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"The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings lo the mouldering
wall,
Put at every gust the dead leaves fall.
And the day is dark and dreary.
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He still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shin
ing;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Borne days must be dark and dreary.”
Surely Longfellow must have had just
such weather as we have been undergoing
for the past few days when he wrote the
beautiful lines of the “Rainy Day.”
Each day we have hoped that the clouds
would clear away and the sun come out
for good August weather. It almost
seems as though the rain intended keep
ing up just until the Minnewaska set sail
for Santiago with our brave soldiers
aboard. Could it be that it is just a type
of the tears shed by the anxious moth
ers and wifes of those loved ones who
have gone, without fear, to relieve the
eick in Gen. Shutter's army? The old say
ing is “ ’Tis an ill w’ind that blows no one
any good,”* and the planters tell us this
is “line growing weather,” so while we
are fretting over our plans and prepara
tions being frustrated the cotton ts grow
ing apace and rice nearing harvesting
time.
The bachelor house party at Isle
of Hope has broken up after a week spent
most delightfully at Mrs. George T.
Cann’s cottage. The party was com|>oscd
of Messrs Julian L. Schley, Sidney Stubbs
and Edward Thompson.
A delightful marooning party left Isle
of Hope on Tuesday afternoon for a day
or two on the salt water. Miss Isabella
B. Hardee went as chaperone to the fol
lowing young people, Misses Marie Idols,
Nona W. Wylly, Kate Stocking of Atlanta
and Mary Haines. Messrs. Edward H.
Demere, Henry E. Backus and Louis M.
Warfield.
Messrs. Rob and Joe Heyward enter
tuined their young friends in Rluffton with
a card party last week. Those present
were Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Howkins, Misses
Etta Politzer, Susie Verdier, Estelle Hey
ward, Katie Pritchard, Claire Huger and
Anna McAlpin, Messrs. Savage, Lynah,
Wade Verdier, Willie Pritchard and
James Lynah.
Mrs. F. C. Battey, Misses Aimee and
Alice Battey and Master Horace Battey
will leave the early part of the week for
tin extended visit to .Maine.
Miss Mary Daniel left on Wednesday
for Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Hamilton, Mrs. Sta
ten and Miss Nellie Jones left during the
week for Rockbridge, Alum Springs, Va.
Mr. an<l Mrs. Leopold Adler an I famdy
leave to-day for Saratoga, where they wfil
be at the Kensington Hotel.
Mr. ami Mrs. Clarence Wajnwright
Murphey are ut Greenbrier White Sulphur
Borings, Va.
Miss Lily Anderson will leave on Fri
day to visit Miss Meta Thomas at
“Guinas,” Habersham county. Georgia.
Mrs. William 1,. Wilson will leave dur
ing the wyek to lie the guest of Miss
Maude Thomas in Habersham county.
Mrs. L. A. McCarthy has gone ,o New
York.
Mr. John MCM. Flannery is at High
lands, N. C.
Mrs. Leila Habersham is at Blowing
Hock.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Pale and Miss Dale
are at Buffalo Lithla Springs. Va.
Miss Mary Jones will leave on Satur
day for Atlanta and Habersham county,
_ Georgia.
Miss Kate Hartrldge is the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Beirne Gordon at their
summer home In Blufrton.
Mrs. T. J. Charlton and children will
leave during the week for Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. David Wells and family
are in Bethlehem, Pa.
Mr. A. M. West is tit Forks of Pigeon
N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus E. Lester are spond
ing some time at Jordan Springs, Vu.
Miss Magni s Lowcnth.il has returned
from a delightful trip to Blowing Rock,
where she was with her sister, Mrs 1.
O. Haas.
Misses Eliza Sowell and Louisa Chis
holm of Birmingham, ane visiting Mr.
aad Mrs, Bernard R. Guest.
Mrs. E. Heimkin is at Old Fort. N. C.
Mi Hcinan Charlton and daughter is
spending th.- summer at Charlottetown,
Ponce Edward’s Island.
Mrs. Walter G. Chariton and daughters
left on Monday for Baltimore.
Mrs. Joseph Ferst and children hit on
Wednesday for Waynesville, N. C., to
•pend the month of August.
