Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-05-11

treme cases. II IS never their duty or
priNilese TO Arrange marriages for
them The mother who has her
daughters confidence ll n,sser need
10 iird a husband tog HOT lha, Kind
Of a girl is sought ie Is the right
Kind ot man and need no, look tvr a
husband
Mrs. Frank II MeNeniu Of liish
land Park expressed 'na opinion that
where the question q money enters
In. all the sanctity 9. matr,mony is
lost Parents who desire nln.eyca
matches for their children should
force themselves to do nothing more
than hope. she said They should
never barter their SON and daughters
This idea OF selling Year child into a
family OF wealth in osder 10 gain tor
her position in socse,A and riches TO
keep up a splendid establishment with
no thought or care sv her affections
is all wrong. II pasen,s md their
daughters ready TO SCI themselves 10
the titled foreigner simply for the 20
sition they will acqur 1t Is III. duty
OF the parents to stei the affair AT.
once on no accouli should a g!rl
marry for ANYTHING b. losc
Parents cannot llN, their children s
lives n mother would ns willing 10
offer herself a sacrifiee foI either son
or daughter. but this i impossible
Each must live for huSelt alone ana
children should be Ia III, carly In Ne
that character count ioi' mor, than
wealth or position i Wealthy par
ents find their son "a love with i
working girl there sApud lie 30 oh-
lection raised beca7l vi social In
equality Today We ll. living in an
age when every one works IN one Nay
or another No one VIII really amounts
10 anything is idle We do not take
/ up manual labor We are Working With
! our brains or using c4 talent to the
| best possible advau 4sc along some
! other line
II is perfectly proper tor parents
I 10 offer suggestions AlMs mattimo'
NAL lines, but they sNoUld 20 no fur
Their \ suggestion Should he sum.
Gent for the propesA reared SON or
daughter who realize hat The one de.
sire OF the parents hearts Is ,o see
their child happy, 50 he moral har-
aetcr of the young person chosen as
the life partner is namlea, hahle. all
interference on the hart OF patents is
wrong
Wrong Ideas Of Presen, Generation,
Mrs Thomas Is Hoops sand lherc
today The Young people wanl 10 be
gin where their pa,nts leave off
When we We're youns We We're Willing
10 live on a small II ONE At first and
gradually rise to 4 more exalted es
tate but ii is not SO with The siils OF
TO-DAY They must haSo he bust OF
everything in the heainuue Parents
are too eNtravagant Nilh their girls
they ALLOW them too much spending
money and they are permitted to
4 dress too luNurianilN man nailira!
ly thinks he cannot ASK the girl HI
loves to become HI ~tc unless h.
has enough wealth o give her every
ltAuly 10 Wnlch SH' mas W'th accuS
| toned
Fortunately, American girls are
sensible and are more independent
than the girls of any other race. Sc
when they find themselves in love
with an obscure Yong man of small
means they rarely hesitate TO accep
him when he does eet MP the courage
to propose If ii We're mol for Ameri
can money there v ould be no foreigi
marriages and we could keep on
American girls in America, where
they belong
The money is made here in Amer
lea and yet parents allow their daugh
and carry awas their riches TO thu
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