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Show TO MARRY OR NOT TO MARRY. I .i -.I ro 'J"i,t" O younj; m n tu l.'..:. -in Ui-ilny i.o c.itiii-'l ut! 'id Ui iii.uiy. Thai if, ihry cannul utl.irvl i in.ri I. if a vernal' girl, ilh Iter ua 1 ' ni.'ii I-r tin.-, a, ami tniK U, ui.d ii isc ry, 'I !.( is wlit I titty wty. !'. s:t! i hlllit fnuik (.niulLtUOii bo l ik U:tJ laj Wuu.il )At' tliu ay U i'i.!.nalitii and Mlii.nkry arraJi;e-Ilit'llS; arraJi;e-Ilit'llS; hvit tut Li liaVu Blli'tl it lmu- niiii..t:un ' Tiu'ro'a i he nil'. Uix- .unit .un-it ire ia nut a j'tUilo ul diin( th.it liinunAi.da ii ;rla, tnd at hat .liv iiuihIt ul yu4.ii)i nu n, vmu d to n 1 1. ii if; l.i lnak.0 hitino Ji-tm im1 r.tiiva tt n:ta:n ni.irnar. i':m, ii it. y i'vjuM niiy fr.inkiy iir.'iv'ii the (ut .i'it, Hiiiry instil any u Auiltia: "Ua to liit mo l.n I u, a Vi'iiiii; iiin i-Aim-jt :1 rd m wilo ni.w- u (Ji " Ai.J Ann hi. W"ulJ v.-rv !ui ly ro- "1 c.ui t mu :iy tin;)' cannot u will l;u';u nw a l;w y.-ra Ho. ai.J tii'-y u-'l to t1-'1 nurr.txl, uii must swJiiut. ' Avl llrnry ri in "Women re i i til" ve r.r.w, tht liit? Irmih.t?. J ul it.- k -I ;L i Kl.L'iA) a vi-ar. No, l.n die .!. uiv cm I atij.;. -ft a if? .;i ' j i y it txcia uic l! ol tnal to 1il- n.y- j "I'.liI iiu li'.w vt.u 1 1 v t-, iiajonda) An ".VjI vitr.tTa; in'.ij ," H-nrj-. "I j..y ' ('-r Uiir-f; UiaI s U-t u;c.i e -n;iit l:im two a.re sixun, t .tii tinu live r; forty, and one i" (urty-oi.c ! ur LiiitlrtU iLd B;itLtn d"i. tn yeur." y ' Wuica U-avcm Jd'j," internipta AiucIm, "t7'.j a year. Now what on c.trth do yon do w:th tnuj reniain- "Well," vi H-'urj", "there are my c:..!.-ar..i nti.i " "And c.Ara," ftjoj Aoieha. "Yw." "And Lmpiry ridt-e." "V.." "And drinks." "All tul hardly ever anything of that kind, you know,'' i-iya llrnry. "Weil, I Ufe not. lint wluil do you do with th nioneyoiiierwise A uin's cluthfd dun't c.t him much." "I t -n't Hi y !" exd-uins Henry. "Vim jtiisl try it." "Wl-iI," uuya Arjelia, "how much, now "Wt-11," says the young man, tliouiuiully, "there's an everyday nuit Icr winter, cay Tnero'a a dn auit fur juirlien and the opera. 7o. Tnri;'i two euiU for sitinnitT nud fall mid .-.print, $S K Tnero nre haUi, ci pi, (;,vtB. h.iery, etc., fhi; Ujt.td aiid aliirfiH, and we'd, how much is tliiit '!" "Iwo hundrt-d and ninety djll.ird," respontla thu reAdy Amelu. "Sav three hundred," rcipondd Henry. "Very well; that IcavivJIW. Want do you do with ttie rest V "Well, there's Ciir fAre, &a $-"'0. "Yw." "Ttieatre ticket, $100." "Yea." "And well, let me see church donations, wiy " Yea, wu'H any $ii. Well!" "C.irriiiKQ hire. $o0." "Well :" "Cigars ! I nni pretty moderate there any $1ihJ. How much docs the totul .mount to ?'' "Ten luuidral and fifty-five dollars. Y'ou eee there uro over one hundred And tiny dollars yet to be accounted lor." "Well, a. feller don't upend all his money, you know; besides, there are GhrisLiiHis prraenU, and a lot ot little 1 traps that 1 cannot now remember." "Yen, I eeo. No doubt the arliclea 1 mentioned would .swell the amount tu tl,'-UJ," u:.yn Ameli.i, ratlier sadiy. "Don't yer see, now," remarks Henry, "th.it I cannot allord ft wile '!" i "You surely txjuldu't, unlesA ex-1 ex-1 pensei could,' le reviuced," replies Amelia. "But instead of heini; reduced, they would be doubled," says ho. "Oti, no;" aaya the young lady. ' Not that. I should think, for instance, in-stance, that 1 was very extravagant it I spent half ot your salary on myself." "Do you eupposo you spend less than $oUU yearly V nays Henry. "Perhaps not now," responds Amelia, blushing; "but I could get alotiK with much lu.