, 1875-10-03


| 10 Rliehn Forth and his thirty moral friends:
CHICAGO. Sept. 27.-What blessing it is tc
| the community at large that you well-to-do
young gentlemen decline to marry for, Judging
! from your Own account should any girl be 30 un-
| fortunate as to accept one Of your 's moral, n
| set, she ia to be pitied. We have long known
| what selfish and conceited lot you are, but did
! not think you would be frank enough to con-
fess it yourselves, as Elisha bravely does in hia
| letter. But as ''Honest confession is good for
! the eouI," he undoubtedly feels better for 30
| doing.
So you think the girls are all anxioualy waiting
! for the happy day when you will 80 far come
down from the lofty heights where you imsg1ne
yourselves to be al to condescend to take one Of
these " "eztrayagant, frivolous girls " for bet
ter or worse,-if you can get her, or il she
can prove that she is an equi salent for all your
many manly virtues; and can show just cause
why she, poor, ordinary mortal, should aspire to
the honor OF living With such N angel as you
profess to be.
You cay cur argument to these we'll to~do gen-
t1emen ie, in substance, this: Work hard
economic, accumulate. and then marry one Of
u.s." an very sure il we waited for you to do
the first three. We would have to wait some
time,-ti'l you we're nearer 60 than s5,-that is,
gir! i'll her right mind would marry
man whose chief aim il to - enjoy life splen-
didly. " or have IN increasing round Of drives,
lectures. and entertainments You admit that
each side must show an 81 equivalent" but what
equivalent can you offer, for ali that marriage
demands 7 From your own accounts, nothing,
but the honor, it it may be SO called. OF being
your wife-sn honor that any sensible girl might
- respectfully decline" For why should girl
leave pleasant home to share the fortunes Of 3
state Of analrs, could yon possibly
offer any inducenent great enough
to warrant such sacrifice On her p2rt2 You
simply imply that the risk is all on your aide,
but in this you are very much mistaken. To bs
sure, IN oue sense, mans happiness is rs great
to him as woman'e to her; yet, If q mans
home be unpleasant, he has other resources for
enjoyment which q woman has not. By this I
do not mean enjoyment that would compensate
for the loss Of q happy home OF bis own, for
that would be impossible, but in outside pleasure
he may find some relief, whiio to her there is
left no alternative but to keep on with the
household d1udgery, ard, il she Is unhappy, bear
it. Lsthrop very truly stys, in his poem enn-
tied "a Woman's Answer"
loving woman nnds heaven or he'll
On the day she Is made bride.
By the way, this poem illustrates better than
any have ever seen the requirements Of the
sexes. and would advise you to read it, il you
never have, and would also refer you to "a
Mans Requirements, " by Mrs. Browning. as
good Illustration of the modern lords many de-
1nRnds.
Then We too are not 80 sentimental as to sup
pose that marriage is the chief aim in
life, and-stzange Is 1t may Seem
I think most OF us would rather
be "!eft" than, as "Nettie" says, 'wear
cur lives away to keep comfortable home for
you while you are downtown flying around with i
some other girl attending concerts, ente1tain-
ments, ETC." So don't worry, EIiBha! You Will !
probably be left some time to enjoy your spten- |
did life Ut the hotel. Don't imagine for mo- !
ment that We think Of trying to disturb you. |
We only think what pity 1t is that your parents
did not feel in the same way that You d. for
then We might perhaps have been spared the !
example Of Elisha Worth and his thirty moral
who prefer an easy, selfish life at ]
fashionable hotel to the manly support Of q
home.
To show you the style Of man We girls admire, |
will close my communication by quoting the
last verse Of beautiful Ettle poem entitled
y nv King" which was published il Hurper
some time since:
He must be courteous toward thu loply,
To the weak and sorTowful, loving too;
He must b courageous, refined, and holy,
By nature exalted, and firm, and true.
To such might feAressy give the keeping
OF love that would never out8row it, spring:
There would be few taars Of q woMan's Weeping
II they loyed such = man my Eng-My Ring.
E1LANTINE~ I
AllustoNs. |
70 Tie Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
CHICAGO, Sept. 2e.-Haring arranged myself