Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 26, 1875, Page 5

He will log be missed in the city with which bo has ‘been s0 long and closely iden- tified, end his family will beve the deep and tree srmpathy of all who knew him personally. His fasers! this afterncon will undoubtedly be large- 1y attsuded by our citizens who wish to pay this 1est tribute of respect to his memory, and the services will be nnosually solemn and impress- o, PERSONAL. The Hon. Bf. B. Carey, of Milwaukee, is a$ the Gerdger. Col. J. Denohoue, of Washington, has apart- ments ot the Sherman. Too Hon. It. B. Baker, of New York, may bs fornd st the Tremont. Juzge P. C. Shannon, of Dakots, was & guest st tuo Pacific yesterday. 2r. J. D. Fisk zad family, of Boston, are stopping 3t the Gardner. Gen. J. E. Litton, of Doston, is spending a fow days at the Tremont. The Bon. Georgo E. Johnson, of Cincinnati, is segistered at tke Gardner. Ex-Gov. Outlow Stearns, of Conoord, N. H., i sojourning at the Pacific. Mr. E C. Peiergon, the portrait artist, has petcned from his summer vacation. Commissicoer McCaffrey is raquested to call op William Wialsh, No, 168 Clark street, who ¥l ick bim on eight. The Hous. A. H. Bush, J. E. K. Herrick, P. G Jeooard, and Amos Patton, of Boston, wers at the Eherman Jast evening. Tha Hous. W. 3. Dennis, of Wetertown, G. B. Grovomer, of Dabugue, snd C. G.Zonig, of Green Dsy, are at the Trsmont. The Hen. Joun H. Fronch, ex-State Superin- terdent of Public Imsirceiion of Vermont, is pegistesod &t tho Palmer House. It's refrcebing to note the upaoimity with which tue newsrapeis socept the proposition to rosst Westarvelt over aslow fire. Greco Greouwood hes Leen arisking beer and music, aud 5238 “*she proteuded to ke it™ Me- ¢tinks the lady do:h protest too mach. Georgin is reconstructed onough in sentiment 10 bang Xr. Brinkly, white, on the same beam with Mr. Faver, colored, early in October. Misses Josio and Jennio Bsker have returned 1o the city from Hartford, Wie,, where ther have been visiting their sister, Mrs. Dr. Shoman, Dr. Mary Walker eays she would not take off ber rants for o millioa dollar in gold. She protally makes some exceptions of time snd place. Bonapartist modals are smuggled into France s keogarco-tal soup, sardioes, and Australian motton, in cous. That ia a queer way of pre- serviag patriotic relies. That aecting story sbont the Kcptackian who biasphemed and wss struck dumb and died, proves only correct 28 to the blaspheming; the men's health is a8 good as ever.—Detroid Trib- wne. There aro 150,00 books in the Astor Library, New York, acd yet, whem s yonth of 17 asked for * The Trail of Blood ; or, The Gory Mug of the Guadnlops,” the Librarisn said they &ida's bave it. When Ida Lowis rescues s man she doesn’t bo'd hus bead in her Isp until bo revives. Sav- eral members of Congress risked their livea off Lie Bockthis seeson, under the impresaion that she did.—DBrookiyn Argus. X:ss Hulett, Chicago’s lady lawyer, relstes tbat ebe accompanied a Isdy clicnt to St. Louis recently, end that the lady fainted. Miss Hulets went to the ber of the hotel and saked for a lit- {ls brandy, whereupon the enlighioned bar- barian replied, °‘Afadsms, yon must be from Chicago.” The Bev. Mr. Hervey, pastor of the Universal- ist Church of Troy, N. Y., was charged with mis- condact, and & mecting was held to remove him. By the rules of the church. women ars allowed w vote insach cases. Their vote was solid for Xr. Hervey. Scchstiaws indicate the charge ageinet Mr. Hervey botter than words. The Czar Alezander has & his constant compenion a Mg tlack dog, wiih a keen noso for assassics. Ks- cently, when an Engiish gentleman stood aside to let ciciors, melped Limeeit To s sedt af tho Drisans pentaloons. Tne Emperar came up sud examined the ent, smiled, and departed. He uttered no syllble of apology.