St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-26
THE MATRIMON IAL MARK FIT.
Interesting Interview With an sold
Grip on the Subject

AhteEestlng interview With an cold
Grip on the Subject.
From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Times-Democrat's statistician started
out yesterday for the laudable purpose of
collecting reliable data and information as
to the outlook for the coming season of the
matrimonial market. He called az $50, 900
house in the aristocratic quarter of the
town and sent in his card TO a raving, tear
ing rosebud, who has literally pulverized
the gilded and stricken youths who hung
about her all winter, by declaring that she
was off for six months trip. The dainty
creature came down arrayed i'm the heecieSt
and whiteSt of white gowns, built in the
height of the fashion.
Il have called, Miss" said the elderly.
baldheaded father of family, whose best
hold is statistics about everything impracti-
cable, Ito interview you on the condition Of
the cotton, no, mean the SUGAR. should
say the-ah-the matrimonial market.
Have you any objection to giving me your
views on the present crisiS?"
The young lady said the subject was a
very painful one, and that the public mind
was already a good deal excited, and that
she did not want to create panic or excite
any unnecessary alarm, but that in3 her
tremely critical.
Last winter, sir, was my fifth winter,
and l really cannot face the coming storm
of debutantes. I am called ohe of the old
girls though in reality ! Monly "a. and
am going to take my ducks to another mar
ket. The melancholy fact. sir, is that there
are no marrying men here. Most of the
young men in society are young professional
or business men, and get from S75 to $50
a month. And you see, sir, by the time
the poor fellows have paid their board, tall
OrS' bills and club dues. they have nothing
left to lay up for a rainy day; and my
brother says that nearly every fellow he
knows is more or less strapped whatever
that isl
The statistician looked grave, the data
began to loom up as valuable for his forth
coming article on The Decrease of POpula-
ton. and in order to complete the chain of
facts necessary to verify very strong posi-
ton he proposed to take in his great article,
he said to the ''old girl:''
''WOuld you mind, Miss, cOnfiding to me
as the father OF an interesting family,
mostly girls, the cause of the terrible de-
crease in the marriage rate?'
The young lady blushed and said: mot
at all, sir. It's all those hOTTid clubs. The
dreadful men will join them. They will
60 there to spend their evenings instead of
with us, and we really don't have chance
to have fair shot at them. The longer
they stay in the clubs the more averse to
society they become, and then the horrid
selfish things wont marry if they have to
give up their club. As between a nice wife
and modest style of living and their
clubs they will choose the club every
time. You must not think, sir, that
they are all like that. for some have nobly
chosen wives and will let the club go. They
don't deserve all the credit, however. for
the girls were irresistible. And whenever
it comes toa fair standup fight between the
club and an awfully nice girl, the club will
get the worst of it every time"
The man of figures and facts here with
drew, with his note book crammed with
data. which will be simply invaluable to
the bureau of statistics at Washington.