The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-24
MAIDS WHO WILL WE'D.
something About Il Peculiar Bust
ness In Chicago.
THRIVING MATRIMONIAL AGENCY

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Wlicro Wives OF Every Kind. Young
aud Oil aud With, or without For.
tunes Arc Furnlshed for n Moier.
nto Fcc-rhc Methods of Dolu.
iinslnes, Told ny tho Manager,
Plenty OF willing Maids anu Widow.
Tor Equally willing Barkuses.
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csicaco hhr.petop.
Wives DO not CONT very high in Chi.
cage. As5nosc judiclously expended
will give tho lonely sighing swain tho
right to choose between 200 or more Of
tho fair creatures mot too bright or too
good lor human natures daily food" as
Wordsworth has II. Tho goods offered
upon tho matrimonial market are put
up in original packages, delivered G. o.
D.. subject to inspection and satisfaction
guaranteed.
Tho reporter malo It convenient to
call at tho Eureka building on West
Madison street and interview the rentle-
man who processes 10 have u monopoly
on m~arriagc5lo maidens. At tho on.
trance OF tho building among other signs
is n OF black aud gold which reads;
"McDonnclls Agency"
The elevator man stops at tho fifth
floor, and 10 the left, upon q large Wiz.
dow covered with a thin coating o..
white paint, appears In black lct,ors
the sane sign ~ at tho entrance, with
the additional Information, Establish.
cd in 1880" Tho entrance, a, indicated
by several "hands." Is at tho second
door, which opens into q small ante
room cut oil from tho large room OF
which ii il r part by 4 wood and glass
partition about eve ieet in height A
doorway directly in from. Of the entrance
is draped with 4 Japanese portierre,
through tho open work OF which Il half
dozen young ladies may be q It tables
aud desks. while boxes OF envelopes
and stocks OF circulars lie around in
proiusion. a conspicuous sign in the
ante.room Indicates that the reception
room is to the loft. AZ the reporter
stepped through the door into a room
furnished with a set,ee, n few chairs,
and a table, he found a lady and gcn,le-
nan engaged in conversation. The
former waved him back into the ante.
room with the request to DO seated a
moment. AS he waited an elderly lady
appeared dressed in half mourning,
with hair nearly white, an intelligent
face, and refined bearing. She passed
into the reception.room and seated her-
sell c%omposedly as il knowing exactly
what was wanted by having been there
before. =
After a five minutes wait a gentle
man appeared from the office beyond
the reception room, recognized the cid.
erly lady by n bow. and stepping to the
door Of tho ante.room addressed the re-
porter with:
You wish to SEQ met Step this way"
Presumably thi. was the great match
maker himself. Nothing had been said
as to who or what wa, wanted.
Walter Mcdonnell is q man Of prob.
ably %thir.y-five years, OF average height,
rather stout build. brown hair and
sandy mustache. He has a suavc man
ner and q smooth, flexible voice. In
fact, his voica is so flexible that it ties
itself into knots under the slightest
provocation Of undue excitement. He
has blue eyes that look straight into
yours and carry conviction OF an homes.
heart that lies behind, until such time
as his recreaut tongue trip, IN M un-
compromising word, when the RICH, eye
swings around towards the bridge Of his
nose as if in search OF the obstruction
10 the flow OF words. Neither OF these
conditions Ia chronic and may simply
be termed idio,yncrasies under provo
cation.
What can | do for you'?" was Mr..
McDonnell's first question.
81 simply wanted to investigate as to
the kind Of people who endeavor to find
husbands and wives in this way
"As far as that is concerned, or as to
the business itself. I am willing you
should give it the fullest Investigation"
said Mr.. Mcdonnell, apparently 70.
lieved at tho urn affairs were taking.
81 have been in the business now for
fifteen years. and you soc I'm not so very
old yet. 1t i, tho puress kind OF a com.
mercial transaction"
"Will you furnish me cards OF intro
duction to 4 dozen or moro OF the ladies'
you have on yoIr list in tho city, 40
that | may go aud talk With them?" was
asked.
THAT would DO impossible. would
be violating my contract with each one
il l should send any person to them
upon a frivolous excuse. They are not
ladies' who court notoriety and would
feel highly indignant at my abuse OF
their confidence in any such manner"
What ia there. to protect a mau who
is married or wants to 60 on a lark COM.
ing to you with false representations
and securing the addresses OF a number
Of your ladies
Nothing except his own sense OF
honor and my ability to Judge human
nature. But even II no hoodwinked me
his money aud time would DO III spent,
tor the first lady Of tho ones l should
introduce him to that he approached
with improper proposals or that found
him to be insincere would notify mo ut
onco and all tho others would be in.