The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-27


approve OF business girls as possible
wives. They declare that business train
ing brings an appreciation Of money shat
few girls get who live at home on slow
ances. Some Of the more striking things
the bachelors say are given in an article
In the April Good Housekeeping Maya
zine. Five hundred eligible unmarried
men contributed TO this article. sons sx-
tracts from which appear below
A Massachusetts, man believes that "as
a rule the girls who are In business know
tho value of money and expect less. (snd
deserve more than the daughters Of the
ich."
asThe majority Of the business girls
know live at home and pay very small
board bill, leaving a comfortable balance
for clothes and little Injuries which
would have 10 be materially reduced II
they were 10 marry me-" IL the frank
declaration of Springfield man.
Every husband" says bachelor, has
natural pride In being able to provide
better for his wife than she could for
herself. Any other feeling on the part
OF the wife lessons her respect"
Are Good Companions.
ct am positive they are better com
panions for men than girls who do not
know the real value Of a dollar" SO
speaks q champion OF the business girl
from Washington.
A decidedly practical view OF the sub
ject is the following from Hartford.
Conn; "As to marrying girl who has
been accustomed TO earning ample spend
ing money, think the chances are that
when she has a home OF her own she
will take less interest in her clothes and
prefer to use what money she has for
the house or the children. There is one
great advantage about marrying girl
who has had a salary for a while; .
man feels that II he died before he was
able TO provide for her properly she'd
be fitted to do something to help herself.
Then, too. she'd be more apt 10 know
how TO take care of what little money
he did leave her than girl who had no
| business experience
1.-THE real business girls are saving. as
are the business men," says a New
Haven man.
II know no business girls asserts one
man, and according 10 the following ex-
tract from his answers 10 our questions
he IS unfortunate. Il believe the girl
who would make the best wife is the one
who has earned her living. She has
truer appreciation. not only Of money,
but of everything in life. She knows
| something of the odds a man Is up
against and would appreciate what a
home stands for"
Tn Western cities il Is different. There
girls take up some business simply be
cause they want TO. and many girls who
have no need whatever OF working take
I'D stenography and similar pursuits
do not think the simple fact that a girl
works for her living makes her less
likely to marry the man she wants to.
although It may give her greater freedom
to oppose the old maxim, Better married
poorly than not married at all
Is S2,439.40 EnOuKhf
These bachelors. over 800 OF them.
have spoken their minds in regard to the
right income to marry on. Their ideas
range from $500 TO $4,000 a year and the
average is s.. 1914.
They all agree that club life isn't
In it. with having home Of ones own.
and they believe that the girls who want
their husbands to provide the luxuries of
parental homes aren't worth marrying.
They say:
IT do not consider parental home COM
forts a necessity; unfortunately the girls
mostly do. These Injuries are certainly
greater than a man up to thirty-hve
or forty can provide"
That wife is not worth while who can
not put up with certain inconvenience, %
says a Westerner. In the majority OF
cases the young wife has to do So"
The young husband, unless he starts
with some OF the parental cash slowed
away. cannot hope TO furnish the Iuxuries
the girl has been accustomed to for some
time after his marriage. His stinted re-
sources must be taken as a matter Of
course. The girl undoubtedly has had
the benefit of years of industry on the
part of her parents while her new-found
better half Is Just beginning to get some
for himself and others. Present salaries
do not average as well on the whole for
the young man as the income Of the
parents. The useIessness OF competition
is obvious" These ideas emanate from
Springfield
''All depends upon the parties involved.
However, do think a good percentages
OF the girls to-day expect all the COM
forts and sellz per cent of the luxuries."
''The whole tendency Of the day seems
for the young men and women TO begin
life where their parents leave OF. They
want to set up housekeeping with silver
and solid mahogany when. perhaps, the
parents purchased theirs only ten years
back"