Show Z I 1 G FOR harlon upon fortune ll GIRLS HATE WED ITELL I 1 the I 1 sin of for Fort anex sake alonci why men and women single times things which are done by reputable people are acknowledged by D 0 1 ody so whoever did marry for Is so odious the treachery cheat lego so abominable that no man or woman who cares for or has even a nominal regard for social decencies will admit the charge fit the tribunal of self con ness the title of fortune hunter is as libelous as that of a 11 coward and be who exerts inge guity and glazes over circum stan bial evidence in introspective iv ive reflect tion to clear his soul of the stigma the heiress of his selection ha 8 realey no present fortune J as the daughter of a rich father may in berit nothing in the long run or leold her wealth in her own right she would be a prize were she penniless in that unlucky event he would have control I 1 e 11 his manly a if ectro i no as the whole world knows and says sneeringly behind his back however be may hoodwink himself the right jofs man to fall in love with a rich girl or the chi id of a wealthy house is as patent as king to woo the beggar maid cupid s freaks il ay as veil take one turn as enother in the teeth of the doughty asser ti on the world continues to shrug significant boulders to shrug and dueer and snarl and yet become with parents and friends Iri ends accessory to the unholy commerce dibua wed for take awad be unco sinful ye ken said a pious scotch father to his sun but see to it that ye gall where feiller il we may feel a twing e of regret but we bave ceased to b a shocked when we bear the ma r ariage of tavo ardent young people 0 aken of us a genuine old fl fashioned love match such as one of in this day nor are we righteously indignant at the compassionate smile that accod paw the slur One direct tion will prove the tr uth of the wi W fiat do we mean when we say that a girl has married well given a suit able ficia character beala r as any candid rea der coill ad I 1 heard an eminent theolo use the words the other day answer to coil gradations grA lAtiOns on his marriage she fas in narried be aside to an intimate frien d 1 I could aak nothing better for her thank goll Bleet itiL the sonin son in law subsequently I 1 the friend saw an uneducated binau of mean stature n 0 ble visage boorish deportment and jess than mediocre intellect but he has inherited the millions of a self mad elather at id cunning enough to turn the over to ad vantage another bridegroom will cepul sive in aspect that one revolted tit the rast with his fair majestic brile lie wore a wig and his se nile grin would have been legs dis agreeable bud he employed dental skill he was squat in figure his scanty hair was a grizzled red his face mottled and freckled into the complexion of a goo seberry roley and he was thirty years his cifes senior we feet very happy about our aid the tender mother with glistening eyes she has boaen more judiciously I 1 ban do most girls of her age the father as well pleased ex pressed his satisfaction in different sor t not much to at be admitted to 8 crony but be has at least ten thousand dollars for ever y freckle we all say and we mean one cum that is to swell the applause due him or ber who does good unto him or herself the satisfaction of parents have basis of natural and praiseworthy regard for their childs well being if they are poor and ba a a hard bringing up they covet ease and a 1 for her in the ma heart there is it fierce claim on these as her daughters right in life her law ful share of the sunshine and ease and prosperity w aich are chief among the worlds good abill if she has beet brought up in afulu euce there arises tin gutc ry iron hom e aw society ety again kt the cruel ty of altering her the of him who would drag bl r down to the level of the working classes swain who for lo 10 relo sake has pro posed the fiad i himself in the position of trail when after jacobs seven years of waiting be offered th e humble home fait to the ideall gir in it e world I 1 ve you my ord copper field I 1 felt a perfect t id of prey toward the The parental I 1 91 r provid jog for the child overpasses over passes the ig iko rant transports of the marriage day still hakea alarm at the menace frivance ri vance 0 f v coot find unpleasant sur ing eco n comics in the shape of debts and aises vises JJ isaich are natu ai attendants the early wedded life of two upon whose fortunes if they ever eloile ave on e is to be made abid saved by themselves the folly of marry e cisily demon u an arble tr g ble that the girl of the period romantic in some re albeit A e does not need fo have it ex to her nt even a trad d I 1 es of our gene ratio 13 dreams of bora as his wife on I 1 a shousan d dollars IL ye ar no capt tal except love and a stout heart and pt those taken bably jal bath T con I 1 I 1 11 the um berof marri sies 1 be i ill middle classes dereasmo seo yearly people tri later in life there are more childless couples all fewer housekeepers our girls knoer this and our young men up reclaim it to t be fu I 1 1 the form er mic for husbands who can eu P port them well the latter lake tb air choice between cynical bachelor hood it nd a bunt for rich wires both sexes look to it tha t the v agne where siller is one of the pt anted all rights secured savings of unworldly minded moralizers is that the man whose riches have bought his wire and the woman whose husband has sought her for her money are much to be pitied in their splendid misery these un may ests Is aj tot h e wa rp ed outlines the rule hplu met of sensitive rectitude assumes that suspicion of the truth must lurk in the bottom of devres coffee cups sit bodkin wise between the wedded pair on satin sofas and car I 1 ge cushions they are depre dented as tb rough glided bare at aibe it innocent joys of those who are chosen and beloved for themselves alone as adam and m idt have sought unguarded arev i ces in eden wall and made of them wailing places over what bey had for ever forfeited if the innermost heart lining of croesus and baroness burdett coutts were turned out to microscopic examina tion we might