Mrs. J. Pierce Wlieless and Miss Bes
► \> he.ess left on Monday for Cum
berland, .M i., to spend several months,
k Ain.iiig the August marriages is noted
V *“ dt o£ John Schwulb and Jllss Clifford
Tanner, which took place Wednesday even
ing ut the home of the bride’s parenls,
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Tanner of Cedar
Hammock. The ceremony wo# i>erformed
by Rev. >l. J. lipilng, pastor of St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church. The groom is a promi
nent young druggist of the city, and the
bride is a young lady of
many friends. Quite a number
of guests assembled to witness the cere
mony and to offer congratulations to the
happy couple. Many valuable presents
were received. Mr. and Mrs. Schwaib will
reside for the present at No. 315 Price
street.
Mrs. Igmisa C. Banks, Mr. Charles H.
Barjks and Miss Floride Banks left on Fri
day for Waynesville.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Morrell and son
left during the week for Richfield Springs
and other Northern resorts.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Munford and
child left on Monday for Mount Airy, Ga.
Miss Elise Guerard left on Tuesday for
a two weeks’ visit to Darien.
Mrs. Lewis Malone and Master Gratz
Malone left on Sunday for the mountains
of Virginia to remain the rest of the sum
mer.
Mrs. Robert Erwin left on Thursday for
Seabrook Point, Conn., to spend several
months.
Rev, J. D. Chapman is spending a few
wit ks at Forsyth.
Mr. an<l Mrs. H. F. Train and family
are at Warm Springs, Va.
Mr. OR. H. Lewis is at Waynesville.
Mr; Langdon C. West has returned
from his summer vacation in the moun
tains of North Carolina.
Mrs. Charles C. Schley will spend the
month of August at Isie of Hope.
Maj. J. T. Stewart and Mrs. W. R.
Lcaken will leave on Monday for Coartee
ville. Pa.
Mrs. Abe S. Guckenheimer and family
leaves to-day for Hendersonville to be
gone some time.
Miss Bessie Heyward is spending the
summer in Saluda.
Mrs. George C. Heyward and Masters
Edward and Arthur Heyward are at their
eumimr home in Bluffton.
Mrs. John Screven and children will
leave during the week for North Carolina.
Miss Huida Hunter is visiting relatives
in Pensacola.
Master Garrard Haines left on Monday
for Habersham county, Georgia, to join
his mother. Master Haines spent the
month of July at Tivoli, Bryan county.
Mrs. Merritt W. Dixon spent several days
at Tybee during the week, the guest ot
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Dixon.
Maj. T. D. Bertody returned on Tuesday
from Niw York.
Mr. J. B. Withers was in the city during
the week, having Just returned from New
York.
Mrs. Thomas S. Wylly, who has been
spending some time In Macon, has return
ed home.
Mrs. C. T. Ward left on Tuesday for
New York.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jackson left during
the week for New York and other North
ern points.
Mr. J. N. McDonough, Jr., left last week
for Nt‘W Y’ork.
Mrs. Charles B. Malone and children left
on Sunday for Saluda, N. C.
Miss Leslie Floyd is visiting friends in
Ellabell.
Mrs. Ij. W. Wops mo n and son left on
Tuesday for Indian Spring, to be absent
until October.
Miss Caro dußignon is spending part of
the summer in Charlottsville, Va.
Mrs. Barron L. Carter and daughter are
spending the summer at Bartow county.
Mrs. Louis M. Lellardy and children are
at Flat Rock.
Mrs. William Garrard and children ate
spending ihe summer in Asheville.
Mrs. Alex B. Hull is spending the sum
mer in North Carolina, near Wilmington.
Mr. Wright Hunter left on Tuesday lo
Join his family at Lake Mohank, N. Y.
Mrs. A. B. Girardeau and children are
at CoVlngton, Va.
Mrs. Alfred Chisholm and Miss Elsie
Chisholm are visiting Mrs. James North,
in Warrenton, Vu.
Mrs. George J. Baldwin and children are
01 Flat Rock.
Mrs. F. V. Walk. r is visiting relatives
at the Pines, mar Albany, N. y,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Bell and chil
dren are spending the summer at isle ot
Hope.
Mrs. J. 13. Withers and Miss Irene
Withers are spending Ihe summer at Lake
George.
Miss Nona W. Wylly left on Thursday
for the White Mountains, where she will
spend the summer.
Mr J. F. C. Myers left on Wednesday
for Baltimore.
Mrs. A. K. Smith and daughter have
gone to Hendersonville for the summer.
Mr. Richard M. Chariton left on Wed
nesday for Baltimore, lo visit his grand
father, Mr. Richard Malcolm Johnston.
Mr. W. N. Pratt and Mr. VV. D. Sim
kins left on Thursday for Saratoga for
two weeks.
