Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-03-17
FRENCH MARRIAGES.

| clsiSs - WITHOUT u NOME OF his own. III
London workman often lives in hap
hazard way. taking his meals here and
sleeping there. a Frenchman always
has some place he can call his own.
Ills wife makes it truly home She is
never sullen to him or TO the children,
no matter how hard she may have 10
work. The children are at home every
evening after j or o'clock. They read
| the inevitable newspaper, which one
can never ret rid of. aloud to their faith
er, and the home life is perfect. Free
! schools came from America twenty
wears ago. When man is i'm business
he does all the buying and selling and
outside work. His wife keeps his books.
Sometimes very rich man i'm commerce
| will know nothing whatever of his bust
/ ness accounts. But they are safe with his
wife, and could not he in better hands
But she cannot even sign her name
without his leave, under the law. Often
the wife supports the man entirely, while
he lounges and drinks at the cabaret.
Then if she dies, he is like u baby, and
knows nothing of his affairs. Girls must
be married. 1t is nothing dreadful if
there is but one daughter. But when
there are half dozen it is truly terrible.
When girl is IL or is her mother be-
gins to look about for a husband. and
everybody begins to dread her. They
forget TO send her invitations, and in-
vent excuses about cards having been
lost. Some one has been careless; She
will be invited next time. When the
son-in-law is secured he is invited 10
dinner He looks about To see if the
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all right. lie criticises the cooking. lie
calls two or three times a week, and
brings magnificent flowers No matter
how poor he is, the flowers are always
splendid. He expects the brides por-
ton to make up for it, This is mar
riage de CONVEYANCE, though what con-
venienec do not know very well. Per-
haps the brides portion may be the con-
venience in the young mans eyes. ! do
not approve of such marriages, though
| admit that they generally turn ont
well. If Il girl refuses the man her par
ents have provided in accordance with
her own views she can do nothing. She
generally yields when she gets TO be p
aud finds the chances are against hcr
getting any husband unless She takes
the one provided. Ii is not the way ]
married. and | should moi approve of il
for any one cared for | married my
self. After the legal ceremonies and the
mantaeat at the marie comes the we'd
ding In church. When that is over the
Young pail. tlo not 90 home: that would
be highly improper. They 30 To some
hotel, where a magnificent breakfast is
provided II you are ever 80 fortunate
as to he favored with an invitation to
such feast advise YOU 10 eat Il good
breakfast before You 90 and Il good din
ner after il. For there is nothing to cat:
all is show. Bui the bride has the con-
ISOLATION OF Knowing that her dress is
very much handsomer than the dress OF
her best friend. who was married few
weeks ago: and what greater happiness
can any woman desire? In fact, il is far
too handsome TO be worn again. After
the wedding they settle down. The hus-
band goes TO his business; the wife has
her reception day Her "colaliona
consists Of cake and Malaga wine from
the grocers shop over the way. The
guests know toe much 10 touch the stale
cakes or the sour wine. 50 one bottle
of wine and Il few cakes serve all win
ter. She has had her day aud il
matters not how She looks on all the
other DAYS. No one sees her. but she
has made a great show. When this
period is past, the couple generally settle
down much better than could have been
expected. and are reasonably happy TO
gether. They have no idea that there
can be a better WAY of marrying. Still
| it i dreadful to have q daughter to
caSer-..put in the ease. think the
system OF marrying for portion Is aW-
ful. Ihaye known cascs. however. where
there was none. 4 girl feels that she Is
married for her money Education i
better now than formerly There has
been great change within the last
thirty Years. and now it Is almost ~
good as it is in America. Bur; no girl i
ever allowed to 90 alone i'm the streets
1t would he dreadful: something would
surely happen: it would hurt her future.
If girls are 10 be escorted to school an
army of servants must he kept. This
system is absolutely bad. Fifiy or siNfs
OF us have decided t.iaf cur daughters
/ shall 90 10 school alone. aud hope Oul
example may BE- followed aud that Their,
may he 4 great change in illis respect
/ within the next fen years must say
one word about woman suffrage. Ii
has been much ridiculed among a.. 1t
certainly will not do now We are not
| fit for it 1t would upset al the hopes
| of its advocates if it were given to Us
now. Things would be worse. Women
must be educated TO Judge Of such things
first, especially in France / am sure
that our granddaughter will BIZ fit for
suffrage. but not our daughters. Legal
/ rights are not 80 necessary now that we
/ have divorce. don't believe in using
divorce like pair Of tongs. But /
think that women viii be more careful
in the future in selecting their husbands.
/ They can llnr.. i second cIlan1.e Il Tie