Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-28
"Tlrst-Class TO spend Money on'-.-But
How Can We Marry Them md
Sin Livo2
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Special correspondence Of the Gazette.
"lIcllo, cholly, how are your see YOU
got back from the beauties Of Saratoga
Catsklll, etc, right side up with care"
eyes, Spirto, got back. Hang Saratog;
and the balance. I'm tired Of It all. ~,
an eternal bore, all the whole business
and I'm all broke up"
"Lost your heart, evidently, this
season. Who's the ialr onci Might Il.
well confess"
"Yes, lost IL again, and this time ion
keeps, and my head and peace of mind q,
WE'LL
"Whats the row? Can't you ret the
lady's heart In retum?n
"I've got IL, and there's where the
trouble comes IN. II hadn't got il, and
lnew | couldn't get her consent, It
wouldn't be 80 bad. You see | can't
possibly marry, couldn't think of IL for Il
minute on my income, and there's no
prospect OF an increase that can see, so
I'm in u fix
"What Is your mcome?"
"Wcll, about $1,000 per annum, at
present"
"AIarry the girl"
"Wlmt' DO You really mean to advise
n man TO marry on such an Income! Why,
IL wouldn't more than pay rent for the
apartments my girl would want to live IN.
Do you know what It costs To marry and
live in New York in any sort of shape,
and with any sort of stylish girl! It
can't be done ON less than 5000 Il wear,
and II you haven't got that much at least,
the old man wouldn't think of il, even If
the girl would, which is very doubtful.
No stree, no marry for me on $4,000
year not II know IL. Now II YOU really
want TO know something about tie
geography OF married HE IN Nc,y York
city Just look around among your friends
ana sec how few of the boys ret mar.
rled, aud the number is decreasing every
year, too. tell you it Is dangerous
thing 10 marry nowadays In this civ and
the boys Know II by heart There's at
mt least fifty thousand of them thar
haven't married and never expect to, in
this city alone, and am one of the I'M
happy band. So llng; there's Miss Carrie
Il. Just returned from Newport, and
want 10 see her. See you latcr."
And as Mi, Carrie r., connected with
some of the best revolutionary blood of
Gotham, bowed swcctly, he Joined her
aud they walked up Broadway. Miss
Carrie was certainly stylish and hand
some young lady, and as they walked
away couldn't help thinking OF the grace
tui swing she gave To her body, and the
neat fitting dress which She managed
with so much ilneSse that IL seemed born
u part of her tilted backward and for.
Naru, swung from side to side, chung
lovingly round her aristocIatic waist, and
lealously hid from sight everything but
Lhc tips of her evidently SIS or $40 boots.
what dld her get-up costY How much
did her GUARDIAN angel otherwise her
WeH-to-do uncle, lny ont on that swing of .
hcf dresst Evidently II was gained only
through Il long series OF seasons at diff /
lcrenl Watering-placcs, and hiuh.pricrd
phoS, as you don't ind just that peculiar
at any sccond-rntc In
tells, and it cannot be learned in n sngle
season. That swing alone is evidence of
nm expenditure of at least five tbonsonI .
dollars ut ligh-priced Watering places
Her hat must have cost sometime litr
$40, at low estimate, and six In n sna-
son Is none too many, Kid gloves RIM
about four pairs per month. Dresses [
well, heaven and the wcarcr only know
what lhcy cost, TO say nothing of Tho
numerous unmentionables not visible ia
NE outward gaze, but nevertheless there. /
anu probably costly, provided one could
luugo the inside from the out. And so n
young man with an income of S96oo n,.r
year couldn't think of marrying lady
Drought up IN this way, and She wouldnit
lhlnk oil marrying him. FirSt.cluss to
taik to, splendid Waltzer just the sort of
fellow to meet AT a summer resort whore
Young men were scarce, NEE To talk snn.
uliloht 10 under the summer stars-hut :
10 marry-what an idea, and ina All
uncle would swear In seven languo.,s IL
he thought his ward had any such mton. .
ton, tut-shc hadn't.
Can II be possible that there orc er,
thousand bachelors in New York civ
bachelors of marriageahle age who ~
pect to remain SO through lncY IL IL mn.
donhtedly so, and this, too, in smith NJ
the fact that the ladies' outpumbcr tho
men two TO one at almost all the summer
resorts, and that our streets are falrlv
crowded and lammod every Saturday NJ. /
ternoon, especially Broadway and iyfth Z
avenue, with throngS OF the most stv,Isb Z
and generally admitted
heart-brcakcrs in the land. What Is Tho
naller with the boysl Why is II thnt
tnere Is apartment building after apart.
'"Vh' uuuulnR nttcu up exclusively for
men, and no ladies admitted, while every
prolulnent nat IN the city, like the Da.
Nota, the Chelsea, the Valencia, etc. etc
III nave their suites of rooms known nv
'nachelor apartments and wei filled
WIN Jolly single gentlemen OF MARRIAGE
lnle age who haven't any more idea ot
In this life than they have If
'wlnglng golden harps In the next--mcn
VINO enjoy life for all there Is In It--gen.
.rally men who have made their nile. ana
ave enough 10 marry on II they so do.
'lrnd--men who belong to the union
.eagqe and other clubs, and men Who
,ave neoome welded TO life OF celihacy
trough WHAT 'O'
through the generally believed and ,
lowing opinion that man without con.
lueraole money 10 back up thc oxneri. !
lent has no business TO marry and ~. !
empt to live IN New York city-Sthat tho :
lph VINO does SO puts milestone aroupd |
e meek that will eventually Sinh him ~ !
e slough OF despond, hold his nose 10 i
e grlhdstone through the balance of !
le, aress the woman he loves In shabby y
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