Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-02-26 | Page 18 | Men Bid for Rich Widow Gold Fishes

MEN BID FOR RICH WIDOWS. ! 'GOLD FISHES' BBRTjIK, Feb. 25. (By the As- sociffted Pt"jss. i -Trf.vijnY mat-rii mat-rii lonlal asrent.s constitute the very Ir.t t idea In Germany where keen ;ompetlt1on has developed among inatrlmonral bureaus ne-eauae ne-eauae ol the rroat surplus of women, wo-men, partly iue to the war. The matrimonial- agent- jn i from one town to another seok-inff seok-inff "gold fishes;" as the Germans l call them or, In other words, w men with money who are desirous of obtaining true love and a Kood-looklng Kood-looklng husband, thoueh poo. Both men and women have taken tak-en to ihe work of nuptial agents and operate o-n the trains us-they travel, spkin the acquaintance of likely-appearing candidates to whom they explain their propositions proposi-tions when given even lesn than half i Stag n ee. The matrimonial agents carry a "sample case" In the form of a larjce allium, leatherbound with handles, and which ir. nearly as Jarce as a suhcaso the album containing con-taining photographs of men who have registered as heln? In the murket for a "gold fish" wife. These agents work on a commission com-mission basis, being paid by th bureau managers who, when a match lt made charge 4 per rent of the. woman's wealth, payable lm- ii .i.ueij after the marriage t ik -place, the bureau also receiving a Certain percentage from the snr-es. snr-es. t'iil man candidate, payable in Installments, a certain length of time niter the wedding. One matrimonial bureau advertised adver-tised recently that tho name-; of 5, 000 marriagabl women were listed on Its hooks arid that there were only !33 men candidates to meet the emergency,