Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-27
Paris, Brussels Copenhagen and many

Paris. Brussels Copenhagen and many
other European cities.
In America the organization employs
agents In every important city and In
every state. These agents ale IN
trusted with the task OF sending the
names OF marriageable American nelr-
esses to headquarters IN Berlin, and the
managers OF the concern supuiate that
the information supplied shall be aD-
soutely trustworthy. The agents In
America are required TO furnish not on
ly the names OF such heiresses, but also
ftheir ages, principal characteristics,
features OF personal appearance ana
minute details of their past histories
Such details must include exact height,
waist measurement size Of gloves worn,
size of shoes worm color Of hair shape
and color of eyes. formation OF nose,
build OF mouth and chin aud character
istlcs Of figure as a whole. Further
particulars OF whims and temper lit
erary and artistic tastes, style ana
manners must be procured aud for
warded 10 Berlin, for noblemen, even
when pennIess, have fastIdlous tastes
and would like their brides TO possess
personal charms an we'll as money.
In addition TO these personal details
reliable Information must be given re-
garding the fathers exact wealth, how
be has invested his lrtune, whether
he IL In danger OF losing II by specu-
latlon and other kindred points. In
formation must also be supplied show
ing whether the daughter In question
Is sure OF inheritlng fortune or
whether any combination OF clrcum-
stances, such as q second marriage con-
tracted by her father, might deprive
her OF a portion or Of the whole Of her
expected inheritance. The story Of her
fathers ancestry and past life OF her
mother, must be dug up 10 make sure
that prohibitlve family scandals do not
diminish the matrimonial value Of the
young lady.
SECRET INFORMATION BUREAU.
II Is obvious that great difficulties
stand In the way OF obtaining minute
details OF this kind and that the agents
employed for the purpose must operate
with intelligence, stealth, thoroughness
and unbounded discretion. The matri-
monial agency maintains regular
army OF spies In America TO procure in.
formation about American heiresses
and their circumstances for the benefit
OF pennlless noblemen In Europe. Wo-
men are almost invariably employed TO
procure all the personal details requlr-
ed, which they are able 10 accomplish
with more skill and flnesse than male
detectives can command.
Women engaged for this work are d.
yided into two classes; society women
and low class women. The first class
consists OF girls or married women, who
have access to fashIonabl society, but
lack the means to live up to the style
maintained by their wealthy friends.
Women OF this class are often glad TO
earn liberal fees by doing detective
work, especially as 1t generally consists
In fnding out particulars Of girls whose
wealth they covet and whose social
position they envy, so that they feel no
moral scruples about acting as spies
Tor Foreign Adventures. The other class
consists OF women who secure employ
ment as domestic servants as a means
OF procuring confidential information
about the interior of households and
details OF family secrets 1t often hap
pens that while one society woman is
gathering Information for the matri.
monial agency through social inter-
course with the helress, her ally Is serv-
ing as lady's maid to the heiress her.
sell, or as a servant In the helress's
nome. Between them they are able to
supply their employers with all TIE
facts which he requires.
on The other hand, men are employed
10 md out the financial and commercial
position OF the father. his speculatIons.
prospects and projects. Sometimes
young men at the clubs are found who
are wiling to earn money by procuring
particulars OF this kind, and sometimes
the matrimonial agency Is able 10 tan
clerks In the victims own office, though
this does not often occur The whole
system OF espionage In America ia un.
der the supervision OF a detective in.
chlef residing in New York, who draws
prihcely salary for efficiently direct.
'"s 'ne enterprise. II is not permitted !