The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-08

plo won't marry - they ought to. There are
no settled distinctions or grades In America.
and the result IL that matrimonial agents labor
under many disadvantages. When started In
imagined that people married In . certain
way. That 10. I thought 1t was fair to presume
that o policeman would marry shop girl or .
janitor's daughter. Ny experience and obser-
walton had taught me that that was the usual
thing. was once an Inspector in the Health
Department here. and In the course Of my du-
ties I visited . great number Of tenement
houses both on the east and west Sides
found that . great many pretty
shop and working girls resided In these
buildings. Tho policeman on the beat
was always very friendly with them.
and whenever struck o policemans homo.
which occurred pretty often. found that he
had married some pretty working girl Most
policemen live In two rooms their wives are
buxom and jolly women. they usually know all
the neighbors. and the policemen are great
men among the people In the tenement houses
In tho lower districts found that policemen
the & o. shs
when they were ostensibiy wqtching tho Big
business hSusss down toEn made up my
always married this particular sort OF q girl, 80
Iconcaived the scheme Of my matrimonial bu-
facts abau. ss ore three
ing girls In New York. or even loss. can es-
s Sr SsFS rRss eoRsd
sona6e: didntit"
so Thought" said the agent. swinging one
beard thoughtfully. There were number Of
Seaa Ss sxtr n S0 With aacry and for
So cents: that nails would be beautined for a
would be. removed or beautiied. as the case
might be for sums ranging from as cents 70 81
room were huge albums one n which was
labelled gents and the other "ladies." The
OF t s white 3h
pictures in tile album marked ns Sas.0 They
ssIssssa Ms 9ssH@s s% Hn aS SSIa .hsIr
were dressed In the CHARACTERISTIC manner OF y
man who has but one prosentable suit OF
names and addresses OF tho men were written
on tho backs q the pictures nnd references
about them. Only one presented any advan.
tnges for woman seeking husband. He was
tour With ths rest 81 his face, and a pair Q!
M carr Hs hair was a sss
a German barber He wore q collarless SHIRT
shs snse Sora pnmbsr Prebsby s x
| the reason that tho matrimonial agent placed
| his plCtuT0 III tn0 u6tu Vi Llb anu COu5lu-
erod him the most eligible bachelor on his
books.
appointins than the men. It Is the writer's
candid opinion TINT the majority OF them were
fm 10y Sy Sy hs ri sSam
Wsre women who wors ssnoiines and had the!r
hair plastered down the sides Of their heads
exhibited in Centre and Chatham street shops.
ss Ms ss o. hem
young faces Strewn with artistic carelessness
Many " hem 9sss
emIellished BY the supporting expression. pro-
IF 3Se ans when sh hsr
pretty girls whose addresses were, put down as
FOODS. They eye evidently formed tho nucleus k Of
two or three thousand who had been allotted
II don't mind admitting. continued. the
agent that the scheme didn't 80 through. l
he tho
selecting their brides from the women around
81 shIs at th ls tm sssea s'fsaa'
ysa % thin. that r cO1 "a
CeftainIy." said the agent quickly: you
There aro Instances where tho Soaehman mar.
Tho coachman marrles the cook II, nine cases
out often. II the cook Is u man and a French
at ali. happen to know something
Ssssy j hsS SsIs snS
eoo dsnH Know p each sS tell and ha That
met one Who was married., But to, return:
the miina the butchers boy the sr l0ssry
sasf Ssst S ssSs s sh sSs
and orc inclined to be dirtaSieas put aitsr
good NIX
GERS clerk owns the store before he has been
o " 30 he is fS %o ess
ioar maids have married postmen TIE uniform
| caught them. No woman can resist o Uniform.
Who do the groom and waiter marry2"
the eoachman. and then he marries the cook. .
Il seems s 70 mo the cook is getting married
Well. yes, she f." said the agent with o
eontinued the agent usually marries s the srl
he meets in the country on his summer vaca.
Hnx h has sh Ss So ssa o 1 IN tH
| did It, However, that Ia mother here nor there
great many shobkeepers marry one Of their
In the shop. but oitener It 10 the one who
makes herself the most useful to him.. She ID
d . bookkeeper, cashier. or superintendent. o.
course OF time that 1t would be difficult to get
along without her. When he msrries her she
| promptly quits the shop. and never enters II
again except as a customer" -,
What sort Of marriages are most happy"
The best homes that have seen In the
! course OF my observation-aEd 1t has been
! more extensive than you would imagine-are
In life For instance, you take q truck driver
One Of these brawny. broad-shouldered. and
good natursd men who have rough apron Of
rope. and who wears straw hat with q hole In
the top the healthy and strong men whom YOU
| see ON trucks and who char the drivers Of the
. STAGES and cars. Most Of these truokmen are