Miss Helen Einstein left yesterday for
Asheville, where she will rymain until
October.
Mrs. Frank Gordon, who came to Savan
uah to tee her husband, iluj. Gordon, off
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 181)8.
for Santiago, returned yesterday ti Wash
ington.
Mrs. A McFarland left on Thursday
for New York.
Mrs. Norman, wife of Maj. Norman of
the Third Regiment. Is s.aying at Mrs.
Guerard Heyward's or> Whitaker street.
Mrs. Patrick H. Ray left Savannah yes
terday.
Mrs. H. G. Thompson Is at Warm
Springs, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Wylly of Darien are
in Savannah.
Mrs. Joseph H. Smith left on Wednes
day for Asheville.
Mrs. A. C. McAlpin complimented her
daughter M;ss Anna McAlpin. with a card
parry in Bluffton during the week.
A delightful ice cream festival was held
In Bluffron on Thursday aflernoon for the
benefit of ihe Episcopal Church there.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Waring and son are
at Saluda.
Mrs. C. H. Dixon spent a few days at
Tybee during the week.
Mrs. Edward Workman and children will
leave shortly for New Decatur, Ala., where
they will spend the- remainder of the sum
me r.
Miss McGrath is visiting friends in Au
gusta.
Messrs. Rob and Joe Heyward who have
been visiting relatives in Bluffton, have re
turned to Pclzer, S. C.
The charily tea of Bluffton met on Fri
day afternoon at Mrs. A. C. McAlpin’s
loveiy home at "Linden.”
Misses Helen Thomas and Miriam New
man of Macon, are ihe guests of Mrs. A.
S. Cohen.
Mrs. T. R. Cooper is at Lithia Springs.
Miss Maggie Lubs is visiting ki Charles
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin R. Myres left on
Thursday for an extended Northern trip.
Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Kehoe left during
the week for New York.
Miss Elizabeth Harmon left during th
week for Blowing Hock, where she will
spend the remainder of the summer.
Mr. James Sullivan, Jr., came up from
Tampa on Tuesday and spent a few days
with his family.
Mrs. F. C. Exley is spending the sum
mer at Saluda.
Mr. Joseph D. Taylor was at Cape Cod
last week.
Miss Marie Blols has returned from a
visit to Guyton.
Miss Louise Frederick of Marshallville is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. YV. Harmon.
Mrs. Arthur Jeffords left during the week
for Hendt rsonville.
Mrs. John L. Archer left for Saluda last
week.
Miss Mamie Bacot has gone to Ander
sonville, S. C., for the summer.
Miss Emma Coburn left during the week
for the North.
Mr. and Mrs. Porcher L'Engle and child
aro the guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. Y.
Dancy at White Bluff.
Mrs. F. J. Kulman returned on Tues
day from New Y'ork.
Mr. Sol Binswanger left on Tuesday for
Forest Park, Pa., to join his family.
Miss Ida Avellhe is visiting friends in
Walterboro, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Storer and Miss Nel
lie Reynolds left during the week for
Waynesville.
Capt. and Mrs. C. Schwarz left on Fri
day to spend several weeks at Waynes
ville.
Mrs. H. Leitzie, Misses Emily Nugent
and Charlotte Nugent left on YVednesday
for Asheville.
Quite a large party from Atlanta will
spend the day at the South End, Tybee,
to-day.
Miss Rosa Putzel leaves this week for
Salisbury, Mo.
The Misses Cornell of Augusta have re
turned home, after a pleasant visit of
three weeks to the Misses Reynolds at
their summer home at Isle of Hope.
Misses Kate Magill and Margaret Leacy
are at the Isle of Ho;>e.
Mrs. Louis Alexander and Miss Gusrie
Alexander returned home to-day irom a
month spent at Sweet YVater Park Hotel,
Lithia Srlngs.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis W r . Roberts and
Miss Mamie E. Lalloche were entertain
ed on (he transport Minnewaska Friday
evening by First Officer Griffith and Quar
termaster McGovern.
Mr. Gus Lowenthal is at Indian Spring
on a month's vacation. From there lie
goes to Macon and Griffin.
Mrs. YY’. YY'. Starr and Miss Neva Starr
left on Wednesday for Asheville and other
points of Interest.
Mr. Campbell YY’ylly of Augusta was In
the cily during the week to see his brother,
Maj. T. S. YY’ylly, off for Santiago.
Mrs. George Footirian Is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. A. C. McAlpin in Bluffton.
