European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the stars and stripes golds left serves Tea to Yente the matchmaker in fiddler on he roof. Friday february 28, 1986 incurable romantic Manhattan matchmaker by Kay Bartlett associated press i Milton Fuher it a modern matchmaker. N the Tough and competitive world of new York City Milton Fisher is an attorney president of a Small investment banking firm author of two books teacher of a course on creativity a Man who successfully analyses mergers and acquisitions. He s also an incurable romantic a Manhattan matchmaker a commuter cupid. And his arrows Are usually True to the Mark. Usher who simply thinks married is better than single takes responsibility for 27 marriages not one of which has ended in divorce. It s not a business it s a labor of love. Usher who commutes to Manhattan from Connecticut does t ask people upon first meeting what they do for a living. Or inanely what Zodiac sign they Are. Instead he asks them if they re single. And if they Are usher will do his darn est to change that. I work on the premise that every unmarried woman is a sleeping Princess waiting for Prince charming to Waken her to life and that every Bachelor is a lonely soul desperately looking for miss right. I be yet to meet a Man looking forms. Right one of the first questions he asks an unmarried acquaintance is whether brains or Good looks Are most important ninety percent say both but that s a Fisher recently arranged a Date for a couple who both had been widowed. They were both Lovely 70-year-Olds. He complained that everything would be line if she would just Wear a Little makeup and maybe dress up a Little More recalls usher who also acts As coach once the introduction is accomplished. I mentioned this to her she took great umbrage and that was the end of he also likes to ask prospective clients about their tastes in books and authors. I even learn a lot from the Way they handle the question says usher who often takes his prey out to lunch to learn More about them. He weighs other considerations such As age education appearance religion career family Etc., but he does not let discrepancies deter him on his appointed rounds. There Are few perfect matches but imperfections Are not necessarily fatal he says. As noted in fiddler on the roof the Way he sees and the Way she looks. It s a perfect match " usher loves singles who will agree to a Blind Date. You have to think of it As a High adventure tilled with excitement he says. It Calls for a certain intrepid Ness a certain zest for but for those who would no More go out on a Blind Date than use someone else s Toothbrush he Falls Back on other strategies. Once he arranged for two people to be judges together at a Ball. They miraculously discovered each other. But usher fooled no one he got a new year s card from the Man with a single word usher listens patiently to the prospective Blind Date s list of specifications. Tall sexy cultured wholesome like my mom and dad elegant Good looking Etc. He then promptly ignores All that and proceeds on his own intuitive Way. One of his books was called intuition How to use it for Success and happiness. It was translated into four languages. Except for the chapter on sex which was translated into eight tongues. His other Book was How to make big Money in the Over the counter Market. Beauty is in the Eye of the beholder usher says. It s amazing How an obviously plump woman looks perfect to the right Man and How often a 5-foot-4. Shrimp looks like a giant when he sits behind the wheel of his but if usher does t like a person s priorities he does t take the Case if they say Rich i put them in a re act file. Let them work with an internal Revenue he also has Little use Tor chauvinists or anyone with a list of prejudices. If i arrange 20 dates for someone and nothing happens i eventually realize i m dealing with a psychological problem. They re not interested in a Fisher recommends matchmaking As a Hobby there s the satisfaction and Delight in knowing i be done some Good. When it works it s like winning the lottery the Kentucky Derby and an Oscar All wrapped up in one but there Are some disadvantages. You Are the guest of Honor at the wedding frequently and the gift must be commensurate. More seriously i be lost some friends he says. They Don t want to admit they needed help in finding a partner and i am a but he s not about to quit. Just recently at Fisher s favorite vent a wedding he met a Bachelor in his late 30s looking for a woman. I was subliminally thinking of who i had for him and i came up with no one he says. And then at unch one Day i came up with the perfect match it was just a they Are in his clutches now. And. As Fisher says they realize that escape is a competent matchmaker never permits an escape Fisher himself got caught by a matchmaker who May not have his track record but she matched the matchmaker. Fisher was happily married for More than 20%se02 a t As a a but had not met a fellow commuter on his suburban Connecticut train platform grabbed him one morning and announced she had just the girl for him. The master matchmaker was less than enthusiastic. But the fellow commuter was no Slouch in the Matching business either. She told Fisher the woman for him was a senior editor at a big new York publish no House and could perhaps look at one of his books for him. Just be he wants
