The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-26
Chances OF Marriage.

FIVW dulpeTS nuGlrs
In olden times, says Frenchman,
who, with the usual assurance of hi
countrymen, prelends 10 know some
thing about women, female beauty was
80 fascinating that Il was q certain
means OF securing husband. Nova
days, he adds, men have reflected upon
the subject, and II Is seldom that glrl
fs married for her personal attractions
whatever they may be; 90 she runs d
great risk Of always Keeping her hon.
orable title Of maid, II her parents are
not rich enough 10 pay handsome sum
70 some gallant or other 10 change II
into that OF wife. q
II Is an accident, or In fact a sort OF
prodigy, when man marries q woman
solely Tor her beauty, quality which
has slnRularly fallen In value In our
nercenary days. Iflt ever should take
. rise, II might be well 10 adopt the
Persian mode Of reducing the number
Of old maids. This consisted In selling
the beautiful girls to those who were
willing to bay them, aud giving the
amount TO the ugly; so that the Gand.
soonest endowed the ugllest; the second
In beauty, the second In ugllness, et
ceterd. 8'.ET
But this plan would be, we fear, In
applicable In our days; for there would
be but few bidders for the beautiful
women, and the ugly, II the money was
10 go with them, would be the only
ones to lind takers. Seriously, con-
IlnueS our FrenChrnan, who, It must be
borne In mind, Is speaking OF France,
and not Of the United States, marriage
10 tending TO disappear from our social
habits. The humber OF old maids, es-
pecIally Of the middle class, IL increas.
ing daily.
A laborer or mechanic has no difficult.
" In getting married, for his wife takes
her share OF work. In such case
matrimony Is Joint stock association,
The working-nau spends less when
married than single. His clothes being
made and kept In repair ut home, and
the more wholesome and less expena
slve nourlshment more than compena
safes for any additional expense OF
having another person to provide for,
This, we need not say, alludes Ia
France, and may be more or less true.
as we hope II Is, Of our own country.
Among the rich, especially where the
"oLAAA uO"TV.
marriage IL also possible; but in the
middle class, how can 1t be nowadays
All the young girls are brought up In the
same way. Each one IL 30 exclusively
adapted for the great prizes that there
are none suitable for the inferior ones.
What are now called the necessarIes
are far more than what were formerly
considered the luxIrleS OF life. All
kinds Of equality have been tried at
vari ous times; but only one has been
retained, and that the most dangerous
and most fatal OF Rll-lhe 6gwulity of
expense.
Every girl Is brought up with the
Idea that she will draw In the lottery
Of marriage first prizs. II IN IrnAxIn-
ed thht Sty lie and accomplishments Will
make up for Il want OF fortune, II IN
Il mistake; they will only make 1t more
necessary, In fact, absolutely indispen.
sable.
Marriage is .the greatest luxury q
man can indul ge in. When VIZ reflect
that all the women OF the middle class
are nowadays brought up to shine In
society, that there are no longer any
marked distinctions rs far as expense
ls concerned, and that the standard OF
necessary living Is fixed according to
that OF the richest, u man must DO In.
deed greatly In love II he does not hes
late before the mountain OF velvet,
silk, and jewelry that he must consume
all bis days In accomplishing, In order
that his wife may be property dressed.
For men OF this class woman Ia not
companion, to take share In proper
ton 10 her strength Of the common
cares and labors Of life, but an idol that
he must pass his days In adjoining for
the admiration OF olhers. A poor man
who marrles such a woman without u
dowry would be capable OF buying a
horse which had 10 be fed upon topazes
aud emeralds instead OF oats. SO 1t Is
now rare 10 find husband OF the kind
and soon 1t will be impossible. This
is what they are coming 10 In France,
according 10 very good authority.
Let our countryWomen take this
warning, fresh from Paris, together
with the latest fashions they are 80
fond OF getting from the same quarter,
and thus using the one as an antldote
to the excess Of the other, avoid throw
Ing away the chances Of marriage.