—Ezchange. ‘The Driton, however, with hand apon his lace- smted integument, exclaimed sa follows: See, what 5 rent the envious Cas-cur made : Throngh this, the well-beloved Brate did tite; And, as heplack'd his cursed teeth away, Mark how tue smile of Czar did follow kim. An mqniry bas boen made for an animal com- biniog the characieristics of the fish ard re_iile by meny eavaos. Ir. J. T. Hulver, of Waupun, ‘Wis., bas now sach s crezture which he i3 willing to present to soy ecientific sseociation. It was found by bis little daughter in Rock Biver. He describes it 08 in every respect resembling o fish, with ecales, gills, fins, and tail, the moath of cartilage and lixethat of & catfish,—which fish, by the was, it greatly resembles. It has, how- ever, four legs. The fore-legs bave a bunch of four claws, and the otherssix claws, fully de- veloped. The animal is oniy 3 inches in leogth, and is alive iu an aquarium. Mr. Hillyer will be intho city in a day or two at the housa of the RBev. J. O. M. Hewitt, No. 145 West Twelfth street. Perbaps some naturalist may recognizo the animal, bug eo far it hea not been identified. *- A gingular ond unpleasant coincidence rocent- 1y occarred on s Nile stoamer. 'The Rev. James Fletcher, formerls of Newburyport, but now Constl at Oporto, Portugal, widely known 28 & lecturer and the suthor of a popular work on Brazil, was on his wedding toar with his new wife, while his divorced wife wes also on her wedding tour with her new husband, Mr. Ben- son, the ariist, and Ler dsughbter, Miss Fletcher. Mr. Fletcher's first wife was a daughter of Dr. Mulas, of Genos, and became enamored of Mr. Bonson while Lo was an inmate of her husband's houss at Newbaiyport,—3ir. Fletcher being s Patron of artisis,—ana sccompanied him on his sketching excursiors, to the great scandal of the Zeighborhond, till the matter came to be too no- torivus, when a divorcs was obtsined, and new marrisge relations entered into all around.—New Fork Worid. A medical journal published in Cleveland ad- @reaces the following quear query to the profea- mion : QUEET.~! vaician Nfl-hmdmmfi:é: I el A We should say that there must be, and that thers must have been, bald-hesded consamp: tives; yet the fact that doubt is thrown over the existence of such persons by a medical joumal would seem to show that they &% not so common as to be within the knowledge of every physiciso. We Ourselves bave not, of courss, secn 88 many ®uffercrs from the maledy in question as have come tnder the observation of some doctors; We can not &t this moment think of sny ono of those we havo seen who wss bald-hended. Coneumption is a diseaso that preys upon old Pecple 25 well as young and middlo-aged pecple; d we supposs its victims are subject to the Ondinary lews thst rogulats the growth of hair. 4 not, why not ?—New York Sun. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Pucifo Hotel—L. Desrborn, Havama: Dr. Ofiver, Ontario ; Major J, 5. McCabel, U. 8, A. ; E. B. Lane. Ceveiand; Gearge P. Upham, Boston ; C. Appleton, Landen; J, A, Thatcher, Colorsdo; J. E. Douglsa, B, Robert Weir, Baitimors ; Dr, Stackpole, ... Tremsnt House—E.N.Pitas and C, Poppels, New Yark; HL K. Stephers, Pafladelptda ; J. W. Iredell, Cincinzti; H. K, Brown, Winona; W 3. Wheelocks Prondence ; 8. M. Grant, Bosic. ... Sierman House, P E Thcmpeon, Galveston; Washington Libbey, : the Hon. J. L. Beynolds, Lafayetto; W. N. Carletco, Bufislo; M. F. Bowes, Pagcijbis; the Hon, J. W. Huster, Wheel Be....Caraner House—C. W. Harrts, Cinclonsd; . Marsh, Phfledelphis; E. B. Pike, Philsdelpkia; E.E Manan, New York; Col D, W. Guy, Cincinnati. <-Palmer Houge—L. L. Bals, Bostom; T. W, Dun- &2, Xew York; T. H. Thomas, Philadelphis; A. A R, Lowe Wedbingiaa, D, 0.3 T. 8. Bensatt, Fhilsdaie Stevart, Mancheatet, Eaglind, i G, THE CHICAGO TRI1BUNE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES THE YOUNG PEOPLE. More Contributions on the Matrimo- nial Questfon, The “Lonely Six” Emerge from Their Retirement. And "Go For” Their Traducers in a Spirited Manner. They Aro Moro than Ever Convinced that the Marriuge Portion Is a Goed Thing. ‘Why Well-to-Do Young Men Will Not Get Married. REJECTED. 1t wan & lovely maiden To whom 1 did propose, Bat, lizo a Caines slip; Sho turned up ber nos 8o scolded me lika pixty, And told me to begone; How dare I dream guch nonsense? Bhe would rather lie alone, Tt was s dark-eyed malden To whomn I told my griaf ; But, like tho leaping Her words or were b She hintad 1 wes ugly, And nothing like her taste; She wanted ane more handsome, Made up of porcolsin-paste. Some 072 to make firtations,— T hute to nso such means; Some think they are some pumpkins, Whea greener spricg-greens; Bomo Jove the newost faces, - And some the Litest atyle: Givo mo one iseart that’ simple,— A woman withont suile, Now Iam oat of trouble, T keep there if Tcsn The fire is worse, they tell me, Than the warm Irying-pas. 8o good-bye, Matrinony | 1 guess my tin:e is past, The Fates have hieen against me,— My cuke'’s all dough at last. . Jomx Arrex. THE “LONELY SIX” KIT BACK. o the Bditor of The Caizago Tribune : Cexcaco, Sept. 23.