The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-02-15

and society against the cruelty OF alter
Ing her circumstances, the seltshness OF
him who would drag her down to the
level Of the working classes. The incon-
si&erate swain, who, for loves sake, has
proposed the wrong, finds himself in the
position Of l'ruddles, when, after Jacobs
seven years of waiting, he offered the
humble home wrung from Fate's tight
fist to the 'sdearest girl in the world"
'sI give you my word, Copperheld. L
felt perfect bird of prey toward the
family"
The parental instinct of providing for
the child overpasses the Ignorant trans
ports of the marriage day, and takes
alarm ct the menace of privation, econ
trirance," pinchirg economies and un-
pleasant surprises IN the shape OF debts
aud Guns, which arc natural attendants
upon the early welded lie of two people
whose fortune-if they ever have cne-ls
to be made and saved by themselves.
Tie folly of marrying upon nothing is
so easily demonstrable that the girl Of
the period, albeit triae romantic IN
some respects, does not need to have it
explained to her. Not even q Traddles
of our generation dreams of bringing
Sophy home as lis wife on 81, 900 a year,
no capital except love and stout heart,
and no stocks except those taken rashly
in Faith and Hope. Consequently, the
number OF marriages in the solid middle
classes decreases yearly peopie nHliy
la'er IN hie' tnere are noie o.ii1'Itess O~s
couples ana 1e"ef houseAeepeIs. ouA
girls know tnlS' ana our ~ youSs men ~
pfec3ate II 10 lne ton' ine loiinei .i. iooA
ior hUsoanos VINO eau supeo5O ensu
well; tae 1at'ef tlAe tne1i cno1ce oet" IsH
cynlcal pacnelorhooo ana q nun' tot
rich wives. both sexes LOOK 70 II InS'V
they gae where sller Is.
One OF the Observation-Disclosures secured
sayings of unworldly minded moralizers
is that the man whose riches have bought
his wife, and the woman whose husband
has sought her for her money, are much
to be pitied in their splendid misery.
These unsophisticated essayists, laying
TO the warped outlines the rule and
p!,ummet of sensitive rectitude, assume
that suspicion of the truth must lurk in
the bottom of Seyres coffee cups, and
sit. bodkinwise, between the welded
pair on satin sofas and carriage cushions.
They are represented as
c.z1vc rERorGH G11DED BARS
>1,-,>'
at the frank, innocent Joys OF those VINO
are chosen and beloved for themselves
alone, as Adam and Eve might have
sought unguarded crevices IN Eden's
wall, and made of them wailing places
over what they had forever forfeited. II
the innermost heart lining OF Croesus
and Baroness Burdett-Coutts were turn
ed out to microscopic examination, we
might find definite traces OF the corroo-
ing suspicion aforesaid. Ihe average
millionaire does not dlssoc!ate III his most
secret thoughts ms r'cGes p RON ms IN IN,
dlvlouai personality. fufse piiue i',ne
through every Veln' Is asSlnllateo py
every organ. InconVenienV as were Iue
consequences OF MlGas Ioucn 70 ms
daily bread, he doubtless retained IN hls
prayer to be saved from starVauon
strain OF pride IN his unique accomplish.
ment. Our wan street Mloas IS not
chagrined that the Deautl1ul sSnoolmlS-
treSs elected 70 grace us aoie, "a; oaii.ase
and manson shoule' DC won ny nis w: h!
mons: ne loves ner sne more Ihae in'eitt, :.
gently tor her appreslation o1 "na' -
himself.
Who ever saw an heress to "hom the
dread OF being married Tor her money
was the frettlng pea under her fourteen
feather beds; Inc yellow retectlon OF
virgin gold becomes her as ornaments
the BRIDE. one vaiues ner possessions s,I as
lnous os we'll es Won and 7 that 8 rich
girl never LACKS 1or sul'oEs' ana sue IS
grateful to oenlSnanV I1oVloence lor