The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-11
THE MODERN r
She 10 a Person Very Different From
the One Grandmother Was.

she 10 q PERSON very Inherent FROM
the One Grandmother Was.
New York Times: Chauncey M.
Depew recently compared the Ameri-
can girl Is he sees her today with the
girl Of fifty or sixty years ago, and,
although the comparison was not al
together favorable to the young wom-
en- Of today, Mr.. Depew admitted that
the extravaganza which he said was
typical Of the girl of today was not
her fault, but was to be attributed to
the conditions that surrounded her.
The American girl as I knew her
when I was a young nan in my native
village" said Mr.. Depew, was very
well educated, widely read-principal-
ly in the literature of the Elizabethan
period-and in the best sense a COM
rade. Her mother had taught her to-
be versed in all household matters.
and in everything relating to the care
Of a family. When she married, liv-
ing was easier then and less eXpen-
sive. She Immediately organized her
household, and her husband found ev-
erything just as good in every way as
he had been used to under his own
mothers roof. While she had her
dressmaker and milliner, she could do
nearly as well as they, and was not
a slave to those artists.
1.-THE typical American girl of today
differs from the girl of sixty years G
in that she is more artificial. She
has more accomplishments, but not
so many solid requirements. She has
to be differentiated into the society
| girl and the girl who is not what
might be called a social factor in one
of our great centers. Fashionable girla
,xn ~ FA-y -, No icA,a - kla ,,N-A
that 1 think among the great mass of
the latter must be found the typical
American girl. Nevertheless, II is by
the society girl. who is a fine sports
woman and a good sport, that we are
adjudged abroad, because she is more
often seen. .
But the girl who represents a great
many American women in the country
differs from the type of fifty years ago
only in this, that she is more travelled
and her horizon is broader. Her edu-
cation is on a higher plane, but she
knows less Of domestic accomplish
ments and is more expensive as a,
wife until she learns them. >
rich husbands are very scarce. A,
properly constituted young man
wants a wife, a home and a family,
During his early years his income is
necessarily small, and he has to have
a capable helpmeet to organize and,
administer his house. The difficulty of
finding such a wife is what has led to
the alarming decrease in marriages.
II look back upon life in the village
and it was typical of all villages
and I remember how well young cou-
pies got along, where the husband
was a lawyer or a doctor or a mer-
chant or an officer in the local bank,
on an average income of $1,000 a
year. The families made a good ap-
pearance they had positions of i'm
p~ortance In the church, and generally
they kept a horse and buggy, the head
Of the house doing the work that was
necessary with regard to these con-,
veniences.
Most young men / meet now In
similar positions in the city claim that
$4,000 is a minimum upon which they
can exist, while $10,0 600 is necessary
for comfort. and girls tell me the
same thing"