The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-24
TO MARRY OR NOT TO. MARRY ---
QUESTION OF THE DAY.

is what they say. Possibly little frank
| consultation between the two would
pave the way to explanation and salts
! factory arrangements, but how to have
such a consultation? There's the rub.
Because there is not particle of doubt
| that the thousands Of girls, and at least
goodly number Of young men, would
be willing to make some personal sacri-
fees to attain marriage. Thus, II they
| could only frankly approach the subject,
| Henry might say TO Amelia:
"It's too bad; but the tact is, young
man can not afford a wife nowadays"
And Amelia would Very likely re-
spond:
~ can't see why they can not as well
afford them now as few years ago, and
they used to get married, you must ad-
nit"
And Henry rejoins-"W omen are so
expensive now, that's the trouble. just
look at it. get 81 200 year. Now, how
the deuce can support wife on 81, 200?
Why 1t costs me all Of that to live my
self"
sBut see how you live," responds
Amelia.
mot extravagantly," says Henry. 81
pay SO a week for board; thats-let me
see-eight times two are sixteen; eight
IlLlc6 hfC dhO iOA W, ohu ohO 40 AVA -ohO
Jour hundred and sixteen dollars a
year."
(which leaves you," interrupts Ame-
liza $500 year. Now, what ON earth do
you do with this remainderW
"Well," says Henry, "tnere are my
clothes-and-and-"
"Cigars," adds Amelia.
eyes"
"And buggy rides.m
"Yes.'
Sand drinks"
"Ah-tut-hardly ever anything of
that kind, you know" says Henry.
"Weil, l hope not. But what do you
do with the money otherwisep Aman's
clothes cont cost much" .....
Don't theyW exclaims Henry. "You
Just try it.'
"Well," says Amelia, show much,
nowW
"Well," says the young man, thought
fully, "there's an everyday suit tor Win-
ter, say $50. There's dress suit for
parties and the opera, $75. There's two
suits for summer and fail and spring, $50.
There are hats, .caps, gloves, hosiery,
ETC., $40; boots and shoes 1886; and-weu,
how much is thatW
ssTwo hundred and ninety dollars" re-
spends the ready Amelia.
"Say three hundred" responds Henry.
"Very well; that leaves $500. What
do you with the restT
swell, there's car fare, say $50.
"Yes.D
"rheater tickets, $780,"
"Yes.n
"And-weIl, let me see-church dona-
tions-say $25."
"Yes, we'll say $s6. Wellw
70 ri n vo hird gan
"Wellv
"Cigarsl am pretty moderate there
say $10O. How much does the total
amount to nowp'
"Ten hundred and fifty-fiye dollars.
You see there are over $150 to be ac-
counted for"
swell, feller don't spend all his
money, you know; besides, there are
Christmas presents, and lot of little
traps that can not now remember"
Eyes, l see. No doubt the articles
mentioned would swell the amount to
81, 200" says Amelia, rather sadly.
Don't you see, now," remarks Henry,
ssthatl can not afford wife?"
you. surely couldn't, unless expenses
could be reduced" replied Amelia.
"But instead Of being reduced they
would be doubled" says he.
son, no." says the young lady. "Not
that. Ishould think, for Instance, that I
was very extravagant If Ispent half OF
your salary on myself
"Do you suppose you spend less than
5000 yearly ," says Henry.
"Perhaps not now," responds Amelia,
blushing; "but l could get along with
much less, if tried"
"CouId you, indeedr queries he.
"Yes," she responds, "Couldn't you?'
"Why, 1 suppose 1 might. Let me see.
Where would begin?"
'say the clothes," suggests Amelia.
"Yes, that's fact. l could do with
out the dress suit; that would be $75."
..And one Of the others?" she says, en-
quiringly.
"Y -a-a-s-say one Of the others; $40."
"And a1ittle on the boots and shoes,v
81 believe SO; say $40 of on those.v
"And the carriage hirew
"Well, suppose could get along
with the street car; take off $50 for car
riage hire"
swell, how about cigars"
81 wouldn't like to give them up In
tirely, but Pll throw off $50 on cigars. -
every welll And the hats, caps, etc.,
and all the rest. Couldn't you save
suit Of clothes will last more than one
season"
"Well, I might possibly make 1t $1OO
less" says he.
"That makes with the $155 left over
and above your stated expenses as a
bachelor, $50O,n says the ready Amelia.
"You may add to that $75, which you
could readily save on amusements, and
you have the snug sum of $575 yearly to
lay by. A few years OF such economy
would enable you to buy nice little
home of your own, where with frugal
wife, you could both live very comfort
ably for what it costs you to live by your
self now"
II Henry is anything like. the man he
ought to be, he will say at this juncture
that the very wife to live in such house
is the young lady who has herself sug-
gested it, and will forthwith proceed to
act upon her advice. There are, with.
out doubt; good many Amelias in Chi
cago, If they could only speak; but the
trouble is that they may find no opportu-
mites, and possibly no Henrys to chat
with thus confdentially, and so the old
bachelors and the old maids will multi.
ply, and serious problem in social sci