Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-11-01

marry. The proper age for a man
when he weds Is from "a to 30. Twen-
ty-eight Is the best age for a man. A
man at that age Is pretty we'll settled
/ in his ideas and has struck his gait
i in the world. He is ready to take the
responsibilities of married life then.
THE man girl marries is her ideal
unless she marries some scapegrace To
avoid the ignominy Of spinsterhood. II
/ the man shows weakness, he begins
| to lose her respect and hence her love
! 1t Is for this reason that [ say to young
| men: Never soil the knees of your
! Pantaloons when you propose. Stand
on your feet and tell the girl you love
| her like house afire. Make her feel
that you not only love her, but that
you can protect her.
Plea for Woman's Chance
| Custom and modesty have denied
woman the right to ask a mans hand
in marriage. That seems foolish to
me. After ALL it is the woman who
is the f.ial judge. Why should she
not decide first and ask the man? I'M
| der present conditions she must wait
until some man comes along and pro-
/ poses. If the right man happens not
to find her, she may accept some
scapegrace because she fears being an
old maid. Now there is no disgrace
attached to being an old maid. 1t is
an unfortunate condition to be pitied.
If girls life is to be made unhappy
because of customary modesty, is it
not better to set aside the custom and
make her happy?
Secret engagements never should
be countenanced. I believe publicity
through the press or in some other
way should be given every time man
and a woman plight their troth.
Recently a girl came to me after
had delivered a lecture and told me
she did not agree with me. l asked
her the reason and she held up her
hand. upon which glistened three en-
gagement rings. She argued that she
had right to engage herself to as
many men as she chose. In other
words, she had a right to toy with
the affections of three men, make two
unhappy and possibly a third because
Of vanity. Eventually that girl will
| have to give back to two men not only
| their rings out fling back in their
faces their love. the most precious
thing they have to offer a woman. IT
| is in my mind a greater crime to play
with human affections than 1t is to
take a human life. In 1908 there were
81 women killed in oregon. Washing
ton and California because they had
treated men Just as this foolish girl
! ID uOlllSp liilllnS VIII lIlth dlleCllOHS.
Rather a large price to pay for van
ity and wlhnisicality
Suggests Government Dowry
mot long ago I visited the Huntley
reclamation project. The government
engineer said that there were 10000 in
! habitants on the reclaimed acres. Be-
fore the government spent money on
this project the land was waste. The
engineer told me that most of these peo-
pie were in modest circumstances when
they secured the land. The govern
ment explained the engineer, gave the
people the right to pay for the land in
ten equal installments, one payment
national marriage commission.
why should not the government say
to worthy. moral young men who seek
to begin life right by marrying: Here
is little piece of ground, little house
and some furniture. Marry. Go there
and live. Pay us back in ten years,
one-tenth each year Is that a wild
dream? Some people called the recla-
nation of the arid plans the greatest
folly. 1t has proven the very reverse.
believe the governmental endowment
of marriage will prove sane if it is
properly undertaken.
Poverty Prevents Marriages
MANY a young man is prevented
from marrying because he has not
money enough to start right. He may
desire to lead a moral life, but sooner