Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-07-09
(Helen ODdfeld.)

ps Ihsle are TWO sides to every que
W tion; to many questions, indeed, thel
y are several sides, while some may /
d said to be faceted and present diffe
It ent aspect from whatever point O
e view.
y Of these last is the momentous ques
tion, always of vital importance t.
n some two or other, and which of lat,
8 has received much attention and dis
r cussion from women s clubs and tn,
r public press upon how much, or nather
8 to strike the root of the matter, upor
J how little money may two people mar
r ~.
; To this tho e is not, nor can be. any
ready-made answer which will fill all
cases; the problem must be solved ac-
cording to individual needs. Character,
dispo>ition, social position, health and
strength-physical, mental and moral
all must bo taken into considerai ion, as
well as the matter of financial ability.
Moreover, the amount of affection be.
tween the two concerned is impo tant;
not merely passion, buy genuine, perma-
nHnt love, which counts it joy to spend
and be spent for the beloved. which
prefers a dinner of herbs and love
threwith to banquet at which its
SAVIOR is lacking.
1t universally is agreed that some as.
sured income is requisite for any matri
monial venture 1t is only fools who
marry recklessly upon nothing a wear.
Even Tom Moore, who stands as the
exponen1 of iniprovident genius, de-
clares that:
Lips, though blooming must be fed, |
And not even Love can live on flow.
ers.''
To which sage utterance may be add.
sd the fact that flowers are quite as
expensive as other diet. Although one
may be marrying solely for love, there
nlso be money enough to make mar.
%ge reasonable possibility. The
question: is as to the necessary amount
or such purpose, and here it is that
pinions differ. ,
Ten dollars a woek is suficien.. say
ome and produce figures to prove il
theirs name s95 al a minimum Lead. {
ig bankers in New York and Chicago a
marriage upon the part o
any clerk with salary of less than t
1000 year which they regard as tho d
m'nnt necessary for a !, evident con. b
ia Men whose probity will endure e
uch h'lnimess for themselves cannot no W
usted to he proof, always against the W
''Nis OF sick and suffering wife ga
ife and chiSlren," says Victor Hroo W
are poverty's teeth, and they bite al
H. ~ A well known society and cub A,
'nAan of Chicago, sensible and nrsc. nj,
al hxaS 5000 year as the ipeom. SO
V'NeS''y Tor two people with moderate
'Ss IN Chicago society; people who ~.
9 mod"S'ly but comfortably in a h.
WY hae upon the north side. Rob. ~
"l''n' maintains. with facts and sc. A.
= 70 prove the statemen'. that life 80,
Oh less than $4,000 war is nor ha,
y nut ma ely existence; and avn =.
''fe IN" time when steam Yachts ana r.
omobiSos Were accounted as anon~ ~, w
necessities Of life, Pierre Lo,in,rS 10Y 10y
a New York newspaper renorts -, ~ a'S
. no man successfully might keen Nm =,
ga 'a'a at Newport upon less thai = =
90 day. '"'H i
'eve Fheless, statiatics aauo,s.-.. 'Ua ~
'H'''vertlbly that the avera,. :.
70 OF r'SpcctaHe families in Ha
'od states is rather under than - ','' ,,s
a yeSr, while many mana,a =. ~ ~''''
: IN comparative comfort nros m ,u''
q less II is no, the pecossstl. % '"''
'he hXuies OF life which -. 20
uVN and the true measure os 49,, uius' :
'' : desires rather than ona,s ''s''
a "'a's' D''senss in his tub (Which I've I've
} snoech % a..,s -usS "lAe tank, for 4
y |, =. sa1 Io7Nan's cabin in the woot.Is..., So.
Inns ineh,a..a -, ~ these far |
MorNoVa. - SInuity as a and