The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-22
HERLITILE NAN

dol. our American ideals may remain
shocked Al his contented laziness. but
We md il hard 10 criucise with logic
Pretty little Agnes B.. fer ex
ample. had a s20.0oo marriage portion
. from her mother and she was engaged
70 Paul c.
do you give her only s10eoo9
asked Pauls mother Make il s5o.-
600 and ] win give paul the same.
Agness mother remained obtmate
and PanTs refusing 10 make an m
equal bargain. the young folks start
"a life on $4,000 each in Gilt edged
bonds. producing a joint income Of
sl.5o0-and here comes the point
Paul had promised Agnes not 70
Nork
ii ] quit father and mother il win
not be 10 live my days alone. she
said. while 10 Paul she murmured.
You viii rather be with me al day
than go out and make money
After marriage il was up 10 Paul
Z 10 make good
But We have only 81 800 a year.
he argued. and being tempted Of the
Z devil he accepted a congenial situa-
ton al SIS per And his young wife
n sick Of IT,
His own mother was uneasy and his
motherin-law scolded. His congenial
F occupation ought to be 10 jolly Agnes.
Agnes grew anaemic, pined, had head
aches and emotional anxiety.
In the end they had TO spend 81 200
in travelling 10 get her health back
Paul no longer works. and all is well
No other country has anything like
this proportion of incomes from long
family accumulations. where breaking
into capital is considered a crime. One
consequence is that women quite as
frequently as men may have their
own revenues.
Now, as Jules Simon pointed out,
the French married woman wishes,
above all. security for the enjoyment
OF her little man" She fears change
and is an enemy TO enterprise. A
French girl with $4,000 marriage por-
tion will certainly prefer a husband
&
ton that he be serious at
once. obedient
But having a sure income OF her
own OF, say. $3.50. she viii just as GER
tainly prefer an obedient young hus-
band earning $40 per week in a gov
ernment ofice with short hours and
a moderate pension, to a hustler who
might double or quadruple her capt
tai And II she have 81 800 per year
she viii still more certainly prefer an
obedient young husband earning moth
ing TO a wonder OF enterprise-who is
always at his Office,
This explains the immense vogue
in France OF those professions called
"of perfect repose" The phrase re-
fers TO repose OF mind in that these
professions seldom tempt men to risk
capital in uncertain investments; but
repose Of body is no stranger to their
walks. They are army officer, govern
ment functionary tone French voter
in ten is a government functionaryD,
barrister, doctor, engineer and uni.
versity professor.
Engineers. either OF civil or mill
tary specialties or of private enter
prIses. are quoted high. but rather
special Often they are Nmen who
work. Sometimes they have oppor-
tunities to invest money advantage
ously 1t is a triie too Uncertain. too
energetic. too masterful.
The mass OF young Paris doctors.
barristers. functionaries, professors
and all army oficers-can be de-
pended on to make model French hus-
bands. I knew the case OF a young
doctor whose ambition is to write a
book on the French watering places.
To my certain knowledge he has three
fine girls with ample marriage por-
tions chasing after him. The mother
OF one said the other day:
Il told him I would make Berthe's
portion s65.O0O and pay my own ex.
penses If he would agree on his word
Of honor that I should go with them" "
"A dream of happiness," her gos-
sip replied Your only daughter
pigeonholed: a swell sonin-law. with
nothing to do. always beside you"
And the relations. my dear-think
Of his relationsi (She referred to his
professional relations.) We would
fit from one watering place to an
other. hotels at half price. douches
and inhalations for nothing. jump i'm
mediately into the best medical sets Of
vichy, Bourboulle, Uriage, Contrexe-
vile. Vittel. Plombieres."
while he is writing his book"
Exactly, my dear! Provided he
s5esnt write Il too quickly! II he
marries Berthe. III see to that"
She need not worry. The young
fellow will see to it himself-that
book will be his life work; that and
the daily jollying Of Berthe.-Boston
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