The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-28
Should a Man Marry on Less
Than One Thousand a Year
Opinion Is That Salary Cuts Little Figure in the Matter if
the Man Gets the Right Hind of a Wife

he marries will make the right kind OF
wife. OF course she must do her part, for
she can help him save his money. The
right kind of woman has much 10 do with
getting married II Is a serious step for a
young man TO take and he should consider
II thoroughly, but there Is no doubt in my
mind that il is the right thing for him
to do
The next man called upon was j. C.
Perry, the wholesale grocer. who. in reply
to a question, said:
AIRY man can get married on $1,000 a
year. and, / think, considerably less. When
L was married L was making 81 a day. and
] got along ali right. Getting married is
not as expensive as many think II is. II
practically takes no more for two TO live
than IL does one. When / got married
things were quite different from what they
are now, and probably IL was not quite as
expensive to live then as il is now, but 1
think a young man should not wait until he
is making $1,000 a year before getting mar
ried. / am not of opinion that any young
man should remain single, for If he has
the right kim of wife he will get along
much better and save more money than IL
he has no wife. When / read the item in
the newspapers about the order Of the
Chicago bank officials / thought IL purely
a joke, for l could not imagine any set OF
men giving such an order to their en-
ployes.
f HE LOVES THE
Ferdinand Mayer, Of Charles Mayer & Co.,
when asked if a young man should marry
on less than $1,000 a year, said:
l. nave nothing 10 say on lndI SUBJECT
only, if the fellow loves the girl. why. mar
~ her; don't let money be a consideration"
In Mr.. Mayors office was the Colorado
delegation of the Citizens Industrial Assoc
citation of America, which met here last
week. They gave their opinion in a body.
saying:
You can put us down as being heartily
opposed to the order of the Chicago bank
ers. We don't think any corporation has a
right to dictate to its employees whether
they shall get married or not We think
that all young men should get married. be-
cause il is the experience of every man
who does get married that IL he gets the
right kind OF wife he is able 10 save more
money after he is married than before. We
are Of opinion that a man should not let
money interfere with his plans in getting
married, for he will save more when he has
two to keep than when he has one"
Col. Charles kahlo was asked for his
opinion whether a young man should get
married on less than $1,000 a year and he
said:
u don't think that any institution. wheth-
er bank or not, has the right 10 dictate
10 its employees on such a subject, as the
Chicago bank has done. Getting married
is purely a personal matter and each indi-
vidual has his own ideas about IL / think,
however, that money should cut very niue
figure in mans taking a wife When L
got married / know that 1 was making con-
siderably less than $1,000 and 1 got along
much better after / had a VIE 10 Keep
than / did before. / think young men
should get married, for in nine cases ont OF
ten they will save more money AFTER mar
rage than before anu VIII tau a muC4
more contented life and be happier II they
have the light kind OF wife
A clerk in one of the large retail dry
goods stores was asked what he thought
about IL and he gave rs an incident the way
he lived himself and he is not making S1.O00
a year. lie did not want his name used,
however.
Il have" he said. "a fve-room fat in
the eastern part OF town. for which 1 pay
SIG a month. We do not skimp ourselves
on the necessities Of life. | have saved
money. have bought a piano. carry life in
surance, belong TO two lodges and enter
tain my friends IN my w home. I
wouldn't be ashamed 10 invite the Presl-
dent OF the United States into my neat
little fiat, and ] only earn $50 a year.
"Of course. L can't go TO the theater
every night. and 1 can't throw cigars
around among the boys. but l put aside
about SEQ a year for clothes. Our heat. OF
course. is included in the rent OF the Hat.
l was fortunate in getting the right kind
OF wife. and l would strongly advise a man
10 look most Carefully into this thing be-
fore taking the matrimonial step. Mar
riage is a great thing. and IL is worth all
Of the sacrifices that must be mad@.