The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-19
From tho london EramIner.
WHY DON'T THEY srAunY.



mas often ask, and will never cease hsE.
ing until the one only satisfactory answer
y given, They have married. Af.
however, that happy time scoms AZ pra.-
ent about a. distant as the millennium. wr
must remain content with Ices decisive
answer. We are aware that this be- n
most momcntous tonic. from which fIe
| rash and proiauc should De vHrHaI DN
IL profoundly effects tyyo great infere.te--
| the hearts on young ladies ANA INA rlrE-
cts of their papas. These two int6ra.t.
| find their deepest expression la fho runat
neradicable passion of ihc human mind.
the maternal anxiety fOr the setUamputuf
female children. We can conceive Che
10y that would rum through society wore
the mighty secret discovered and matr-
mony made UNIVERSAL To convert am tho
marriageable young men into Beudicl
would be an achievement compared with
which the discovery of the philosopher
stone would be childs play
such projects are too great ior az, hc
ours the humber and less grateful task
10 point out one of the chief mpgdimenH
20 matrimony. This imposes the duty
Of looking 40 the subject h. it- least love-
" aspect IN its proaic troubles and iu-
glorious cares. Very different is thc cue
of the novelist. Those things he keeps
most religiously ont Of sight Ills read.
crs are presented with fascinating picture
that heat the Imagination. They feel
grateful 10 him for the illusions although
they are not helped one step towards ~
alHing the blissiul visions upon which
their Imagination feeds. Now M $50 bad
no stomachos, IL nature had kindly fm-
ished as with an cpidcrmn proof uu.ut
the extremes of cold and heat, the trrlt-
ment of the novelist would ha na COM
prchcnsiyc as il Is delightful. but our
constitution h. very different I'M ihc
lower classes 10 b. well known that One
marriage rate has an intimate connection
with the price of wheat and iu tbo
highest money has great deal tu do, mot
with the desire for matrmony always. Due
certainly with the execution of it
Who are accustomed to complain chat
men don't marry Not the working
class. A mechanic just out off Dis ap-
premiership is ns able to support d WiloHg
he is likely to bo nc any future period Ui
his life. Unless he hopes hy saving mon.
CIV 10 rise ont of bis ol1ss as,i become 600
employer, hc has little inducCmcHt t1 re.
frain from marriage. 10 b. whore gcuuls
ity begins and the laundering after gentle
it's, that the dissemination ol men t0 pass
under the yoke becomes apparent; and
the more gcntccl the grade the stronger
does the reluctance become. rhop-kDDp-
ers and clcrks, who have aspirations Co.
ward, If not uiliuities with, higher CIroIo..
hold out longer. Doctors become Crc8-
lures higher in the scale of being, ro1ch
maturity considerably later ns i1r young
solicitors and baTister, thcy saom almost
ike the angels in heaven, who neither
marry nor are given iu marriage, although
we fear, there the comparison ends
While in thc ascending scale tboro isa
growing mwllinmcH to contract mare
riagc, the usefulness OF Che wife appears
10 diminish. Tho wife Of "a W0rIliugmm b.
cook, hOuscmaid, nursery maid, Cyory
thing; all the manifold forms of service
developed by the division of labor arc
summed up in her own person. Whom
the poor woman. a. b. too often the Cnar
has "A large family, her work b., boo proper.
ton 30 her strength, moro severe than hCr
husband. She costs less than q servant.
so that, If she dies, leaving young chill
dren, her wid0wcr has no alternative but
10 marry again. III Wo measure bier acr-
vices in money they will compare lHy0m.
bly, with her husbands; indeed She c0ulr's
butcs 81 the common expenses. If mot f9
the same amOuut, at lca-t equally accord.
ing 10 her strength. Can thc nmr 81 uIi
of n wife in the middle clussy linr pu.i-
ton Is greatly superior. She is infinitely
better provided with tho uCcc.grios.
and has almost exclusive enjoyment lf
the luXurics of life. She isrcIcused from
domestic drudgcry, her chief serious oe-
cupatioD being 10 look after scrvant-
The pay has grown better, while tbo work
has become less. Docs not the lady yet
more and give less than the workiugman
wife But, il may be- said, the aamo b.
true Of her husband compared with Che
worSingman II is one of che stock ro-
proaches Of protection orators against tlo
present distribution OF property that thc
harder the work the lees i5 the pay
There H., however, a clear distinction.
Where men are highly paid, thcIr work
must be Of kind that few are actually
found competent 10 perform or . b. such
that no one can do il without "a long uni
expensive preparation. Great artists
command their own price, because Che
public prefer 10 compete for The work OF
the best men, rather than romain cone
tent with the productions or those who
are only "a little way from the front A
doctor Is more highly paid than an apoth-
ecary, because the profession involve 90
more expensive education
But these reasons dO not seem tp have
much application 20 women. Eyey g.I
Is, or Is londly believed to Dee, able tI
manage n household and the education
Of girls Is neither sg prDtmctcd nor sI
costly o. that Ofb0ys Women, and c.-
pecially literary women, when given iD
magniiying their office, may dcmur i1
this view. We may be- told that tIe
management Of two or three servants 90
gigantic undertaking. Women of au ae-
tive disposition make work for thcmsoIyu
wherever they are; but their energy
when confined within the four walls of
home, Is rather miscAicyOuH Having
no suhiient occupation, they "mcdlIe
and muddlc :" they worry ihe servant,
they keep the house in turmoil 1nd
achieve a barren perfection in mcrhcihF
all real comfort. Viewing the Wiie M 1
housekcopcr, we fear her value cannot ha
rated very high. There arc few house
keepers who are not very much cheaper.
II n man marrics for the sake of house
keeping, he has q decidedly poor Dare
gain.
II appears from All article in tbe Dzcn-
nix P0zna.ki, Polish paper published u
Prussia. that some of The most brilliant
achievement of the German army iu th1
present war were performed, not by Gcr-
mans, but hy Poles from tho Polish Pro-
vinccs OF Prussia Tho Third division
Of the landuehr, under General kum-