Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1890-08-21

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toen fsdss away hsiofe rs practical
necessity 81 askiHg her tesfana Scr
every shilling size Felaires 4e me. o.
a. ardent believer ia wouan rirt.s
ana uoasan's Independence. t.e ices Is
quite oaious, and il seems e. fae = lst,lo
shoFi 81 menstFo8s iaat 3 vscn rlaR eto.
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81 his SOUS. soeu.d consider ais a-ufa-
tiers amply provided Ter VIII @3aNa3
apiece. iortuH tely, a. this IS BE- many
osher ghings. pablic op.Bion Is uatsr-
Faias change -n1 trust that before
many years have passed. - sqssl di-
xis-oa Of pFop.Flg between troIbeFs AID
sisters alike WIll hocsns iee raie iu-
ttesd ol being the rare exceptioa.
Another peint Ia recent social de-
Velopment Which bears favorstiy CA she
marriage question ia Enalan4 Is tha
rapid breaking coga 81 class alaiinc.
tons snl The consequent c1teAsl11 II
tie telc u possibls matrimonial chfree
The afistocfscy and tie oOantg f-ulliss
inter-narrY !rosly n0sEaaYs VIII tie
! professional and uprer middle clusses.
Thus. Only feW weeks age tae eldest
daughter - TIE Earl - Carlisle. LADY
Mary How sri. bestowed Der hand ana
heart on Prot Murrsy, tae clever Young
Greek professor a. Glasgow University
Huch . union some twenty 90 t-atF
years ago worle haVe heea regarded ls
& positive mes alliance. bat nowadays
10 = GeLsibly acccptea as perfectly
suitable matri moIiGl arrangement
some discussion has recently takCa
. place a. % the proper age 40 which giris
should marry One of The weekly pour.
mails requested its readers 90 state what
81 their opinion was tho best marrying
age, and ~ aii the answers received
the vast IA Jority dxsd on twenty as
. the most suitable age. while none men-
toned figure lcae. than tNenty-oue.
As myself was married within aooupis
Of months q leaving the school-room.
! should not like 70 be too severe on
early marriages but feel sure that
there IS a growing feeling IN English
society against allowing girls % make
their final choice too early IL life. II -
quite tho exception for girls In good
society 20 marry before they are eight
cen, although tho Msrchloness % stat
ford and failure Duchess OF Sutherland
entered into tie bonds % wedlock on
her seventeenth birthday. and many
parents object 10 their daughter marry
ing till they are over twenty For ny
part. - seems % me that IL is a oues-
ton impossible 70 settle BY g fixed rue.
There arc plen y Of girls regarding whom
i; would be very difficult % bring for
ward ar tangible reason either phys--
cal or moral 20 arevent them marry ing
while still ia their teens. OF tho other
hand. there are alarge number a Eng ish
girls-mEny more. ! fancy. than IA
hmerica-who remain c.rsouslY glrllsh
and undeveloped until long after tAeir
school years are passed Under such
circumstances mothers ought certain Y
20 defer the marriage question until
their daughters are twenty-three or
twenty-four