The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-11-28
ortinA,y AND OTHER rnINas.

NEilbAl1 ANH WHEN hhfN"'
Eastern papers ard magazines have
forsaken politics for the nonce and are
engaged in heated discussions on mat
rimonial subjects. In the North Amer
icsn Review Miss Kate Wells has an
article entitled, "why More Men no
Not Marry" She calls it problem,
and, in part, It is an answer to a series
OF letters appearing In the New York
World on Home and Women" Miss
Wells is evidently not bachelor
girl" for she comedies at the outset
that most men do marry. Her conten-
ton is, however, that the proportion
OF thoufhttul men who remain bAche-
lors is supposed TO be increasing
Among the causes OF celibacy are cited
the summer girl education, athletics
aud clubs. but the increased complex
itv and expense OF our modern life are
the principal reasons. The summer
girl dissipates the young mans dispo-
sition to take his own feelings very
seriously. She teacbas him "the art
OF Irritation, fencing and OF breaking
off in the middle OF declaration. At
the end OF several seasons his "ideRis
OF honor and loyalty" are somewhat
blurred, and he is thenceforth ready
Nor any test OF his emotions which will
not culminRte ia the iixity oi feeling
fequisite for a wedding" TOO many
SUM mer girls" is the epltsph the author
would inscribe on the urn OK most de-
funct "intentions.
Education Is another obstacle. IL
consumes time, and just that time OF
life when a young man is most likely
to be carried away by his feelings. 'li
is not enough" says Miss Wells &C
90 through high school; ordinary fell
lows must go to college. When boy
finishes his four years there, seven
more at least lie ahead OF him, IL he
studies for profession, before he car
earn a thousand a year. The gradu
ntes OF today argue that though
\ wife may help some, the birth OF many
children hinders prosperity" Educa
ton, moreover tends to make a wifi
lsuperfiuous. "The delights OF hnowl
edge we are told, "act against hAst'
In marriage until inclination for IL hs
faded away. Culture is less expensiy
that wife, and her charms are NOR
enduring. The scholar need not nov
be a monk. His library can be IA
more to him than the actuRlity OF
| children's nursery" IL is allege'
further that education rednee ava.
the natural disposition to marry
"the more culture man possesses tb
less gross are his instincts" Withou
subscribing to the idea that the 10
stinctive disposition to marry Is gross
1t may be conceded that. as the write
says, "mau grows fearful as he get
educated" especially when his educa
, tion has been such as to cause him I
study economics, hygiene and menta
growth in their practical aspect.
Athletics would not present itself t
most OF our readers as a probable de
. terrent, but Miss Wells is positiv
that "the widespreading popularity o
athletic has done more to destroy b'
lief in the young mans supposed nee
of marriage than any other institI
ton or cause" Exercise, and plent
of It, eurbs morbid feelings OF a
kinds. Sport IN the open air afford
wholesome pleasures which divert a.
tention from sentimental considers
tions. The hearty enjoyment
D the wheelmen spinning miles throug
p beautiful landscapes dwarfs th
I feeble emotions vi the moping carp'
= knight. The athletic man, moreove
e sees much Of woman as an athlete, an
while he learns to value her as an II
telligent companion, yet the habit {
meeting her flmiliarly on equal tern
as being Of muscle lessons any di
position be might have had to fame
her divine.
Clubs are cited as obstacles TO ma
| tleE"i lhhhmuSh ~ thSy oNPPAy -
? comforts OF domestic life without l
D drawbacks. In clubs young me
3 escape ''the friction Of home arrang
q ments." There for the first time the
o End perfect physical comfort, ant
what is worse, acquire a habit OF e
pecting it, Clubs slaeken ones enerG
q in the work OF increasing income
G the marrying point. "A fellow ca
e live at them" Miss Wells says, "bC
, ter than in his own house. He Ink
D the obeisance OF the trained waiter
and knows he can not get from Sc