Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14

AltsT Two Days seoppsng tns Figure
la Beea Fixed.

la Besa Fixed.
II il rot a matter OF daughter or
duc1tz; IL - however. . question Of
Hyu1en versus dollars add cents A
number OF eeoEo1nists have been spread
fs1 hersticai beliefs with their hard
he1ded arzaments over the impossible
ny Of getting married and keeping
married on less than q q. ZOO income
Thsy assert that the young man Of the
period can't possibly maintain an estao-
hshment az whose bead Is young
woman Of this IA 10 sseels on an amount
whose initial digit indicates something
below the 5000 limit That may be
vury true for the eDosics whom we class
unxzsr tho genus ~ d aec<s. but there
go large numbers Of u who are not In
elrzisd In that classification A certain
sturdy strain. not mentioned by thOse
luxurfous eeonomstA, can thrive very
well ON an income represented by very
lev dollars. si<ed out With . large
au,puns Of common sensA
II h . tsnable assertion that two peo-
pie % much In love that they are noe
ovsr psuud can live together neatly on
q, 800 pear More. they can marry ON
n II Tho spendthrift groom has noe
anved more than eco toward the greAs
event
Ha0xisngs with retail dealers, hard
wrunx barrains with wholesale houses
and mortif3cations of the fesh 1T sec
ondrhxnd shops troop alongside the
q 800 pair, bat the ensemble Is jolly
@uwdL OF course che cry b not always
s-Cssh" dnring such shopping. since,
sftsr the fat OF the apartment or the
buarcsing-house floor has been chosen,
sfe furnishing Of all the rooms must be
done NJ once. while the purchasers can
nos By any means pay on the spot
But TO begin with the bargaining for
She hOuse itself. q study of the matter
sesults In . comparison between rent
ing fiat In the city and building .
housr IL the country, with the advisory
aecens upon the latter course
These are tho opinions Of . young
nan who has tried both. which are
gtvsu herx II married. he said. ION
o1s . week. and thought that with
eeoooxuy (life on starvation rates, rsth-
sx) We could get along for time on my
income So rented three roomson the
upper door OF . boarding house at ol6
Q month In one we had IN oil stove
On which my wife cooked breakfast
We dined at French cafe where table
drhDte was 50 cents. IL was our one ex-
truv.gunee, that 5o-cent table dhote,
b1s wo continued 20 spend q per week
4rum the et3 surplus over rent Six
dollars for car fare, laundry and the
other tteans outside of dress didn't keep
~ out Of debt, 80 ss tho end of two
Douths we moved 70 q country town
twenty miles from the city. A building
md loan association put mp ss1 200 cot
60 for which Pm paying at the rate
Of sis per mouth This covers the In
Gumncc policy, interest and every hing.
1--WE boarded in one room until ouz
hsnss vas dnished and I saved $50.
With IL we bought carpets and kitchen
ufsnailA Bedroom. parlor and dining
room furz- ure I arranged on the in
seallment plan They came from one
dealer who y getting large interest be
sanss can't AFFORD more than another
Ga monthly tr his collector But
an willing he and tho association
should mako money out of me in the
end fog The sa,ee Of having house now
Forty dollass . nouth We can live ON IL
che c,wkxy.'
Tn y III plain tale of . mar
WHOSE insDD b embraced By three fig
ura- Bus vsrny no h In the octopus
elxsrfe> and y 20 b for several year,
- oor3e
With u 30 one en- buy nearly every
thing outright and can live ss HI
shooscs m Eat or country house. Il
he n tzr-<;Zhted he viii build, Tor the
ssm which meltS La board bills might