Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16

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By MARTHA ~. MONROE g Y g 4.
;5s M rriage ii Europe has always been:
I: brought about in different ways from
those pr REVEALING In America With ~ !
tie great bulk OF the marriages q are !;
made for love; IN Europe they are
largely arranged BY the parents " . an
us the bride IS, not expected TO have
a stated dowry; IN Europe the n a y mount
must not only be fixed, !. but settled
/ upon the bride before marriage " &
America there are no marriage bro
kers. Or, ut least, there is no such sinati..sI
tuition: in Europe there are places, nota-s
/ hlvs Geneva. where most Of the %mat-
I riages are brought q bout BY this era 4:
lin wilson, a young American find. 81
ing himself In q place where such was g. 7
the prevailing custom. was much 81 IN
( ter,eested IN it. st Jim was one Of those !
fellows who are not content with OBJ
serving odd ways. but must try tnem.
I He went to q 4 marriage broker dst ana |;
gave him an order for: q vi e. NOT;
mat lie expected TO marry; his gp1rp I.
\ wns "a experience az case Of wife ne.fs
6 GOTTA ion The broker; told him that
4 the man was expected to deposit sur at
{ flcient money to pay all expenses th Ia
when introduced TO q lad y. I he beet
d being ma trimony he might. after see
4 ing her, withd and she 1e had the {
same PRIV ilege. :s &.
All classes awaited 4 themselv yes OF q
/: the brokerage system from the shi gu;
& asst down wi to those who could not f.Ss
q ford the expense Jim was reduced 4
to the daughter OF colonel In the I
army, He found q very lad re q nds:
- very comely young person " no { re- rel
a s s'cf,eiyed him. ignoring the purp 5sofS
& the meeting entirely. but chatting VIII VIII
him. frankly and with charming man ~;
& ner. 81
lin could not understand how al girl
az her RED ement could depen nd upon q q
\ brok erS tos find her husband. and yet I
he knew that In the. place where she
n lived such was sconsid cred "a bout the
ONLY process BY $Whic b girls cou 10 md
d husbands He felt ashamed Of himself :s Ply
n Tor entering upon the mntter since ne {:
!: had done SO merely from curl sity
Thinking that the best w ont ol is
the matter was to wit dra w at once.
U he told his brok to SD to the lady
TINT he had sdecide led that marriaG es be- s,5s
tween different natl onalit les were not
L; likel Y to be happy and IL he mnrried he
would mate with one of bis SoWn conn.
tryWomen. He had been told that AZ I
was the privilege Of either party to-
Withdraw and felt no conn unctionr at
doing so.
One day while walking In park
where a. military band wi as play Ing
assspeople pronlenad led or sat a bout
In groups. he came upon tile young
lady he Ind met for the purT,o seso Of
4 .grratitying bis, matrimonial CURIOSITY
sitting alta table with her sfatlle who 4
was slipping vine and smoking ctgnsS
rettes. He expected.t to be cognized :tfs
Eat all. with reserve, per haI,ss en,b rrass, y
.n,ent t. To his surprise She bowed to-
him with3a smile. He did the proper
thing BY lad vancing and Eek pressing
himself charmed Ito meet her gain
b Her father, the colonel rose bowed
4 very low and invited him tos tax e. al
sent and partake OF a liter Of wiz .ss;ss
n i'm was Immensely pleased. Afters
all, the matrimonial okerage custom.
was not SO bad At any rate. here was
=. girl who had the good sense to CON.
side the eliminari singthe light of
!, d business transact ton and not feel
4 hurt that he had not proceeded IN tile
Il affair He chatted with her for some
time. when her; father took her AVA y.
y giving him a cord al Invita- ton to call
upon them. n: Ia
Jim was & much pleased to make q
pleasant acq uaintances Ia this peculiar
Il manner When he reac hed home At
would be one Of the episodes Of travel
,f TO tell his friends "a 9 determined TO
4 accept the invita- tions for once at least
and within q few day vs. made the call:
The lady, thong ID as modest as hefore,
81 seemed TO feelssa greater freedom that
Il the ma rimonial business was no long;
@er between them Contrary to- Euro,
& pean customs. he was left q lone with
her and whenshe departed felt that he
u had spent one of the most delightful
evenings OF his life. 5ss
Three weeks from that evening be
S left the lad again feeling that for him
n the bottom had dropped out OF the uni;
n verse He had fallen desperately in
ii: love with the lady he had declined to
marry and proposed to her She; had
efused him. giving him to understand
II that she would not marry foreigner.
Il and on no account m American NJ
IL Mr.. Wilson had any. curiosity It
HI was to know why she had received
Il him cordially at first as "a sutton
/. 4 and now that he was ready to complete
\ what the broker had begun would not
v accept him. He knew that her f4theri
4 had nothing but bis pay in the army
i and had felt certain that the marriage;
I + on that account alone might have been.
arranged. He concluded to go to the.
I broker who had introduced him with a
view to learning what had brought
about the change That person said.
TO him: sEs ) d VI So
Monsieur. the lady could not be ex !.
pected to meet with "a refusal on your
part to marry her. She has punished
.4you for thai : :;
..But. q said Jim, 81 thought you said
/ that after one Of your INTRODUCE lions Ell
{ ther party is at liberty to withdraw ". 80
80 / did, but this Is the business
4 part Of tia woman is privileged to.
d take another view of 1t. and sins this
{ case mademoiselle was evidently Of
& fended." so h
s :!tm went back to America with q
broken heart. He does not tell of his5
4 adventure as one Of the episodes Of his
tour abroad. So is 5ss sssz
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