Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15

1 display, love, and she is willing to
go through a \solemnly binding
ceremony with this frippery, con-
! Guiding with till death do us part.
The young man whom she pro-
posed to thus honor has u little
money ahead. a few hundred dollars.
which represent his struggles to
save from the time he left school up
to the present, and the girl is will
ing to take it all to crafty van
ity for a couple of hours.
The young man very naturally de-
murs at squandering his savings for
, a dressmaker's orgy. He wants to
invest them in the first payment on
a little home he has had in view in
the suburbs, or if she does not care
about that. he wants TO furnish q
fat in town.
But the fair young Clothes Prop
, will have nothing to do with either
scheme until the question of the
I swell wedding" is settled to her
liking. She is willing to compro-
mise to this extent, if the impetu-
Gus young man insists on q June
! wedding and will not pay for the
chiffons she will agree to be mar
! ried on credit and return TO her job
and work till the sartorial spree is
paid for.
Now am all for girls working
after they are married-if it is
necessary. l applaud them when
they lay up treasurers in the bank
TO help buy Il home. or q place in
! the country for summer vacations,
or even an automobile, if that hap
pens to represent Paradise Now"
, But to plod to and from an office
for nothing more inspiring than to
pay for an old-fashioned wedding
gown, yelIowing in a trunk. repre-
sents a degree of folly that hitherto
/ has escaped my notice.
Unsuitable for the Girl
And what could be more unsuita-
BILE for a f-supporting girl than
such a wedding. Think of Il stem
ographer---a profession demanding
intelligence, too-putting herself III
pawn for "a couple, of years to play
at being princess Pat for Il
couple of hours.
And think of the derision such an
affair would cause especially if the
bride after.the honeymoon returned
to the office to pay for all that
folly of white satin and rainbow
! tinted chiffons.
In the meantime, | suppose she
would be perfectly willing to ac-
! cept such dome esr q ty as the tur-
| nished room ana ne quick lunch
afforded. Apparently she saw no
| horrors in having ones vagrant
! fancies for beans and!
wheat cakes n hot dogs" shouted
! down to the accompaniment of clat-
tering china.
| l don't believe unless these young
people change their point of view
| very materially that there is mucf
! chance of their finding happiness
| together. Perhaps If the CIR
worked few years longer sh'
would grow to value the refuge oi
n home and all that it means tc
The Tired Business Woman as vel
as The Tired Business Man.
! OF course. if she were in love she
/ wouldn't give a snap of her fingers
! for these yard stick specialties thai
now loom so important on her hori-
/ zon. The pots and the pans and the
! curtains and the rugs for the new
| home might fill her mind with
roseate visions, but the wedding
! panorama-of rainbow-clad brides
| maids and satin -garbed pages
| not TO mention the borrowed
veil that would go into print as an
.heirloom-no. l hope she won,
! marry John, but wait for a possible
| Richard or Henry, who will make
her see how superhuous these things
really are.