Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-23
Enough to Get Married On.

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Of oung men were discussing marriage
i A You cal get married" said n II you've st enous =
I'm to go broke"
IL 4 But the question Is how much Is enough not Il 9 . broker.
- young man buying I'M things In a little corner grocery store
exhibited to the grocer, when he had paid his bill. 81 cents That's al
That's n extreme, At the other end is the man who will rot get
married until he has a large bank account; and who works n saves
while the years slip by and the desire for marriage grows less and
bachelor habits fasten upon him. until II he does get married, be Is BY NJ
means an easy proposition to live with.
The man with 81 cents is probably not thinking about going broke. o
perhaps, he is quite sure he will 70 broke and doesn't care But the
other a is certainly thinking about the prospect OF going broke M 10
taking exceeding care not to. perhaps such care that he will never get
Where then shall the mean be h1ed7
For the young mn was quite right. You certainly want enough, II
yu can scsare ii, not to 6 % broke II a prosperous matrimonial voyage h
desired, it is only a matters of ems to provide the wherewhhaI to
the ship.
II this young man, who had al assured position with a old and
honored corporation married a girl of extravagant tastes, or n whose past
method of living raj beyond what his salary could afford. he might go
broke even though he thought he wAs secure against the catastrophe.
So some things are to be looked to in spite of the present earning
power or bank account
The sensible man who 10 earning a small salary is apt to look mors
carefully over the economic side OF marrfage than 10 the man who Ia earn
Ing a fairly good salary. OF the two, the man of more than modest means
and position is more likely t. "go broke" fol he will want to live with !
certain degree Of style, he will probably marry g society GIRL and no refec-
ton is meant by this, but simply a girl accustomed to fashionable dress.
salary that seemed sufficient will melt away so amazingly that It will
sem as II some uncanny magic lis at FORK consuming Il.
So the question of enough not to so broke" really needs to be o n
sidered most carefully. It may seem exceedingly sordfd to obrude the
question Of money into the beautiful dream Of low. But il the dream q
love Ia not to vanish. or At least be shattered in many OF It's mos beautiful
parts, the twain want to consider very carefully the financial side OF mar
ftage.
go broke. The two should study the problem OF Just how they want to
live, of what the cost Of dress and society and other pleasures viii be,
should they continue O the same path, when together, "a they did In
dividuany-and they will probably want to do this, though few think OF the
cost OF IT. They need to study sensibly the question of health. for sickness
not be sick. IL we will Just keep the right mental attitude, some IL ua arc
not able to bring u minds where they ought TO be in this matter. 8 o sick
So when deciding you have enough not to go broke, look carefully to
all these things For people today do not endure a . they once did. the
trying And then comes bitterness. eyniasn, pessimasm, and a bias view
of life.