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Show MARRYING FOR; MONEY. 'Should men marry for money:" is said to have been the subject of a debate some time ago in one of our prominent clubs. Only men, of course, were present, and it is gratifying to find out that out of the sixty who voted only nine said '"yes." You will wonder how they defended their opinions. Well, these were their reasons for saying that men should marry for money: First of all, that as a husband has all the worry of the business which is to provide comforts for the wife, he is justified in expecting Iris life partner to contribute capital capi-tal stock to work the business; and, secondly, that his wife's possession of money is a man's only safe guarantee that she is marryi"fr him for love and not for a home. The other side of the question plainly showed that in the eyes of mostjnen the girl with money is positively at a disadvantage from a marrying point of view that is, 'if she wishes to marry. ' . ; It was argued that the hard-working, unselfish man who makes the best husband is the one who takes most pleasure in the fact that his wife is relying re-lying trustfully on him for the provision of the necessaries of life, and who dreads having it said of . him that "he married for money." Hence, other qualities being equal, he would rather marry. a poor girl than a rich one, and thus the poor girl gets the best husband. The rich girl, however, only too often falls, a victim to the blandishments of the money hunter, and enviously watches the career ca-reer of a comparatively poor couple, who, though perhaps finding it lifiicult. to make a living, find it easy enough to love each other. Money is a very -welcome luxury, girls, but remember, it is not everything. Catholic Mirror.' -. ..','.;,.' . v . - .:. ' . - v |