The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22
MONEY REALLY
HAD NO VALUE
Village Patriarch is Mystifed that
Such Thing as Wealth Should
be Considered.

"As ! understand it," remarked the
village patriarch, you have $50 in the
bank and a steady Job, and you want
to marry Kathryn Mae Dinswanger.
but you don't know whether II would
be wise or not to get married on such
a small capital. With a prudence that
cannot be too highly praised, you
come to me for advice.
Everybody comes to me for advice,
and | hand out the package freely and
chserfully. An hour ago I was telling
a man what to do for a sick cow. and
a little before that l was advising a
neighbor against investing in mining
stock and now you come and consult
me in matters touching the heart.
"My son, for once | feel like taking
in my sign and asking you to go to the
department store for advice There
are SO many things 10 consider In a
case OF this kind that a venerable man
feels up against II.
Il have never met Miss Dinswanger,
but her front names prejudices me
against her. have a great rever-
ence for such stately names as Cath
crime and Elizabeth and Mary. They
worn without reproach by our mothers
and grandmothers, and by great semale
figures In the worlds history who stood
up for dignity.
still Good Wife.
Yet l must admit that girl may
stand up under such a combination OF
names as Kathryn Mae and still be a
good wife in time OF trouble. I once
knew a remarkable woman who wrote
her name Ysobel She had been chris
tened Isabella. I was violently preju-
diced against her at first, but she made
such excellent doughnuts that finally
overcame my scruples and proposed to
her. and the fact that she turned me
down is written in the family archives.
Nevertheless, | am n cheerful and OPP
timistic old man.
You say that you have explained
your circumstances to Miss Dinswan-
ger and the slimness of your resources
does not cause her to view with alarm
the least bit. She is willing TO be your
blushing bride any time you want to
charter preacher. She will do the
housework herself, even down 10 the
washing
Let me tell you. Charles Augustus
Terwilliger, a mans bundle OF money
10 the last thing to be considered in a
case pI THIS hlHu- ne olIy IHlHE LOT
you 10 think about IL whether Kathryn
Mae Is OF more Importance than the
solar system and the earth and the
waters under the earth. Is she so nee
essary to you that life is funeral pro
cession without her?
hen y'S,i marry woman. my son,
you should calculate on marrying her
for keeps, Does the idea OF living In
the same house with Kathryn Mae for
forty or nifty years look good to you,
or have you a suspicion that she might
be ready for the rummage sale after
year or two?
III you are satisfied on these points,
II you'd rather have her than new
automobile, with all kinds OF red and
green paint on It. my advice Is that
you go and marry her and live happy
ever after. The package OF bones you
have in the bank cuts no ice at all.
'If man loves his wife, and his
wife loves him. poverty is joke, and
when the wolf comes bowling at the
door they laugh and play an accom-
paniment on the concertina., Let me
know when the ceremony will occur.
and I'll try to send around some kind
OF a little doodad as a wedding pres
en."-St. Louis Star.