Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-07-09
The Promotion Of MatrimOny.

Matrimonial brokerage. until within
the last few years. has been principally
confined to maueuveriHg mammas, de-
signing pa oas, artful daughters, anbi-
tious sons, and intermeddling relatives.
But these methods proved too slow for
this fast age, and of late years especial
journals have sprung up in all parts OF
the country which undertake to furnish
darlings for old men, protectors for the
love-lorn widow, fathers for the orphans,
slaves for the young men, and wives
and husbands for every one. We call
to mind a periodical once started IN
Chicago with prospectus of this sort:
"There is a superabundance Of men
in the West and a corresponding ratio
of women in the Eastern States, and
the purpose of this journal is to enable
the stranger in one state to commune
and interchange sentiments freely and
without restraint with his sister in an
other state, thereby creating bond of
union between persons thousands OF
miles away"
Without stopping to discuss whether
this enterprising journal succeeded IN
marrying off the ''superabundance OF
men in the West" to the correspond
ing ratio of women" in the East: nor to
recount it's efforts to create a ''bond OF
union" between persons thousands of
miles apart, it may be interesting to
note more sensible movement, look
ing toward the promotion of marriage,
which we learn had its origin IN Clncln-
natl. This organization does not under
take to marry off all sorts of rnatrimo-
NAL candidates, young and old, rich
and poor, handsome and ugly, vlrtuous
and vicious. at the rate of 50 cents per
head, but it seeks rather to assist young
couples in marrying, and aims to
give them q start IN lie. The
preamble Of the constitution sets
forth the facts that both divine and
common law favor and encourage the
sacred rite for marriage. That the
members of the organization have
viewed with alarm and the deepest con-
Germ the rapidly growing tendency of
the people Of this country particularly
those living in the larger citles) to re-
main unmarried. condition unnatural
and prejudicial to the welfare, success,
and happiness of the country; and it is
with a view of correcting this evil the
society is organized. The aim of this
society, according to the constitution,
is "in all honorable ways to promote
the marriage of citizens, and to secure
such an end this society will, SO far as
in its power, assist and give material
aid to young couples in beginning mar
ried life. such as helping them to secure
homes, and the husbands in getting
employment, OR IN any other manner
within the province Of the association"
The Cincinnati Commercial states that
the first year tie main object, next to
seeing that couples were married, was
to quietly solicit citizens from all over
the city to become members of the as
ISOLATION, by which they would give
their influence to the work. The So
ciety has been in operation nearly two
years, and has OYER 1000 members,
and branches in over forty cities in the
country. The working of the as
ISOLATION was at first kept private,
but. now its success is fully as
sured, the facts are given to the
press. On the 10th of next August
there will be grand picnic at Inwood