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Show B l MARRIAGE AND INCOME B Tho newspapers are printing a 1 more or less mythical story ot how 1 certain girls at one of tho Harvard B Unlvorslty summer schools have B u'edged thomsnlvos not to marry a man with less than $2000 Income. H while stories of this kind are usual-H usual-H 1, moro or loss fabulous, they do rep-B rep-B ) --ent tho convtollon entertained by B TOany twontloth century young worn-B worn-B ... A good many ot tho products ot B the exotic civilisation of tho larger cities would say that 2000 ts alto-H alto-H Kcthcr too llttlo. H To tho girl who has como up In n B family having sovoral servants, auto- B mobiles, and all tho finish of cultured B and wealthy living, the Income of a fl oung business or professional man B :WM!ins hopolcss Many of them could H never get by without generous checks B from their fathers. Yet theso fathers H , know very well In their Inner hearts ( B that a young couple would have much , B more self rospect and much moro I B J Jiamctor, wero they to mako an of- H fort to livo on their own production. H J Thero Is a great decay In our mod-, H m Hfo of what can bo called tho H x iiloneor spirit. In all periods of our H country's history, ambitious men and H women havo been willing to go Into H the trlngcs of civilization and live on B the wages of day labor, until they H cot their start. Mutual love and con- H lldence In tho future made It possl- B Mi;, and gavo zoHt even to washing B dishes or Bawlng up a wood pl'o. B Many young men ot today nro un- H nolo to push a lawn mower, and many H loiing women glvo up in despair it H I their second girl quits work. ' -Comforts and luxuries that nro un- H irncd, not achlovod by toll and H Ktnigglo are enervating nnd soften H moral tlbcr. It may bo too much for H I the children of wealthy homes to bo B -expected to start as their fathers did. H , ,- Hut thoy mako sonm very had guesses H jj -when they pormlt their choice In mat- H i rlmony to bo much IntUicnced by tho B -question ot lucotno. This Is ono ot P tho cases whoro tho last at 20 Is H J often Uiu flrst at 40. |