The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-30
WHEN TO MARRY.
Nearly All Our Self Made Mem Wsa.
ded ON SMALL Incomes.

"Why should lovers defer their mar
riage day longer than the time when,
az far as we mo-tals can discern the
future. the prospect OF comforta BILE
home Is reasonably assurcdr r. says Cy.
rus G. Adams In Ainslee's. ut is sense
less to wait for TIE coming of affiuent
days. Their lives should be united, and
each In his way should help to bring
about the advent of easier times II
they are ever to come 1t Is as foolish
to wait for larger income than IL
really required as 1t IL for parents to
slave and drudge that their children
may enjoy degree Of affiuence they
have never known.
This is the rock upon which the
French nation has split They are
frugal and thrifty people. 1t Is 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. well
to do Frenchwoman Ia likely to use a
preparation OF rice -four as n cosmetic,
leaving the delicate perfumes and other
toilet articles OF Paris for her Ameri-
can and British sisters, who are willing
To spend more money for such things
But the rich father unfortunately con-
celves 1t to be his duty TO leave his
children richer titan himself. IL, on the
other hand. he be poor tiiler OF the
soil, II Ii dIsgracefui not to educate his
son to n trade or profession so TINT
the family name may have higher
place In the social scale.
"Thls deplorable ambition Axes upon
the family burden almost too great to
be borne. and parents deliberately re-
strict the number Of their children. In
large districts. particularly In northern
France. families of more than two chill.
drcn are rare. Many of the young peo-
pie. seeing the hard lives their parents
lead. defer their own marriage In order
to better their fortunes. till at last even
the desire to marry is extingulshed.
Parents and children OF all lands may
well heed the lesson In sociology that
France In now teaching.
ers In the professions and In business,
married young and on very moderate
incomes. Many assumed without the
slightest trepldation the responsibility
OF supporting a 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
10 tatr ~ hy
majority of young men and women.
The views OF these young persons az TO
the amount OF income upon which they
may prudently 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 a comfortable home
on $I2 to S1i week.
"A penniless German schoolteacher
who came 10 Philadelphia when n
young man and who In his old age
lives in New York on the rentals OF
apartment houses bought with $500. 900 |
he esrned slowly In manufacturing as
Stittt tat othet uuy tuht %lsOp w
$500 year In New York would give
to young married couples Of refinement
n 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 |
nj tn fat l,,tt tn
best advantage would he able to realize |
his idea of comfortable married life on |
n small income"