Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-27
to reveal his Identity beyond saying

| TO reveal his Identity beyond saying
| that he is OF German nationality.
The information when collected Is
| sent to headquarters In Berlin, where
II Is sorted out and classified IN a reg
| lister Of American helress.s. Tha o her
/ work consists IN distributing partlcu-
lars 10 noblemen likely to be In want
of wCllthy wives. The clients OF tie
concern, like Its spies, are divided into
two classes. Some arlstOcrats apply
openly to the agency, which carries on
It's business under an innocent dlsgu Sc,
stating frankly the nature OF their
matrimonial needs,
INTRODUCTloNs ARRANGED.
At the present moment the office OF
the agency In Berlin Is In possession
Of letters inquitlng about American
heiresses from three princes, seven
counts, 10 barons two yiscounts, one
marquis, and dozen miscellaneous
aristocrats. Before any Information Is
supplied to any client he IL required
TO pay a handsome registration fee and
10 sign a legal document promising
that II he is able 20 contract a suitable
marriage through the agency he viii
pay a certain percentage Of his brides
dowry by way of remuneration. The
agency then allows him TO inspect the
register Of heiresses, and II one OF the
rich girls meets with his approval he
10 advised to proceed TO America to pay
court to her.
The agency undertakes TO arrange
bis Introduction into the circles Of the
society In which the lady In question
moves IN America. The agency sup
ports his efforts by circulating In the
nelghborhood OF the prospective brides
home stories OF his high rank, his won
derful ancestry. the absolute purity OF
his blood. and the unblemlshed record
Of his family which as likely as not
has consisted OF reprobates for ages
past. The rest depends on the arsto-
crat himself, and II his woolng Is sue
cessful the agency receives a fee often
running into many thousands Of dol
lars. In one match arranged through
Its Vaccinations the agency pocketed
a fee Of 100000, and In another case a
fee Of 100000 was paid.
There are some nOblemen, however
who will not apply to the agency. but
who have TO be approached cautiously.
The European agents OF the concern
have instructions to keep n lookout for
all the penniless aristocrats In their
district, and TO keep the central Office
Informed regarding them. When any
such arlstocrat Is In financial straits a
gentlemanly looking representative Of
the agency visits him and discreetly
suggests that good marriage would
be a simple solution OF all his diff
cultIes. Sometimes the emissary OF the
matrimonial agency Is elected from the
house without further ceremony-he
must be prepared for this emergency
and take II with n smiling face-but
often enough the proposal meets with
approval and leads TO business being
done without delay. In all its dealings
the agency proceeds with caution and
circumspection, so that neither the
wealthy bride who Ia captured nor her
relatives have the least idea by what
means she became known to her arls-
tocratlc bridegroom.
Occasionally the agency receives In
direct applications from the fathers or
relatives Of American helresses who
have heard OF It's existence, TO find a
suitable husband OF aristrocratic de-
scent for some rich girl. Now and then
such an application has been received
from the helress or wealthy woman
herself, but this happens rarely, As a
rule, 1t IL the European arlstocrat who
wants to catch an American pile OF
money, which will enable him to I've
up to his position at the expense of his |
wife. GEORGE WEISS.