The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-19

A most excellent law prevails in one
of the States of South America; one which
when we first become cognizant of 1t
causes us no little amusement, hut which,
If we carefully consider. must appeal to
us as law made by people or Keen
foresight and excellent 1udgme EMIT x law
Of racial suicide" are eliminated, lonely
old maids and seedy bachelors are I'M
life and domesticity are furthered.
Bachelors have to pay dear for their
perverseness In one Of the States OF the
ty, he's marriagable, and II he does not
take unto himself wife. he has to pay a
tax of s. a month. This holds good 1 un-
I'd ednes e Is Costs bm 100 Der cent more and
II he is such a degenerate to resist cupid's
wles until flye years later' s9 he then 4, Pc
sed a th n su t9 t sn M $s Until he
lived half century, Thence on. till his
wife and $50 a month tribute, After
that. the government lets up bit, and
1t only costs $40 a year to forego the
pleasure of being. called hubby. At
eighty he Is allowed to go scott free.
ter that he Is in the same boat with the
bachelors, Life without wife must be
awful down there.
OF course. the laws and customs that
prevail in the Argentine Republic cannot
materially affect us, but when We md
law that we could. with benefit, trans
plant to our own shores, why not institute
proceedings without delay,
There are not many bachelors who open
~ admit that their life of '.slngle. bless
declare their incomes will not allow them
to support wife or take unto themselves
family. cares.
elors, no matter how small their incomes.
who do not spend more on themselves
and the qualification OF their selflsh pleas
ures than would support wife IN conf
fort and happiness, 1t is matter Of pure IRE
selfshness and egoism on the part OF the
men. 1t Is the chief reason that so many
living, when they should be safely domi-
cled in some mans home, forming the
domestic ties that make true happiness.
upholdns family ile' ana me ao1n mich tS dilr
cussed racial suicide.
If a man were obliged to pay for his
freedom, as in the case with the bache-
lors of the southern republic, he would
soon find that he could support a wife!
All the or he e. the 9 small ms sm w %ta
which he would be obliged to appease
the wrath OF the government
Instead Of some !, such ll mea aia e being
thing in the social, conditions Of this
country tends to make the life Of a sim
gle man truly one of ease and "plessed-
ness
AS a boy in school he is taught to sew
buttons on his clothes to cook, and TO
care for himself and his comforts In
such way as to be able to teach many
a woman the rudments of domestic
science, With all the added comforts OF
bachelor apartments, a wife Is apt 10
be to him not So much necessity as
an actual hindranoe,
Yet bachelor looking back on use-
less wasted life. with no ono TO conf
fort his old age, must surely regret the
price he has paid for his sci sellS bit iss
has been i'll spent and that true hap
plness, such as can only be found in the
home circle. and be experienced only IN
the love Of wife and children, has neFer
been his lot.
The mainspring.of a nations power y
its domestic character, its family NE.
In large families only IS this domestic
character DEVELOPED. The Infinite JOYS