The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-06


achieves success, how is it discounted by
the statement But you know he married
! rich wife" and the interrogatory and
deprecatory "ah" that follows.
One of the few unmixed joys of life for
man is that Of laying his success at the
feet of the woman for whom he has won
it. If the woman is a rich one whom he
has married she will think, and she may
even say, but you haven't done this
alone Didn't give you your start? Don't
forget my money" And the joy is no long
| Ct unmxed.
1t is one of mans inalienable rights, If
he be fortunate enough to be an Ameri-
can, to make his way in life unaided He
voluntarily robs himself of this, as well
| as the respect of his fellows, by marry
ing a woman richer than himself.
"Can / ask my wife for money!" That
| is the ptiable thing a poor young man.
| who marres a rich woman must do. A
young professional man whom know
complained to his wife that the servants
did not treat him with respect.
"Why should they?" she replied She
had a headache that morning. Don't /
pay them their wages?"
I'VE were always happy until my wife
Inherited $3.50 and borrow $40 from her."
| bemoaned man who was considering the
| divorce step.
Can 1 make my wife believe 1 love her
for herself alone?' Part of the time, per-
haps> Not all of the time
man can never Give down" the fact
that he married a rich woman, and so
got the start" which he should have
made himself. Methuselah at the day of
his death would have remembered that of
| the youth with whom he had a casual ac-
quaintance in his first score of years.
| wealthy marriage may seem to the
| right-minded young man to spell oppor-
tunity. Later he is likely to spell it ease
| and lack-effort
Which brings us to the final question
which every ambitious, self-respecting
young man should ask himself anent this
subject, Can I afford it?'
| Opposite to him at the boarding house,
says the Detroit Free Press, sits a maiden
lady of certain age and views of life in
| which sentiment plays but a small part.
She has younger sister who is pretty
| and handicapped as yet by the pleasing
| conviction that life is a romance. He Is
! large, dresses several times a day, is thor
| oughly self-satshed, especially in the idea
that he is irresistible when ne sets out TO
please member of the opposite sex. This
| Is the conversation that took place Der
tween him and the maiden lady;
"Ah, good morning. Where is the pride
of the family this morning?" and he look
ed at the seat usually occupied by the
younger sister.
Fright here and she gave an extra
flourish with that particular spoonful of
oatmeal.
Then, thinking to proptlate this careful
elder sister, he asked her advice. II re-
ceived a letter this morning from Chi
cago lady that met last summer. I just
dropped line 10 let her know that she
had place in my memory. Now she Won
ders whether we will ever meet again,
asks if ever come to Chicago, and tells
how kind 1 was to her during our brief
Acquaintance. Now, ] was only with her
while waiting for trein, don't You know
We walked back and forth on the plat-
! form and chatted. Yet it's plain that
she's infatuated. l sometimes think it's
a curse for man to be too attractive"
''Pshaw! calculated the maiden, while
the other boarders looked expectant, do
you really want to disilmsionize this crea-
ture from Chicago? How long did you talk
to herr"
IAN hour"
Talk to her another hour"
Before dinner he asked the landlady for
a seat at another table,
When the woman said she wanted pair
of shoes the hollow-eyed clerk did not
ask, what size, MADAME but said, in
stead, New or secondhand"
The woman, says the New York Sun
hesitated, not quite gesping the sgnif-
canoe of the question, why. new, of
course" she said al length.
1.-The reason I asked" said the clerk
was That we have several pairs of shoes
of different sizes thet have been worn
a little, Just enough TO stretch them, anil
I didn't know but that you would like
a pair that your feet would slip right into
and that you'd never have any trouble
with"
The woman's interest had plainly got
started by that time. Have You any
such?" she asked.
"a few pairs. as just said" replied
the clerk. They have been worn long
enough by professional shoe stretchers to
take the stiffness and newness away. We
are thinking of making these stretched
shoes permanent and prominent feature
| of our stock. Why, do YOU know" he
continued with increased eernestuess; If
l had a foot that | could expand or corr
| tract at will according to circumstances.
| could make pile of money BY just
trying on shoes, Anybody who has ever
endured the torment incident to stretch
ing a new pair OF shoes would be willing
! to pay 80 cents more a pair in order to
be relieved of abe discomfort of getting
them set to the foot. The custom of Of
fering stretched shoes to patrons has al
ready been Introduces into several stores
in town and 1t certainly ought to become
very popular. Judging by present indica-
tions, II will not be long until every shoe
store of any pretensions will employ peo-
pie with feet OF the standard sizes to
wear new shoes for a day or so to break
them IN 1t VIII certainly De good IN
| Vestment, for patrons will buy shoes Oft
ener when the horror of setting them has
been removed. and thus more money win
accrue to the dealer. Shoe stretching is
calling that will not permit it's follow
ers to tread on flowery paths OF ease, but
the possibility of buying shoes that are
| comfortable from the start opens up n
view OF elys.um for the wearer."
|
"When the American girl defers her
choice Of n husband until she has had
reasonable opportunity to see something
of mankind, and had a chance 10 COM
pare the good with the bad, she Is pretty
apt 10 strike a good average for herself"
writes Edward Box in the May Ladies'
! Home Journal. "As q rule. she is a
pretty good judge of men, when she gives
her judgment time to assist her to wise
conclusion. The point is to get her 20
wait. II must he said TO her credit that
she is waiting longer than she did for