Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-07
TALK Anour nnARR1AoE.
Or T. 8. ARTHUR

TALK ABOUT MARRIAGE.
pY T. 0. ARTHUR ~
Two maidens, 10 youthful bloom and beauty
sat earnestly talking. Their thoughts were
reaching away INTO the futures their theme wal
marraige. T M, :
II Ike him well enough" !" said one of than
"but--"
She paused, the objection unspoken.
'"What 10 the impediment, Alice7" I'D
His Income ia 100 email" .
"What Ia III" ~,
Eight hundred dollars year"
"You might live on that" .-.
"Llve! Bail What kidd Of iiyiDp9',
"Not In prlncely style, Will admis." H..
"Hot scarcely IN plebeian, Fanny. Eight
hundred dollars! Why, father pays sig hun.
dred dollars rent, and l'm sure our style Of Hy-
ing 10 plaio enough. Eight hundredl Oh NO.
like Harry better than any youpg man have
met. could lave him, no doubt. Bat he can;
supper. wife Ia sny decent kind Of style"
"Did your father and mother begin their mar.
rled LIE on larger income than Hlrry Pleas.
ants now receiver Moe did not, az have
often heard them relate" -.s .-.l'.-i -'.
"Father and mother! Oh, according to cir
story, Jobs famous turkey was scarcely poorer
than they were in the beginning. Mother did
all her own work, even 70 the washing and Iron.
Ing, Lbelieve. Fathers income was not over
three or four hundred dollars year,
"And they were happy together, 7 am cure. /"
"No doubt. In fact I've heard mother say
that the fret hard struggling years of tueir life
were among the happiest she has known, But
that doesn't signify for me. That 10 no reason
shy her daughter should elect to 20 into the
kitchen, and spend her years In washing, iron.
ing and cooking. II q man ispt't able TO sup-
port wife genteelly, and in the style to which
she has been accustomed, let him marry some
Irish cook, sewing girl or washerWoman, whC
will manage his household with the needed
economy. Young mep who can't earn NOR,
than eight hundred or thousand dollars yeal
should not look into our circles for wiyes."
~ don't like to hear you talk In this way
Alice" said her companion. 1--WE are not su
perior beings, but only the equals Of the men,
"Did say we were superior7" M Il. I...
zone might infer from your language thai
II don'ts see howthe inference can fairly b
drawn ''.' ....'sr
"0ar circle for slves, you said just nov" "
s'Yes." 'l ~. a'-'' s''..'s -
~Wh hat do you mean By itf'
"A circle OF intelligence, refinement, taste
and ouitiyation," replied Alice. Z, .r-il
"You don't say wealth. rs J7r
''No. Ny father, though living in good st,fa.
is not rich. have heard him say more than
once. that We were living up to our inoome."I
"Then, we have our own sweet selves with
which 10 endow our husbands. No houses or
lsnds no stocks from which to draw an income,
nothing substantial on which 20 claim the rikhs
OF being supported In costly idleness. We must
be rich indeed as 70 personal attrsctlons.' Vl
awe are eduosted and accomplished, and
and" .fnag % az tnt 'I.I -
Alice was not q little bewildered In thoupbt.
and did not finish the sentence. = y hV7''e =
"Not better educated or accomplished az pirls.
than are most of tue young men, who, az clerks.
earn only from seven huodred 70 thousand dol.
iars year. 10 THE regard We are simply their
equals. But, 10 strikes me, that, in another
view Of the case, We cannot claim even An
equality. They are our superiors 30 t'tl n r
l"Not by any meano," replied Alice. .,'t
ave shall zee. Hereis Harry PIeasants. for
instance. What is his ineome2 think Won
mentioned the sum just now" $500 9sV' :
eight hundred dollars year" H7a.. +,
"Tbat Ia the tnteresr on--how mucA2--let
me see--about twelve thousand dollars. To be
equal as match for Harry, then, you should be
worth twelve thousand dollars" = % -0'2 :
"How you talk, Fanny I" ro lS3 stt zoe
"To the point, don'tl2 If we are no. supe.
rior to the young men who visit ns, superior
simply In virtue Of our eex, then our only claim
to be handsomely supported In ide self.indule-
ence must lie 10 the fact that we endoW our-bns.
bands with suficiens worldly goods 70 warrant
the condition. aan2 'i9laad UtuT771
"You are Ingenious sa11aq as,eeS
ono, matter Of fact. What have YOU ID saw
against my position, Allce7 Are We better than
youog men Of equal intelligence and educa-
tion7, l 0nur Faa o1LW0 n 71.-I '
"No, | cannot say that we are l-' 'a.-l
VII We marry, we must look upon these for
husbands. Rich, men, as general thing, CO.
leot their wives from rich mems daughters.-
Oar chances In that direction are not very en-.
couraging. Your father has no riowfy for his
child, nor hss mine. Thar famifles are large
and expensive, and llttleor nothing Of the years
income 10 left at the Iyear,s close. The best
the, can, do for us.is 70 give us homes, and |
feel that it's not much 10 our credit that We
are content 70 lean on our fethefsy ALREADY
STOPPING under the burdeu Of years, care and
toll, instead OF supporting ourselves, The
thought has troubled me OF late" .s@rBd
A sober hue came over the face of Alice, AZ
she sat looking into the eyes of her friend. She
did not reply, and Fanny went on.
"There 10 wrong in this. On what ground of
reason are We to be exempt from the common
lot of useful wcrkf We expect TO become
wives and mothefs. Is this our psepsratIonf--
Can YOU bake loaf Of sweet, light breadi"
"NOr c.n l. Or roas. 4 slrloin1' + i, s "a. .
f"No." PQe tlk 1lht ll.neA hle \
"or broil steskq Just think oft, AIlce!--
We can manage little useless embroidery, or
fancy knitrngi can sing and play, dsnce and
chatteT--out ss TO the real and substantial
things Of life, we'afe ignorant and nslpless,--
And With oil this, fcrsooth, we cannot think Of
letting ourselves dowE to The level and oondi
zion Of sittpcus, ibtslllgent young men, who In
daily ,tstfal work, are earning 9 fGir ipdspend-
encef We are % superior thst vs must have
hess, O. We WIN have lons.o w afS wiiiiIr ID
psss the man 10 whom love would unite " ID
the tsnderest bonds, bScaaiS bis income Il
ANAL, and marry for position, one from whom