Show M I 1 I 1 1 hl H l I 1 1 I 1 I 1 11 it IH ia H K H l 1 H H H H HH H I 1 1 1 11 H H IM H I 1 ia M I 1 l M I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 when looking for a life partner 1 I I 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 marh MH rH ah I 1 I 1 1 II 11 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 iby JEAN NEWTON l H I H H I 1 I 1 I 1 1 H H 1 I 1 I 1 1 II 11 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 H att MAT surprise you to learn that thousands of americana each year arrange marriages through agencies by mall it surprised me to learn that the percentage of success Is greater in these unions than among those preceded by the traditional romantic courtship that Is from an article on mar ariage by mall in a current magay lne which one of our readers sends us with this question can you imagine marriages between people who know each other only by correspondence turning out more successful than those which take place in the regular way can ou imagine people who came together because they were look ing for some one to marry being happier than those who knew each other before they decided on matrimony isn t it ridiculous the longer we live the more we are drawn to the conclusion that anything Is possible and hardly anything should be dismissed as ridiculous the of the article to which our reader asters after investigating the workings of the so called matri moncal agencies tells us that most of their clients seem to be conservative folk bonesi and hard working usual ly in isolated places ind that their sincerity in looking for the right kind of life partner Is unmistakable and if we believe him dear reader it Is not at all difficult to imagine a large percentage of success it Is just the old story of not expecting too much these people since we are to take the proposition seriously come together in no atmosphere of romance and illusion they dont put each other on pedestals and expect of each other what Is impossible they are very seriously and bluntly looking for a ufa partner and in that spirit they concentrate as one dhesi in a business partnership on the qualities that are likely to make a successful partnership they know what they want they see without rose colored glasses and according to our informant they get it just a little personal digression if I 1 may be permitted to say that for my part I 1 still believe in faung ones chances on marrying in the conventional way and make no recommendation of matrimonial agencies for my readers 0 kil bell r service |