Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06

young men affect 10 believe that the girls
of the present day are not adequately
trained for the duties and responsibilities
of wifehood, though of course we are ex-
pected to admit that the young men who
declare themselves so frankly are qualified
to make model husbands.
Other considerations, suggested by GER
tain Of the bachelors, seem fairly entitled
to be weighed. One is, that the purchas-
ing power of an income Is determined by
the locality in which it is used-that a few
hundred dollars in a country town might
be equivalent TO several thousand in New
York, Another obvious fact is that the
quality OF the wife count for as much
as the size OF the salary, and that the
society butterflies" whom some bachelor
repTobate frequently show more than a
mans capacity for adapting themselves to
hard facts and unforeseen misfortunes.
There Is great wisdom In the philosophy
distilled by two Of the unmarried youths
a city newspaper man who utters the opin-
ion that 500 a month should support a
home, and adds: II would hate to force
a girl from a life Of luxury into this kin
of home, but II she would come l would
not try to stop herr" and q Philadelphian,
who, though he does not believe his fe-
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trained" perceives the truth that "most
girls make good, when the love is real"
college women" a Baltimorean tells
the editor, ARE better prepared for the
sacrifices of married life" than are some
others, the explanation being that they
have a standard Of values based on some
thing else han fashion and society. One
hesitates to disapprove the view, yet one
becomes impatient at the intimation that
all the sacrifices are for the wife TO make
a note that Is continually sounded in these
interviews. Apparently many of the bach
elors hold that the only social gifts and
graces a woman has a right to cherish are
those that enhance her husbands comfort,
Such a circumstance prompts the reader to
question whether 1t Is wholly consideration
for woman thai leads the 800 young bach
elors with limited incomes to avoid matrl-
mony. 1t may rather be that they have
failed to find women who measured up 10
their ideal Of heroic unselfishness.
In a simpler age Of the world Henry
Ward Bseeher once affirmed that a man
could live, love, laugh and be happy on 81
a day. Thunderous protests and shrieks OF
Indignation arose. Labor leaders affected
to believe that Mr.. Beecher and others
we're conspiring to have the average man
make the experiment Yet, IL mat rate
were forced upon him, he would undoubt-
edly find a woman who was brsvely willing
to share the dollar-provided she felt salts
fled that she was getting a dollars worth
Of man, Much importance attaches to that
proviso, and IL may remind us that, In any
inquiry like that conducted by our con-
temporary, the woman's point Of view
should be stated first. Almost any attrac-
tive girl could account for one or more
bachelors. II does not necessarily follow
that. because she decided to leave them as
she found them, she showed herself hard
hearted or unwise.
Hard Work, but Pay Good.
Patent lawyers In New York City say
they will gladly pay from 325 70 $50 a week
TO stenographers who can do their work,
and as much as $50 a week is sometimes
paid,
The work is hard and exacting, the hours
long. You must be familiar with law work.
You should learn to read drawings, and as
inventors generally want patents on ma
chinery a taste for bolts, screws and
mechanism IN general would be OF great
help,
A weary patent lawyer poured out some
Of his woes In he New York Sun as fol-
lows;
In The last four years We have tried