The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-07


the girl he loves TO marry him without a
assurance that the necessities OF ille shaii
supplied. To ask glrl to taSe the risk 0
starvation would be singular PROOF OF al
lection. And would il not be so 10 ask hel
to submit to any priVationf Love desirel
IN rnnItply the comforts of its object and
W., 10 reduce them Thus it is clear that
,rae love in n man cannot ask girl for her
heart unless he can offer her an establish
| mont BETTING her social position, or, at
| least, such a scale Of living as she has been
accustomed to. And thus it is equally clear
that true love in girl does not require her
to marry without the assurance OF support
in such style living a. she has enjoyed.
And this is all that mothers, who have been
happy in their own c0nJugaI rotations, re.
SURE for their daughters when they marry
simply love and living. No such moth
er will make money consideration in the
disposal Of her daughters. Thus it is seen
that the common notion that the marriages
ofsociety are becoming mercenary, and
that the fashionable affections have been
trained to wait on money, is erroneous, and
that in this society, as in the humber walks
Of life, love is supreme over wedock's
choice.
To be able to offer TO the girl Of fashiona.
Bile society an assurance Of such style Of liy-
ing as she has come to through the success.
ful trading Of the early saving, podding
mere, requires fortune which, in the or.
dinary course of things can have come only
by inheritance, or by business application
through considerable portion Of ones &C.
a.. III 20, Is..,.t L., &C
true love in fashionable society to the men
who have inherited wealth, and to those who
have become somewhat advanced in matur.
ty by the years required to gain wealth.
For, after all our American fast ways, there
are comparatively few who make fortunes
by their own exerton8 in early manhood
Ii may be that by these circumstances mar
riages in fashionable society are decreasing
and the number Of mature maidens in.
creased; but, if our reasoning is correct
these remain single because none have ap.
preached them with the proofs Of true love
and the sentiment Of society is that il is
better to remain single than to marry with
out love. And it may be, also, that these
cause many men to disspate
The ardor Of the affections Of early manhood
before they become qualified 10 offer the true
owe which the high standard Of fashionable
society requires as condition of marriage.
But these are only seli:sacriGces to preserve
The dsinterestedness Of the marriage rela.
lion. At any rate, no consequence can over.
throw principle.
We trust that we have demonstrated to the
satisfaction Of oil, that the marriages Of
fashionable society, with all the require.
meuts of reliable base Of supplies, are as
disinterested az the love in a cottage, and
thereby we have reconciled all the demands
of fashion, and all the conditions Of pru.
dence, and all the requirements Of wealth,
in forming the marriage choice, with that
disinterested and pure affection which gen.
eronsly throws itself upon the manly chest,
and for all the riches Of its gushing heart
asks only love and living. - Cincinnati
Gazette.