Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-13
assistance is rendered by earthly inter

assistance is rendered by earthly inter
mediaries of both sexes
1t tr2nspred in one case just settled that
considerable business is done in Berlin by
promoting marriages between officers in
the army and rich Jewesses. The German
nobility and upper classes Ghe Junkers,
are, in general, poor; they are, however
very cliquey, and very careful whom they
admit into the favored circle of their So
ciety.
The bulk of the capital In Germany is in
the hands of Jews; indeed. if the truth were
known. it would probably show that the
present prosperous state of trade and COM
merce in Germany is attributable rather to
Jewish than to purely German enterprise
This applies, at any rate, to the capital
The Germans themselves almost ackowl
edge their fear of the superiority of their
fellow-cftiZens of Jewish extraction by
carefully excluding them from almost every
position of political influence. There is
too, hardly one Jew among the officers of
the German army. Not that there is any
thing In German law or in that of any of
the German states to prevent a jew becom
ing an offiCer-the circE ms lance is entirely
due to the officers themselves and 10 the
system of appointment to vacancies in the
officers corps.
1t will be easily understood from this that
Jews and Jewesses are not looked on favor
ably in the best society,".
When there officers wanting money
which they can easily obtain by marrying
Jewish ladies who wish to get INTO $50
ciety, Intermediates will be found who
will aid in bringing about the necessary in.
Productions. When, however, these inter
mediares do not receive a sufficiently nigh
brokerage" or they are forgotten in the
subsequent happiness, the public learns in
tereSting details.
The most recent case has been of pecu
liar interest as one of the married parties
besides being an aristocrat and A promi-
nent political parsonage. is the proprietor
of extensively read Berlin newspaper
Some time ago the following advertisement
which is a sample of what published
every day in the leading German news-
papers. appeared in a Berlin paper:
IAN aristocrat of the old nobility forty
years old, of agreeable, distinguished APP
pearance, of scanty means, though abso-
lGtely free from debts wishes to marry
lady possessing a large fortune"
A marriage agent answered this adver-
tisement and a contract was drawn up by
virtue of which the agent was to receive 3
per cent of the fortune brought by the lady
IL the advertiser count. found a wife
through his fundamentally. The count
was put into communication with several
wealthy ladies', but after time ne inform.
ed the agent that he had reconsidercd and
intended to remain single. The agent &C.
cepted a small fee for out-of-pocket ex-
penses. and considered the matter closed
Shortly afterward, however he heard that
the count had married one of the ladies he
had introduced, and forthwith claimed his
percentage.
Again the count tried to evade expense
by giving the lady's dowry as less than 1t
really was The agent discovered the ruth
and, as the count refused to pay. the mat
ter was brought before the court. After
passing the lower instances the case has
now been thrown out by the supreme court
of judicature, on the ground that payment
of fees Tor promoting a marriage cannot
be enforced by Prussian law.
That this mode of obtaining partner for
life is largely practiced is also proved by
the fact that newspaper devoted entirely
to the interests of the business has for q
long time been issued weekly in Berlin.