Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-17
Wife HUNTING in
GERMANY GOES ON
IN SPITE OF WAR
BOTH SEXES USE NEWSPAPERS
LAVISHLY IN SEEKING MATES
COMPLAINT REGISTERED AT
METHODS EMPLOYED BY AUDA-
CIOUS INDIVIDUALS

The Deutsche Tageszeitung has die
covered that wife hunting German
fashion is one of the things wherein
they do not show their superior
Kultur. 1t advocates alterations in
the method which is too frequently
that of advertisement in the popular
press.
"The war has changed nothing In
Berlin. 1t is AS it were for US" says
the Berliner and the Tageszeitungo,
quoting this photographic phrase,
adds, "More's the pity. A Sunday ex-
cursion through the blessed fields of
a Sunday newspaper shows how very
like certain bad customs are affected
by the war. The innocent reader must
note with anxiety the spring boom in
the marriage advertisement market"
There is no shame about the bust
ness. 1t is open and barefaced and
seems to be taken as matter of
course that matrimony should be
openly discussed as a pure question
of market value. The ordinary ad
vertisement which may fill column
or more of some German papers, is
stereotyped after this fashion:
"Propertied company official, tall,
distinguished appearance, AZ years old,
seeks suitable companion for life. Must
hayel arge fortune. No anonymous
communication and no agents"
Money Lure Frequent.
The Hamburger Freddenblatt pub
lished column of these last Saturday,
but in papers where the marriage
advertisements do not run to column
they are apt to appear undeh "Unclas
sified Advertisements The war has
made considerable difference in theil
character, and the number of girls OF
women with considerable fortunes
seeking suitabl mates has in
creased while the "offers" irony Dung
mon hoe donroocod AToroovor +bo
ladies are getting less particular in
their requirements. A girl with
$4,000 would hardly have advertised
before the war for anything less than
an officer of the army or navy, or a
civil official; now she will accept what
is technically known as a better gen
tleman,' is his social and financial
position is assured" But the ladies in
Germany have now to devise more
striking appeals if they wish to be
distinguished from the ruck Here is
sample quoted by the Tageszeitung:
Il call you, you who belong to me in
the world. You, too, are seeking in
marriage sanctuary. You expect to
find in your wife, as I in my husband
the best thing in life. Here 1 am
Under this advertisement, in much
smaller type follows the important
part of it:
ct is true, am AZ years old, but
presently, shall have a considerable
fortune"
However this type of advertisement
is not altogether confined TO the fair
sex. Here is an appeal on the same
lines for a male:
81 seek you, my friend and my wife!
Simple and sunny nature, you will
hate the ordinary humbug of life. You
will love nature and all that is nat
ural. All that I am and desire will
give purpose to your existence"
This prodigy only requires a few
thousands with his wife, but the
explanation follows in the usual small
print:
81 cannot say 1 am without blemish,
but still"--
SHOP soiled, in fact, and going at
a great reduction" as the Deutsche
Tageszeitung observes.
Then there is a whole class of
poeticaI aspirants. A suitable speci-
men of this class was quoted by the
Daily Mail. Here is the rough transt