The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-28
GIRLS WAGES AND MARRIAGES,
a Woman Who Thinks Mnnliness md M
Mint rtuSROV -. E,Ll

n woman Who Thinks SInnliness and no
sIatriniony n Failure.
So the shocman thinks his yirl, ar,
getting too independent? We'll, this |,
pretty good for the girls, says Alma In
the Detroit Ntu,. <
| Ihe way they view the marriage ques.
ton in its aspect "proiit and loss" re,
minds me OF bright schoolmistress In
Minnesota: She was very young, and
her first school was district school near
her fathers farm. She was drawing n
salary OF $40 per month. An agent of
one OF the prominent music houses OF
st. Paul went travelling through that
portion OF the State selling organs. For
several days he made Intellectual At.
leinpts to engage the interest OF the
schoolmistress. The business Of neyo,i.
aling for the organ she left entirely 10
her parents, and the young exquisite felt
as though he was left out in tho cold,
50 he asked hur one day: "Why is 1t
that so many schoolma'ms arc old
nai,ls?' .. ~ -
With perfect ''sang froid" she replied.
because VIC DO not cure to give up a
$40 salury for n $50 man,"
And TINT is tho correct summing up of
the whole matter, whether with school
mistresses, factory or shop girls. The
impetus that has been given TO the EN-.
ployment OF women in all phascs of
work and business by the low wage sys.
TEN has thrown the young men Oh their
mettle, il they have any, and nightly
has 1t found them wanting, 10 far rs the
large majority is concerned.
Ut course there are exceptions to nil
rules, and this among the rest. But the
average young man can not keep up with
the average young woman, or at least he
does not. Where the faultlies, and for
what reason, will all come out by and
by, rs the other questions at issue are
answered. II the ceaseless hue and cry
OF us marriage fsilure?" or us reiip.
ion iailure?" would resolve Itself jo,o
the question OF more point. as mauli.
ness a failure?" the whole subj. ct would
be disposed OF in The same answer.
Why is it, and whose fault, that 80
very few of the sons OF a rich man are
able to stand without their fathers?
Butthat it is, is patent enough. And the
youngman whose fathers stock in hand
consists OF his business OF trade? Why
is it that they 20 dawd!ing about the
streets, with their useless hands in their
pockets and smoking the everlasting
cigarette, aping their simple brethren OF
The "clubs" without a sensible thought
In their heads. No wonder that a girl
with all atom OF the woman about her
will not look at such apologies OF the
genus homo" as'+
That which girl in amy walk OF life
admires in the opposite sex isa man,
not that half-breed combination known
as a dude. The lack Of true mauliness
is iclt through all grades OF the social
strata. The lady in the parlor aud the
maid in the kitchen alike scoru an ellem.
nate man. 1t is perfectly natural Tor
woman to look up and regard with al
most a feeling Of reverence the brave
and noble in men; but the more she en-
cages in pursuits that we're exclusively
his at one time and the more he retires
from his own realm, or rests on his oars
entirely, the greater wifi be the indie
pendence women will feel in their own
abilities to provide for themselves.
Its not difficult to read this "writng
on the wall" Of the future. The utter sell
tishness that bus brought women TO the
front by the low-wage diplomacy, while
with the utmost complacency The as
sertionis made that "thtir sweet, refining
influence is SO highly appreciated" will
recoil, on itself, away with such bosh; it
isn't worth the difference in the salaries
which is quietly put into the pocket OF
the taskmaster. ~
All, truly, the question is, SIS manli-
ness failure?" Begin with the capital
ist and end with the laborer, and answer
tho question to yourselves, every one.