Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-07-27 | Page 36 | Man-with-the-Grouch

I With Man 1 a The-Grouch The I By Robert G. G Welsh LC t t 1 S the Man Ian with the tho Grouch h passed a fashionable church church at noon yesterday he had hard work worl elbowing his hisIl Il way ay through the on the sl side side- c- c 3 walk Women and children Jostled I each other nf rt th the nf of tim v street stroet t- t w eo there was s an 1 opening in tho the canvas canopy I A string of or automobiles a stretched d along and over o the ille changing chang scene o thc the excitement of or a fashionable we wedding lIng spread Fools muttered the wIth thc when he finally got t past tho pushing and ahoy shor- in InS ing crowl crowd There they stand eager with morbid curiosity to see sonic some poor lamb led Jed to the slaughter Marriage In ITt this da day and generation Is simply barbarous Think of a a ayoung young QunG man and woman about to lo enter upon the most sacred relation in life liCe and forced at that moment to put themselves on on parade before a n. gaping crowd It Isn't human human hu hu- hu- hu man man Ten to one the marriage is nothing more nor less than a matter of barter If the girl In Is young and pretty she's s's probably ably selling herc her her- self Iii In that case her parents arc making a good bargain for her as they tIie see sea it She is selling her c youth and beauty I for a town house 1 a country place n a few automo automo- 1 em hues biles a ado dozen z e n I Paris gowns and some borne jewels r YIl That looks like N y 1 a n. zoot f b m them hem TI They a aThe are The in I Happy With D on one Item Jem In time thc sale sale sale- New cw Xoi CJ thug the man that goes with v all these treasures Is ho as good as the tho other articles In the sale Maybe And ma maybe not Well I suppose it il Is the thc same the world over ocr In the wilds of or Africa the time bride Is ma made e happy with a new nose noc ring a few tew beads and some somo feathers In our country we dont don't value those things co So 0 highly Tho young woman In this case wants ermine and diamonds and an opportunity to enjoy food tood and drink that arc warranted to give her a a. torpid liver and anti a n waddling gait salt Faugh Ive I've no patience with rail frail human kind