| Show i r Brussels Copenhagen and anc many other European cities cHIts I i In America the employs agents In every overy Important city and In every ever state stute Tiled These agents one ale In trusted with the task Usk of sending the tn names ernes of ot marriageable American neu Mil cases esses to headquarters In Merlin and tilt the ther k e l managers of ot the concern stipulate that r r the Information supplied hull be aU an trustworthy Tho Thu agents In hr AmerICa are required to tl not nOI on all ony y ja y the names namee of ot such heiresses but ulso their ages a x c s principal cis features of ot personal and 4 minute details of or their past histories t I Such details must Include exact height measurement size etze of ot gloves globes worn want urn I olzo alzo of or shoes worn woin color ur or hair shape I and color of ot c eyes eu ei formation of ot nose non no i build of ot mouth and chin und ant character 4 Mice of ot au as i 1 a whole Further I particulars of ot and temper tempel lit literary literary f f crary and tastes ut style le andI and J I manners must be lo procured and for l l il wanted to Berlin for tor noblemen even een eveni i when penniless have havo mo fastidious tastes i 1 and would like their brides to possess po t j personal charms an as well ns RI mono money money j J In addition to these personal per onal details I reliable Information must be given re ro regarding Ij i 1 garding the fathers tilt hers exact wealth how I be he has hils Invested artune j whether v jf he Is III In danger of ot losing It by II speculation lation and other kindred points In Information 1 i formation must also Lo ho supplied show showIng i Ing log whether the daughter In question Is II sure lure of at Inheriting a II fortune or r jF whether any In combination of ot circum circumstances stances such luch as ns a second marriage con contracted tracked by her father might deprive t I ber her of ot a portion or of at the whole of at her fa I expected Inheritance The story of ot her herI I fathers ancestry and past pilat life lite of ot her 4 mother must mus be bo dug up to make sure suro that prohibitive family scandals do not j diminish the matrimonial value of ot tho the thel young lady l J j SECRET INFORMATION BUREAU If It Is obvious that thai great difficulties I stand In the way of obtaining minute details of ot this kind and that the agents i employed for tor the purpose must mu t operate opera to i fl with Intelligence stealth thoroughness 8 I and nd unbounded discretion The matri matrimonial t o agency maintains Americas a regular army eplee army of ot spies In America to procure procuro In Information i formation about American heiresses c and ant their circumstances for tor the benefit of dt penniless noblemen In Europe Wo Woo Women Wot WooI I t I men are almost Invariably employed to toI procure all the personal details detail I i ed which they the are aro able to accomplish lt I with more skill and finesse than malo male malof detectives can corns command rand r I Women Wo en engaged for tor this this work are dl di divided f vided Into two classes society women omen And nd low closs women The first class p J consists of ot girls or married women who have access to tae society but I lack 1 ck the he means to live Iho v up t to o tho ho t hor stylo r maintained by b their wealthy friends Women of ot this thin duns class are often oUen glad to earn tarn liberal fees by b doing detective work especially as It generally g consists In finding out particulars of ot girls whose wealth they covet coet and whose whole social position they envy eny so 80 that Hint they feel teel no ai moral scruples about acting as III spies B les for foreign The other class e II consists of ot women who employ ment meat as domestic dom servants as a means J of at procuring confidential Information I about the Interior of ot households and andt t details of ot family secrets It often orten hap r r pens that while white one society woman Is r Y gathering Information for tor the matri t I r agency ageno through social Inter f I course with the heiress her ally Is sere lIer ing lag as ladya ladys maid mold to the heiress her hertt b self or as a 1 servant In the home Between De tween them thy they are aro able to tt 11 i tt supply their heir employers with all tho t which he requires I On the other hand men are Aro employed r to find out the financial And commercial l position of ot the father his speculations speculation ti prospects projects proJect Sometimes t i young oung men man m n nt at tho clubs are ore found who j are willing to o earn ern e