—It may have surprised many of your reagers that wa, “The Lonely Six,” have kept eilent under tbe constsat attacks that were pouring in {rom all sides. The reason is, eimply, we were waitisg for an intelligent critiz to try and convince us that our views are wrong. Instead of this, most of your corre- spendents, the female portion in particular, have delighted to denounce us with a coarse malignity which wonld do credit to tho Hon. Fitch, of Balston mass-meeting notoriety. In- stead of copsidering tho reasons we stated, that compelled ns to plead for a marriage portion, iastead of trying to enlighten and show us whore we are wrong, they content themsclves with de- erying us, 28 thongh we were hycnas in homan shape ; that we wero imbued with nothing buts grasp for money ; that wa were too lazy to work ; thet wo might request our fathar-in-law to manage our busicess. 2g it would be too much exertion for us; aand, while one man was Chris- tian enough, instead of condemuing us, to call upon his God to pity theso miserable, foriorn, and wretched pieces of humanity, several of the isdies wiskod that we might never have an op- portunity to embark in matrimony. Whailo we regret that.our endeavors to reform the murrisge question of to-day has been 80 ter- ribly misconstrued, ic hes, on the other hand, afforded us great pleasure to notice the wide- spresd aitenbon we recowved. All those who mourn for us oa sccount of our advasced viows worry themselves unnecessarily. Our iiesrts aro a8 tender 28 that of any of * Chicago's fair daughters.” Our sensibilities for & pureand uudivided love has conscquent!y attained & high state of perfection, but we do not allow our hearts to run away with our brains, and do not judge marriage only by the few very happy uuions, but by the majority of cases that come to our observation. ‘The letter of * Oue of Chicago's Danghters is oue caiculated to capture the hearts of all voung fools at ouce, and some iiave already ex- ressed their desire to form her acquaintance. Wiy 2 Becanse she statod ber father was very weaithy. They will perhaps tellus, *‘No—itis ‘because of ber good qualificalions 88 a house- keeper, an evonowist, & worker.” Idleialk If sho bad snid Ler iather was a poor laboring mag, these sudden aspirants for ber acquaiutance would not have texen aoy notice of her. o theep soft-hearted, love-inspired, benevolent, and phifauthropic young men, who turned their face in disgust when tuey read oar firel com- municaticu, who boagt of o certain degree of gallsatry, by acserting they would msrry a poor girl if they counld find one they ocouid love, no matter how email a salary they receive, or how small an amount 6f money thev bhad accumaiat- ed, these wen who are so quckly caught by the diplomacy and well-calculatod lester of ** Ono of Chicago's Daugiters,” to those mon woe wonld say: You cansot all marry this one girl, but if sou will bring your actions in conformity with your pretengions, fcok into THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE advertising columns and yon will find numbor- Jess advertisements of young ladies. claiming to be reepectsble, expericnced in cooking and ‘housekeeping, and heviog good refereaces, look- iug for sitnations. Witnthe same cheek wth which you ask the priviloge to meke the scquaint- avce of ** cago’s Deughier” you can mate the acqacinzancs of the other girl. Their pro- tensions are bothaiike: bcth dohousework, both receive about the same wagcs, and both undoubs- ediy are ready to many, providing the right one appears. Yet they differ in one point. The father of * Chicago's Daughter ” is rich and lets ner go to Long Branch aod Baratoga ; the fatuer of tiie other gurl ia poor, and perbape the $2 she earns per week she bas to divide with lum. "The poor