The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-24
From ID - York Tlmes.


From the New York Times.
In many English papers, especially those
which claim 10 circulate among the aris-
tocracy. may be seen advertisements of
rb Matrimonial Herald and Fashiona-
lie l4arTiage Gazette" This is the organ
az "The Worlds Great Marriage Associ-
alton. Limited, which has been duly reg
lstered as a limited liability company un-
der act Of parliament, and has been es-
rablished for more than twelve years. The
Gazette does not. in the natural course
Of things, expect permanent subscribers,
for neither man nor woman. however arts
rocratic or wealthy cares about being al
ways getting married; but the advertise
ment sets forth that the price of a single
copy is the modest sum of 3 pence. and it
will be forwarded in an envelope so as
10 look like a letter for pence
This precaution is doubtless necessary
TO prevent aristocratic households gen.
orally, and especially the servants, from
learning the means by which marriage
has been arranged" as the Morning Post
puts it, between the Honorable Edith We're
De We're and John Wallaby. Esq, of New
South Wales, or between the Duke of
Strawberry Hill and Miss Minnie Van der
Tromp, the lovely daughter of the famous
American millionaire. When tbs pence
has been dispatched, carefully addressed
10 the editor, 1913 New oxford street, by
whom all communications are regarded as
strictly confidential" the next post brings
a bulky envelope in which is folded up
journal of twenty-fOur pages in a green
cover-the color of hope and mating
spring and human verdancy-crammed full
Of matrimonial advertisements.
Here are examples of Few applicants.
The first is young LADY, of ample
means, who wishes to marry middle
aged, or even elderly gentleman, whom
she can thoroughly look up to and re-
spect." The next is a gentleman with
prospects, who is very kind and low
ing. of good appearance and family"
complished Roman Catholic widow, with
f1tUJ pen annum." The fourth is
Welsh young lady of fortune, who wishes
TO marry ''good-looking healthy young
Welshman of good moral character.
The proverbial scarcity of good moral
characters. in Wales possibly accounts
Proceeding down the list, we find
young but distinguished foreign naval
lady Of British birth, money no object
A "mddle-aged, well-preserved, and ac-
complished widow of ample fortune,
and a "well-connected maiden lady of
quiet habits and fair fortune" for
eign heiress of considerable wealth and
talented linguist" viii each be salts
ned by getting an English gentleman
but a rich widow with one child, who
moves in high-class society," supulates
that the gentleman must possess a mil
itary figure" Among the male applicants
in the next two pages, all classes are
represented, for we hnd a smart bust
ness man." medical gentleman in
a Fretired colonel" a Parish clerk,
(widoweD," a Lieutenant in the Royal
England" a Justice Of the Peace"
stationer and fancy shop-keeper' a
retired butcher" merc ..Sl III, an n
a "son of a peer" "coachman," and
foreign prince" besides a large num-
Der of gentlemen" all.desirous of mat
rimony, for the most part with young,
amiable, tall, and 'goOd-lOoking ladies
with more or less means.
The female advertisers are much the
more numerous, and-on paper-appear to
be a more attractive class. Very few are
without means, the majority claim to be
good-looking and almost all are loving.
one young lady is an American heiress
without relatives" and all that she stipu-
lates for as a sine qua non after marriage
is a periodical residence or stay in Scot
land" The proposition OF widows Is so
large as to suggest that on the whole
marriage is not regarded as failure by
those of the sex who have tried 1t, while
the number of advertisements from mid
dle-aged but attractive maiden ladies" or
from ''miQdle-aged spinsters with means,
shows that the Matrimonial Herald and
Fashionable Marriage Gazette" supplies
felt want among that class of unappro-
priaJeQ dressings VINO seem to form the
majority of residents in English suburban
villas and boarding houses.
Among the advertisements which are,
for one reason or another, remarkable, We
may note that of a wealthy widow who
describes herself as possessing, among
other attractions, "a really superb figure
and a large number Of notices from moth
ers or guardians Of 'marriageable heir
esses" who wish to open negotiations for
the disposal of their wares to suitable APP
plicants. In these advertisements we can
not help suspecting interested motives,
for doubtless mothers or guardians of
heiresses whose money is securely tied up
before marriage will be able to make ad-
NantageOus terms for themselves with
needy adventures on the businesslike
footing Of newspaper advertisement. Then
possibly, the sutton is introduced to the
heiress in casual way, and when, with
every encouragement and assistance from
the mother he succeeds in winning the
girl, he hands over her share of the spoil
10 the fond parent. WIDOWS, on the other
hand, appear from their advertisements
well able to look after their own interests,
and display no mock modesty in descrlb-
ing their charms Some are clever and
VivaciOus," others Cheerful and dOmes
ticated,' others Ehandsome and highly
connected" (epithets which seem always
TO run in the same couples) but none are
broken-hearted. Nearly all of them have
means and good figures, as well as very
clear IDEAS OF the kind OF man they want
The following are the common types
of advertisements:
1.-The young and highly accomplished
daughter of an American millionaire de-
sires to contract an early aristocratic mar
riage. A title English if possibe) is pre-
ferred; but is not essential. Means Sec
Ondary consideration, but ancestry is a
sine qua non. Ample settlements. Ad-
dress with editor.
'Matrimony.-An early but thoroughly
aristocratic matrimonial alliance is
sought by the attractive and only daugn-
ter of an American millionaire, who win
respond generously with respect to settles
ments, in case of a suitable engagement.
A British title Is preferred, but a dis
unguished or well-descended foreign no.
bleman not objected to. Address Ambi-
tious, under cover TO Editor, 103, New OK
ford street, London, w. c.
The reasons give by some applicants
for desiring marriage are often curiously
Inadequate. pretty girl of p, with
1000 a year in her own right, wants a
husband VINO lives in London, because
she is tired of a quiet country life''
While one cannot help thinking that there
must be something wrong about the "sev-
eral young heiresses' with the arrange
ment of whose future the editor of the
gazette claims to have been intrusted.
He keeps their photographs, no doubt,
with inventories of their charms and their
fortunes in a drawer for eligible gentle
men to pick and choose from. There is
commercial simplicity, at any rate, in
lnlS method of diSpOSing of Young heir