Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-10

keeper of select boarding house. Parties
who marry pan. rdisO7a are spinsters and
| bachelors, persons who, when tired OF their
solitary selves, turn to circulating libraries,
reading rooms, tubes de h0te and cards IN
the evening. The mistresses of such estab-
lishments become their contidentes, receive
their small gifts that commence with a
bouquet for the desk on which account
books are kept, and return favors with the
husband or wife for which the flowers plead.
A 4aarSe,tse sees no harm in any of the diff
ferent plans followed she finds an appro-
pirate Something to say to all her proteges
and always gives sound advice. few
samples will exemplify :-"Remember that
there is but one invariable rule in married
| life-a man and wife must dine every day.
"You Will not always be in love; matrimony
comes after such ecstacy Like smoke when
| the fame is OUT
| PRACTICAL VIEWS.
Some of these Intermediates have practi-
cal views which in the commercial world are
highly appreciated by consenting PARENTS
CHOW, my dear young friends, lay my words
to heart-no zeal in your deeds, no enthu-
siasm in your opinions, no feeling in bust
ness" What shrewd, hard-fsted, married
couple these theories make! I once heard a
m0ryeuse say to the father of young man
about to marry, II have chosen you a
daughter-in-law with my eyes shut and my
ears open.''
( Notwithstanding the little trouble court
ship occasions in Paris, young husbands are
not easily to be found unless they are deeply
involved in debt, but this is fortunately not
always the case. Many young men, in the
enjoyment of property are driven away from
the altar by the consideration of female ex-
travagance. eff take wife, they reflect,
s'she will spend her dot on herself and toilet;
but who is to pay for the toilet of her femme
de c,h1unbre9'' This is new perspective
opened by the progressive culture and crav-
ings of servants as well as the peculiar in
stitutions of this gay capital.
FAULTS OF WRONG EDUCATION.
It is unfortunately only too true that the
youths of the present day are not brought
up to play their part as citizens; they are
taught to be Frenchmen only, and leave the
schools with as goodly store of selfshness
as life itself can confer. Being we'll up in
logic, they reason thus:-''If woman had not
been created, the want would have to be sup
piled, but, as she is, it was meant that lu
jeal,oesse should love her and leave others to
we'd her,
Married people, alarmed at the scarcity of
husbands and of the population, to which,
by the by, they contribute very sparely, often
advise young men to marry and become
heads of families. They do this, neverthe-
less, with such hesitation and tremulousness
that they remind me of bathers standing
with chattering teeth in bitterly cold stream
and declaring all the time that the water
is delicious The Indifference of young
men in regard to matrimony can only be
compared to the eagerness of maidens to be-
come wives. The chief inducements are z0
soaaee du contrat-a party given on &he eve
of the wedding, when the marriage act is
read before the assembled relatives and when
all the stipulations concerning the "dot' are
made known. The trousseau is then exhib-
tied. Some marry under the regime de l0
c0nanat7aa7ate OF common purse, but many
consider it improvident. and others marry
under the regime dotal, and the wife's dot is
only alienated in cases prescribed by law.
Then there is the c0rbeStte de marriage, con-
tanning the diamond necklace, the earrings,
the laces and Indian cashmere, not to speak
of other gifts. Shawls may be out of fash
ion, but they are always included in the COR
BELLE de la na0rsee.
SOMETHING TO BE MARRIED FOR.
The proper cashmere has to be bought at
the Union des Indies, because that is the
place where ancestresses and grandmothers
went for theirs, and because the Union DIES
Indies, at the corner of the Rue Droubt, has
the specialize of BRIDES genuine camel's
hair shawls, just as the Fidele Berger has
the specialize Of drdgees for christenings. A
shawl of this kind, with the stamp on it, is
one of the rights of welded Gfe-a thing to
be married for. The Seine and the Tiber
have been turned from their courses, but
cashmere has never been kept out of
cor6ei1le. When out of fashion it lies by or
disappears sometimes, alas! finding it's way
to the Mont de Riete; but it always comes to
light again. After the soiree and the cor
BELLE comes the Messe chu7atee, with melt
ing ''salutarie'' by the opera tenor; the altar
decorated with flowers, strip of carpet ex-
tending down the centre of the nave; the
beadles in knee breaches and silk stockings
and dangling m0a7e ribbon streamers:
blaze of lighted tapers and a train of white
satin three metres long. Besides all this
there is the anticipation of walking down
the Boulevards alone, of going to see Jude
and Madam Chaumont, of enjoying i'm
promptu dinners at the restaurants, and the
delight of lounging in luxurious arm chairs
in loose silken morning dresses and worked
satin slippers.
THE TEN FRANC DINNER.
For the middle classes there is the solemn
entry of the bride and bridegroom at the
Marie, when the whole municipality are
made acquainted with the fact of Mile. KS
marriage. There is the drive in white
hired carriage, with the bridegroom in
low cut vest and hug. shirt front; the colos-
sal bouquet, taking up as much room as the
mother-in-law; there is the dinner at ten
francs per head the ball, the eclipse of the
bride at f&e minutes to twelve p. m, the
distribution of a bud from her orange
wreath to each of her bridesmaids, and on
the following day the assumption of newly
found rights, such as ordering dinner and
locking up and keeping the keys.
MARRIAGE AMONG THE POOR.
In the lower classes there is the walk in
white muslin or white merino and veil to the
Bots de Boulogne, with string of ten couple
swinging behind in high colors and high
spirits; there is the dejeuner beyond la
6a1rae1e, because wine pays no octroi hors
la ba17'Sere There is the nqaqSee's garter to
be divided among the bridesmen, and there
is scramble to get at it, while the groom
looks Or, and xp;cboo 1uol ~ +bo x,;n,,or