Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-05-01


hazard Way. taking his meals here and
sleeping there. A Frenchman always
has some place he can call his own.
His wife makes il truly home. She Is
never sullen 10 him or to the children.
no matter how hard she may have 10
work. The children are at home every
evening after or o'clock. They read
the inevitable newspaper. which one
can never get rid of. aloud to their faith
er. and the home life is perfect. Free
schools came from America twenty
years ago When man is in business
be does all the buying and selling and
outside work. His wife keeps his books
Sometimes very rich man in commerce
will know nothing whatever of his BUSH
ness accounts. But they are safe with his
wife, and could not be 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 baby, and
knows nothing Of his affairs. Girls must
be married. It is nothing dreadful if
there Is but one daughter. But when
there are half dozen it is truly terrible.
| When a girl is II or Is her mother be-
| gins TO look about for n, 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 Ntime. When the
son-in-law is secured he is invited to
dinner. He looks about to see If the
linen, the silver, and the furniture are
oil right. He criticises the cooking. He
| calls two or three times a week, and
brings magni ticent 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 a mar
riage de CONVEYANCE, though what con-
venience / 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 OFT
| we'll. II a 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 10 be II
and finds the chances are against her
getting any husband unless she takes
| the one provided. Ii is not the way
married and / should not approve of it
! for any one | cared for. / married my
self. After the legal ceremonies and the
marriage at the Marie comes the we'd
/ ding in church. When that is over the
young pair do not 90 home; that would
be highly improper. They 90 to some
hotel, where a magnificent breakfast is
! provided. Ii you are ever so fortunate
| as to be favored with an invitation TO
such feast advise you to eat good
breakfast before you 90 and a good dim
ner after it. For there is nothing to eat;
all is show. But the bride has the con-
ISOLATION Of knowing that her dress Is
very much handsomer than the dress Of
ner best fri,nd. who was married few
weeks ago; and what greater happiness
can any woman desire? In fact, it is far
too handsome to be worn again. After
the wedding they settle down. The hus-
band goes 10 his business; the wife has
her reception day. Her ..collation"
consists of cake and Malaga wine from
the gracer's shop over the way. The
guests know too much TO touch the stale
cakes or the sour wine. So one bottle
of wine and few cakes serve all win.
ter. She has had her day" and ii
matters not how she looks on all the
other days. No one sees her. but she
has made 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 better way of marrying. Still
it is dreadful TO have daughter to
caser-''put in the case | think the
system of marrying for portion is aw-
/ full. have known cases, however, where
there was none. A girl feels that she i
married for her money. Education is
better now than formerly. There has
been great change within the last
thirty years. and now it is almost as
good as it is in America. But no girl is
ever allowed to 60 alone in the streets
Ii would be dreadful; something would
surely happen; it would hurt her future.
| If girls are to be escorted to school an
army of servants must be kept. This
system Is absolutely bad Fifty or sixty
| OF us have decided that our daughters
shall 60 to school alone. and hope oui
example may be followed and that there
may be great change in this respect
within the next ten years. / must SAY
| one word about womans suffrage Ii
has been much ridiculed among us. II
certainly viii not do now. We are not
fit for 1t Il would upset all the hopes
of lis advocates if il 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 be fit for
] suffrage, but not our daughters. Legal
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have divorce. don't believe in using
divorce like pair Of tongs. But /
in the future in selecting their husbands
They can have second chance If the