The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-08-03
BAZAAR FOR THE BASHFUL.
How Marriage Is Mad. Easy In New York
Partners for Life Provided Cheap foy
Cash.
From the Ner York Erc,aag Poa.

III DOuG street, ouCc lnc ilone VI Soihc
eminently respectable New Yorker, but
now given up to variety of cheap husi,,
nesses are the Offices Of the international
Matrimonial Alliance Bureau" AT the
door is a sign with s'luternatonal liu-
reporter called big, stout. gool.naturcd
German, who murdered the English Ian.
guagc with unvaryiDg aiiabty, sat 1T u
table in the centre Of the spacious room
and announced himself as the 'Intcrna-
tional Matrimonial Bureau" The repOr-
ter declared at once his crranto find out
all that the bureau undertook to do-and
was invited TO Il seat near thctablc, which
was Uttered with letters. The next room
was furnished with Il table, two chairs, an
empty scltzcr. water bottle, and book.
In Europe, said the proprietor of the
bureau, marriage brokerage is no new
thing; but no one has ever succeeded in
making it pay here, because it has not
been undertaken as q serious business.
No business man OF intelligence aud ener-
gy devoted himself to it;peopc who were
mot ladies and gentlemen" ntcrlcrcd in
the Bureau only for their own amusement
or evil purposes ana the Hiair soon be-
came dscomfOrtablr. This Bureau has
been founded to facilitate marriage among
respectable persons who either from na-
tural timidity, or lack Of acquaintance,
or time or opportunity, do not find sui,a-
bic partners. The following circular is
sent to every one who wi,lieSlo know how
TO get married through the Bureau:
London, Pario Berlin, Vienna, and
other large cities Of Europe, possessed for
more than thirty years institutes to fucili
tate the formation Of acquantances be.
tween ladies and gentlemen AZ means
to lead to happy matrimonial alliances.
The length of time not only, but both
their happy and prosperous results prove
their right to exist. They are conducted
not only respectfully bu. with great cir,
cumspcction and discretion, and this is
the main spring Of their great success
and their ilourishing condition. New
York, the empire and leading city of
this continent, with its vast, intelligent
and pnlyglot population, is lacking such
medium between ladies and gentlemen.
TO supplement this great deficiency in our
social life we have established u bureau
for this purpose. Our business will be
conducted with the greatest lclicecy, re-
spectability, and discretion, so rs to en-
gender confidence. 1t shall be our ut
most endeavor to merit confidence by
strictly performing our duties NJ media
tors in order to attained happy results.
10 disarm beforehand even the slightest
shadow Of a doubt regarding the earnest
and respectnbiity of our management
ladies will be received by refined lady
from IL a. NJ. to 8 =. NJ. Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, while gentle
men only are admitted at the same hours,
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The
proprietors, gentlemen of character, edu
cation and experience, by long residence
in London, Paris, Berlin, &C., are thor
oughly qualified for this delicate task
Ample means at our disposal enable US to
conduct all transactions to the utmost
satisfaction. Correspondence in all lam
guages."
when gent, for instance" continued
the proprietor, wants to trywhat can be
done for him, he comes hero or sends n
letter, and after paying us five dollars as
m iniiation fees emitting him to the SER
vices of the Bureau for six months, he
fills ont the following card, which is
numbered and filed away:
Name.
Residence.
Age.
Religion.
Position.
If married before or not (childrcn or
not.)
From what country
Means Consisting Of what?)
What amount desired from other par
ty3
Musical or not
Height and weight?
Note by manager: We have given up
that question about tho amount Of mon
cy desired. because every one W. ted
100000 and there are no people vino
como here with that much money. Here
you see lots of these cards filled out. The
reporter was shown half dozen applica-
tions. One read as follows:
Residence, Hoboken.
Age, 63.
Religion, French
Married or not? Not now.
From what country? Spain.
Mear3? $3.50 week.
Musical or not? DON'T know.
Height and weight7 Five feet, and
800 pounds.
(Note by manager: Only one leg.)
"a Photograph is sent with each appli-
cation. Some Of them are beauties;
here is one which can show you, be.
cause she is to be married next week
the second marriage effected through the
Bureau" Tho reporter was shown a
good photograph of a young woman, who
might be exceedingly attractive TO those
persons who like that style of young wo.
man. The manager refused to show any
more pictures, because, he said, you
might see some of your friends and joke
'em about it. If No. l6, n lady, seems
to be n fit lady for No. 2,64l, a gent, then
they are invited to come and sec each
others pictures. If they are satisfied
then n pleasant little interview in our
parlor,' pointing to the table and the
seltzer-water bottle, is arranged, and if
they want it we furnish minister and
sign the certificate AZ witnesses. The
great skill is in knowing which ones will
suit each other. OF course, If you aro d
banker you don't want to marry servant
girl, or divinity student does not want to
marry a variety actress-their tastes
might not be similar. We know inct
what will suit each, and we show the
right photographs to the right persons"
why do you not show each subscriber
the whole collection of pictures, and let
him choose" suggested the reporter.
why the pretty girls would get all the |
chances and the plain ones would get
none," answered the manager.
$50 far we have had $500 applications !; |
some arc very difficult To suit. One
gent has had sixty.seven interviews
without being suited. Some are hard to |
marry, because they are deformed, or
deaf, or dumb, Or blind. When ut last |