Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-07-16
CHOOSING A LIFE PARTNER.
Highly Educated Girls the SlOyyest to
Wed-LIterary Geniuses Not Good
Husbands.
Chicago News.

house on d prominent thoroughfare
on the West Side is plain sign bear
ing the words Matrimonial Informa-
ton, which attracts much comment.
1t is new sign and the occupants are
new In that neighborhoed, yet they
seem to have a great many visitors.
Like the outside of the building, the
rooms and furniture are not striking
for their beauty, but they can be said
to be neat and to look comfortable.
There is no pretention to an Office
The front room or parlor is used for
the reception of visitors, and small
adjoining room, provided with three
chairs and small table, is where any
private conversation is carried on. 1t
was to lind out Just what sort of in
formation was meant by the sign that
q Daily News reporter visited the
house. He was met by young lady
pleasant mien dark, penetrating
eyes, and very easy conversational,
ist.
you wish to see the professor?'
she interrogated. 'He is engaged just
now, but will be at leisure in mo-
ment." She then escorted the visitor
to a seat.
1.-The professor was not at leisure
IN moment. In fact, it was little
over ten minutes when small, dark
complexioned man, with an intelli-
gent face. emerged from the small
room designated above, in company
with well dressed lady. He accom-
panied her to the door, where he babe
her adieu, aad the returned to his lat
er visitor
"You wish to see me? Just step In
here please" he said, and the reporter
was taken into the little room. Ex>
planning his mission to the little man,
that parsonage produced flom his
pocket card on which was printed in
small, neat letter, ''Rudolph Lemier,"
and below the number Of the house
and street.
II ana from New York. he said,
"whers was for many years assis~
tant IN similar business. 1t is now,
[ believe. in Chicago. Ny work con
sists IN making good matches in the
matrimonial line. lido this in several
ways-by phrenelogy, physiognomy,
and a knowledge of the other sciences
of character reading. [ also have as
sistants who study the habits Of young
men aud women, watch them, associ-
ate with them and read them. This
information is given to the person de-.
string it."
"Given, did you say9n
'Y -e-s, with q shrug, ''for a stipu-
lated price"
''And does it pay2"
''It has so far. We generally have
customers from the fashionable walks
of life, and they pay literally"
Are gentlemen or ladies your
most frequent customers?"
''Oh. the ladies', to be sure. Of
course, you understand, we do not
pretend to make matrimonial matches.
We only give advice on marriage
with persons pointed out to US, and
this we attempt to do from scientific
standpoint"
"Y0ur investigations mast have
been the means of teaching you a
great deal about marriages'
Yes answered Mr.. Lemier, as he
rolled a cigarette, land I can tell you
something that may be surprising to
you. Tt is this: That of all the young
ladies, the highly educated ones, are
the slowest in getting husbands. It
really seems as though the man of the
period is shy of the educated girl of the
period. I know, from actual obser>
walton, that out of nearly 800 gradu-
ates Of a, very prominent female col
lege less than 200 have married since
that climax of their career. To be
sure, many of them are still young,
but the majority graduated years ago,
and are now well established old
maids. Now, it can't be said they are
unattractive, for the average educated
girl is attractive; but, even if she was
plain it would seem rcomprehensible
that girl, be she ever So plain, had
never had a proposal, and experience
has taught me that every girl can get
married if she will. Then comes the
question: Does intellectual training
make young ladies fnical, difficult to
please, unwilling to accept the lands
of honest young men whose education
is not so complete? It should not have
this tendency, for IN most of the hapl
ny udtrldSSS Ill Lu0 1duu GlS VIE mas
the greater portion of the education.
As our industrial machinery is at
present managed, the girls have the
best chances for study, and the 50 me
holds good when they are wives. The
finest scholars in our land are men,
but by far the greater mum Der of ed
ucated persons in America to day are
women.
'Now, the point is right here: If
a young girl who has just graduated
waits to marry man whose educa-
ton is equal to hers she is very likely
to die an old maid Another thing
which is true that the best husbands
in the country are those who know no
language but the English, and never
perhaps thought of using were as
mood Of TO be- The most
amiable, kind, tender, thou htful,
shrewd and prosperous husbands to-
day belong to this class Many a man
has been scorncd by these educated
bo