The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-24
A BERLIN MARRIAGE BROKER.
He Has Been Successful in Joining
German Titles with american Dol
From the Nen YORK Sun.

| BERLIN, Jan. 3.-lt Lieut.. Carl Won Jur-
gensen, Eighth regiment Body Dragons of
his majesty the Gear of Russia, bad ever
| lived IN Berlin he would never have sent his
order for rich American wife all the way
across the Atlantic to the New York Mat
rimonial Bureau some months ago. Lieut..
Won Jurgenssn wishes according to his
letter. a pretty American girl, about %
! years old, with 150, 900 roubles, spot cash.
and refined manners. In exchange for her
money an good locks he offers to make her
Mrs Won Jurgensel and member Of st.
| Petersburg's 400.
| Now this is lust the kind of trade that
fourishes under the care of Herr Mosse,
| matrimonial agent, in the great city OF the
| HOhenzollerns. Herr Mosse is probably
the most successful neg ,tiator Of interna-
tional marriages on the continent. He
started business about fifteen years ago
as a matrimonial go-between for small
tradesmen and shop girls Now he negotl-
ates marriages for counts, barons, and
| lieutenants. Three times he has had Ger
man noblemen up in court because they
failed to pay him his 5 per cent. of the
dowry which he got for them with their
| rich wives.
Four years ago he tried to make match
between the Grecian ambassador in Berlin
and a German countess. The countess
made out that she had any amount of
money. The Giecian ambassador got the
| whole story of her wealth and lovelinesS
| from Herr Nose. He at once set about
making furious love to her at her boarding
| house in the DorOtheen strasse, for in Ger
many rich cJuntesses not infrequently live
| In boarding houses. The countess wanted to
marry him right off, but the ambassador
| wouldn't do it until he could learn some
| thing definite about her bank account. She
would not let him see her bank book. Herr
| MOsse refused to guarantee her to be worth
| 100000 marks. The ambassador thereupOn
ceased to love her, and the match fell
through.
Usually, however, Herr Noses negotia-
| lions are more successful than this. His
| best 81 EQUATIONS, he has said concerned
American girls stopping at Berlin boarding
houses. This is how he does it: From the
registers oil the banks and exchanges which
Americans frequent, he learns at what
houses the unmarried American women are
living. He then calls upon each landlady
TO inquire how many of the American
women in her house are "eligible." "Eligi-
| Die" he understands to mean wealthy
enough to support a husband with "vOnn
in the middle of his name or baron" be-
fore it. He notes down just how much each
eligible girl is worth, whether in her own
right or as prospective heir; what her
fathers business is, and what she looks
like. If possible, he gets pictures of
| the likeliest girls. The landady can
generally tell him all about the young
women in question, because German land
| ladies always ask their boarders all the
questions they can think of on principle If
| the landlady is Teticent however, about
| giving these details, Herr Mosse has means,
which he occasionally uses, to force such
condolences. Many German landladies are
| thoroughbred matcnmakers, who see little
| or no harm in Herr Mosse's methods They
also think they are giving a ra tle-brained
| American girl q tremendous social boost
when they help to marry her to a German
with pedigree, a sword, and an iron cross.
| the landlady, therefore, agrees to give a
little tea party, at which she will introduce
| Herr Noses young man to her American
| girl She agrees, too, to have an interest
in Herr Mosse's profits. should the match
be made. Herr Mosse tells his young man
| how much money the American girl has,
| and when the landIady will give him a
| chance to show how hard ne loves her.
| Herr Noses young man IS very often an
| impecu niOus lieutenant. German lieuten-
ants are proverbially the most dead
| broke of all German gentlemen. "When a
lieutenant pays his debts" is Synonymous
with the English saw, when the moon
turns to green cheese" Leutenants in tbs
German army get only few hundred dol
| lars year, while they spend all they can
lay hands on. At 80 years they usually find
themselves in just the fix which Lieut.. Carl
Won Jurgensen is trying to squirm out of,
aud they frequently try to squirm out of it
| in just the same way.
At the landlady's tea party Herr Moses
| lieutenant is the most spick and span crea-
ture the American girl ever saw His uni
| form is all scarlet and black. His trousers
fit like an cells skin. His blouse is strapped
| in at the waist till lie can hardly breathe.
His moustache is so thoroughly waxed that
| it looks like one big irregular hair His
hair is plastered down tight to his head
| Wi b OIL save the little wings above his ears,
which have been curled over hot irons He
bows, whenever he gets chance, a short,
hard little bow. with his heels tight together
and his toes we'll out. Every time he opens
his lips compliments, apologies, congratu-
| ations and thanks drop out by the
mouthfuL He is extravagantly ofiicious
| and elaborate in his manners always max
| ing great ado about showing every one
just how p.lite he knows how to be. He is.
IN short, the flower Of young German So
cial life at the capital. If the American
girl appears to fancy this botanical curiosity
the tea parties are repeated till the wishes
| to become Frau Won" or Frau Baronin"
Then after the marriage settlement or
| doWry has been arranged for, with all the
| certainty that German and American law
| can give Herr Noses interest in the affair
!
time comes for him to collect his fees of
81 500 or $4,000. He gives the landlady
about % per cent of his profits
Although pretty successful match
maker, Herr Nose is, of course, bound to
see many of his plans miscarry, especially
| when foreign women are involved. All
sorts of complications are constantly arising
with the girls parents at home, VINO don'5
| know much about German titles and are.
therefore, liable to think that their daugh-
| ter is not getting the worth Of her money.
! Then the legal formaity in regard to the
marriage settlement, which is generally in
sisted upon by Herr Noses young man,
| frightens Off many othec young women.
About two years ago a Western girl liv-
| ing in Berlin thought she wanted to marry
a second lieu enapt there and have her
! father settle 100000 upon him After a
| good bit of cabling and writing the father
told his daughter she could marry her lieut.
enant If she wonld first pass six months at
her home in America. The girl agreed TO
this. She returned to America. At the
end of six months her second Lieutenant
went TO America. according t. their pre-
| vious plans to marry her lie went without
| his eelskln trousers, his sclret and blue
! blouse, his big military belt, and long sword.
| He wore the clothes of a citizen and q
native German cltiz n at that. When he
| got out west to the home Of his filncee she
wouldn't have him. He kaocked about
! America for few months and then camo
| back to Berlin. Such cases are exceptional.
however. Herr Mosse's usual matrimonial