Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-10

can for s. a week. have better food and
more Of 81. which meant tha they had a
better chance TO save money 20 get married
to put. away r. neat sum to draw on FOR
emergencies. besides fitting up housekeep-
ing quarters. In those days the newly mar
ried always went to housekeeping u they
didn't live wth the old folka To meet a
bride and bridegroom In a boarding house
was unusual
AT the time I speak Of Young profess
sional men we're relatively beu,s Of, ,nla
nwo. In this city At least. because there
were fewer OF them relatively, considering
even the great difference in population.
This Re true more especially OF lawyers,
who are now grAdue ed by hundreds every
year and whose services are not apt to be
IN as great demand as those OF young doc
tors, which is not saying a great deal FOR
the young doctors, either. The average
young lawyer in practice less than half a
dozen years doesn't often earn more than
a good dry goods clerk earns. Sometimes
his income Is less
That statement Is perfectly true re-
marked the wife Of a lawyer who now has
a large and lucrative practice. when
we were married twenty-five years ago
my husband was not certain Of more than
81. 200 a year. My friends thought me fool
hardy and very likely / might not have
ventured had I not had a big, healthy
generous father who was making some
thing more than a bare living for his fam
lily and who I know would stand by US
should we get into financial trouble.
"As it turned out my husband was OF the
kind that FORCES right ahead and we never
needed my fathers help. But every lawyer
does not forge right ahead. For years
many a young yawyer and his wife havo
to scrimp and economic and count every
dollar, particularly il they move in good
society.
Il can understand perfectly why the
sort Of girl a young lawyer is likely to
want for a wife SHES at essaying matri-
mony on a small, uncertain income with
living prices at a point undreamed OF
when I was q young fri and the standards
Of entertaining requiring a keeping up
OF appearances away above anything ]
had to attempt. or course 1 am speaking
OF New York girls more especially.
Il am sorry to see so many fine, we'll
educated girls giving a cold shoulder Ia
matrimony and preferring rather TO earn
their own living. but honestly / can't blame
them. To marry a man of small income
and continue to live in New York and set
up housekeeping they must be equal to a
good deal OF self-sacrifice as REGARDS per
sonal ease and amusements. II Is popularly
believed that women in love are less eau.
tious about rushing into marriage thar
men, but this certainly does not apply tc
the fairly well educated New York girl who
is reasonably certain that II necessary she
can support herself.
Nowadays it is rather the young man
in love who is inclined to rush into matrl.
mony without thinking too hard about
ways and means. For one thing he is less
informed as a rule concerning household
expenses and consequently more optimistic
about the elasticity OF a small income thar
a girl is. The twentieth century educated
New York girl even when in love is moth.
ing IL not cautlous-too cautious as a gen.
eral thing.
The other day a young friend Of mint
came to tell me in a trembly voice and
looking quite wobegone: L nave broker
my engagement with Ned
AT my astonished exclamation she con.
tinued; We'll, 1 didn't see how we c6ult
manage to live decently on 5000 a year
and as he had a raise Of $500 three months
ago, there is no chance of his getting
much more for a couple OF years anyway
and I don't want to be engaged two years
I don't believe in long engagements.
Besides, Ned insists on being married
right way. He seems to think we can live
beautifully and entertain our friends or
1900 a year. and as I know we can't, Their,
was nothing to do but break the engage
ment.'
Then she cried a little into her hand
kerchief and got up to powder her nose a
my mirror.
Ned is an architect wOrring in ar
architects office. lie is only % and ha.
no money except his salary. In my opinion
he is a splendid fellow. his enthusiasm FOL
his work and correct habits promising un