Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-10

upon the esrly welded life of two people
whose fortune-if they ever have one-is
to be made and saved by themselves.
The folly of marrying upon nothing is
so easily demonstrate that the girl Of the
period, albeit trife romantic In some re-
spects, does not need to have it explained to
her. Not even Traddles of our genera
ton dreams of bringing Sophy home as
his wife on thousand dollars 8 year, no
capital except love and stout heart, and
no stocks except those taken rGshly in
Faith ana Hope. Consequently, the num-
Der of marriages in the solid middle classes
decreases yearly; people marry later in
life; there are more childless couples and
fewer housekeepers. Ourgirls know this,
and our young men appreciate it to the
full. The former look for husbands who
can support them well; the latter take
their choice between cynical bechelorhood
and hunt for rich wives. Both sexes
'look to it that they gae where siller is"
One Of the Observation-Disclosures
sayings of unworldly-minded mor2liZers
IS that the man whose riches have bought
his wife, and the womsn whose husband
has sought her for her money, are much
to be pitied in their splendid misery.
These unsophisticated esseyists, laying
to the warped outlines the rule and
plummet Of sensitive rectitude, assume
that suspicion of the truth must
Turk IN the bottom of SeVres
cohee-cups, sit, bodkin-wise, between the
welded pair on satin sofas and carriage
cushions. They are represented as gaz-
ing through gilded bars at the frank,
| innocent Joys of those who are chosen
and beloved for themselves alone, as
Adam and Eve might have sought un-
guarded crevices in Eden's wall, and
made of them wAiling places over what
they had forever forfeited. If the inner
most hesrt-lining OF CI9sus and Baroness
Burdett- Coutts were turned out to micro
scopic examination, we might find definite
traces Of the corroding suspicion afore-
said. The average millionaire does
not associate in his most secret
thoughts his riches from hi3 individual
| personality. Purse-pride runs through
every vein, is assimilated by every
organ. Inconvenient as were the conse-
| quences of Midas touch to his daily
bread, he doubtless retained in his prayer
to be saved from starvation strain Of
pride in his unique accomplishment. Our
Wall Street Midas is not chagrined that
the beautiful school-mistress elected to
grace his table, carriage, and mansion
should be won by his millions. He loves
her the more intelligently for her appre-
citation Of Whst is himself.
Who ever saw an heires5 to whom the
dread Of being msrried for her money was
the frestipg pea under her fourteen feath-
erbeds? The yellow reflection OF virgin
gold becomes her as ornaments the bride.
She values her possessions az inherent,
not eXtrinsic charms. she knows ss well
IS you and that rich girl never lacks
for suitors, and she is grateful to be-
nignsnt Providence for making her fu-
ture sure andlbright.
One of the vainest women ever knew
portioned Of her handsome, oosequious
lord, month by month-so much for
cigars, so much for horses, SO much for
tailors' bills, so much for sundries-snd
so far from being ashamed of the one
sided CO partnership, reminded him OF 1t
| in playful threatening when others were
| by in such terms as:
"Don't be ssucy, my love, or will
stop your allowance" Or, "Dear! dear!
what expensive Injuries husbands are!
Here's payday sgain!"
| She,had her fatterers and court, for
she wss pretty, fiippanS, lavish and rich
and in society! Her money was but one
element of her power, as essentially q
part Of the woman who had attracted and
won her impecunious Adonis as were her
conversational gifts and fine eyes. The
conscious possession of wealth imparts q
sense of mastery that intoxicstes steadier
brains than hers.
Admitting ali this, as the candid OBJ
server Of society's ways of reasoning and
ection must, there Is an ugly substratum
of truth, realistic and stubborn, that
thrusts up 8 granite shoulder through
sophistical iroth and spsrkl6s Letthe
woman who has prospect ofSmArrying
well, according to the definition s4kesdy
given, denude her betrothed of the g9iden
fleece draping his moral and menta& be.
ing; put behind her the visions OF thouses
and vineyards, gardens and orchards,
and pools of water" represented q
Saratoga and Baden Baden -silvar and
gold, men singers and women singers
| Il. e., the German and French opera