The record-union., 1895-01-12
\ MATTER OF MARRYING.

Edward S. Martin, in the North 4meri-
can ReUie1C. discusses the question
why Does the American Girl Marry the
Briton?" The reasons he advances are
quite as curious as they are strained.
He answers his question by a series OF
negauons, in the first place, thus:
Why does the American girl marry the
brIton" Has she any adequate Justification? g?
DO Eou suppose II pays her: ana can such
choice Cn her part Oe defended on large
grounds prOuOtIYe OF the greatest good OF
the greatest number? IS it a TACT, as has been
1itppaut.y suggested, that she moves 10 Eng
laIIU 10 get country lie. because We have no
good roads here yet2 or, on the contrary
eau II oe demonstrated that one reason our
country roads are 80 bad = that the American
girl cannot auICe the country, ana promptly
carries her man OF 10 town at the earliest mo-
llsenl that sees MS endeavors blessed with the
necessary Increase: IS II neT fault That coun-
Try interests tend too much 10 fall TO the care
OF rgSldUuIn that ) too poor 10 get away =
or mas tue country life not much 10 do one
way or the otter VITA her British propeuSI-
tless
Such, then, are not the reasons, though
we confess as TO women threatened with
compulsion to live in the country and be
cut OF from the rerinements and priYi-
leges OF town life almost wholly by bad
roads, of which we have the maximum
in both mileage and badness. there
might be excuse for them marrying any
buE their own countrymen. Mr.. Martin.
however, properly classes such suggested
reasons as insufficient, if not trivial, and
proceeds to name some that he conceives
70 bs sufficient:
TO be honest. there are other conceivable
rs-ssOiI> loi i1-IlrFy Ing an Eagals2Daaa besides
AaS country roGd>- lie may be . charming
EentlcEnau-tne4- are said - De 50 once in 4
W2lle--ysLao can Win a wife by plain personal
coartsasp, and whom any woman would be
Justified N marrying Oh gentraI prIncip.es
aIl1 without specific excuses or he may be
{ Il SooI average sort OF a man whose al
vantage over AIS American brother is a mat
7 tst u s41o or com pks2Ion or laIe appearance.
nave Auo"n American women VINO VEN
tITeA 10 assert that The feminine eve rssos,~a9
more IN TIE type OF the male human tnar
tEeSGS Ine kzaEeInents OF PlcadiLIy or Pail Mail
iEln II tue couteIa poraneOas Pedestrians O..
Elslh avenue and Broadway. or may [ a il !
bis superior Stcl1ity that elscgrlGeS in the
htlto-l. II = 20 4s reared LtL2t there is LruEu
IL the tale AT. kipi3ng or somebody was teII-
lGg the otEeF DAY u now the phleg Ia
/ merchant Of the last had discovered raat the
way 10 beat the American was StI2laIv TO r,ygs
him OF and let Hlun TreL himself reckless
StogiGity - not quite cle same as reuse4 ana
{ 20 persons VINO are suffering from ssa acu;e
cesArtu OF EeESoSe = may appeal as > Iolera ole
substitute 80 That one cs22 imagine an Amer
lc>-0 maid, worn WIKI the restless aspirations
OF her hlsh-pEeSSUrc coGutryElsu. turning
+ with sincere relief 10 pillow her rair vouus
I heSal upon TIE bosom oeAild which Iurksa
90 threat o. heart-tSI- -ure.
/ It IS just possible that such women of
our country as seek British husbands do
so Tor the sake Of repose. OF that Quiet
and non-nervous life that is said 20
+ characterize the British home life. But
T how comes it that if American fathers
and brothers are Of the high-pressure
order, that their daughters and sisters.
( raised IN the same atmosphere, are nos ?
The reasons of the ess2yiss do not res-
son. The American girl who marries the
BEiton and gees to his island 20 live, does