money by procuring i e particulars P of ot this kind and sometimes r the matrimonial agency Is III able ablo to tap taJ to clerks In the tho victims own office though though I 1 1 this does 1 n not t otten en occur The whole system of ot espionage e in America Is III un tin der ho tho sP supervision of ot a n I M In New York who drawn draw a princely ly salary for tor efficiently direct Ins Ing the enterprise it 11 is I not permitted i t to reveal reul his Identity Iden beyond saying that he Is of ot German nationality The Information when collected Is sent to headquarters In Berlin where It Is III sorted sort d out and J classified In a n leg teg later Isler of ot American Tin Tha work ork consists in distributing particulars lars lame to noblemen likely to bo bu In want atit of at Wt wives Tho clients of ot t tre to toc o l j concern c lIKe Its spies are lire divided Into two tuo t elapses Some Solna aristocrats apply I I openly to the tho agency which CarrIes on a n nIts Its business under nn an a aI I stating frankly the nature of ot their matrimonial needs INTRODUCTIONS D b DAt bAt At tho the present moment Of ot the tho agency agene In hi Is IK In of ot letters Inquiring about American heiresses from Irom three princes sewn seven counts 19 10 barons baron two ono one marquis and 11 I ill u dozen aristocrats Before any nn Information Is supplied to nay any client he Is III required to puy Ill a u handsome tee fee and to sign a legal document promising that If he lie Is III able to contract ft a 1 rn through the Ule agency he ho willray will i iray ray pay n 1 certain percentage of at his brides bride le a I dowry by b way of or remuneration The Tho agency then allows him to Inspect the tho Ih register ter of ot heiresses and If It one of or the thell rich licit ll h girls meets with his hla approval he heIB heis IB is advised to proceed to America to pay court to her herthe the Tho agency undertakes undertaken to arrange his Introduction Into tho the circles of ot the society In which the lady lally In question moves movel In III America Tim The agency sup SUI supports supports ports port II his hili efforts by b circulating In the neighborhood of ot the thA prospective pros brides home homo stories of at his high rank his won wonderful wonderful derM ancestry the tho absolute purity of at athis his blood and the unblemished record r orrl I of ot his hla family which ns as likely ns as not i has consisted of ot reprobates for ages alfes past ut The Tho ret rest depends on the aristo aristocrat to crat himself lt and It if I his wooing woo In I Is III suc BUC successful tes tul tho the agency receives r n R fee tee often orten running Into many thousands of ot dol dollars tars lars In one match arranged through Its machinations agency pocketed n a 1 fee tee of oC and In another catena casesa fee reI of ot was wall paid Thero are some noblemen however who will win not apply to the agency hut but who have to be approached cautiously The European agents of or the concern have Instructions to keep n a lookout for tor nil the penniless aristocrats aristocrat In their district arid and to keep the central office Informed regarding them thorn When any orlY such Mich aristocrat Is l In financial straits n gentlemanly looking 1001 representative of ot tho agency visits him and lI discreetly Y suggests that n a 1 good goal marriage would be a simple solution of or nil all his hk dim difficulties Sometimes the tho emissary of or the matrimonial agency Is ejected from tram the house without further must be he prepared 1 for thin this emergency and take lake It Il with A n smiling often orten enough the proposal meets mets with approval and antI lends loads to business nell being done without delay In all nil Its dealings the agency proceeds with whit caution and circumspection so 80 that neither the wealthy bride who Is la captured nor her relatives have the tho least Ita t Idea Iden by what I means Bh became known to her uris aris bridegroom Occasionally the agency receives In Indirect indirect direct applications from tho the fathers athers or relatives of ot American heiresses who have hae heard of at Its existence e to find u II suitable husband hu bund of ot descent de descent scent for tor some somo rich girl Now and then lien such nn an application has hart been leN from the heiress or wealthy w woman herself but this happens rarely As n a arule rule It la Is ii the tho l European aristocrat who wants to catch An nn American pile of at money which will enable him to live Ile up to tu his lilu position ut nt the expense of ot hU hili wife WEISS |
