Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-22
Chicago InteT-Ocean.


$50 a year. Now, what on earth do you
do with this remainder"
"Well," says. Henry, "there are my
clOthes-and-and"
"Cigars,' adds Amelia.
DYES
"And buggy rides
eyes"
@Aud drinks"
"Ah-tut-hardly ever anything of that
kind, you know" says Henry.
"Well, 1 hope not. But what do you do
with the money otherwise? A mans
clothes don't cost him much
sDon't they2' exclaims Henry. "Nou
just try it."
"WeH,' saws Amelia, chow much, now"
aWel," says the young man, thought
fully, "there's an everyday suit for winter,
saw $50. There's a dress suit for parties
and the opera, So. There's two suits for
summer and fall and spring, $50. There
are hats, caps, gloves, hosiery, ETC., $40;
boots and shoes, S35; and-well, how
much is thai?'
"Two hundred and ninety dollars" re-
spends the ready Amelia.
ss!Say three hundred responds Henry.
every well; that leaves 800. What do
YOU do with the reSt?'
"WeIl. there's car fare, say SO"
"Yes.'
"Theatre tickets, $780,"
ayes"
caldwell, let me See-church dOna-
tons, say-S2J.'
eyes, we'll say So. Well"
"Carriage hire, $50"
"Wellw
I moderate fhnHn
say 500. How much does the total
amount TO nOw''
"Ten hundred and fifty-five dollars.
You see there are over $50 to be account
/ ed for
oWeu, a Teller don't spend all his money,
/ YOU know; besides, there are Christmas
! presents, and a lot Of little traps that 1
| CInnO5 now remember"
ssYes, see. No doubt the articles men
| toned would swell the amount TO 81, 200, =
! says Amelia, rather sadly.
Don't YOU see, now, remarks Henry,
| sthat 1 cannot afford = wife,
"You surely couldn't, unless expenses
could be reduced, replies Amelia.
"But instead Of being reduced, they
would be doubled says he.
"Oh, no." says the young lady. "NOt
that. should think, for instance, that l
was very eNtrayagant if / spent half Of your
salary on myself"
"Do you suppose you spend less than
| 500 yeaTly?'
"Perhaps not now responds Amelia,
blushing; "but l could get along with much
less If tried
"Could you, indeej?' queries he.
"YeS,~ she responds. "COuldn't you?'
4 1 1 of
Where would begiu?'
Say the clothes, suggests Amelia.
"Yes, that's a fact. | could do without
The dress suit; tina. would be SI5.'
"And ore Of the Otheis?' she says in
guiringly.
'sY- a-4-s-say one of the others; $40"
"Aud q little on the boots and shoes
81 believe so; say $50 of on those
"And the carriage hire?'
"Well, 1 suppose l could get along with
the street car; take of $50 for carriage
hire"
swell, h " about the cigars9'
81 wouldn't like to give them up entire.
", but I'll throw off $50 on cigars"
every well. And the hats, caps, etc,
| and all the rest. Couldn't you save 500
! on the balance You know that a good
suit of clothes will last more than one sea
| SON"
eWell 1 might possibly make it 500
less" says he.
"That makes, with the Sljj left over
and above your stated expenses as a bach
ellor, 800" says the readyiAmelia. ~ on
may add TO that SO which you could read
ily save on amusements, and you have the
| snug sum of $50 yearly to layby. A few
wears Of such economy would enable you
TO buy a nice little home Of your own,
where, with a frugal wife, you could both
live very cOmfOrtly for what it costs you
to lise by yourself nOw.'t
If Henry is anything like the man he
ought TO be, he will say at this jUnctuTe
that the very wife to live in such a house
is the young lady who has herself suggest
ed it, and will forthwith proceed TO act up
on her advice. There are, without doubt,
a good many Amelias IN Chicago, if they
could only speak; but the trouble is that
they may find no opportunities, and posi-
bly, no Henrys 10 chat with thus cOnhden-
tally, and so the old bachelors and the old
maids will multiply, and a serious prob
lem in social science is presented fol
consideration. This self-enfOrced separa-
ton Of the sexes will just as certainly
lead TO crime aud immortality as any
we'll understood cause leads TO an equally
well understood effect. Aud it will increase
as the numbers of the unmarried increase
until every considerable city Of this country
will become a miniature Paris, save with q
| sadder result, as our national temperament
is capable OF deeper feeling and more terri
bic remOrse. The ratio Of unmarried per
sons is constantly augmenting, and the
question Of a remedy is one that deserve:
the gravest consideration. In the Older set
dement's the females predominant in such
numbers that marriage for a large proper
ton is impossible in any event. In the
newer parts Of the country, where the sexe;
are in about equal numbers, the question
of expense frightens the wOuld-be hus
band. and the result is quite as bad. The
way to reform is not plain, though the ne
cessity for it is iRdispUtable.