Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-27
WOOFRS OF CO-EDS AT PENN
u SHOULD HAVE $4,000 A YEAR


re hard luck for the Young fellows
,so no .rourting the co-cds Ht Penn.
A, ,cast If ever they want to marry
them. g.,
Thc "thcv' N the last sentence refers
=, .bo rorng fellows, Of course. For 1t
~ W w." TINT the them" don't want to
ot ,nnrr'cd nj MI not uness their
gains have annual incomes of $1,000
or more. .-, +. a.. posto,
ham belt, somebody with a greater
,nste for figures than romance, asked
iot Of the fair young things how much
H. y @ Thought n man should have to
mat A. Smith they found few trusting
asmsols who were willing TO take a
uSonce on a man and $1,000. Some
.bougbt that a man ought to have at
last $4,000 to maintain the style to
nbicb they hoped their children might
crow accustomed. Most OF the girls,
Soweyer, declared that they would risk
n at $4,000 a year.
$4,000 Is Lowest Mark Here
Two thousand dollars distributed
.vsr winters coal bills and summers
Soo,d at n seashore hotel don't look
so rood, however, to the young things
wbo make class interesting at the
University of Pennsylvania.
An adventurous and unmarried inves-
prator made the rounds Of the campus
and found that $4,000 was generally
considered about the proper figure. In
cidentally, the investigator broke rule
which everybody thought could not be
hroken when he called on some OF the
younv women at the "Ten Horse
sboes," which Is the disrespectful un-
dereraduate nickname for the Phi
Omega Sorority. It's called the "Ten
Horseshoes' because that's what it
looks like when you write it In Greek.
The caller, not knowing the tradition
which says that no mere male foot may
urofane the doorsill Of the Ten Horse
Shoes" barged right in and stood in the
hall. The pretty young woman who
came down to answer his questions was
too courteous to throw him out.
Earn First-Then Propose
ghs had ideas Of her own, however,
about getting married. Miss Tova
Tsokones is a Danish girl. She thinks
that man who lays his heart at a col
iege girls. feet should lay alongside 1t
4 salary envelope which shows he has
an income of $4,000 year.
"Of course, they might get along on
less" said Tova, "if he could be sure
that there would never be sickness,
never loss of work I suppose 1t would
b. possible even to live on $1,000, but
Il would mean sacrifices. know that
in the country house may be bought
for as little as $4,000. which could be
made to do when young couple started
their welded life. But I think $4,000
would be better. made more than
$4,000 q year myself before | came to
college. and I expect to make more
when get through"
Tova's sorority chum, Frances Drew
her Intimates call her Johnny, be-
cause she is famous college thespian
said sne thought college girl would
starve if she had only $4,000 a year and
nothing laid by with which to begin
housekeeping.
college giyls begin to earn about
$4,000 a year when they leave school,"
she said. "I'd be willing to get mar
lied on $4,000 a year and take job to
help my husband. When a girl gets
engaged | think both she and her fance
ought to begin to save. ! feel they
ought to have about $4,000 before they
get mNrricl-Sj0O0 for a house and
$1,000 for furniture" .....
II don't see how you can know be-