Mr, George YY'. Tledeman and family
have returned from a lengthy stay at South
End Hotel, Tybee.
Miss Annie M. Robbins of Boston, Mass.,
is the guest of Miss deYY’olfe on Lincoln
street.
Miss Marie Putk-r entertained a few of
her friends on Thursday afternoon in honor
of her guest. M ss Cosgrove of Augusta.
Those present were Misses Mamie Cos
grove, Kate Brady, Adale Roberts, Marie
Puder and Elsie YVllliams of Atlanta.
Messrs. Jack Motley, YY’. O'Byrne, Jim
I vons, Frank Palmer, Mr. Cosgrove and
Mr. Chapeau.
Mrs. Florence Gardner and her daugh
ter. Miss Margaret Gardner, left during the
week for Hendersonville.
Mrs. Margaret YY'ade is in Henderson
ville.
Mrs. Swan Sullivan returned yesterday
from a visit to Bluffton.
Mis. 1,. 11. Raines and son have re
turned from Thomasville.
Mis. Joseph Burroughs and family are
in Vicksburg. Miss.
Dr. und Mrs. John D. Paige will leave
during the week for New Y'ork.
Mr. Randolph Axson and Miss Carrie
Belle Axson are in Waynesville.
Miss Ellen Axson left on Tuesday for
Rome, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Paulsen are in Hen
dersonville*.
Mrs. Ruby Nieoll and son left last
week for North Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. George Haupt and family
have returned from Hotel Tybee.
Mr and Mrs. Charles A. Glbla-s left yes
terday for a short visil to friends in Biuft
io;s
Mrs. Daniel Hopps, Miss Mary, and Mr.
D Y’. Hopps will leave during the week
fut Lithia Springs.
Miss Kate Stocking ol Atlanla, who has
bem ihe guest of Miss Nona Wylly at Isle
ot Hope, will reiurn home to-morrow.
Misses Ida Groves and Kate Farrell of
Biickville, S. C., are spending some* time
at Tybee.
The Misses YY'eizel have returned from
a visit to Beaufort, S. C.. accompanied by
ihe Misses Sanders of Beaufort, who wii
stand a while visiting their friends at
Taylor mid Barnard streets.
A delightful party was'given at the
home or Mr. and Mrs. A. il. Barbee, at
tue Isle of Hope, Tuesday afternoon, th<
occasion being the tenth birihday of tittle
Miss Gertie Barbee. The little lady was
the recipient ol many handsome presents.
A feature of the afternoon was the p, > .
formatted of Miss Yetta Herman, .Savan
nah's musical prodigy, who entertained
with several selections. The delicacies of
Die season were spread on tables under
neath the oaks, where all enjoyed tiiem
selves lo (heir heart's content. Among
Miss Gertie's guests were Misses Marie
,V'\ \ oiAiv, 14 Broughton St,, West.
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SEASONABLE NECESSITIES.
Ladies’ Linen Collars in the latest makes.
Novelties in Ladies’ Neckties.
New styles in Belts with Military and Jeweled Buckles.
Ladies’ Lisle Hose, Richelieu ribbed, 35c.
Children’s Lisle Hose 25c.
Tailor-made Shirt Waists 75c.
Bandy, Lillian Thompson, Nellie and
Berta Waite, Edith and Lena Kellogg,
Marguerite and Johanna Muller, Eulah
and Gertrude Lewis, Sadie, Katie and
Reat Hermes, Ethel Fret well, Yetta, Her
man. Louise Fret well, Marie Bonon, Mar
ian Mel!, Manan Thompson, Marian Ward,
Eltso McDonald, Pauline Conida, Lucile
Tison, Gertrude Reynolds, Ruth and Car
rie Hutton, Norma Kellogg, Eva Davis;
Masters John Davis, Marion Kellogg. Eu
gene Bonon, Joe Thompson, John Fret
well, John Thompson, James Lewis, Lu
clfen Spencer, Willie Barbee and others.
Social Side of Brunswick.
Mrs. C. Ls Candkr is the guest of rela
tives in Geneva.
Mr. E. IL Mgson and family have re
turned from St. Simons, where they have
been spending a month.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Dunwody are
spending a few weeks in Virginia.
Mrs. James S. Wright and Miss Arabella
Tison are spending several weeks In the
mountains of Tenni ssee.
Mrs. T. W. Dexter and Miss Helen Dex
ter leave this week for Chicago. Others
of the family will go later, and I hey w ill
make that city their future home. Mr.
