Sharp County record., 1885-04-30
MATRIMONIAL FISHING.
The Place for the Young Man Who Desires
to Acquire Wealth by marrying Rich

/ TO Acquire w ealtn Dy 'haEEg ing hl'h'
New York is the place to 90 for the
aspiring young man who desires to ac-
quire wealth by the easy and expedi-
tious method known as marrying
rich" The daughters Of the wealthy
men of the metropolis are as romantic
in their natures as the young girls are
elsewhere, and the bold, manly young
fellows from the country, if they are
smart. can beat the young dudes Of the
ci-v in bearing off the matrimonial
prizes every time. Girls are girls the
world over, and they can't help liking
a manly man.
The Young woman who marr.es a
dude is either forced into it or else she
is poor and thinks the fellow has got
money.
One of the reasons of the success OF
the ambitious matrimonial aspirant in
New York is the ease with which he
can make the acquaintance OF young
lady, and manage to meet her without
the knowledge Of her parents. Miss
Eloise Lord, the daughter of the head
of the great dry-goods firm of Lord &
TAYLOR, went over to Williamsburg one
day last week and was quietly married
to a Young man. her family knowing
nothing of the transaction until they
saw the notice of the wedding in the
next mornings paper. Stranger still,
the family knew nothing about the
young man until the lady acknowledged
that She was his wife, and then told
them who and what he was. 1t seems
that she had met him at various places
where she visited and an attachment
sprang up between them. He was
poor, and realizing the inSurmOuntable
opposition to him if he asked for the
hand of his affianced from her father,
he conceived that it would be better to
get married privately and then face the
parental storm. 1t is to be hoped he is
worthy of the prize he has won, and
that the young lady will have no cause
to regret her peculiar action.
But it is not altogether fair weather
sailing for the adventurerS in Gotham s
matrimonial sea. Not all young ladies
who shine in fine clothes at the Astor
balls are heiresses, by any means.
There are female anglers. and plenty OF
them, who are fishing for rich hus-
bands. A sad, but not an unusual re-
suit is that young couple find after
they are married that both are victims
of misplaced confidence. Perhaps
neither has cared for the other but only
married in the hope of securing the
wealth which it wa5 supposed the other
had. The thousands OF blighted homes
and suits in the divorce courts testify to
the frequency of such ill-assorted
matches.
A lady correspondent thus pathetical,
ly paints the poor girl in society. Fam
lilies with big fortunes usually have i'm
poverished relations in plenty. This is
true of some of the folks most conspic-
uous in the society which gets the most
attention in print. And the parents Of
the girl thus allied to wealth, but own
ing none of it, are anxious that they
should have every opportunity to ac-
quire it by marriage. Therefore the
straining to put the youngsters among
the sciOns of millionaires, and to main
tain their share in Seemly manner Is
one of the interesting characteristics OF
New York life. The dresses Of fortunate
cousins, carefully disguised by radical
alterations and additions, are frequent
ly worn by these Observation-Disclosures,
whose equally clever use of such at
fractions as nature and culture have
provided not infrequently carries them
to the goal of golden matrimOny ahead
of more favored competitors.
"Oh, but it's an awful responsibility
to put on young girl, said an ex-
perienced dOwager, with whom L talked
about an individual instance. There
she is at the further end of the quad
rifle, looking as placid and ingenious
as a child. Her partner is heir to
wealth enough to satisfy the costs of
the position which she wishes to oc.
cupy as wife. He is just the catch
she'd like to make. The task is i'm
posed upon her of making him pro-
pose She may not love him-that' S
no matter. The eyes of her father and
mother are on her. She is keenly
aware that every movement is scruti-
nized by those two interested and able
critics. In fact, she isn't the light
hearted, careless, blithesome girl she
seems, but a cool, calculating adven-
turess. However, if she should entrap
the fellow she'd undoubtedly make an
excellent wife, and he couldn't claim
to have been victimized. There is a
peculiar reason for celebrity in her case,
by the way. She belongs to a family
who age early. She is only eighteen
At twenty-five she will look to be
thirty She knows this, because she is
counterpart Of what her mother used
to be. The shortening of her avail
able time is one of the considerations
forced forced on her by the determined
parents, and they are making every