Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-03

It 10 quite edifying to hear our CLERGY
and private and public lecturers hold
forth on the extravagance OF the young
ladies OF modern society ~ being = hin.
drance to matrimony.
Our young men are not slow to take
the cue and make the extravagsnce .
scspe goat for their own sins.
The fact that In all we'll Regulated
families and all well hammered com mu-
mites It 10 properly considered ncs the
1rignt thing TOT any man to pass the line
OF thirty and be still unmarried.
Some good reason must be known.
and NO poor reason can exist that is not
pathetic.
Every bachelor Is, therefore. unfortu.
nate or criminal.
He must find an excuse
which has at least the sem.
blance OF Q reason. 1t Rladdens
him to find some one else on whom he
can lay the blame. Men are as extra va.
CANT as the women, although the vice
In them appears In different form.
/ 1t Is q knowledge that the combined
Expenditures of two extravagant people
cannot be sustained by the young gen.
tleman's exchequer In Its present state
which deters him from marrying.
Take any one Of the chief clerks in
our large establishments, who are on
salaries quite equal to the expend itures
Of large families in New York twenty
years ago.
Let him tell you whether, in order
to enjoy the dignity and happiness OF q
wellmarried man, he is willing to re-
lipquish his extravagances.
II he assert that he has none, let him
endure q little catechism.
How much have you spent during the
year for wine, game suppers, cigars,
theaters, carriage rides, extra fine
clothes, extra fine cham bers, and fifty
other things that q man can be man
without,
Will not every one OF them be Obliged
to " own up" at least one tenth of his
income thus wasted =?
II invested and nursed, to what might
1t not amount in ten years, from the
day he was twenty until the day he
was thirty?
Would he be willing to abandon these
extravagances for the love and com pan.
ionship of a fine woman
How can he venture to say that any
woman who loved him would not be
quite as ready to make sacrifice of her
extrsvagances to have his lifelong de-
votion?
II he says he is willing. she may be
as ready to express her willingness.
If he says "no," how can he find
fault with her =?
Let such Dung men take another view
Of the case.
Those young ladies who are living in
such a costly style have fathers that car
afford 1t.
The fathers have made their fortunes
and now choose to ex pend large portions
OF their great incomes on their daugh.
ters.
Why do our young men regard only
that class of young women?
There are girls who are not extrava.
CANT, girls who are working for theil
living, making money, and saving it
too.
Let young mon seek them.
Why should the clerks Of large stores
and banks confine their views Of matri
mopy to the circle of young ladie,
whose fathers are prosperous merchant,
or millionaires?
Tnere are just as beautiful and virtu-
Gus young ladies working in all thes,
establishments, lovely and loveable. In
dustrious and economical, intelligen
and educated. having no bad habits Z,
unlearn.
Let the young men look for mate
here.
Why should a young man demand O
his father-iu-law wife aud a forum,
| 1t the same time?
We are beginning to lose patienc,
with this cry that the extravaRance O
young ladies is hinderance to matri
mony.
We bore 1t patiently for awhile, be
cause 1t Is true that in the race o.
vanity our young ladies' have brought s
reproach on their sex, and we would
gladly do all in our power to correc,
this evil but It is not fair to lay the
whole blame on one which rightly be
longs to two.