Howard Dexter returned this week from
i enezuela, and was the guests of his rel
atives here.
Miss Annie Mahoney lins returned after
a few weeks’ visit to friends in Atlanta.
Mrs. M. A. Baker, Jr., are visiting
friends and relatives in Cleveland, Tenn.
Mr. John C. Lehman has returned from
a few days’ pleasure trip to Macon.
Miss Tillle Hollander of New Orleans,
who has been the attractive guest of the
Misses Boreharelt, left this week for Sa
vannah, where she will spend some time
before returning home.
Miss Carrie Lang of Satilla Bluff ls the
guest of Mrs. F. M. Scarlett.
Miss Louise H#nry has returned to her
home in Macon, after a visit to Mrs. YV.
F. Symons.
Mrs. YV. F. Parker and children have
returned from a several weeks’ visit to
relatives in Baltimore.
Miss Jeannett Colson is confined to her
home by severe illness.
Mrs. J. T. Palmer and family are visit
ing relatives in Cuthbert.
THE MOWS IN POOLER.
Happening* of All Sorts In the Little
H ’ to Village.
Mr. and Mre. L. E. Oliver of Savannah
have moved lo Pooler for the remainder
of the summer. They are staying with
Mrs. Oliver's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.
Stevens.
Mr. J. P. Newton of Savannah is visit
ing his sister, Mrs. J. Tillman.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Broughton and chil
dren of Savannah, were among the visit
ors to Pooler last week. They were the
guests of Ylr. and Mrs. J. Wellman.
Miss Lula Newton of Claxton is visiting
among her many friends in Pooler.
Miss H. Oliver of Savannah was at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Kennickle last
week.
The monihly services at the Pooler
Methodist Church will tie held to-day.
Rev. G. N. YJaeDonald will preach both
morning and night.
There will be lay services at the St.
James’ Episcopal Church this morning.
Mr. T. C. Girardeau will read the serv
ices. (
Miss Maggie Gallagher of Savannah is
visiting in Pooler. She is the guest of Miss
Mamie Gentry.
Miss Francis Girardeau, who as been
visiting friends in Macon during ihe past
two months, returned home yesterday.
Corpl. English and Private Stainford,
lioth of Pooler, “how with the Third Geor
gia immunes, were in Pooler Friday say
ing good-bye to their many friends previ
ous to their embarking for Santiago.
The postponed meeting of the Pooler
Rifle club will be held Thursday evening at
their new hall on Rogers street.
Pooler chapter of St. Andrew’s Broth
erhood will give an entertainment at Pat
terson Hall Sept. 10th. Mr. R. M. Holt of
Savannah will give an illustrated lecture
on Cuba and Spain. Mr. Holt has been
personally all over Cuba and can handle
this subject with ability.
MARRIAGES IN FRANCE.
A .Social Institution About to Re
Invent Inn ted.
From the New Y'ork Sun.
Paris.-—The French government, being
essentially maternal, even to the point of
supervising the engagement of wet nurses,
is about to undertake an inquiry into the
workings of the marriage bureau. The
subject is an Interesting one, for the rea
son that the marriage bureau in France is
a reoognizod social institution, differing in
many ways from those of other countries.
The American or Englishman who nsso
TWO WEEKS
OF OPPORTUNITY.
We will vacate present store Sept. I,
and Have determined to move as little as
possiDle. flu seasonable stock will De sac
riliced. Everything below cost to close
out. Take advantage ol the sale and se
lect wbat you need lor present and future
wants.
FALK CLOTHING CO.,
123 Broughton Street, West.
elates matrimonial agencies with matters
In the line of the bunco game is often sur
prised to hear in France that they are
regarded by people eminently respectable
as a social agency entirely legitimate and
often praiseworthy, so much so, in fact,
that their intermediation is sought in a
very large percentage of the'matrlmonial
affairs of w 7 hat must be called, for .Tint
of a more definite term, the middle and
higher classes of society. Many of the
agencies are in reality not regular busi
ness establishments, but individual match
makers, who work entirely, or so far as
possible, without pubdcity. They are most
ly women of more or less standing in Pa
risian society, whose husband’s earnings
are not sufficient to enable them to main
tain the position they desire, and who,
through the commissions they receive as
ma rriage brokers, manage to make very
comfortable incomes. Some of them have
titles. Their intercession is usually known
to only one of the parties to a marriage,
and they are, of course, exceedingly dis
creet.
