Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1893 — Work of a Marriage Bureau. [ARTICLE]

Work of a Marriage Bureau.

Tbe Berlin Marriage Bureau, which has ramifleatjons all over the world, has In the last eleven years received 19,959 propositions from all civilized countries. In 12,706 cases husbands were desired, in'7,253 wives; 5,916 women and 5,104 men communicated directly with the main office; the rest made known their wants through agencies. The youngest woman who asked for a man .was 16. years an'd 4 months, the e]dest*=72. The corresponding ages of male applicants were 18$ and 79. The average of the women was 265, of the men 295. v Matches were brought about for 4,399 women applicants and 5,41 J men. The average fortune of the men was £730, of the women £930. ' The smallest purse offered by a, woman was £13., -It was the whole y fortuq,e of a girl of twenty-ope years. i The largest fortune of a Woman applicant - was £IOO.OOO. The- projjferties of the men in search of wives variecP between £73 and £30,000. . > Trier© JVere 516 women and 307 men communicated wi th the Bureau ’-who had apparent physical deformities. There were 2,311 men and 1*409 womeff who had been married, 1,129 men wished second wives to care for their first wives’ children. The occupations of the pien were: tradesmen 5,002, members of learned professions and artists 706, army officers 63, §jtate officials 809. The rest of the/candidates did not give their occupations. Of the women 1,503 ha<i their own business establishirrentsi s' 7 s *.