The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-11-22
WHEN TO MARRY.
Hsarly An our SELF lIads lIenswsa-
Aea en- snail Ineonea.

AeA en- snail IAeOne1s
Gwhy should lovers defer their mar
rage day longer than the time when,
a. far as We MORALS can discern the
future. the prospect o. . comfortable
home Il reasonably aBsuredT says Cy-
rus @. Adams In AinSlee's. at is sense
less to wait for the coming Of afauent
DAYS. Their lives should be united, and
each In his way should help to bring
about the advent Of easier times 4
they are ever to come. II IL as foolish
to wait for a larger income than ts
really required as It is for parents to
slave and drudge that their children
may enjoy a degree Of aftiuence they
have never known.
This is the rock upon which the
French nation has split. They are q
frugal and thrifty people. 1t ls inter
estIng TO know that many Of the taste
full artistic and costly products OF
France are made almost exclusively
for the foreign trade. Two.thirds OF the
best chinaware Of Limoges, for exam.
pie, comes to the United States. A wei
to do Frenchwoman Is likely to use a
preparation Of rice -four as cosmetic,
leaving the delicate perfumes and other
toilet articles Of Paris for her Ameri-
can and British sisters, who are Wiling
10 spend more money for such things.
But the rich father unfortunately con-
celyes II to be his duty to leave his
children richer than himself. H. on the
other hand, he be poor tiller OF the
soil. 1t is disgraceful not to educate MS
son TO a trade or profession so that
the family name may have a higher
place in the social scale.
"This deplorahle ambition hxes upon
the family a burden almost too great TO
he borne, and parents deliberately re-
strict the number OF their children. In
large districts. particularly IN northern
France, families Of more than two chill
dren are rare. Many Of the young peo-
ple. seeing tile hard lives their parents
lend defer their own marriage III order
to better their fortunes, till ut last even
the desire to marry is extlnguished
Parents and children OF all lands may
well heed the lesson In sociology that
France is now teaching.
Nearly all our self made men, lead
ers In the professions and in business
married young and on very moderate
incomes. Many assumed without the
slightest trepidatIon the responsibility
Of supporting wife on $1,000 a year
or less. These men usually have very
pronounced views on the inadequate
knowledge of the value OF money and
how to take care of 1t possessed by the
majority Of young men and women
The views Of these young persons us 10
the amount Of income upon which they
may prudcntly marry vary. Of course,
according TO the circumstances in which
they have lived. Many an Intelligent
girl who works in New York kitchens
has no doubt whatever that she and the
steady, industrious fellow she intends
to marry will have comfortable home
on $12 to $14 a week.
IA pennIless German schoolteacher
who came to Philadelphia when a
young man and who in his old age
lives in New York on the rentals OF
apartment houses bought with 100000
he earned slowly In manufacturing, as
serted the other day that $1,000 to
81, 800 year in New York would give
to young married couples OF refinement
comfortable home, books, music and
amusements and everything they might
need for the rational enjoyment Of life.
This gentleman has the German ideas
OF thrift. There is scarcely any doubt
that any man and wife gifted with his
ability to disburse dollars to the very
best advantage would be able to realize
his idea of comfortable married life on
a small income"