The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20

for Money!
Must Fail
Heiress Mothers Legacy
Provides $4,000 Income
for Husband.
EY HELEN WEI SINNER
MA Service StaG Writer

MA Service stan Writer
DY many poor young men Mrs.
ID Elenor Du Pont Taney no
doubt viii be- commended as the
ideal mOthcr-ln-laW but they are
likely u strike a suaE If they Try
% win Justine c. Pe-o-. her daugh-
ter. Miss Per0t isn't exactly pleased
by her mothers gesture TO mari
tal.y-minded youths Mrs fancy.
in her Will just published, provided
$4,000 annual income for the man
who becomes Miss PerOts husband.
Every girl dreams Of a young man
who Will come WOoing her because
he wants 90 win her hand. not be-
cause he IS interested in what is N
f. Maybe Mrs fancy knew this
Maybe she wanted to sharpen her
daughters perception by forcing her
TO develop q critical sense which
would distinguish the fortune seek
ers from the men who love. The will
provides. in case her daughter
should err in her choice Of a nus
band, that the husbands income
shall cease should the marriage be
dissolved.
This case reveTses most of the
marriages which are established on
the gold standard. Unless a man is
a prince who exchanges his coat Of
arms for a dollar sign, 1t is the
woman who usually receives an al
lOWanCe. Often heiresses agree to
feed their lordships If they Will put
. their pedigreed signatures to mar
rage licenses.
But the future husband Of the
heiress VIII have 10 wed as a pre-
liminary step IN obtaining his
money.
DOwries Cited
A rich young man likely viii have
a considerably easier time cOnvinc-
ing Miss PerOt that his love is ster-
ling silver than a poor young man
who has only his heart to offer. The
rich young man doesn't need the
money The poor young man might
want it as a poet wants the moon!
Some countries still bow TO the
custom Of the dOwry. A girl must !
bring to her husbands home not
only her trOusseau but money and
sheep when he is kind enough to
take her off her fathers hands. The
fancy Will looks in that direction. /
The marriage prefix is worth money. /
Oh, yes It's going to pay some
man. young or otherwise, to seek
the heiresS as a wifel
But she is going to be ready for |
him And she isn't going to well
come a deluge of proposals from
young men who have empty money
bags where they should have hearts. /
Money has been called an evil by
philosophers and prophets. Lovers /
can appreciate it. Just why a man
who has asked a woman to marry
him. and then changed his mind, /
should be expected to apply finan- |
Cial balm is a mystery of our pc
cuniary age. Love that can be
salved with cash payments is
phoney, anyway. and the mere fact !
that the girl has instituted a suit
should be an argument in favor of |
the one who withdrew his proposal. |
Occasionally man sues a woman /
for changing the state of her heart |
She, too. should be able to refuse
balm TO him.
Money Marriages Fail
Barbara Hutton made sure before |
saying yes that her prince wanted
her more than the new string of
polo ponies when he asked her to
share his title. Justine PeTOt will
have to think twice, too.
The girls who measure ribbon.
type letters and teach youngsters
geography and manners have the
advantage. The less worldly goods
a woman possesses the more she can
bank on an unallOyed love interest. /
Financial security is splendid but it
undermines emotional security at
times.
Marrying for money never works. /
Both sides are cheated. The one
= who receives the money seldom has
it for long. for when his real need
is known he is likely to be ousted.
He may discover that he paid too
high price if he bumps into love
which is so overwhelming that it
sweeps away financial barriers.