The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-31
BY FRANCES sHAFFER.

Miss Angenette Ferry rather surprised
some of her women audience recently
| in her address before the New YORK
Mothers Club. and they are wondering
| If she Is right in one assertion that
made ther gasp bit.
She told them that she had questioned
| groups OF girls regarding their esu-
| mate OF tine necessary income TO start
| life on" was mortified TO find that
the average was SIo,OOO.'
The young women We're neither Million
aires nor the daughters OF mlllionaires,
| but were from homes cIassed as we'll
| to-do,' some ofsthem recently graduated
| from college and all quite clear in MIND
| and purpose-at least, they thought they
| were.
But, you see, they are still living in
| the practical realm where money ideals
flourish, ana when the time comes, py
and by, as II will for most or them. that
Prince Charming comes along with his
| persuasive ways his wholesome nearI,
and his slender purse, each one OF those
| groups of girls, Will gladly forget her
\ dreams OF an easy income and Will heart
lily welcome her hero.
| The Way 1t VIII Run.
At least that is the way II Will run
with the mass of girls, who at heart
are true and unassumlng, In spite or
their pretentious protestations. whlIe
they are building their nrst air castles,
II Is quite natural TO puIIo win pomp
ana flourish. But II II becomes a ques-
ton of waiting for those dream-castIes
| TO materaliz< or OF accepting the sturdy
love or a sturdy heart, WIN Just Nv
able income thrown in. the great world Of
prospective suitors need not lie awake
o'nights fearing their nate ana dred-
ing to put it ito the touch" Because
young women nowadays, just as Of old,
are quite Wiling TO neIp IN the DeautIruI
process OF nome-maKIng.
They are not, as one newspaper says,
IN commenting upon MISS rerTys as
sertlon, more fond OF the trIvialides OF
NE Inan OF Its realities, are not wed
ded to bragg, TO nIgn teas ana 10 nves
or IuNurIous ease. II they were, even
that $1,000 limit would not carry them
very TAR
The fact is in spite of all that is said
and written regarding the great expecta
tions of the average young woman who
looks ahead TO matrimony. in reality we
lnd her ready TO do her working part, |
satisfied to dispense with frills for the
greater sake of love and a home founded |
on the solid rock Of mutual effort.
Has Her Dreams.
The average young woman, it is true. |
has her dreams, and generally running !
all through them. like the theme of a
beautiful song. there is the ever-recurring !
wish for money. because II paves the way !
to so many wonderful things.
But, then, dreams fade away and pass
into slim realities when the right wooer |
comes Offering himself and his modest |
all, for that average young woman is /
pretty wise person. and deep down in |
her heart she knows that a poor little |
| income doled out at the rate of 500 |
month, or even less if need be, may be |
made to yield lot of solid happiness-if !
there are two people trying
And sometimes when it happens that |
wealthy folk marry, with incomes far
and away beyond the $4,000 mark, the |
question comes 10 mind
Will the home that they make really be |
quite so dear as the one that is made a /
little at a time? 1t always seems-and |
one knows it is true-that the young man !
who sturdily starts out with the woman |
of his choice to make a home and to
make it on 4 modest income is far, far !
more worthy and more certain to sue
coed in the end than another who looks
and looks about. perChance to find some |
one with bit of money to supplement
his own.
And it is likewise true that the young
woman who links her fate with the man
who. to her, is Sthe truest and the best
of all, even though he chances to be not !
rich in dollars and cents, is building
pretty well for the years to come. be-
cause while money beautifully helps over
a lot of rough, rough places, not even
money can tide one over the difficulties
that come through lack Of love.
The Best Husbands.
And when all else is said and done, the
one conspicuous thing remains true to-
day. as 1t always has been, that the
soundest husbands and the truest wives