-s if I tried." "Could yuu, indeed?" queries he. "Yes," she- responds. "Couldn't yon V "Why, I suppose I might. Let mo see ? Where would I bcidn ?" "Say the clothes," suggests Amelia. "Yes, that's a fact. 1 could do without the dress suit; th it would be $7.V "And one of the others?" sho says, inquiringly. "Y-au-s say one of the other; $10." "And a little on the booU and shoes." "I believe so; say $20 of) on those." "And the carriage biro?" "Well! I suppose i could gitl along with the street car; tako oil f:0 for carriage hire.' ' "Well, how about the cigars 1" "I wouldn't like to give tin m up entirely, but I'll throw oil" on 1 cigars." "Very well 1 And the hats, enpe, etc., and all the rest. Couldn't yuu eftve $10U on the balance? You know a good suit of clothes will last more than one season. " "Well, 1 might possibly mike ii $100 less," says he. "That makes, with the $105 left, over and above your stated expenses as A bachelor, "'IM)," sayi the ready Amelia. "You m.ty add to thai which you could Kudily nave on Minuseiiieiilfl, und yoll havu the hliug Mm ol $.'7o yearly to Uy by. A lew yearn ol aueh eeonomy wuuld cimbl you to buy a nice littlo hoiou of your own, whe.ru, with a Irugal WJle, you i -on Id both livo very tvuntortalily lor hat it coo hi you to live by youraell now." ll Henry is anything like the man huouht to he.hu will aay ut thin Jiuk-Luiu, that thu very wilti Ui live in "itcli u houne is the you on liuty wlio b.ui humelf migenteil it, uiid will lorlh-wilh lorlh-wilh proceed lo uet on her mlvieu. Thero are, without doiihl, a good many Aiuulius in Chii ago, il lliey eoiild only Apt-ilk; but the trouble la that tlicy iiiuy lind no opportunities, and poaoibly no HenryN to chat with thus ooiilidiTilntlly, and no the old bachelors and thu old maids will multiply, mul-tiply, and a nerioiia problem in ttocial i ience ih prenentid lor eoiiniderutmn. i lua nelf-fii forced neparalion ol the eins will just ai cerluiiily Imul U it iiuo and iiiimonility us uny W'ell-tindxraLKxl W'ell-tindxraLKxl Muno I r tula to any Well-iindt-rBliaoil ell.-it. And il will lucreiwe 'i t)ie nuiiiiH'ra of (he unuinrrnt ; n-li.te, until evi-ry OMiihidrrAhle, eily ol this lounliy will hi-uiue a liilioa-luri' liilioa-luri' r'.ins, tiv.! Willi a mulih-r rernilt uur ii-iliomil icniperiiiueiit is captt-l captt-l lt- ol dei pi-r lecling and more ternlilo reiiio rat. 1 be ratio uf uiimurried per- .'IB ia coiiBi.tnliy aunMieu'ing, and the qu ati m ol a ri-notiy is ouu ttn.1 huern-a l)u- gravenl n iin-idi-raliun. In lliu older rx tin mt'iils Kit lemali pre-diiuon.ilu pre-diiuon.ilu in Mi h inniittTn 1 1 ml niar-ii'o niar-ii'o fur a liirf proj-irliou is iinpfs-mI'ih iinpfs-mI'ih in any i-enl. Jn ttie in m-r p.'ln of ihu Country, where low aexws art) in tvUiut epiiil nuinbcrs, thu que. lion of rxpenau frij;liU-iia tl O Woii'd bo tiu?b.iiid, and Uiu r. not ia q'lite aa ed. 1 nu way to n-fur ni i not pluiii, lt., uj.',h toe iii'i-ewily lor il is indisjiut-!-. L'lticiio intr-U tan. |
