Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1891 — Marriage Made Easy. [ARTICLE]

Marriage Made Easy.

The following incident is reported to have occured in Berlin; A number of ladies and gentlemen were assembled at dinner to celebi-ate a friend’s wedding. After the banquet a Presidant was elected, who was pledged to eternal secrecy by a sol-1 emu oath. 'All unmarx-ied persons j of either sex wrote each on a piece of paper their own name and that of, the person whom they desired to marry. The papers were handed to the President, a man of mature age, j married, and grave, as became nis office, It was his duty to acquaint the two parties who had mutually selected each other. Result: Eleven couples thus had the opportunity of confessing their feelings to one another tor the first tiofe, qpd a month later tight wedding' came off.