The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-06-25
ARE "MEN WORTHY"

boro, Ind. has opened up the suplect
Of whether men are worthy. The
article is as follows:
This is the season when eligible
young men are tagged for matrlmons.
4 They are taken off the shelves where
they have been on exhibition for sew
eral years and are wrapped up IN a
bundle and sent out into the cold
cherries world with the best wishes
and CONGRATULATIONS, with cut glass
gifts and nice little dainty wife to
work for, to feed, clothe and obey
all of their natural lives.
We have noticed that when a bach
elor loses his heart and incidentally
his head, and goes galvatin' around
with somebody's girl, and buys her
an engagement ring, with a diamond
in II as big as a hazel nut ind which
cost him more money than he can
make in a year, the wise old ladies
and men of every town, shake their
heads and wonder if he's worthy OF
her.
Doesn't it make you weary when
YOU hear them condemn him because
he smokes or does something else
that don't suit the fancy Of the most
fastidious? Isn't it rather out Of place
to wonder If young man is "wor.
thy and to take it as matter OF
fact that the girl in the case is al
ways worthy?
It is a fact that about nine out OF
ten men are worthy Of the wives
they get and some are a little more
SO. It is a fact that some women wor-
~ themselves sick because their
daughter is going to marry some
man whom she thinks is mot wor-
thy.
Look here Mrs. Nav, did you ever
stop to think that you have raised
your daughter IN the lap of luxury,
that you have taught her to want
everything she sees, and give her ev-
erything else she wanted? You have
taught her little music, little en-
broidering and little art, perhaps,
but have you taught her any COM
mon sense, or housework? Can she
bake a biscuit or fry bacon?
About nine out of ten girls Of to-
day demand first a diamond engage
ment ring that is out of proportion
to the salary their prospective hus-
band is receiving. Then they step out
of FIVE hundred dollar cottage that
their dads have been renting for if
teen years because he could never
rake up enough cash to buy home,
and then demand a five thousand dol
lar home with room size rugs, hard
wood floors and city water. They for
get that they ever had anything bet
ter than a three-ply carpet at home
and that the whole family washed
in the same pan and wiped their hands
On the same towel which hung on a
nail driven into the kitchen door.
The paws and maws of these fledg-
lings started out with three room
house, and have by hook and crook
managed to add two or three more
rooms and maybe little to their
bank account, and yet they wonder If
the young man is worthy"
Let's stop and consider the girl.
What about her worthiness? Can she
cook, can she sew, can she keep a
house neat and clean, can she work
and keep in a good humor, can she
make up her mind to live within the
husbands income, can she put away
little for rainy day, can she wear
clothes consistent with his salary?
Many girls can do some Of these
things, but few of them can do them
all and fewer still will do them if
they can.
The bride of today first demands
big house, bigger than she needs, big
ger than she really wants, but Mrs.
So and So has large house and
this necessitates Mrs. Newlywed hay
ing as big or bigger house. Then
she gets into her house and finds it
too large for one person to care for
and the hired girl question comes
next. There are lots of four room
women living in eight room houses
and employing hired girls while their
husbands work from Z to on three
room salary.
Many men go to their daily grind
wearing a celluloid collar and a SIS
suit and are allowed to stop in the
afternoon long enough to gaze out Of
the front store window to see their
wives brush by on their way to a
reception all logged up In a $40 hat
and $50 'tNeimeyer" gown and all