St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-01
MATCHMAKING BUREAU.
PLACE WHERE ANYBODY CAN SECURE
ALTERNATE.
SKETCH OF HOW 1T is DONE.

Old Bachelor and Old Maid Sfetpt'
the Bureau, and, After q Con
ference, Neither Loved tho
Other, So the Agency WAS
Minus Good Fee-NO1cf.
Scheme to Make Money. $50
For some time an advertisement oEa.
matrimonial agency in st. Paul has Besrf
running In the daily papers. The advef-
tisement starts out in this wiSe:. *
SINGLE persons can select their fudge
~ companions from photographs Eys GALL
ing on or writing to the - Matrnn0Htal
Agency. NJ
Responding to the advertisement, a.
GLOBE reporter addressed note to the
agency, indicating that the writer was d;
widow of twenty-six and desired Eus-'
band in professional life to whom she
could be of some assistance in his office.
A messenger brought a quick reply,
with request to call. A lady, was
selected to represent the reporter, who
was informed that it would be necessary
to register her name and address, and.
as she lived out of town, fee Of 81
would be eXacted, when the address OF
a gentleman whose name was OH the
list would be given her, and she could
open correspondence, or she could make
an engagement to meet him at a private
room connected with the agency, where
they could make such arrangements as
they saw fit. There was an interesting
young woman in the office who attended
to the duties of the chiropodist features
of the establishment, answering ques-
tons also in relation to the renting de-
partment. There was man of fifty
i've responsible for the agency. who
seemed to be i'll, but was very anxious
for her to see one of his correspondents,
and almost insisted upon making an en-
gagement for her to call the latter part
of the week. ~ -
While there was no suggestion of i'm.
morality, it struck the lady that there
were features connected with the outfit
which would at least bear further in
veStlgation and so she requested her
husband to call. The young lady left
her work as manicure and chiropodist
to answer mis- inquiries a few hours
later. She said she knew but little
about it except that both ladies and
gentlemen came and registered their
names and addresses. The gentlemen
were expected TO pay g. and the ladies
living out of town 81. and they would
make engagements for them to meet in
the spare room adjoining the Office. She
understood some happy marriages had
resulted. She could not give the names,
however, Of any to whom inquiry might
be addressed. The questions being
pressed closely, she suggested that It
would be better to see the proprietor,
who was lying on bed in another
room. He said his matrimonial feature
was new and scarcely working yet, but
he had about ten or fifteen names of
each sex on his list, and if a marriage
was cOnsummated, he expected feeio
S25, or sucllsum as might be agreedGhpoh
in addition tothe registry fee. HetWould
undertake TO get just such a person las
was desired and detailed the difficulty
he had in obtaining a German Catholic
wife for one OF his customers, but after
they met in his room and gotaequasnued
they went Off together. and that was the
last he heard of them. He was very,
indignant that he was beaten out of his
fee. He had another case of an old
bachelor who was exceedingly anxious
to obtain a wife and heir aud he had an
old maid On the list who was also pin
ing for companion; but when he got
them together she would no have him
and he wouldn't have her, aud there,
was another lot Of labor and good fee
lost. =.
He said that there are many women
in the city out of employment and,
homeless Who really desire homes and
will seek to be good wives, and his
scheme was to bring them and the men
who want wives together. They could
meet at his place and have his private
room for conference. He could not
give the names of any who had married
through his agency, though he alleges
that several marriages had resulted.
People who are in haste to marry
could doubtless find opportunity to do
so through this agency and have abun--
| dant leisure to repent afterwards. Eect-
ureS OH .matrimony are seldom needed.
| The desire to marry does not always
| originate from a longing desire for a
| mate who shall share the joys and Sor-
! rows OIL the journey of life. Persons
! seeking matrimonial alliance do not
always reach out from the depths of
/ their souls for one who shall be closer
to them than father, mother, sister or
brother, who shall be ready to share
their prosperity or their reverses, cleav-
| ing to each other in good repufe and
through evil repute. helping each other
| to bear their burdens, strengthening:
each other in their hopes, helping to
allay their mutual fears, willing to well
come and to joyously bear whatever
responsibilities may come to them, with
! out this there can be no true marriage.
Can any hope to form such an alliance
through such an agency? Can any one
who void seek such an union afford 10
| take such chances? Marriage consum-
/ mated as a convenience is another thing.
These usually end in the divorce courts.
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