The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-11-20
WHEN TO MARRY.
Gearly All Our Self Made Mem We'd
ded on Small Incomes.

Gearly All Our Self Made Mem We'd
ded on Small Incomes.
"Why should lovers defer their mar
rage day longer than the time when,
as far as we mortals can discern the
future, the prospect Of a comfortable
home is reasonably assuredT' says Cy-
rus G. Adams in Ainslee's. "It is sense
less to wait for the coming Of aff1uent
days. Their lives should be united, and
each in his way should help to bring
about the advent Of easier times if
they are ever to come. 1t is as foolish
to wait for a larger income than IL
really required as it is for parents to
slave and drudge that their childrer,
may enjoy a degree Of aff1uence they
have never known
"This is the rock upon which the
French nation has split. They are q
frugal and a 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. A well
to do Frenchwoman is likely to use a
preparation Of rice flour as a cosmetic,
leaving the delicate perfumes and other
toilet articles Of Paris for her Ameri-
cau and British sisters, who are willing
to spend more money for such things.
But the rich father unfortunately con-
ceives it to be his duty to leave his
children richer than himself. If, on the
other hand, he be poor tiller Of the
soil, it is disgraceful not to educate his
son to a trade or a profession so that
the family name may have a higher
place in the social scale.
'This deplorable ambition fixes upon
the family a 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
dren 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 extinguished.
Parents and children Of all lands may
well heed the lesson in sociology THAI
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 a wife on $1,000 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 it possessed by the
majority Of young men and women.
The views Of these young persons as 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 comfortable home
on $12 to $14 week
"a penniless German schoo1teacher
who came to Philadelphia when
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
$1,000 a year in New York would give
to young married couples Of refinement
a 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
q small income"