Show m. m Tries New Plans T To 01 Solve Marriage larnage Problem r By ICA KARL KAIU nI If iI If VOX VON Universal Service Staff Correspondent BI BERLIN March 25 The Th The city of Frankfort long known know for its progressive progressive progressive pro pro- tendencies in municipal af- af lairs Is m making a a. a daring and unique sociological venture It has established a house of confidence con con- a a social center for young young people with matrimonial aspirations It Itis itis Is is an attempt to solve the tho marriage problem The marriage problem is not a new one despite the fact that It is made to appear so in the press and on the lecture platform So long as the marriage marriage marriage mar mar- Institution has existed so long has there been the marriage problem the only new phase In the situation In Germany being due to the unrest and uncertainty of present day conditions and the fact that the class of society which formerly calmly and safely along along- the path of married life now find this path bristling with difficulties difficulties dif dlf- and dangers This Is the great middle class the women of which have been lert left stranded by the tho war and ard th the depletion of the male material of the world S Thousands and thousands of girls from this class caas m In Germany have their eyes turned longingly along the great highway waiting for the approach of a suitor Even should he come present conditions make Inake it practically Impossible ble ide for a newly married couple from the middle classes to establish a household household household house house- hold unless urless they are taken into the family home But the smallest farmhouse farmhouse farmhouse farm farm- house In rural districts districts' is more spacioUs spacious spa- spa cious clous than the roomiest apartment at atthe atthe atthe the disposal of the middle class in the cities Housing scarcity and the high price 1 of oC living have practically prohibited social Intercourse and no other way remains than that of the matrimonial bureaus and advertisements ments in the tho classified columns column's of the dally daily press Magdeburg attempted to the tho problem by establishing ani an official bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau for the purpose of bringing to together together together to- to gether two classes of social remnants so so to speak war speak war widows and war in In- In The matter has now b been en taken up by leading German physicians who vho regard it as a question of race con con- But Frankfort is the first city to take a a systematic step In this direction by establishing a house of confidence the tho purpose of which Is to provide a a social center and anda a meeting place for young oung people with matrimonial aspirations There has been beena beena a tremendous revival In the the matrimonial advertisement which is being being- strongly advocated by German students of sociology The popularity of this medium is shown by the fact that twelve Berlin newspapers ne carried In n one week weel 1302 such an an- and Inquiries Men were In the majority and as a proof of their honest intentions they stated their trade and profession from which I it t was to be seen that the marriage mar mar- marriage fever was strongest In the circles circles cirdes cir cir- cir cir- cles des of the small shopkeepers and minor officials 5 I AO NO ANSWERS ANS Iron FOU T. T A A. A count who offered his his' title in exchange for a a. woman provided with witha a small dowry was left lert kicking his heels together at the door of the marriage marriage marriage mar mar- market marlet whereas a locksmith who advertised for fora a girl from his own walk I of life was aily provided with a life partner A young woman with witha a slight Dh physical de defect which w was ss s off oft J set by a fortune of marks was overwhelmed with offers whereas whereas' her herlIe life lIe might have been spent in single single- loneliness loneliness' had she not resorted to the channels channel of publicity in question Zoologists contend that nature has provided this wa way of bringing the sexes together and ard cite instances of tigers who climb into a. a tree tear open the bark with their claws and leave hieroglyphics on the bark written in the blood red sap which issues from the trunk Tho female tiger sees this handwriting handwriting- from afar and can tell the strength and size of ot the malo male suitor by the h height to which he has climbed Monkeys also have their own peculiar way of announcing their quest of a amate amate mate and the woodpecker has a code which he drums out on the tree until hIs hla affinity hears It and responds |