Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-02-12
FOOLISH MARRIAGES

'an Il man marry on an income
of 81 week. He can; he can mar
ry on the price of Il license fee. if the
preacher who ties the knot will credit
him. But the real question is. cnn
he stay married ON ST Il week? Those
who advocate marriage early and
often, who point out the sweet rom
ance of two young people counting
all the world well lost for love-
they will resent the judicial remarks
OF Judge Foster, of New York; that
getting married on 81 Il week is a
crime. The Judge had before him a
young husband who earned Just 81
each working day Inspired by the
advice of those who urge early mar
riage, he had ventured forth and
taken unto himself Il bride. After a
few weeks he found that on So he
could not support her in the style to
which she had been accustomed, and
at the same time himself, in luxury.
When she found out how little 81
was, she went back to home and
mother. But she demanded that he
deposit 81 week with her. on the
lnstallmcnt plan, leaving him 81
every week to Squander as he liked.
Tie declined to pay the 81, and thus
the case came into court The Judge
didn t allow her She didn t allow
her anything. He simply allowed"
that she was foolish, the boy was
foolish and everybody connected with
the affair was foolish for allowing the
couple to get married This rush
ing into marriage may appeal to the
President of the United States, 4"
said Judge Foster, but it does not
appeal to anyone who weighs the
evidence and acts judicially."
"Crew-el, crew-el judge" One
who weighs the evidence and acts
judicialIy,' doesn't get married. He
is cold, calculating, selfish creature.
who will remain an old bachelor all
his life. He cant appreciate the
beautiful romance of young man
and a young woman, who love each
other rapturously, clipping on ST a
week. They are two souls with
but a single thought and some
times not that much They do not
fear life or death, or rent or taxes,
or butchers bill. They fear nothing
but separation. They consider Il
menu of bread and cheese and
kisses fit for the gods. They know
that two can live rs cheaply as
one, and even for less. And does
mere Judge hope to stop Il couple like
that from marrying on So u week?
Why, they'd marry on nothing year
and live in the clouds.
It's not getting married" that is
so difficult; it's staying married.
The trying time is when the honey
moon is in the last quarter, and the
bride and groom come down out of
the skies and begin to live on earth.
About the time they begin to find
out that until death do us part
is a long time and that beefsteaks are
very high-that is the time that 81
a week begins to look like Il Canadian
half-dime with six holes in it, These
tragedies of the breakfast table and
the paysack are the real heart
breakers. Six dollars a week would
he enough to keep a sweet bride in
chocolate-drOps, if you didn't have to
pay for few other necessities of
life. But young bride and groom
with automobile tastes can hardly be
to live in supreme happi-
ness on a car-fare income. It's SO
little that on that sum they can
hardly afford a divorce If Judge
Foster thinks marrying on that sum
is a crime, he could devise no more
fitting punishment than to sentence
the couple to stay married on So a
week. LIE +. VERNON.