The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-08
THE VERGE OF MATRImoNY.
What a Reporter Saw of ELECTROMAGNETIC
clined Ladies,
San Francisco Examiner.

What a Reporter Saw of Observation-Disclosures
clined Ladies.
San Francisco Examiner.
A not overscrupulous newspaper man in Lon
don recently applied to the editor of & journal
devoted to the Interests of matrimony, pretend
ing that he desired wife, and through an ad-
vertisement obtained introductions to number
of women who anxious to secure husbands. he
represented himself as well do and well,
connected person III search OF beautiful and
lovable girl. The first woman to whom [ was
introduced, says the adventurer was neither
beautiful nor lovabe. She was indeed, the only
downright disappointment of erotesque charac-
ter that met with in the whole enterprise, did
not speak to her when she came to the railway
station in response to my letter making an ap-
pointment. She could be seen there or not far
away, at any time between II O'Clock meridian
and II Of midnight, sometimes later. Poor
soul! will call her name Aho!ah and say no
more The second letter came from young
lady resident at Bath. She sent her photo
graphs. which pictured fairly presentaHe but
distinctly coarse and sensuallooking woman.
whom | made up my mind at once that would
not go to Bath for the pleasure Of seeing. The
next communication came from the Stepfather
Of genuinely ugly girl whom he anxious to
be ria of upon the ancient Egyptian system Of
large dowry in lieu of loneliness. | was intro
duced to the little maiden, not, Of course as
monster who had come to make brutal bid for
her, but simply as friend of her father And
I do but give expression to fact when [
say that, Notwithstanding her utter lack of what
the world would call beauty, there was so much
guilelessnesS IL her behavior, such an absolute
simplicity and friendliness in all that she said
and did anu 10 much honesty of meaning IN her
strange anxious face that had nv visits to Tn,
mouse been repeated and had my mission thereto
peen an honest and sincere one, her uncomeIiness
would soon have been forgotten. This much for
TINS plain damSel, who was presented to me
with such unAattering apologies. The letter
ma info fba oIr oh I
Wa. describe as the big item. OF my investigation,
was upon large and impressive sheet Of paper
bearing coronct, which feminine hand, with
crossed and spluttel1ng nib, had tried in vain
to cancel. It was writte2 IN juvenile strain,
and said that If the advertiser would declare to
the writer upon MS most sacred word of honor
that he would keep the whole transaction as an
absolute secret from her friends and relatives
she would be willing to Introduce him to a com
paniou of hers with a view of ascertaining
whether any kind Of an attachment was likely
to spring up. l sent suitable answer, made an
appointment with the little lady, met her, and at
once confirmed my surmise that she herself was
the fair one who was not unwilling to enter into
the matrimonial state. For this experiment |
adopted the usual device of the tornup letter.
The Hon. Miss came to the trysting-
place accompanied by a German governess. We
walked about for two hours among the gathering
shadows, with the shortsighted and heavily
specialized fraulein wandering disconsolately
ahead. ] sustained my acquaintance with the
Hon. Miss - long enough TO understand III
some degree her strange personal character, and
to gather some of the principal factors Of her
anxiety to enter the married life. The simple
truth, however shocking, was this: Miss -
had rooted and grossly unnatural dislike
for her own mother, and yearned to escape from
her influence. The causes of the aversion,
according to the young lady's own belief, were
perfectly clear Her ladyshp was "a tiresome
fanatic" who coerced her child int a routine of
unwilling attendance upon mathis, evening songs
and litanes, who forbade the wearing of a
fringe" and who seemed to make it the whole
business of her days to cultivate the attributes
of an insuferable bore and martinez. At all
events, censured the maiden most energeticaliy
for her distempered whims, and availed myself
Of my seeming indignation on the maternal
behalf to pick quarrel with the maiden and to
part with her in anger and forever. Upon the
subject of my pretended efforts to secure in the
character of sort Of hardu swell, a wealthy
wife, will say but little. The role of go dislika
to | corresponded with four of these
women, and out of these four l saw but
two personally. One with her sister, kept
neat little home, like dolls house, facing the
sea upon the eastern coast She and her sister
had been dcmestics in rich mans house, and
had been the legatees of large sum of money
left by their employer. With their newly gotten
funds they had tried to live in style, and to OBJ
tain access to local society, but, the time had
gone on, they had redescended joyously to the
kitchen and now, as it appeared, they wanted to
import man into the house to act as husband
to one of the women and as master to both. The
other lady whom | saw was fat and bilious
looking woman, being about sixteen years older
than myself. | spent seven minutes with her.
but will never spend seven such uncomfortable
minutes again for the most generous editor that
ever indicted a check. 1t was a case of mystic |
rous personal dislike conceived in an instant. |
can. however, propagate the advertisement. The
lady has vacancy for young, gent1emanly
fellow salary about So 600 year and all found |
with the exception of any high degree of per !
s0nal attractiveness on the part of the wife The
two ladies whom | correspondent with but did
not see, appeared also to be quite in good faith
and in fairly good positions in life. But they |
like many moro of the good editors female cor
respondents, dwelt beyond the seas and I was
not able to 90 to them 1t is pretty clear that
man DESTROYS of marrying through the agency of
the matrimonial papers can generally get what
he wants amongst very large choice of females. |
In reply to the question whether presentabe |
man can. from the matrimonial journals be |
sure of meeting with a wife who will pay his
debts and enable him to soar to better none |
tary position in life, would answer yes, so long
as he conceals his purpose from the ladies with |
whom he corresponds. The man who buster
lngly seeks sort OF feminine relieving officer
in the market Of journalist matrimony must be |
content as rule with money alone, and per-
haps not much of that.
NEARNIADUKE AS A DIVER.