The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-06-11
WHY THEY DO NOT Marcy.
4 Young Woman Explains Social Prob
Iem-The Males Det-riorating.
New YORK Mail and F,Yr-esst

Iem-The Males Det~rioratins.
New York Mail and Express
At small party OF workers and
thinkers few nights ago, says letter
writer in this city, | was in a group
that discussed the distaste for marriag;
which charteracterizes the girlhOOd o.
the day. One young lady had fortifio
herself with a newspaper clipping OF
the subject which she drew from her
rocket and read rs further substantial.
m her position. 1t was To the c. cot
that hasband hunting maIdens, yOunG
or old, were very much arcer than o.
yorc: that instead Of being aIyioU~ To
marry, girls we're slow of inlucCaCnt II
that direction.
1T is true" said a young lady. =
scarcely know a girl VINO wants to
marry. They are learning somet hing il,
tine way of A profession, something that
will interest them as WEI 3s support
them, two roles IN which husbands Iu-b
now fail The truth is, we are all scared
away IRON any desire to marry by see
ing how wrelched those who 10 marry
are. Where would We look for huS-
bands; Among the 'snips' AMI sports
and CharactorcsS yoIng men that H..
our drawing rooms, They are insu ter
able as mere az uaintances or teauX;
who could contemplate them rs nus
bands: ! have always though
that if | could tud ,ouDg Il an at all
like ny father | could love lin ana
marry him but that s.hool of iuen AS
vanished from the younger rank5.
NobO Is doubts that she expressed the
cony .ciions of large reprcs cntatioa or
Young women. Their lack of interest
IN marriage is rot due tG the larger.
activities which continually oren before
women, but to the unattractile, unrcl!.
able l. aterial i'll the way of husbands
No ZEN are women, and would love and
marry, as readily TO day as when Tho
earth was new il they camo in contact
with men who aroused their respect and
admiration. Tue order of Iaaidenh0od
that could content itself with an inferior
article OF hus and merely for the sake
of being married has also vanished. 1nc
young woman of the period has TOO
much character and self-reSpect 10
dread Icing an oil mail 50 much thu
she would contract an uncUugcnili
union to escape It.
The same evening had a chat VIA
my bright, young hostess a5ou. il
.cient men, a sort Of anney 10 tho
conversation just recorded. she Won
dered what would be ONE of the human
race if the men kept on deterlorating At
the rate OF the last twenty years She
declared it was Almost exceptional tot
the young men OF hrst caSs soc!etr -
support their wives They married INTO
rich ia miles, and at the end OF two Or
three years were pensioners on the rela-
tionS of their wives. 1t is astonish
she said, bow few young women who
are supposed TO te rich really depend
upon Their nus s5anGs for luA,rio5 or
even support. Their fatb.-s or
grardfstnrrs furnish the mgla,
that supplies ttolt Lcmes CIT
ener than the outside world knows
of. Indeed the daughter OF tn
rich man is more to De pitied than the
girl who fight poverty. She sees fewc:
zeal men. Naturally she tancies that
her ideal men must Ue somewhere, since
they are not within her own circle, All
she looks for them i'll extraordinary
places on the box of her father coach
and on huckster wagons, or on the
stage. Anything in the nature of eff
cheney attracts her because she is SICK
of incdiciency The man who can drive
a coach may be very unsteady in gram-
mar, but his mastery of the horses APP
peals more to her imagination than the
line phrases of an inc -cient dude it
indicates a certain degree OF force a4i
strength, and all women like that il
men.
DO you think the class of inefficient
men are really increasing" ! asked.
"Alarmingly, and i'll all ranks Of
inFy hrt tba pinh
scarcely know a married woman init
mately who feels Se2ure-who has con
tidence in her husbands energy, ability,
and efficiency Look at the number OF
married women engaged i'll some kind
of business. II all means something
don't know what, but certainly it Is
the reverse Of PROMISING for the futulc
greatness of man"