grl wou!d, in our opinion, e 3 much better wife than the rich one ; for she does not condemn ail young men In one sweep, like + Chicago's Daughter " ; eke wonld recogmize and esteem her Lusband as her equal, while the other, with an uobecoming pride, and in her imaginary superiority, would cocsider her hus- band merely tho best fop amoong all fops. Yet these gallant fops who called our ideas absurd would marry * Chicago’s Dsughtar,” enbject themselves 10 ind:gnilies, and leave (he more preferable, but poor gitl, to somebody elso, and would still deny that money-matters bad ever com? into consideration. Can auy sensible believe that ? ‘ThanXks to Providence,wo are of & more candid pature. We express openly that as loog a8 we have no capital of our own wo sbell not get mar- ried, excopt it 18 10 2 girl worth money, cufficient 1o grant Lier in her new homae the sawe luxuries she enjoyed in ber father’s house—bat always provided we love her sud oo loved. ‘Chere are some mon it this world who would not oven care for love as long as ther goi money ; even they ure uot to be cundomned, for they are also created for o holy purpose. There are plen- 17 of giris among the **upper ten ” who have costly dresses and hoavy jewelry banging taste- lessly around their shapeless bodies ; neither aint cor powder can mske their faces agreea- le ; their Incuities have been cuitivated but lit- tle, snd consequently their intellect issmall. Thieir wayeand rnennecs can nevercatchn husband they must try and get one through their money. Now, if men wouid ell look for love as we do, these poor creatures would be left o the dark. Such couples will neverti:aless assure each other 6t thetr unbounded love. We venture to say that whenever we gef mar- ried to girls of our choico we sbould live a bap- pier life than all the hypocrites, who dare not Fnow color. Our wives would comprebend that, in pleadiog for o marriage-portion, we did 80 for thoir own welfare. . For onr own individual selves, we didnot need it; we have beeu able to maintsin ourfelves in the past, andcan do £0 in the future ; and, should cirgumetances compel 18 o live on 38 per week, we cau endare it; but we do not consider our- the haud of = lady if selves Justified in i ] we cannot offer her the least safe, againat sufferings occasioned by of money, which a siling health or any other accident may snddealy producs. . Some fashioneble girls think when they can bsadie tha dishrsg and the broom they deserve a medal, &nd their husbacds sbouid crouch io their feet and acknowledge that they have found a jewel/ Nothiog of the sort. A young lady that could not bandle either of those instru- ments deserves contsmpt. Vhat the husband moat ba at his shop ar store, practical in every- thing sppesiainiog so bis bukineds, s0 mudd iis wife be at home. It costs envuzh monev to live ‘without tho waste occasioned by izeapacity. The ides of marryving a poor gitl. when you are poor yourself, looks very well on pager; it is good philosophy and reads like romance, bat in reality it will only work with people who live in tenement-houses and dress in homespun. TxE LoNELY SIX. ARE THEY AN EQUIVALENT? To the Editor of The Chicago Tridunc: ° Caicaso, Sept. 24.—Your lady correspondents usaally asgamo that a young man is anxious to marry 28 eoon 83 he can afford it. This is where they make their mistake. The obvious fact 18, that well-to-do gentlemen decline to marry. It is tothese the ladies sddress their srgument, and sey, Work hard, economize, accumulate, end then merry ome of us. We thank you, ladies, for the proposition, but respectfully dacline. Asd why not marry ? We recognizo that marriago is a contract there is no avoiaing without aisgrace. Tho contract involves personal sacrifics, iccroased expepses, aca so uncertain future. There is a repentance that comes too late. We want fully to compre- Liend why wo should marry. As a man’s money is his own, 1n its expenditure he rightfully con- sults Lis own intorest. If aman caonot afford to marry, certainly ho ought not to. Between an overcoat and 2 wife, he ought to take tho overcoat. Otkerwise his married life would enalave him to a miserable etruggle with poverty. But what of the man who can afford to marry, but wili not ? That is