The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-11

for convenience that they may change their names
from Miss Priscilla Jones to Mrs. Benjamin Robbins
or that they attain brevet rank in the community
by being married. Women largely self-supporting
1t ts today almost an unheard Of thing that a man
shall remain single to support his unmarried sisters
changed other social conditions in this country for all
time, It was frequent occurrence that man quietly
and unselhshy gave up his own preference for mar.
rage that he might toll for the maintenance Of his
sisters. F%,f~*s =, r.
Tho warcloud that broke In terrific storm over the
states IN 1861 swept away from north and south into
lowly graves, vast host Of breadwinners It spared
and sent home to their womenkind another host Of
tnvaids and cripples. Women undertook as they had
not done BEFORE tasks Of wage earning beyond their
Doors All great wars In modern times, in every
country under the sun, followed by this result
Women forced into the open and learn to take
OF themselves and Of those who depend upon them
A girl who pays her own way, who buys her own
clothing and has her bank seldom marries
IN the first flush Of girlhood. She grows fastidous
too, sets high value on herself is unwilling to marry
unless she sets her ideal lover and then She counts
the cost IN he likely to be able to give her all the
comforts she now possesses with their combined
efforts can they establish the sort Of home that she
cravesi The questions seriously considered in her
mind rs
College training for both sexes has become general
and 1t likewise defers marriage until late period.
student enters college between Is and 90 and spends
four years in its comparative seclusion If profess
honal years absorbed In getting ready for life The
young DOCTOR the young lawyer the young journalist
cannot leap into success at bound; several more
years occupied in the endeavor to gain clients Of
practice o. to find Job that Is both agreeable and
remunerativa ... .Ssa.z.4y
At least half tho gin graduates Of our colleges
undertake advanced studies after they receive their
diplomas, or prepare for profession engage In
business. At glance It Is evident that they cannot
marry until they have reached certain maturity.s
At present. tho girl who mares at 30 Is much ofteners
met than she who Is bride at 20, and the man who
marr1es at 40 Is not exceptional or looked upon
as in tho 1oast old fellow who is out Of date The
man Of 40 may perhaps have bride fifteen years his
Junior. The man who marries at IS is quite likely
to choose as mate girl years older than him
self. Here enters the Intangible law Of averages.
Whether or not tho present custom is ono for CON.
graduation or regret 1t Is little difficult to deter
mine. OF ono thing we may be and that is that
the DID, sweet and exquisite ideal Of tho simple homo
suffers from tho undue discretion and excessive caution
Of twentieth century young people. home to
DO beautiful need not be extravagant Childess
couples arc less exceptional than Of old People who
marry late have small families, and they have tho
sometimes they do not dream It, lost much Of tho
Happiness that might have been theirs had they been
triumphs Of the day Of small thingx