The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26
uATRIMoNIAL BUREAUS.
played on 4 TWO PER
or CENT. BASIS IN PARIS.

lie Old Bacheior-Ahe romance
wooden Hand.
-, the Courier des Flats Unis.
-..~rboiy may read on the fourth page
rsa5ing Paris papers one of those
o. live advertisements which raise the
a| az modest employees with salaries
ST.. francs. and of broken-dOwn arts
ruined by roulette or baccarat.
is the formula;
I.-s,.as Riches.-Jeunes +. ct veuves.
len 10000 f. jusq. 3 millions. Garant.
-, sbsolu. Rien des agences-
a.u he noticed that, Notwithstanding
assIrb offered in bowers, the adver-
n - save money by using authorizations.
.5-srrfsennent filled out read: "Rich
A --,~riages Young girls and widows Dow
rom 1000 francs up to millions.
1 '-.s-sutees. Discretion absolute. No con-
e.,tion with agencies" The phrase mo
. .-7artion with agencies is evidently put
4 s.-. only 10 reassure the clients ana
& .-,5 woundng their vanity. There are
s,,ses in Paris devoted to this kind OF
. l~.iness well organized and equipped.
rtsr p9ssess quite a stock of registers,
+. moan which are the names of large num-
4 ~ NJ Young people who seldom have the
4 firtest idea that they figure there or
,ss+ ANYBODY has busted himself to bring
sbout a marriage for them. For it by no
means follows that in every case where
4 ~srriage is brought about by one of these
agencies the future couple are necessarily
ware of the situation, or that they know
i raj they have been introduced 10 each
o1ar bv an interested intermediary. II
freQuently happens that they haven't the
slightest notion of how the thing was
"a and thew affriblITa 1t ali
10 chance. For example, the father of
family visits one of these establishments
and talks with the manager.
Monsieur" he says, Il have daughter
years old that 1 want to establish.
Unfortunately, we do not go into society;
We have very few relations, and 1 don't
see the way myself to -"
Il understand you perfectly. sir: you
oan count upon US. What fortune do
you give to your daughter
zone hundred thousand francs; and 1
may add that she is a charming girl, a
good musician, and very good house
keeper
i have no doubt of that. Well. just be
good enough now to tell me what kind
Of a fellow YOU would like to have for
a son-in-law."
oh I'm not particular; have no pref
erences. provided the young man is"
No no. no. you can choose. Thank good
ness, our lists are sufficiently long VIII
you have accomplishment chap or
blonde2 Would you prefer man of
offer you seven engineers, three lawyers.
several merchants and sub=prefects. and
eighteen literary gentlemen, in addition
10 one poet. One of our clients, by the
way, is disposed to go abroad. Perhaps
You would prefer a man of that kind?''
The conversation continues until the
TWO parties come TO a final agreement.
There is nothing further to do except to
find a way of bringing the young people
together. II often happens that the
rance himself doesn't know what is go
ing on. because il is his father who has
taken it into his head to get married:
and, IN order to get a good match for
him, the old gentleman goes to one of
he agencies. The places of meeting are
me theaiers' the museums, and the
Ordinarily the task of bringing about
the meeting is simple enough. because
many persons, and especially women, de-
iight IN meddling with marriages. They
become the unconscious collaborators Of
me agencies, and attribute to themselves
all the merit of the unions that take place
without having the slightest idea that
iorehand. And so in the honeymoon the
happy couple can congratulate them
selves on the succession of lucky chances
mat brought them together.
When I think" says the young wo-
man, that we would never have met
II friend of papa's hadn't had the for
lu9ate idea of sending him a ticket for
box a the Opera Comique?"
Inat IS true enough: 1 saw you there
for the first time. And what an extra
ordinary chance 1t was to meet again
me very next day at that charity con-
You had seat just beside me; do you
remember how you stared at me?"
admired you so much. And judge of
my surprise and my joy when eight days
SIlterward met you at the ball of Nine.
Yes, it was written that we should
i4Sslong TO each other. Let us thank Prov
An excellent Providence, beyond a
91oubt that set to work in the most
delicate way possible to unite two hearts
made TO love each other and as a re-
muneration for this service is satisfied
the dot
But sometimes the affair turns out in
quite different way. The matrimonial
agent who finds himself dealing with a
uehcate case-that is to say, for exam
PIE, the case of a hardened old bachelor
win whom 1t might be difficult or danger
yus 10 enter abruptly into negotiations
nas 10 use tact, or even what might be
termed moral violence. A few months
ago merchant in Paris received the fol-
lowing letter:
Sir desire to have little converse
uon with you on a matter which con-
CeIhs you personally. Will you be good
enough to come to my Office on Wednes-
Jay afternoon at O'Clock precise. Don't
n rlss inns rendezvous, for you might re-
very much puzzled. he neglected his
O!ner arairs and went to the address
gwen. He found himself in an apartment
rlchly furnished, and in the presence of
an old gentleman, who invited him to sit
nTGwn The following conversation took
bout Dai-
Yes sir"
You are a manufacturer of metallic
aus ana brushes, and your business
TTnounts TO about 100000 francs a year?
~ ~ are rich, and, moreover, you have an
i LmCIe living in the south who is bound to
ga fave you one-half of his fortune? But
o ol al that, you were looking some time
~ ~ Tor a capitalist who would be good
0a So t9 a. 70 place in your hands from AGO.,
wy 70 100000 francs?"
sure enough, sir; all that is true; but
S S5n see what you are driving att
NH pc good enough to wait moment. We
sbau continue the conversation when l
sem SER nave received person who has just
I'M rt me her card"
a. ne Old gentleman went out and return
vo,, alIhost Immediately, accompanied by
botb woman elegantly dressed. They
rio' negan to chat. When the conversa-
Who II;ui lI. upon travelling, NJ. Darbout,
N.Y. Io llkes travelling, could not resist the
pipeasure of joining in it. The young wo-
ss son replied to him very amiably They
tbeiled delighted with each other because
ana uouced that they had the same tastes
ro,' mat they desired to see the same
ing tIles. Nevertheless, time was pass
nafiiaHu the merchant began to get i'm
IN enI AT last the unknown lady got
~ anu after a most gracious smile left