised IN the young man by the frs
/ meeting, other interviews are arranged
and, if a marriage follows, neither. tn
young lady herself nor her family eve
know that it was all done by a matri-
monial agency, and when the mothe
and the bride announce the marriag
the former never fails to observe, yes
dear madam, people are quite RICH
when they say that marriages are mad
in heaven s 0l ROD .Iasfa
4 t THEY MET BIZ CHANCE. SIS 81;
ct was the greatest Of chances whic
brought us acquainted with the Wis
count. We were at ball at the Mar