, 1897-10-02
WHAT IS THE REMEDY =?
A MEMBER OF THE TILICUMS DIS
CUSSES THE QUESTION OF
MARRIAGE.
Young Men Receiving $75 Per Month
Can Do No More Than Keep Them
selves and Marriage Cannot Be En-
tertained-The Girls Who art Most
Thought Of Set Up a Free Lunch.
To the Editor OF The Republican.

To the Editor OF The Republican.
Laramie, Wyo., Oct. 2, 1S97.-If you
Will kindly give me a little space in your
valuable paper, | will try 10 answer a
question tnat seems to bother the older
people OF our city. A few days ago
noticed an editorial paragraph in The
Republican suggesting that some Of our
young men ought to marry. This mat
.er has been discussed quite extensively
Of late, both by the young men and by
the young ladies of the city and also by
the older people.
Now, | am well acquainted with all
the Young men and young ladies in the
city. | know them all and have talked
with them all about the matters | shall
discuss. | think my letter fully expresses
he views OF the young men OF this city
upon This important question.
Why don't our young men marry? Let
Us see. Take the case of a young man
who gers a salary OF SIS per month as
A book-keeper. or bank clerk. He finds
| that he is barely able to live on this
amount himself. The girls he generally
associates with have good homes; their
parents are comfortably situated; not
one out of five Of tlese girls is accustom-
ed 10 homework or cooking; all OF them
are cultured, educated and accomplish
ed. The young nan prefers the society
CT such girls as these to the society OF
any other class of girls. He plainly sees
| that If one of these girls were to marry
him, she would be making a great sac
rifice. Before he could conscientiously
ask her TO marry him. he ought to have
A house Of his own and money enough
to furnish it. This is the way the young
man looks upon the question. The fact
o. he matter is that there are only TWO
or three young men in Laramie who
have means enough 10 maintain himself
and wife in the same station in society
as they themselves occupy. II you don't
believe it ask any of them. From a
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great catches" among young men,
So far we have considered the sub
ject from the standpoint Of a poor, but
honest and unselfish young man. Let
us take a more selfish view. The young
man OF Laramie spends a goodly part
OF his earnings upon himself. He smokes
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eats and drinks good things alone, wears
pretty coed clothes and has a good time
generally. Il he married a girl who
brought him no dowry, he would have
TO give up all these pleasures. After he
had supported his wife, he would have
nothing left to spend for good things
So far we have given two reasons why
the young men OF Laramie do not marry
In cheir generous and unseifsh moments
they are deferred by the first reason and
at all others by the second.
Another deterring influence is the al
legged cool manner in which u young
gentlemen are entertained. A young
man feels that he is being very poorly
and indiferently entertained by a young
lady. in these days, unless he is given
something to eat every time he calls
Last night l heard a young man say
that he would never call upon Miss -
again, because he had called there twice
and she had offered him nothing to ca
either time. How great ar influence
this condition Of affairs has upon cell
bacy in our city / do lot know. nor do
care 10 know. but 1t is a noticeable fac
that me young ladies' who serve lunch
&c their callers have more admirers thar
those who do not.
So from all this our conclusion is tina
our young men do not marry, first, be-
cause of their impecuneotss present ant
prospective condition; second, because
of the personal sacrifice it would entail
third, because the girls offer no encour
agement to them.
l do not sign my name to this letteI
for the reason that IL I did my reader:
would devote most OF their time to ridi
culing me instead Of considering what
have written.
MEMBER OF THE Tu1ICUM CLUB
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