This modest old fellow had many prototypes. Now and then a man, and the women always, were offered by third parties, at least ostensibly, half the insertions beginning, “For my sister”; “For my daughter”; “For my beautiful niece of twenty-two”; “For my lovely sister-in-law”; and so on. Some looked like the opportunity of a lifetime:
I seek for my house physician, aged 55, a secure existence with a good, motherly woman of from 30 to 50....
A neat little BLONDE of 19 with some property seeks gentleman (Jewish) for the purpose of later marriage....
For a BARONESS of 23, orphan, ¾-MILLION property, later heiress of big real estate....
If the demands of my calling had not kept me so busy I should have looked into this splendid opportunity myself; or into the next one:
Daughter of a BIG MERCHANT, 22, ONE MILLION Property....
But, after all, come to think of it, what is a mere million marks nowadays?
MERCHANT’S DAUGHTER, 24, tall and elegant appearance, only child of one of the first Jewish families; 150,000 dowry, later large inheritances....
A young widow (Jewish), 28 years, without property, longs for another happy home....
Some did not care how much they spent on advertising. For instance: