The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-12-29
NO..13.
Disparity of Ages ip MARRIAGE. q,

B a. T y.
Tne marriage OF ayoupg lady With q
gontlemuu some twenty years her senior
s a very frt qurnI occurrsher yet, vixen.
ever such marriage does take place
there are always fW prppie ready 10
TAR about the sacrlfier, and 10 aver that
II IS impossible she can love him-tbat shs
has married for wealth q nd pos i,iou--spd.
IN TACT, that Il Is altogether sb Jckinr.
Some blome her, some pity her, some
call her poor, dear thiug, aud .orre des!
ignatc her s"u shameless creature" but
none ever give her credit Tor love, sfftc.
tion or respect toward the person on
whom she has bestowed her baud. This
stereotype idea, that people must b. born
IN the same year 90 love each other prop.
erly, is MI norscrsc. IL 10 ON = par
with the cruri father aud designing moth
r hulue IDatiun--vcry well upon the
stage, but not applicable tu real life. For
cur part We ihink il is Just as possible for
girl TO fall IN hSr with middle aged
man ne with young ono. In fact, VIC
mink that they are generally twenty times
more grc shlr, and oiicu cousiderabie
h"ndsomcr. A boy 10 only girl in a
Goa, md cravat. lie thinks lust a. she
Lncs, has the same intcrcst IL, moth nr. II
just Us delicate aud pretty, and about ns
=. Liable A man is something g-eat, if
she has any sense, sh" voluntarily feelf
Il and admires him. As the best things
improve MS they grow oldcr,D truly sdmi.
rablc man must become more 30 as he
grows uldcri ana IL sume women discuv.
cred this, Il is ridiculous 10 overw helm
lhtm with the same sweeping censurc.
VI course, some women do marry for
money; but there are rich young men ss
well as rich old men, aud the mere fact
as difference in years does not proye
the assertion. Years alone do not make
the disparity bctwcch them; il 10 the
heart the brain, tie soul, which should
be allie N fnDrrisgc. Where these are
matched one with The other, a welded
pair is hoppy-uthcrwisc they are misers-
BILE. In the bcnuti al pcssage in David
Coppcrfeh," where, pi,cr long and quiet
suffering Annie at last opei her heart
to her knd cid husband, and unveils her
own truth with Jack M,ldon'- teachings,
shc ntcrs these words: There can be
no disparity in marriage hike dnstfi:ability
of miod and purposc;" and these words
'cmbody our meaning better than all that
We con say. II IL better, rtsinly, for
young people to marry. II geacrslly 10
the case; il is well and natural. Yet
love may be just as strong " I'll years OF
diff rcncc between the parties, aud the
outer world has nothing to do with il,
We know as much oi each others liv .
aud purposes as we do uf the man in he
IN son; and why we should forever take
upon ourselves the right of nScribing q
motive, which suits with ou7 own IDEAS,
/ To all our fellow creatures action, is 10 us
n mystery. We are willing, or our part.
10 permit even young beauty 10 unite
herself To- mi'dlc aged millionaire, /,
without stating Tor u positive fact that she
cannot love him. lives arrows are
aimed NJ rantum--aud Il at times he
pierre - M old and young heart at the
same time, there is little cause Tor won
der aud -urmlscs, and insinuatipns are nei
thcr nee. sslry nor dcllcste.