The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-08-17
MARRIAGE
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From the ATE Maria.

From the Ace Maria.
81 have been reading the Catholic papers Of
late" said the Critic, and I can not make ont
what they mean By all this talk about the eligi-
BILE young girl and the ineligible young man.
Nobody pretends that there are no Catholic
young men; but somebody Is constantly jump
ing up and declaring that somebody else says
girls can marry"
IAN impression seems to be abroad that tho
women do the proposing now" said the Lady Of
the House. least, that Is the idea / get
from SOM of these articles"
80 they do" said the Critic promptly. an
nine cases out of ten the woman asks the i'm
portant question. Being q bachelor, of course I
do not pretend TO speak from eIperience-or TO
mention the number of offers I have been COM
PEELED to reject. But I am sure that most men
have had the question popped by their wives"
"why." asked the Lady OF the House, fanniag
herself with some violence. lis the man always
represented in song and story on his knees, in
an appealing attitude"
"On his knees" repeated the Critic. I'M
abashed. "Of course-he is begging to DO let
of. but the lady is always memorable"
There was silence. The Lady Of the House
and the Visitor looked coldly about them, and
nobody dared TO smile.
~ am crushed" said the Critic, "as usual,
ike lrutn. mere are bOmo OF US VINO ask why
do Catholic girls Of a certain class say: WI
don't know any nice Catholic young men, You
don't hear the men saying that OF the girls; they
rate" the Critic continued, speaking quickly.
many of our Catholic girls neither go into con-
ways told 10 do one or the other' know charm.
ing groups of Catholic gentlewomen. all over this
country who ought to have married long ago.
and made some men happy; but evidently they
didn't see any men worth the asking. DO the
girls expect too much 7"
&c E-N.tianflU ~ mid tho rnnaarratfra 50 attnO
woman of to-day will not marry on the income
which would have satisfied her mother or her
where her father leaves OF; or II she earns
money herself, and Is enabled 20 have certain
does not want TO divide an income with a man
who earns not much more than she Is able TO
%eni r,d dhS m aay w wafa tes snSS her fa e a p .tsPs,
20 bySin life in a log cabin, with the man she
loved, i gone out Of fashion" ,
" Perhaps love has gone out or fashion Z" said
the Philistine.
"Neysr%" exclaimed the Poet.
81 fancy that the daughter OF the prominent
man who followed the husband she loved to be,
gin life in II log cabin, with no electric light and
no steam heat, and no samoyar for Russian tea.
had learned not TO be afraid OF work, Martha
Pennsylvania and Kentucky women did IL; hut
they could spin and brew and bake. Browning
clubs and shopping were not necessary TO their
Nor TO that Of the modern girl" said the
beautiful Visitor, decidedly. II girl OF today
by the browning Club and shopping. For my
part, y she addr?, with a slight blush, when /
married | would have -"
TO on" the Critic said. "If there is any
thing ! like il is human documents. Hut YOU,
madame. proposed To n most admirable man:
your good taste is generally acknowledged. ~
the man is not up 10 the standard. as a rule
that's II, Is ttf | am sure that you are right,
in spite OF all that he may say. The rea-
son our Catholic, girls complain that the
up to their standard Is that a woman requires
more IN a man than she used 10. We have i'm
proved on the last century. The amiabls young
woman who was always bathing dear Toms
head after a drinking bout. and who looked up
90 him as a noble being because he did not beat
her, is no longer the vogue"
Educate the women" said the Conservative,
and you lead them IA despise the men,
Educate the men," said the Visitor, and
they will appreCi late the women. You can't tx-
pect Il man INDUCED by a mother from his ia
fancy, To make sacrifices; and marriage always
means some sacrifices both for the man aud the
woman"