find definite traces of ake coll suspicion the avell millionaire does not dissociate in his most secret thoughts his riches from his individual personality sona lity Purse pride rub s through every veini is assimilated by every organ inconvenient as were the consequences of 31 idas touch to his daily bleill doubtless retained ila his prayer to be saved from starvation a strain of pride in his unique accomplishment our wall street alidas is not chagrined that the beautiful schoolmistress elected to grace his table carriage and m angion should be won by his millions lie loves her the more intel li gently for her appreciation of Whoever sawan heiress to whom the dread of money was under her fourte feather b e ith yes e yellow reflection of vir gin gold becomes her as ornaments the bride she values hadr posses as inherent not extrinsic charms she knows as betl ag aou and I 1 that arich girl never I 1 acks ar suitors and she grateful ina benignant providence for maki her future so sure and bright ne of the varnest vainest women I 1 ever knew portioned off her handsome abse luious lord month by so much for cigars so much for horses samuell for tailors bills so much for sundries and so far from being shamed of the one aided copartner hip reminded him of it gnp a ill threatening when others were jofin such terms as dont he daucy my lord or I 1 will astoli your alloin l 11 J ily again SHE HAD in 4 and court for she was pretty flippa at lavish and rich and in societal socie tyl her money was but one element of her pil r as essentials ll y a part of the woman w ho had at and won her i load adonis as were her nal gifts and fine ayee the conscious of wealth imparts a sense tit mallery that intoxicated intoxicates steadier brains than bers ad all this as the candia observer of 80 chetys wava of reasoning and action must there is an u gly asb stratum of aluth realistic and stubborn that thrusts up a gran ite shoulder abro ugh sophistical sophi froeb and spar kle let the woman who bas th 9 prospect of well accord ing to the already given denude her betrothed aff be golden fleece his moral and anen tal being put behind herthe visions of and vineyards and orchards and pools of water a baden baden silver and gold men d is 1 I e the opera great W ilione 0 f g great and small cattle jtb 0 horses all the peculiar treasures of kings and of brov incest and ask herself as in the honest hour of death would I 1 become this mans wife for b etter and for worse for richer and for poorer in sickness and in health through good report an d evil report until death do us part if he had none of these things if in their place he could offer me only a hearl full of love a pai r of standa able and ready to do batt 1 9 with fortune fo r my dakil what itt th baltar eal tar answer with or against her will she sins in Warry ind him when the takes the irrevocable vows upon her she perjures herself in the sigh t of a holy god and pure angels is sold body and abul to a life us jag as surely of modesty and morality as is that of th e be sul slave in R turkish inar ket flow the sanction by her blessing the unholy caremon clears the com of eyed women what estr ul be said of mens duller perceptions it makes less differ ence with them we are to ld this closest union of lives possible in abi a world when the bond is merely one of and coil ence let mit 8 i calie the ethical question of wooing with phrases burrowed from love the women to whom they would never give a second thought were the Y portion less the predence pretence pre tence of disinterested disinter este d maintained throughout the betrothal the oath of allega ance to the women they hold bv the hand when these are really ad d resse d to bonds and securities to stocks and real estate he horrible wrong done to the creaturo who believe in them as in alim who mill them let us speculate ins teado as to the process by bilich the mother who what ma ariage is heaven and what hell it may be up t to the conviction that her child can in any sense be veil ait oit jn wedding a man because of advantages th at do with his trin lilic self the girl may m h ari I 1 I 1 1 I 1 P I 1 aral for matronly ad beverl act the young mardeil 10 says 1 I ines n to marry a rich man whether I 1 love him or not breathes bre athos upon her purity by the utterance however thoughtless thought lebs it may be if this be her steadfast purpose inculcated by her elders acted u on when 0 offers bp y he roe ff th ere stands be tween be and poor ni whose touch aibe draws aade her matronly robes as if contact were contamination only the shadow of a legal lie I 1 the tenuous screen of the wifely ame tile czar of dilill is go apar evely sensitive that the sight of Rn exclamation point makes hira think of a bomb that is the real reason it is said why a russian law for 6 ids the use of exclamation the newspapers really want to scare their czar to death they mig lit induce george francis train to write him a brief ode uld do he business gs A miserly hermit down in blaine was obliged to go to town aa ay on a matter of basins and went into a restaurant to get his dinner A bill of fare was placed before him bearing the prices of the various diabes thinking the pro proctor pr ictor had presented an itemized hill for him to pay he jumped 11 f and rushed for the door acl almilli 1 I faint eaten a burned thing at and ill be hanged if I 1 pay all that 0 it bas we if supposed tb bustled bustles bust les beside being s calif ora at I 1 ty to the dictates of a tyrannical fashion a useful purpose in amely in breaking tile force of the fall when ever the wen ter had the misfortune to lip upon an icy walk it seems bovre verp that they do na y because they are not worn low elou gh A ril young sat down 0 ill a slippery gi tone the other ay and the vert e bral of her spinal column were drive together with such fore t that e has suffered int le ase daiv and has been hard a ble to move ever since and a ha wom an who met with a similar accident came very near choking to death oil her set of false teeth which was jarred loose and precipitated down her throat by the force of moment tum |