MATRIMONIAL AGENCY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12506, 6 April 1909, Page 4

MATRIMONIAL AGENCY.

A "Social Alliance" for the elite.

or in plain English, a matrimonial agency, has' just been opened in the West End by two ladies-i-bne with a title — and is' destined to act as a bridge easilj^negotiable ' by many young people of fashion, who, up to the present, jin. the ; words of the business manager r of the enterprise, have been too bashful to tread the delicate ground of . proposals. ' The bureau 'hasonly a "fait accompi" for a week of so, but it has already become widely known, and has/fit is said, suggested its possibilities to peers of the realm The first newspaper insertion produced a tremendous batch of letters from Mayfair and Belgravia, but the managressj not the ; titled lady, by the way, naturally refuses to disclose any names. Judging by numerous marriage agencies hitherto the supply of_ 'the stronger sex would be unable to cope; with the demand, but under these entirely ; novel' circumstances things have turned out differently and there have been an infinitely greater number of -male, applicants than female. Stipulations and requirements are put .down on both sides in unmistakably plain language. For instance, a- colonel, .60 years of age ? requires £25,000 ±o be settled on him on Ms wedding day in exchange for his good name' and position. ' .