The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-13
THE MARRIAGE QUESTION
r INTERESTS A GoOD MANY EARN
EST PEOPLE.

rbe Boys and Girls Are Having The
Saw About it, and Their Views ar
parher All Contain Fer
and There a Grain OF Truth-"What
society Man"-"One of the Girls" an
zone Who Has Been There" lave t
say.
Editor Morning NeUs:: The articles fror
"a Young Matron." "a Society Grip a n
anoe of the Boys" and Others prompt me I
adj something 10 this boom in matrimonia
literature.
FIRST Gods love.
"And next" he smiled the love of wedde,
souls.
SO Browning says, and so say I. I
sbould be the highest ambition OF a youn,
nan for such union with pure and faithfd
woman. /
Consolidation is the order ofthis age. an
onr grandmOthers AMI mothsrs have riskA
the trials aud troublss suggested by "Of
Of the Boys else where would you NJ
EDITOR. or the writer have0eens What vi
want is less extravaganza nd more honestJ
in hearts and pockets Itnow OF dozel
young society men AMI women who would
bl
rnnnitv "consolidatef rIther than as Trey
"a now. independeD Of each other. Why
il II that they do ot take each other for
better or worse. Or richer or poorer,
mill death the do part9 Simply
hecausa we live to fast here. The msn
who gets 500 a ronth, especially lone Of
the boys.n spends sometimes at the rateof
s25 night. saw nothing, has no iiea
above making a ,ght of it when flush, and
snsnds the rest the month with rem0rse
and arrapgingt borrow at the to II per
cent Result. ar to tell any woman he
loves of his tru condition financially, and
faiis OF great pssibliltes:
The societygirl prefers late suIpers,
dances and to whispered devotions Of the
many to one, nd marriage is bugbear, a
dreaded Contingency consequent on one
mans earnestss. Connubial bliss is con-
dition, not a ieory. The girl, however, l
venture to sa,will compromise, il the fell
low is worth aything and is real nice. l
assert that ar young man of good charac-
fer, moderatmeans, 500 to $3.50 month,
with ambition eau live happily with fair
associate on "a same sum he spends on his
single self anhis many friends(1. What
we want is putty, pluck and positive char
acter. The mcal tone is low here among men.
We want tprecation of the sacredness
Of fidelity to ne man, or woman Gods
law and man protection, with this incen-
tive, tie Sl00-month young man will soon
find he can EN- $3.50, his love will find a
way and haeed noe Idle, steal or drink
himself to dttb.n Shame on such senti-
ment as the st alternative. Give me a
prudent, swee girl Of 25 years with deter
mination andcourage. and the consent of
all her friendsand can save money, build
ny, INV hI1cipag I'D ami 10 af al Won
ten theories, ecept "the society girl" She
is on the rIgt track, only she is bidding
too low. Sue woman is worth more
than 800 a month"; Opportunities come
and co. We MAKE them, TOO, says Mr..
DESCRIBES. A axiom is, wv here there is
will there is way" and where is a Jill
there is Jac.n The secret is start right,
save s0methin, on $50 month, be honest
to yourself first and the girl you love next.
Congenialityis most necessary for connu-
biality; but don't give up. If, my boy, you
can't rent-hoart. If you can't get Rachel,
take some other flower of the feminine flock
Just dying for you. And if John don't
come to the point, why, start him on the
topic Of consolidation. he will catch on,
for there is a tide in the affairs of women as
well as men, only you must be in it. deny
that our young men and women figure on
divorce and separation. Ninety-five per
cent. are black cases. And if everybody
viii let US alone we will all come home
Many set up the sign God bless our home"
and settle down to sweet communion and
everlasting happiness. In the words of
Gentleness and love and trust
Prevail DER angry wave aid gust,
And in the wreck of noblelives
Something immortal stiilsurvives.
A SOCIETY MAN,