The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-14
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NEtSNt tCtttt1stlf1 ltttIeEsl frh
An infpllible evidence tofBad habits,
and a propensity. to lie, IS e5hibitsd
when a man prefers, as an excuse for
not marrying, the plea hatiwomen are
too ;e1tlayagant. a lInrthe great anti4'
marrying movement which has recent
ly assumed the chait1a ctefl Of social or
ganizations in France, England, and
but yesterday inaNew York; may be
recognized the animus of small men,
who, having broken themselves down
with dissipation, are seeking to concealS
under the guise!ofe econo1nyS ftheiriinca:
pacity for cultiNating the domestic yir.
tues and taking their, positions in the
world as men, The plea which these
fellows put forth is TINT ,it costs too
much TO maintain u wife. They have.
then, evidently exhausted theft fdnd of
edients, and find themselves wanting
IN the force otchaEae eter so necessary to
recover lost RroundTan advance thern-
selves to position which would enable
them to support not only vile, but d
family. The New York bachelors com.
mittee, appointed to .inyestigate the
cost Of maintaining wife, have brought
eight hundred and fifty dollars per
annum, which includes; of course; nec-,
essary as well as unpe ecessary expenses.
The tdresS't bill is estimated Mt 1--WE
hundred dollars and "a. summer trip to
the country is Ppt down at anot her live
hundred; then there are, 1.-TWO parties a
year, which are given at four hundred.
and some "etceteras'' not explained. arc
estimated at two hundred. AS, IL Is not
to be supposed that o man would have
his wife adopt, for economY'S sake, the
simple taste Of our first mother, the bill,
for ltE'Ctre89'' may be excluded from the
eXtravagant part of the exhibit, which
Will make! the whole amount to ibe
grumbled at, eleven hundred dollars.
Should one of these economical bache-
lors make a practical investigation Of
the subject, and report one, year from
date to his society, he would discover
that his wife had paid this little bill of
e2travagancec out of the fund he had
previously devoted to billiards, whist
parties, drinking saloons, fast horses,
washeFwomensl. estauFanteqFF and
other luxuries he is now daily in the
habit of indulgtng, and whiph draw,
upon his purse none the less largely,
though little by little, than the extraYas
gnnce ofa fashionable wife. No, good,
Vile, however, viii spend upon herself
more of her husband's 3 income than he
can spare, and If she Is good manager,
will keep the household expenses down
In proportion to the demands of her own
1asnionaple weak neSses, IL she hns any,.
and that too, without I :, 4. 20 III,
"Defnuding the daily cheer, fliss Il
To give the splendid banquet once year" !.
The whole of this sensation against
marrying may, therefore, be set downto
the Iacconnt of bad habits and want Of
manhood among it's advocates. Il The
selfishness tofdtunlkarGls towards their,
families, and their ''liberality towards
their s.triendsi" issa notable 6charac-
tertstic, and we suspect that some of
theSe bacheioEs would make justsnch
society they had adorned so mudIl.
wouldibe happy to fdeposei that their
pecuniary misery was owing ,entirelyto
the extravaganza of oftheirNViYeaI6 n 80 /