Marshall County Republican., 1865-03-30
TALK ABOUT MARRIAGE.

Tvo n'ldcns, in youthfu! bloom, and b..u., 81.
earnestly talking. Ihcir thoughts were reacsinn p
far away into the future; their theme Was mar.
riace.
81 Ike him well enough" said one Of them.
"but-"
she ptuscd. the objection ans1aken.
'What IS the inpeiimca,. Alicv?"
His income is too small"
.'what is in,
Eight hundred dollars YEAR"
You might live on that"
Live. Bah. What kind IF lirin~7,,
wet in priacely style. | will adni:.n
Nor scarcely in plebian, Fanny. Eight hun
aFed dollars! Why. father pays six hundred dol
lars rent. aud I'm our style of living i. plain
enough Eight hundrel. Oh. no. like Harry
better n =" any young ann have met. I could
love him. no doubt. Rn. he can't support A wife
IN any decent kind Of siylc"
''Dd your father and mother b.p;n ,hc;, -
RED lie on larger income than Harry P!cassn;s
now receives! Mine did not, as | have often
heard them i,rr''
"faiher and mother. Oh, according TO their
story, Jobs famous TURKEY was scarcely noorer
than they were in the beginning. Mother cid all
her own work, even TO the washing and ironing I
believe Fathers income WIS not Owe. three or
four hundred dollars wear"
"And they weIe happy together, am sure.n
''No doubt In 'ae.. i've heard uu,t,cr saw
th't he Il st hard struggling ve-,s oi thci. life
were among the h'2pisss she nj known. Bat
thlt doesn't signify for ne. Tint il no re son
Why her d'nghter should elect to 20 into the kitcb
en-. anl spen her velr. in Washing ironing and
cooking. IL man isn't able t, SUPPORT a wifi.
gentreiy, and in the style to whieI, she has been
accustomed. let him ,rry some Ir-h cook. sew
ihg-Sirl or washer wOm IN, who will mlnI re his
household with the needed economy Young men
who can't earn more than eight hundred OF n
thousand dollars year, ould not look into our
circles for wives"
Il don't liks TO hear you talk in this wav AL.
ice' said her co np mi m 1--WE are not superior
beings but on'y the equals of he men,
''Did say we we're superiors"
"one might infer from your language that you
thought So
Il don't see hon the inference can fairly be
drawn"
"Our circle for wives, you said jus, now"
nYes"
"What do you mean by it,"
"a circle Of intelligence, refinement. taste and
cultivation, sid Alice.
lyon don't say wealth.
NO Ny father. though living in good stvle
y not rich. have herd him say more than once
that we we're living mp our income,
ihcn we have our own sweet selves with which
TO entow our husbands. No houses or lands. no
stocks from which to draw an income; nothing sub
stantIal On which ,oclaim the right Of being sun.
ported in costly iiiene<s- We mus. he r;.h =.
deed as to personal attract;ons.'
I'VE are educated and accomplished, and-anG
Alice vas little bewildercd in thought and did
not finish the sentence.
s.Not better educated, or accomplished. "a Girl.
than are most ofthe young men, who, as clerks.
earn from seven hundred to a thousand dollars a !
year. In this regard we are only their EQUALS
hut, it strikes that in another view of the |
oose we cannot even CHIN an equality. They are
Our spperiOrs''
'Not by any mean<,' replied Alice.
1--WE shall see. Here is Harry Peasants for in
ssance- What is his income7 / think you men,
toned the sum just now''
"Eight hundred dollars year"
nat ID the interest on-how much7-Iet me
see-aooni Twelve thousand dollars. To be couaI.
As match Tor Harry, then. you should be worth
twelve thousand dollars"
"Hov you s'!k, Fanny"
"To the point. don't ~ If we arc M, .r,s-;o-
so The Young men Who visit Us superior sinnly in
virtue To our sex then ouF only claim to he hand.
soms'v supporiedf 10 idle self Indulgence. must lie
IN the Fact that We endow orr husbands " N sniff.
ec1t worldly goods to waTran. the G, ,ndi.ion.. q
You are incenious.'
mo, matter of fact. What have you 10 say
against H,y position, Alice7 Are we better than ,