‘ Monsieur,” say these women when a
man is recommended to them, “you must
always remember that you are not in an
agency here, but in a drawing room which
is open only to persons who bring the high
est testimonials. I receive people, I intro
duce them, I unite their hearts, and I re
ceive my commission; that is all.”
But while these matchmakers arrange
many marriages, the regularly licensed
marriage brokers do the bulk of the busi
ness. There are three classes of them
recognized by the iiolice, although all
pay the same annual tax to the govern
ment, and all art subject to the same reg
ulations. Officially stated, the first cate
gory “has for male clients ruined noble
men and the lx ti r class of retired office
holders, including diplomatists.
The women are “recruited
from the ranks of the for
eign colony of Paris, among orphaned
heiresses and the rich widows of manufac
turers. ’ At agencies of this class noth
ing is paid in advance by the applicant,
hue he must agree, in writing, to pay, af
ter marraige, so much of the wife’s
dowry—ordinarily 3 per cent. It often hap
pens that both parties to the marriage are
clients of the establishment; in which
case the fee is raised to 7 or 8 per cent.
always out of the wife’s dowry.
The clientele of the second-class agen
cies is composed of “reiired functionaries
less highly placed, retired officers of the
arm> and the navy, and women of bour
geois families in quest of a husband a lit
tle higher in the social scale than their
acquaintances.” In this class a deposit is
required by the agent, from ICO to 500
francs, which is always in addition to the
amount pakl on the dowry.
The agency of the third class is much
more common. There are fifty of them in
Paris. They make a s-jiecialy of arrang
ing mariages for women with a past, in
this case, according to the prospectus of
the best known establishment, there is no
fixed price to be paid beforehand. “The
percentage on the bride’s dot and the
earnest money required are proportioned
upon the peculiarities and the exigencies
of the case.” In other words, the agency,
once in possession of the woman’s secret,
practically levies blackmail without hind!
ranee. It is really due to the abuse aris
ing in this kind of affair that the govern
ment is driven to make periodical inqui
ries into the conduct of the whole system.
These three classes of agencies named in
clude most of the marriage brokers. It
has often been remarked that there is none
for the poorer classes of people; but that
is explained by the fact that the poorer
classes would not be renumerative in this
sort of business. Within a ye j ar or so a
“matrimonial exchange” has been estab
lished by a number of well-known people
to provide free facilities for poor young
people in search of mates, but it has not
yet accomplished much. There are also
three or four Catholic agencies which, if
not under the care of the church, are at
least countenanced by it In the interests
of morality. They are not regular agencies,
os they are connected with religious com
munities. There is no charge for their-ser
vices, but the clients are expected to con
tribute to the parochial poor fund as much
as they are able to afford.
Many of the agencies of the first class
are exceedingly strict in their requirements
of a client. Most all of them stipulate that
the man shall be noble, or, if not, either
of an old and well-known country family
or a government official. This will be the
more readily understood when the fact is
remembered that a Frenchman does not
seek the aid of an agency until he has no
more money; It is to revive his fortunes
lhat he marries. In general the agencies
of the better class are built on the same
model. Here are some of the questions ask
ed:
“What is your full name and address? If
your family has a chateau, name it. Have
you a title? Any decorations? Give your
genealogy for as many generations as
you can.
"What is your exact age? Place of birth?
What is the state of your health? Give your
exact height; stout, thin or medium?
What is the color of your hair? Bald, or
growing bald? Describe your face as to
shape and complexion. Have you a mus
tache? Whiskers, and what sort? Des-
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cribe state of your teeth. Are your feet and
hands small or large?
“Where wi re you educated, and what is
your education? Give an outline of your
character. What are your particular vir
tues? Do you acknowledge any faults?
Vices? What are your tastes? Name your
accomplishments. Give seme account of
your duels. Were they published in news
papers? What is your religion? Politics?
If ever employed, at what?
“Have you any fortune? What is the
amount of your income, and it source? De
tail your possessions in land, houses, fur
niture, pictures, horses, carriages, bonds
or stocks, mortgagee—in short, all your
possessions, of whatever nature, and the
amount you can depend upon for support.
What are your expectations? What is the
amount of your debts, and how much of
the amount may be discounted? What
amount of these debts is to be paid from
your bride’s dowry?
“Give your preferences in regard to the
person wdth whom you seek to contract an
alliance. Of what birth must she he;
what sort of face and figure; what color
of hair and eyes? What tastes, accom
plishments. and education must she have?
