Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-14
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Is.sh,.s -g into The future Their theme vas
f'il.sshin vsii s0oagh. said ore Of them.
She paused. the objection unspoker
Whist is the impedineni. Ahcef" ~
.sHis income n TOO small"
~Wnsf Il ttf"
Eight hundred dollars year"
"You niRht live that"
LIVE BAIL What kind Of iiVIngf"
Mot Ia ptincsly style. all ~dmit.'
Nor scarcely in peoeisn. Fanny. Eight
luBdved doiIsfsf WIZ father payssix hundred
dollars rest. and I'm sure our st,le OF living IS
PLAIN enough. Eight hnndredl On. 10. / ike
Harry better than any Young nsn | have met.
I could love him. no doubt But be csn't sop
port -Ffe In any deceut kind Of style"
Did your father aud mother begin their mar
red life on lxsger income than Harry Pleas
snts ss~ received Nine did not, a. hare Of
ten heard them relate
-F4tbsr aud mother Oh. according to story.
jobs famous turkey scarcely poorer than
they we're IN the beginning Mother did all her
oen rosk. even the ssshing and ironing.
believe. Fstber's income vas Dot over three or
four hund, ed dollars year
And they we're hspPy together. am quite
sure"
No doubt In fact. I've heard mother say
that the hrst hard struggling years OF their lite.
were among The happiest she bad known But
that doesn't signify Tor me. That il DO reason
Why her daaR bser should elect go into the
kitchen, and spend her years 10 washing ironing
and cooking. IL isn't able 10 support 8
vie eenteefy and in the styis TO which she has
been accustomed. let him marry some Irish cook.
sewing girl. wsshervomsn. who will manage
his housrtold With tue needed economy. Young
men vho cant earn more than eight hundred or
thousand dollars year, should not look into
our circles Tor wives
Il don't like 20 hear you talk in this way
Alice" said her companion. We not
superior beings, but o. ly the equals OF the
men, .tF
Did say We superiorS''
"0ns uigb.infel from Jour language that you
thoughIso." aI
II don's see how the inference can fairly be
dIasn,"
Our circle Tor wives. you said just nov"
Yes"
What do you mean by it,'
"a circle Of intelligence. refinement. t4sis and
euiivstion. - said Alice
You don't say wealth -
mo. MyiAtbeF. though living 10 good s;yie,
is not rich I have heard him cav, more than
once. that Ne living W 70 our income"
Then have cur sweet eeives With
shich 10 tndoW cur husbands No houses or
ls.dr: no stocks from which DIRE iDcone:
nothing substantial GA which to claim the
right of being supported 10 costly ideness. We
must De rich indeed 20 PERSONAL attractions.
I'VE are educated and accomplished. and
and -f-
Alice was . httls beNildessd in thought and
did finish the sentence.
Mot better educated, OF accomplished, as
girls. thsn are most Of the young men, Who as
clerks. earn oUly from seven hundred 10 a thou
sand dollars a year. In this regard We are sim
ply their equals But. it strikes me. that in an
other view of the case. We cannot even claim an
equality. They are our superiOrs
Not BY any means" replied Alice.
I'VE shall see Hero Harry Peasants, tor
instance. What is his iucomel think you
mentioned she sum just now"
"E ght hundred dollars year.
THAT is the interest on-bOw muchi--lei me
see--abont twelve thousand eollsrs. To be
equal. a match for Harry. then. you should be
worth twelve Thousand dollars"
"How you talk. Fanny -
'"To The point. don't II II We are not supe-
ror 10 the young men Who visit us. superior sim
ply ia virtue To sex. then only claim 10
be handsomely supported in IDLE self indulgence,
must he IN the fact that we endUw our husbands
with sufficient worldly goods 70 warrant the con-
dition"
-'.You are ingenious"
No. matter OF fact What have YOU to say
young men OF equal intelligence aud educsiiouf"
mo, l cannot say that are"
1T xe marry, we must look upon these for
husbands. Rich men. ~ general thing, select
their wives from rich mems daughters. Our
chances in that direction are not very encoursg
ing. Your father has no dUwry for his child;
nor has NINE. Their families are large and ex
pen-ive. and little nothing OF the year income
is LETT at the years CLOSE The best tBsv can
do for Us IS TO give {, homes; and feel that il
isnot much O. our credit that are content to
lean on our fathers, already STOPPING under the
burdens OF years, care and toll. instead Of sup.
porting ourselves The thought has troubled
rne OF late "
A sober hue came over the face Of Alice. as
she sat looking into he eyes of her friend. She
did not reply. and Fannie went on.
There is wrong in this Ga What ground Of
reason are to be exempt from the common Let
Of useful work We expect To become wives
and mothers. l. this our preparation Can
you b-ke loaf ofsweet. light bread 20
mo"
"NOr can l! Or roast sirlOinf"
"Or broil q steakI just think OF il, Alice
We can manage a little useless embroidery or
fancy knitIing; sing and play. dance and
chatler-but as 20 the real and substantial things
Of life. ~e are ignorant aud helpless And With
eli this. fo-soOth. we cannot think OF letting
selves down 10 The level and condition Of yirtu-
Gus. intelligent young men, ~ho, in daily useful
work. earning = fair Independence We are
so superior that We mist have husbands able TO
support ~ in luxurious ideness. or Ne will have
non,i We are willing 10 pass the man-to whom
love would unite u in the tsLderest bonds, be-
csuse his income is small and marry for posi-
ton one from whom The soul turns with instinct
i've aversion. Can We wonder that so many are
unhsppNi
.'But eight hundred dollars, Fam, How is it
possible for = marriage couple to live in any de
ceut style. in this city. on eight hundred dol
lars yenrf'
They msy live in q very comfortable style,
II the ~ife il wiling 20 perform her part"
''Whs, do YOU mean by her part. FaDnyl"
I'VE will take 10 for granted that she is no bet
Ter than Der hGsb-nd. ] hat having brought him
10 fortune beyond her dear self. she cannot
elsim suoerior privileges"
.Welil"
HE has TO work through all the day"
"welli"
Under shat equitable rule - she exempt"
None. She must do her part OF course if
there is anything to do with she must keen
his house. if ne can afford house. But II ne
only have eight hundred dollars wear. whv.
rent alone would consume half or more thsn
half Of that There would be 20 house Keeping
in the case Thes must board.
And the wife sit il idlsuesS all the dey