The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-04
MARRYING POOR.

MARRYING POOH.
About once week the sNndlcatod
newspaper writer who has more th"
cries than experience. asks the cues.
tion. Should young man getting "a
salary g. fifteen dollars 4 week
marry ?' ana then proDcDds to an.
swcr the question n the negative
We contend that no man has
right To give any such advice What
man makes. whether hc marri's
when hc marr.cs. and who hc mar
ri,s. are delicate personal questions
which b" and his sweetheart alone
can answer
Hut Ia the first place to answer
the question In the negative cmbar.
rasscs thousands of honest, content
I'd lahorcrs in this country. \ third
or more of all the laboriug men in
this country are being paid only
fifteen dollars week. or less and
they should be- encouraged. sympa
thilcd with and helped, not humi.iat
ed We recall a time when our week
~ stipend was fifteen dollars. and
there were two c.dldrcn iu the
family. too. We recall also how II
hurt. as wc read magazine article
fntil We had read IT,, We had no,
thought 80 very much about What
our privations were. That old argu-
mcnt against marrying on small
salaries hits many thousands Of good
honest workers who. with families.
are not complaining
The question is powerful personal
II couple are in love and want
la I. Ina
do but marry, even IL the Young
fellow Is making only ten dollars
week Let him explain the case to
his sweetheart. telling her what his
earnings and prospects are. and then
# she is willing T. east her lot
where love leads II is 10 her credit.
and Indicates she has the right
sort of material ia her max. up with
such a young woman. the ambitious.
industrious Young fellow stands "a
chance 10 obtain ample competence
In the world of work, Bcsidcs. there
is a Providence that takes hand
IN IN" affairs of honest. loving
young couples Many couples. m this
fair land. whose income /, only III
teen dollars a week. are happier
and lRiug uphlyr lives than many
and thrice as much Did not Grant,
ih" president of the United States.
says that his aud his Wifr's happir-t
iIi, was when b" worked at a sal.
ay of fifty dollars u month";
IL lis astonishing how little money
the prudent. loving. faithful wife
requires to run things iu the house.
The cost of living now Is something
lHr |
way
Let the Young folks go ON and
marry Marry that Is your business.
" YOU are poor, don't hc sensitive
about lt be sensible. !. { sensitive.
Keep out of society DO not attend
pink teas fashionable weddings.
balls, and the like. Visit your close
ili'nds who ncNrl lu word or deed
indicate they are conscious of your
dress or your cheap household
goods Never allow Yourself tn be-
embarrassed because of your nov.
'riy The people Who slight YOU.
hrraUs, You ar, poor. would not be-
'onEvulh companions IL they ,is.
lt"d Nou ur II yuu visited them
They are not worth while Those
smart folks whom YOU can NOT AL
ways escape and who DO SLIGHT ,on
why, just tell them them moth.
ing
Go 10 church GO to church. even
~ the preacher doe, not visit ,ou
IhAi i~ his business, not Yours. Il
hc doc, not visit won ur,lus, yuu
are poor that la Ais sin. NOT Yours
But really that Is not the reason
NO does uot pay You amy pastoral