The Washington times., 1928-01-21
Financial Aspect
Must Be Given
Careful Thought
By Beatrice Fairfax

question. It may well be
/ added that there are IS many
sides to the marriage question -
there are to q highly polished
diamond. And not least important
A. its dollar side.
The sentimental side OF T1aETiage
As much stressed noWadays no
rightly So. Yet many authorities
Ct note hold that both suita hility
ana the financial side are more
important to the happiness and
success OF marriage than mus
tual love at the outset, claiming
that love will naturally follow
when these important underlying
questions are sattsfactO settled.
III Is nndeniabIy true that no
matter how much IN love you may
be, you cannot afford to ignore
the dollars and cents Of marriage.
II married jim when he had
exactly two hundred dollars IN
the world, 2 laughed lovely lady
i know. Literally, this is true.
And their marriage proved one
Of the pure romance and endur-
Ing happiness.
Yet the lady was not az reck-
less as might seem on the SUR
face. as I happen to know. For
Jim, although he had at the
moment 81 MS marriage, but little
capfta1 IN dollars and cents, had
n beautiful and cultivated voice
and had just Begin his first
season az singer Of leading roles
at the greatest opera house ~ the
world. So capacity to earn IN
this case, together with character
and responsibility, took care salts
factorily of the dollar side Of mar
Kiage.
re Won happen to be lady with
crepe-de-ch soul. like the
herOine Of recent novel; hope
you are mott is serious Quess
tion whether you will be content
with love In & cottage or tiny
flat. II the man who cares Tor
YOU can offer only b very mod
arato income, and you have very
extravagant tastes. has such .
marriage c1anceg Ii love
going to compensate for drudgery
and poverty2 Or win you prove
afresh IN yOur experience that
too often when poverty flies IN 81
the window love files out the
door? These questions are prac-
teal. on their sensible solution
may depend the success of your
marriage
Poverty = not an ogre. f'0r
young couple who are healthy.
young. ambitious. willing to work
ana n love with each other It y
fun to tackle this problem Of max
ing one dollar stretch into five.
For both know that with thrift.
good sense and the mutual in
npiration of their affection they
can win success from failure
itself.
The giri who. disregarding love.
chooses s marriage of wealth as
the 'seasiest way" may Wen find
# the hardest way. Helen made
this mistake. She tolerated Frank,
she loved steve. Frank was rich,
steve poor. Why marry Steve,
reasoned Helen, only to go on
struggling with poverty She
might better continue to pound
her typewriter at $50 week.
So Helen sent back the frater-
nifty pin and the tiny solitaire en-
Ragement ring. which had cost
Steve a real sacrifice She mar
rfel Frank.
Ten years have passed since
then. Today Steve n head Of a
huge corporation. His sheer abil.
fty and hard work won the back
8 ing OF capitalists. who offered to
found q great manufacturing
plant on the condition he would
head their company. Steve is
rich man, and will ne still more
rich.
Two years after Helen broke
with him Steve married wise,
sensible, pretty girl. who found 1t
lust as much fun 10 cock and
scrub and mend and keep house
for him in those early days Of
financial struggle as 1t IL today
to enjoy luxurious comfort and the
prospect Of q second honeymoon
abroad next summer with her
ssdearest."
AS for Helen, the man she mar.
fied lost his wealth, and with It
his health, several years ago.
Helen is game. She is working
hard today as nurse and home
maker for an elderly husband she
does not love.
Think long and think well be-
fore You marry tor money. For
wealth il often here today, gone
tomorrow. Besides does even
money make up for constant bor-
ing companionship? and the CRU.
cling experience OF divorce ana
alimonY courts are feadAnine to
the very soul.