ABSTRACT
Just as old-clothes-men wander along our city streets calling "I cash clothes," the Japanese go-between calls out along the streets and watches for the slightest flutter of the hand from a partially open s/zoji. His call is "Enki endan koi no machibito," meaning "all those whose marriage is overdue and are waiting for lovers." If beckoned in he makes the necessary arrangements for marriage with some prospect on his list. A go-between could probably do a great deal of business in any American city provided the law allowed him to practice his vocation.