What is the lowest amount you require as
dowry? In what—in cash, real estate or
securities? Must she have the whole
amount in her own right, or will it be suf
ficient to have part in expectations?
Where would you expect to live after mar
riage, city or country? In what city?
Would you ever require your wife to leave
France? Would you desire to live out
side of France?”
It might be imagined that the somewhat
free revelations necessary in filling in this
circular would deter applicants from pro
ceeding further; yet, as a matter of fact,
that particular agency was the intermedi
ary in no fewer than 232 marriages of the
better class during 1897, according to its
report submitted to the prefect of police.
Then it must also be remembered that
marriage in France is hardly ever an af
fair of sentiment. The notaries employed
by a prospective bride's parents would
make inquiries just as comprehensive,
and they are often even stricter.
No matrimonial agency will ever consid
er an application from a dowerless woman,
no matter how beautiful, no matter what
advantages she may have in the way of
position or education. There is no market
for the product. Every girl who desires
to marry must have some tnney, even
if it be only a pittance. The French con
vents are full to overflowing of high-bred
girls, many of them pretty, whom reversal
of family fortunes has driven into the sis
terhoods. That career, lacking dowries,
is the only one open to them. They can
not marry and they cannot seek self
maintenance. It is a very sad chapter in
French social life.
As has been remarked, the abuses prac
ticed by the matrimonial agencies who
deal exclusively with women with a past,
are constant and flagrant, and they are
very easy of accomplishment from the
very nature of the business. But even
among the other, and more respectable,
agencies, there is a good deal of deception
and some downright swindling. An agency
in the Avenue Wagram has, for instance,
worked a scheme for many years, which
the police have been powerless to break
up, notwithstanding the complaints. This
agency is managed by an old Marquise,
whose husband was a man of some prom
inence under the second empire. She has
a magnificent apartment and fine equip
ages,, -and is said to have been instru
mental in several noble marriages. Ordi
narily her business Is conducted honorably
but one branch of it is this: She sub
scribes for one of the baignoire boxes at
the opera. This costs her S2B a night.
After receiving the application of a man
for a wife, she tells him that she has the
very girl he is looking for. He arranges
that he shall visit her in her box at the
opera, where he may be presented to the
girl. The man—and there are usually five
hr six of him for every night, each uncon
scious that his fellow is on the same er
rand-goes to the opera, meets the girl,
who is in reality the married niece of the
Marquise, and that is the end of it. Each
man has, of course, paid for the box be
forehand, and the crafty Marquise clears
from SIOO to $l5O on the night's work—and
no harm done.
It is probably very seldom that a pros
pective bride is aware that her marriage
is the outcome of agency intermediation.
Sometimes ' r parents make application
for her, and it is only in the case of a
widow that she offers herself personally.
Oftencr, still, however, not only the wo
man, hut also her family, are entirely ig
norant of the fact that she is bid for from
the agency. As all marriages in France
are “arranged,” and as there are so many
persons mixed up in the matter, it Is very
easy for the astute matrimonial agent to
accomplish her designs without fear of
compromising discoveries. She may ap
proach the matter not only through the
girl’s immediate family, but also through
any of her relatives or the relatives' ac
quaintances. This is In no wise strange
when it is considered that a Frenchman,
if dissatisfied with the political course of
ids newspaper or the fit of his trousers,
consults all his uncles and a cousin or
two before stepping his subscription to
the one or having the other remedied.
When a man has finally decided upon the
girl who Is—or rather whose fortune is—
satisfactory to him, the work of the
agency usually ceases. He has been prop
erly presented, and is henceforth upon a
favorable footing in the house. The rest
of the busines goes on in the regular way,
which is, after all. a way not so different
from the matrimonial agency way itself.
Upon declaring himself he Is closely ques
tion by paterfamilias, who afterwards
t ikes him to his notary, where the profes
sional thumbscrews are applied. If satis
factory Hie father accepts him, and finally
the girl herself is notified that she is to be
married. 3ometimes she Is surprised, but
that makes no difference. Last comes tho
marriage, and the agency reaps its re
ward.
It is generally acknowledged in Fran 'e
that the marriage bureau, whatever mir
be its vils, is a necessary part of the so
cm 1 system. Nobody, no matter how loud
ly he calls for its investigation, has over
advocated its abolishment. With its fa< l
dies for accomplishing the rehabilitation
or the woman with the past, it is regard.d
f 9 a " Institution of morality and human,
it} . With its opportunities for putting the
ruined noble on his feet again it is r,
?iety e 'itse 9 lf! he SaWution of h teh-cl a ss S o-
SPANISH PICTURE OF A DON.
