News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-06

From all the fashionable summer re-
sort rises the Pl:untive cry, Where
are the Young men ?" and from all towns
and villages IN the older portions of the
country the cry is echoed back again.
At Saratoga, Long Branch and the
Virginia Springs ladies are often seen
ws-t-Ing with ladies, and If the same
depressing practice - not in vogue ut
Newport the reason Is that the summer
city by the sea Is pcoplci by entire
families instead Of chance visitors, and
that the male scionS of these families
can ENJOY themselves at home rather
better than anywhere else. But only a
limited number Of people can own cot
tages at Newport, so what are Young
ladies TO Go? At summer resorts III
general tie cavaliers are either veteran
heauX, whose experience at compliment
does not blind any maiden to their age
and their utter inelgibility as husbands,
or they are Youths far too Young to be
IN earnest with, although they are old
enough to fall in love al slight provoca-
ton. Where are the young men whom
all ladies have Il n9tural right 70 look
for everywhere, If books and tradition
can he believed: the men who have
reached maturity. have manners and
money. or, ut the least, expectations
and who can dance, drive, sing, ftirt ard
devise diversion for the geutler sex?
Where are the men who are properly
equipped in mind. body and estate to
make love, propose and 5narTy?
Perhaps they are ~ New York, but
young ladies who have not left town this
summer sly they are not Neither are
g.
the hundred or two Villages near the
city, for the plants Of the dImsels at
these suburban resorts are pitiful III the
extreme. Young men? None worth
speaking to have come from the city,
and the towns have none of their own
4 picnic or a driving party Is entirely
out Of the question; lucky are half a
dozen pretty girls if they can prevail
upon a third as many Young men to take
them rowing. Evening parties remind
one Of scenes in Tennyson's princess,
and each Of the two on three gentlemen
present must see home" several damsels
IN succession or in a group Village
girls have even been known to welcome
the presence, at a party, Of sober mar
ried men VINO We're not very old, awk-
ward or bald. A. for proposals, engage
almost as rare AS Lau"i3gs aud quite rs
competent 10 cast Il tenn orarv gloom
over those who are principals IN them.
The truth seems to be that most young
men are away from home, seeking their
fortunes, and all on account of the young
ladies. They are as fond of feminine
society rs their fathers were: but, unless
they have generous allowances or good
salaries, they cannot afford to make
themselves as agreeable IS they would
like. There was Il time when to take
lady to o lecture or concert was the ex-
trcme expense that society eltuiled upon
a young man Who dressed ucately. In
those days there WAS much driving, but
each man owned the horse he drove and
was his own atabIe-boy; indeed, it was d
matter Of pride with him to allowno one
bat himself to touch Lis horse. 1t Is
needless to say that young men with
horses are not now their own grOOms.
To invite a lady to any entertainment
costs several times as much as il did
twenty-five years ago, although salaries
OF young men are 10 larger now than
then. : ladies' escort to party or opera
Is lucky If a weeks salary OF Income
viii cover the expense. Il was an I'M
fortunate day Ior men when the chaperon
became an institution. she takes an
extra ticket. To fab i'm love is delicious;
every young man does Il, hut he must
hold his tongue unless lis new-found
angel Is as poor rs she Is sweet, for to
dress tine most UuambitiCUs woman ac-
coTding to her own tastes IS ont Of the
power of any young man who cannot de-
vOte as much money to the purpose as
suficad his father and mother for their
entire family expenses.
So the youug men go off fortune hunt
ing. Some of them ere in New York.
some have wandered to Cuicaro aud
others have reached San Francisco. un-
der the impression that the farther one
goes from home the better his chances
viii be- It cannot he SAID chat ihe mt
jOrity who have sought the cities are
succeeding. Others are mining, farm
ing, managing ranches. railroads OF
mills, generally at q profit; some are
specullJlug III new countries: but as a
rule, each IS working with he intention
Of going back home IN the course Of
time and marrying girl upon whom he
has st his heut Occasionally his
plan is spoiled by the ciTl marrying some
other man: not uEireqIcntiv. too, the
young m,H changes lis taIad and mar
RES some NV acquaintance Who has
caught that portion o. his fancy which
he lmagiugs IS his heart: nat, on general
principles, the young men arr away from
home because ot the young women. and
this do'efgi condition IF affairs Viii prob
ably coninu" until love aud marriage
cease TO be as expensive Injuries rs they
now aro.-N~,o i0rE IT0,rr.