The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-03-04
MOUNTAINEERING YOUNG MLN.
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People to Read.
At intervals of every six n.cIihs iwhen
| here is 10 election pending, Ear war IN
| Europe TO fill the newspapers ai.d interest
| the public, up comes tE7 discussion tl
| the mCmentouS question why American
young men do not marry Every leading
| Journal has freed its mud on this subject
and pronounced Il decision based on Pre-
| ciseIv the same line Of argument.
We are aSSl.;e ed. first, That eur educated
! Young men do not marry as their fathers
! did they lead Il luxurious bachelor exist
| ence with the help OF clubs, faShlonaoie
| society, occasional visits to Europe and
pcE&haHt fUr etchings. old china, classical
music, OF some coaTSrr hobby. Educated
| young women are Ieft.iu Nither ike GB'
plucked rcseS on the stem. There is IN
| consequence, imminent danger that tho
| native American VIII ultimately die out
| and Weld his place To the more unss.fisA,
| domestic, prolific foreigner:
We are referred to highly cultured
| Massachusetts, as proof of this condition
| OF affairs, where the Irish population
| Threatens to outnumher the descendants
| of the Puritans. Tho reason Why A:neri-
| can Young men do not marry, We are
| invariably assured. = because American
| Young women are eS;raVaSaiit, !c1o!ent,
| ignorant OF all hu%scWife!y arts, etc. etc.
| "a Young fellow with an income o:
I 81 900 or So. 00b. would ike TO marry and
! have a home Il sweet little wife and
| children of his own. but which ct these
gay butterflies of ft -hion woal6 &c willing
TO live i'm a little house in Keiisington or
| Bainbridgc street, 10 keep oi4e girl for
| general houseW0yk. to make hci own
! gowns and OCCASIONALLY cook the d.aEcc? ?
| Net one" Hence the conc:aSIOn: lhe
! noile yu,.ng fellow is forced 70 e.ya uP
mis- dream Of gt home and contenthimSeif
! with spending; his $1,000 or $4,000 on
| himself
rae-o IS the explanation so familiar by
this time that We all have come to heiiere
| il. Now how much truth is In it? Is ii
true thai our educated, even our fashion
able c..!s, are iDdolent. ke!I'iess-Ucrs
| butterflies wi.o I've in the sun ard i'tt,Ef'
| with ths fir,r touch of frostY How many
men. in the knowledge of each reaGer o!
the Press, have lost fortune and social
position in the last twenty yea,s a.:6
dropped cat Ci fa-A5uiStl5 Pu'iie"S iLtf
| obscure little =, i@u.s CT country tuw:is
In every sucn CHS" vas il the laen ol
women of tie IaEki1Pt family whC Il 81
tie shcckwitu :hG mo Estimate courag :
who most readily tell into HABITS OF close
snd petty economic: How many wise:
and daughters OF c.-e wealthy men Il
Philadalph are noN sAop-women, teach
ers. artists milliners. ,aue0-.y cheerful!
lighting dhy by dey ior tEe tare Eecesst
ties Of iiTes
The avera ze American man or wonaal
has an euVuluouS amount q pluck, O
endurance. Of the staying powers OF IL
English raZ.-Gorse. He (cr Sa.l Ecas {
L!e Of luxury and ease aGd e:I:oys It t
he full 1T IL luxury and ease ar
swept away here IS :s-is reserve power t
fail back usul. IL tEa woman as In n
man.
The secret Of the whole matter is ths
| the youn. fcl! ~ E5itI Z moderate lncou
who does rot marry does fct want I
marry. He h;mse.i prefers the ciut
! fashionable cl9.aco, ETC. TO the ettifT
little house and chance of Nl-eooke
meals from the sloVen!y girl OF all wcrk
If he were 0uco heartily in love, he woni
have his own way ii LIE matter. anu cas-
ily carry Ms chosen BUTTERFLY off to her
sington. ora Colorado ranch il need bt
In miro cases out of ten the woma
would be more willing than the man
sacrifice luxury and fashion for genuin
feeling.
Since time bagan the Ophelias NOR
than the Halniets have been ready to Civ
all for love and count the world well lost
II there IS downright actual love on eithe
side, outside matters count for but little
Reports of cases every day, in whic
yonng girls, delicately nurtured, an,
married men and women fling away char
acter, home, the dearest ties, wealth
their hope Of heaven itself, to crafty a
Illicit passion prove this. We may tax
1t for granted that when man remains
bachelor and enjoys an occasional german
coat made by Poole and costly wine an,
cigars, it Is because, In his secret soul
cigars, well built coat and ease are deare
TO him than any woman.
Again, Is it true that American youn
men do not marryf Are our educate'
girls withering unplueked on the stem
Is there any real dangePthatth the Anerical
race, from indulgence in luxury and habit
of selfish ease, will become at last extinc
and leave its place TO be filled by foreign
| ers. A scientific book lately written b.
an eminent physician prophesies this res
| uit and plainly declares that the nativ
American will become extinct as III
| tribes of the Lenni. Lenape or. bef0r
them. the mound builders.
Now this condition of affairs and thes
results may be true of four or five of ou
large cities and ono or two States in whic
the means OF livelihood are exhausted
Unfortunately the writer's who predicat
their alarming prediction on their ow
experience live in these States and cities
and habitually regard them as comprisin
the United States.
Outside of Philadelphia, New York
Boston and one or two other large town
marrying goes on as briskly as in the day
of our fathers; throughout the South an
the great West marriage on small mean
and large, sturdy families are the uni
versal rule. Even the New EnglaDde
(who according to these iugubrious fore
bodings, is to be the first branch of tn
race to perish), although he leaves tn
large surplus of women unmarried a
4 home, marTies when he goes To the Wea
. snd, like tina end of fairy tale, -hs
. nineteen children and is happy ever aftei
This danger, like many other OF ou
A. social problems. will be set right by th
n natural drainage of the towns into tn
y country, where life is more simple and it