Revolting Scenes Drawn l.j the Nov
elist Valdes in “Sister San Sulpice.”
From the Boston Transcript.
The realistic Spanish novelist, Valdes,
in one of his most popular stories (“Sister
San Sulpice,” translated by Nathan Has
kel Dole) gives a description of a retired
Spanish general’s afternoon out which will
Illuminate many chivalric Incidents of the
present moment. The scene is a sort of
picnic grounds In the outskirts of Se
ville:
“Meantime the animation had been on
the increase among the ruffians. The pe
riod of unmannerly action had come. One
of them climbed upon the table to make a
speech, and the others, by way of applause
threw sherry and Manzanilla in his face.
Another was trying to lift With his teeth
a companion whom drunkenness had
stretched out on the floor; he did not suc
ceed; he merely tore his sack coat. Still
others were committing absurd and ex
travagant actions, making a great noise
and uproar.
“The count remained grave and silent,
drinking one glass of sherry after another.
But his eyes were no longer, as usual, in
comprehensible and unfathomable, like
those of a man tired of life. Though he
did not speak or move about he seemed a
different man.
“The Englishman had taken off his jack
et and w aistcoat, and, roiling up his shirt
sleeves. was exhibiting his biceps, which
were really powerfW*. and trying to break
empty bottles on his arm. Once blood had
come, but he went oh breaking the bottles
without paying any attention to it. Then
he asked the waiter to bring a bottle of
rum and a large glass. He filled this to
the brim with the liquor, and then slowly
without moving a muscle or even winking,
he drained it to the bottom. Then he sat
down at the table opposite the count and
said solemnly:
“ ’You can’t do that.’
“A flash of fury gleamed through the
harebrained nobleman’s eyes, but he suc
ceeded in restraining himself, and, turn
ing the rest of the bottle into the glass, he
calmly ordered the waiter to bring him
some pepper; he threw in a pinch of ii,
then threw into it his cigar ashes leaped
up before him, and, without saying a
word, with the same scornful, contemp
tuous smile, drained the glass, and, not
content with that, bit it in pieces. We saw
his lips spotted with blood. The company
received with qles! and shouts of triumph
this proof of an unconquerable stomach,
in which it seemed as though the national
honor were concerned.
“Our neighbors in the other booths must
have reached the same happy grade of
temperature, for nothing was heard but
extravagant shouts, the crashing of glass
es, coarse laughter and swearing.
“The count was not yet satisfied with his
victory over the Englishman. While h
was swallowing with apparent clamness
the glasses of liquor which were offered to
him he did not cease to devour him with
his eyes, carried away by a dull madness
which soon broke out. His eyes, which
were the only part of his impassive face
lhat moved, gleamed more and more fero
ciously, like those of a madman when a
strait jacket has been put on him. The
Englishman continued to boast of his
strength; he was now thoroughly intoxi
cated and talking impudently enough t?
the others, who were not so drunk.
“ ‘So you are valiant, are you?’ asked the
count, still smiling dtsda.infu.ily.
“ More than you,’ retorted the English
man.
“Don Jenaro started to spring at him,
but the others restrained him. Soon
calming himself, he said:
" ’lf you are so brave, why not put your
hand on the table?’
“ ‘What for''’
“ ’To x>in it down with mine.’
"The Englishman, without an instant’s
hesitation, stretched out his huge, brawny
hand. Tite count took out of his poek-u a
damaskeened dagger and laid his deli can
gentlemanly hand on the Englishman s,
adn, without hesitation, and with a fero
cious grip, he raised the point with the
ether hand and drove It through boilt into
the table.
“The women uttered a cry of terror. All
of us men ran to their assistance. A few
left the place in search of help, fn an
Instant our booth was filled with blood.
From the wounds great drops of blood
streamed, straining the handkerchiefs
which we applied to them.
“A doctor, who happened to be among
the bystanders, dressed the wounds pro
visionally with the few- means at his Uis
popal. The count smiled while they w- *
dressing hla hand. The Englishman win
as sick as a horse and vomiting. Soon the
count was doing the same, and both were
taken to such rooms as the establishm- 1 1
had to offer, and went to bed. Every one
left, commenting on the barbarism of the
deed.”
—An elephant *0 years of age is to he
added to the Berlin zoological gardens. It
came from India, where for many years It
was the public executioner. ' .