The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-02
MATRIMONIAL BROKER STOPPED
 BY UNCLE SAM.


 Was Doing Bfg BualneaH In the West. Washington Special.
 rather novel fraud order just issued by the postofilce department is against no less a benefcent public institution than a matrimonial agency. an institu- tion not much known in this part of the country. As a rule in the south people of marriageable procIivities have a better way of meeting each other. It is only when they send afar off for mate that they patronize some of the northern matrimonial towns where matrimony Is more of a business than pleasure, the agencies some- times do almost as big a business as the divorce courts.
 Adolph J. Miller. of Detroit, Mich, has been conducting one of these agen- cies and with apparent success, but at last he has run amuck of the postal laws of the United States, and they are about to put him out of business Some of the papers announced something about it yesterday, but the quite inter- esting facts obtained at the department were not given.
 The Home Circle" is the name of the great institution for the dispen- sation of martial bliss. The price for enlistment is $5 for men, for ladies (there are no women) S4. This little Rt AG6 Wh6 to 1uEnlHn lnlOF~ nation to the men about the ladies and to the ladies about the men, and to contrive after some manner apprOv- ed in society to introduce the one to the other. There is no fraud in this But the manager of the Home Circle, 1t Is alleged. began to misrepresent the ladies, assigning them traits of chars acter which they had not, or which their 'acquaintances did not know of. H4u AZ N.a ble, and Uncle Sam intervened so far as the use of malls in the business is concerned, There must be a square deal, he says.
 One of the advertisements in a Wash ington (state) paper read:
 We seek husbands for maiden lady in Washington, age 24; worth ga, 500 cash; bachelor girl; age 2s; worth s12.-. 900. Write us"
 one worth $S,500 and the other Si2,OOO, and suspicion was naturally aroused An investigation showed that the man. ager of the Home Circle really knew no such maidens, at least none who had entrusted their future happiness to him. One of his letters to an inquirer reads:
 We have member living not so far from you who would like to correspond e- "AOff NO AAAsAtAa5 tue AHQY men tioned above is 2s years. of age, has dark hair and dark eyes; height 5--5; weight 120; she wishes to correspond with a view to marriage.
 If you become a member we will do eur best to give you satisfaction. We have reliable members in all parts of the United States, and can give you a list and suit almost any description that you may wish.
 aC..- avN. t.. when you become a member. We are more interested then, than ever before. When you arc a member we strive to marry you speedily"
 To this letter were appended a few Remarks" reading, We consider this a brilliant chance; she has money. is handsom and a lady in every sense of the word"
 The postoflce inspectors reported that this enterprising manager was misrepresenting some of these ladies on his list. He said the names, given with so much accuracy of detail, etc. were fititious. The manager, he be- lieves, knowing that there were such ladies in the world somewhere core. spending to the above description and wanting to get married, too--he jus, undertook to advertise them And somehow he seemed to have done q good business, so that he must have had some inside knowledge of human nature. Naturally a matrimonial ag- ency, as a fortune teller, must have.