The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-03-21

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Z sApees Of IL decline. " must assume that
IL medefa anss 1t has become A IN
Known quantity, the yalus Of which can
b dstsrniled With difficulty. Il matri-
mopy on the wans because Of the decline
Of Christianity in the DATED etatesf I
an.tsr no, % long - Francs il An infdel
nation and cliags to marriage - IN ideal.
Isit due to the laxity Of our divorce laval
l answer no, since ii even divorce we're
abolished, It is Impossible to comp 81 two
people to live together who are not con
genial to each other.
The decline Of matrimony in America
IL due TO externals entirely, which am
prepared to suumerate. That thing which
We call the heart is ~ dominant factor
Of the human race to-day and forever to
be q it ever has been. Love Is greater,
broader, grander In this age, and ideals
.rs loftier than In any age Of the world.
II you want tho exact fact, I affirm it is
because Of the truth Of this statement,
because 20 many fail to find afanities for
the intense craving of the being that men
and women wander into the realms of
old age alone after weary and vain search
for IN ideal.
Here are some of the externals to con-
slider whisky, fast living and in8delity
in men; love of Irritation, tyranny and
seifishness in women; studiousness, am
biaon aud pride in men; virtue, romanti
cism and sentimentality in women. There
are four pictures with two sets of oppo-
sites to account for the decline of matri-
nony. Of the first III there is little to
say. Wild oats grow as naturally in the
soil of youth as mushrooms in the cellar,
aud with equal vigor. In some men the
soil is speedily exhausted, in others the
oats become perennial. ] say it from OBJ
servation that the former class settle
down in time as the best citizens, that
the latter become the scum of the earth.
1t is the latter class which becomes lost to
Hymen and contributes large source Of
decline. The sense of decency in women
is against such men. l exhibited two
classes of modern girls, the first of which
we may also eliminate from the matrimo.
NAL field, those of Irritation, tyranny and
selfshness. Let us look at this girl; we
have no other use for her except as
spectacle. She is the girl who accepts the
attentions. the flowers, the drives, the
boxes at theater and opera, the gifts,
every thing, and why9 Not on account Of
the man, but on account Of the pleasure
che derives from the thing itself. She
doesn't accept the flowers because he gave
them, but on account of the display they
make as corsage. She doesn't 60 driving
because she can ride with him, bat be-
cause she can be seen by men and rival
girls. She doesn't accept his opera box
because of the pleasure of his presence
there. but because she can display her
person to the widest advantage. l regard
IT as one of the marvels of this marvellous
age that there are 80 many young women
so utterly lacking in tact, SO sure to win
and deserve the speedy contempt OF
men. As fol- the maelstrcm Of Irritation
into which this continent is chaotically
plunged We can only regard it as the nat
pral outcome of the universal freedom
allowed to young women. The Hebrew
mother would not leave her daughter
alone with young men, and, by the way
there are no old bachelors, no old maids
and few divorces among Hebrews. Make
your jewel rare and difficult to be seen il
you would dispose of it. Show me girl
whose sole object in life is to break hearts
to win scalps, and l will brand her hyp-
ocrite, who, if 10 the end she marries al
All, secures nonentity. Let Us eliminate
her from the catalogue of manageable
women. Men do not want her. say men
LIDO not confine the flirt to the female sex,
but men are not 10 apt to play that part
This girl and that other, who accepts the
thing because Of it's value to her and not
on account of the man who gave it to her,
are similar in type. She, too, is tyrant
because she uses men merely to contribute
to her pleasure and 10 never known to
reciprocate, regarding her condescension
- sufficient reward. If l may venture an
assertion, say that she and her conde-
scension are the contempt Of every honest
man.
Youar men Of this Auo. daairable Young