The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-11
Job Holding
Wives Gain
in Numbers
Marriage Licenses Given
to 200 Couples in
Single Day
SEPT. IL 1881 .
BY ELEANOR GUM
lines STAFF Writer

NEW YORK, Sept. ll.-"Object
matrimony" was the slogan OF
some two hundred or more couples
who bombarded the marriage IL
oense bureau in the municipal build
ing during one day. The busiest day
the bureau has had in years-be-
lcve 10 or not And I guess that's
something but Just what2
Are men gathering more courage.
recovering their lost chivalry. or
are girls growing holder and even
doing the proposing in a big way2
or is - love, and II so why in such
q sudden frenzed Outburst2
What 70 actually means Is that
our level-headed. cool. calculating
young persons are convinced that
since two heads are better than one
two paw envelopes certainly must be.
We are living and loving IN the
DAY when wives still endowed with
oil their husbands worldly goods
are also expected to contribute
something-very often so per cent
10 the family budget A splendid
solution Of the long-drawn-out en-
EaEcment problem. YOU must admit.
end a great incentive TO marriage.
In pre-War society the noble male
vas supposed 20 walk away into the
night from any girl who was dis
covered 10 have money. What, a
fortune hunter2 Not he
In postwar DAYS society the man
who hasn't looked his prospective
bride up in BradStreets IS regarded
as bit balmy. unless. of course. he
has reason 10 believe she is not
listed there In which case he knows
all about her views on part-time
wives. what her salary is and how
good the chances are of her holding
her job after marriage.
They'll Both Work Harder
Does he love her any the less? Is
this progress or isn't il? Anyway,
its quit a concession from a nation
heretofore outraged at the Euro
pean dot" system.
The 200 or so marriage licenses
issued IN such a rush in one day
were accounted for at the bureau
by the fact that a three-day holiday
provided a breathing spell for a
honeymoon. which. while short. need
not necessarily be any the less
sweet than honeymoon o. the
prescribed length.
Which seems to prove that not
one but both participants we're due
back on the job on Tuesday and
probably are working happily and
fevcriShlv right This moment. Are
they any the less efficient because
nj their marriage? As a matter of
fact. isn't Il reasonable to suppose
that with so much at stake each will
work harder and more painstak-
ingly? Their applicant isn't going
TO be upset If they can help it.
Dizziness RemOed
Part-time wives are ever so much
better than no wives at all. In fact,
they are lots better than fuli-time
wives. Don't forget they bring home
a pay envelope. And while the old !
sterS criticise this particular new
deal and insist they never wanted |
husband badly enough to work for
one, they are entirely out Of order.
For nobody works any harder than
the stay-at-home wife of a poorly
paid man.
There's no denying that the work
ing wife may get out of hand or
that she may have divided interests
and even be in danger of finding
her greatest interest outside her
home. But that only makes the
marriage game more exciting, and
Heaven knows it needed a little
something by way OF a stimulant. It
removes the blanket charge of dull
ness against the holy state Of matri-
mOny and provides. If nothing else,
conversational material.
AT the risk of being accused of
being terribly OutmOded I might as
we'll 60 on record as saying that
consider marriage a fine old insti-
tuition. for which there is no good
working substitute.