Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-07

boarding house intimacy. 1t rarely goes
further. The young man goes along in
the path he has marked out for himself,
or which others have laid for him, and
the girl fights her plucky battle with the
rushing world. If the young woman
marries she does SO nine times in ten out
| side OF her boarding house circle Of &C
| quaintsnces, and the youug maxwell he
can't afford to marry.
WHY THEY CAN'T MARRY.
Now, the assertion that young men
earning from $1s to $40 week cannot
afford to marry m.y seem edd to the bus
, mess man also to the level-headed laOOrer
who has married On S12 or SIS week.
But the assertion is true. Our boarding
houses, third-rate hotels and furnished
rooms are filed with unmarried young
men, the msjorit7 Of whom earn S25 8
week. They are gradually becoming
weaned from all liking for domestic COM
fort. Tn. y are content so far as home
matters are concerned, to have clean
bed in small room, and they don't care
whether they nave their meals in board-
ing house, s restaurant or hotel. They
are scrupulously NEAT, 50 rule,
in the selection Of the clothes they wear,
and this is the most favorable thing that
can be said OF them. Why can't these
men afford to marry? TIE answer is
simple snd correct. They have been
caught in that stream of humanity which
is ever sweeping into the wide and varied
channels OF the athletic world. The young
men are vlctimssot wild craze to be
long 10 bicycle clubs, rowing orgsn1Za-
tons, athletic associations and other as
semblies for the cultivation Of boxing,
polo playing, tooogganlng, lawn tennis,
shuttle-cOck, bowling, football, yachting
snd the countless other pastimes that
come under the head of athletics. The
average young man Of to-day can defend
himself with his hands almost as we'll as
could the professional boxer OF the
LAST generation. The young man
who measures cloth and the one who re-
ports sermon or q ball lmatch for his
newspaper can handle an osr lin some OF
the crack amateur crews. The youth
who acts So confidential clerk to noted
banker or broker can run 100 yards, per-
haps, within half 8 second of the record.
The sturdy young mechanic who earns
50 90 day does not rest or study st
night. BE goes to his club and practices
N the gymnasium or rows In his she'll on
the Harlem Or GoWanus bay. When he
is tired eff either amusement ne becomes
a member Of one Of the raanJ visiting
parties that go from CLUB to club or have
an outing down the DAY or up the rivers.
Some CT the boys have costly sikiDg for
cards, billiards and bowling, and
those who are good looking sffect lawn
tennis and quoits in addition to accom-
plishments as oarsmen and yachtsmen.
The training grounds Of the various clubs
are well attended during the summer and
autumn months and the club houses are
well filed in winter. Besides the athletic
exhibitions and the many tournaments
for medals, there are entertainments,
hops, and other scciables given by the
clubs. The members, to meet these so
cisl demands, must not only wear good
clothes, but have q little spending money.
It is quite the thing 10 tske young wo-
man, even if she is but q clearinghouse
girl, to the entertainments snd soclsbles
IN carriage, snd of course flowers and q
supper follow 3 courtesy OF this
kind. These winter affairs are
When the fine weather
comes along there are the customary
cpen-air tournaments, the outings to