the man who interests tho ladies. You find few suchin the country, for country life needs s wifo as o helpmate aod & compagion. But such men abonnd iu cities. At least thirty mora), well-to-do gentlemen board at the some hotel as myzelf, who will not marry from choice. The well-to-do voluntary bachelor i8 o numerons and increasing class in all cities. Civilization has dimiuished the necessity of a homo, apd hence tho demand. A homo is uot euch ‘s superior plessure as it used to be, In citiea we find plonty of companions, m tho ho- tels the loxuries of a bome, and wo bave an_increasing round of drives, lectures, and entoriainments. Do we need a wife? Sho comes, Decessifeting economy, per- gonal sscrifice, increased expenses, and an uncertain future. 1he young man of bLmited means concludas that, 23 he enjoys life splen- didly without auy wife at all, the wiscst business courso is to yun no risks. The ladies must meet tho facts. Marrisge is indeed s contract, sad belore its burdens are nssumed each gide niust show an equivalent. Tho question is pot 80 must whether we can afford to marry, s whether o want to, all thinzs considercd. ~Aodarn civ- ilization has made our life so happy that we can afford not to marry. What do tho ladies say to this 2 We aro oot so anxions to marry as we used to be. Because the hero in the novel yon rend I8 crazy tomarry, do not pup;0se all menare troubled in the” esme way. Even novelists are recogmizing tho change in this respect that mod- ern civilization has prodaced in cities. 1f you put marriage on the ground of duty, we deny that it is our duty to support comopody else's danghter, unless we choose to. 1If you put marriage ob tho ground of ** some- body to love,” wo eay that, cons:dering its ox- penses, sacrifices, and uncertainties, welove better our present life. If you put it on the ground of a companion snd hclpmate, we gay we cnjoy ever 80 much the society of our present companions, and sel- dom need a nureo. 1t you put it oo the ground of a family, we answer that, if wo do well finazcialiy, moss of s espect, when we are 85 or 40, and when it will involve less sacrifice, then to marry andraises family. Aodern civilization has created in our cities & mote enjoyable life for man thav the merried life, or at ieast & rival. Thousands of gentlo- men, who cangot afford both, prefer to "enjoy thor lives sud money in other Inzarics than marzisge. Wby ehould a mea be a slave in work and o miser iu_money to guoport a wife? Why should ho absndon certain ha:piness and constant joy foran uncertainty? Marriage must prove itself a superior plesurs, and whet lady can prove marricge sn equivalent for the seli- denial and stroggles it demands of men of limit- ec mezns! Wearo not 8o sentimental es to supj-ose that marriage is the chiaf erd of men and the kingdom cowe. We bave heard of the divorce court. Why fly from the ills we have to thosa we know not of ? I3 is a quostion of dol- lers and cents, and in tho ciries of ths age our money can purchase for us the luxaries of & Ebome, and honorzble, constant entertainment, What pead have we of a wife? Any misrepresentation of the expenditures, econorey, labor, sacrifica, or pleasures of mar- ringa is falso_prelcnsea. Any young man in- Jjudicionsly advised into marmage is swindled in the worst way. Therefore, I hope the public press will continne impartially the discussion of this serious question, aod allow the Isdies to prove, if they can, that they arc an equivaleat for all that marriage demacds. Errsna WoRTaE. SHE “RAISES” HIM, To the EXitor of The Chicaao Tribune Cmcaao, Sept. 2L.—1 do assure you that you headed the lotter of ** Harry B. Freo™ quite right lass week. That young man does need *‘taking down,” and most sadly tao. I would be the Inat one to make a letter personal, but since * Harry B. Freo ™ medo his letter of Scpt. 19 so per- gonal, I feal called npon o answor him in the same strain. I am quite sure I set forth in my last letter, plain enough for ths preatest dullard to understand, how we get our clothes. Of courss we are obliged to have mew onos scme- times, bul oar dresses are principally old ones made over again. Aund whlle I am now speak- iog about our clothes, I meyas well say that I expect to hear of numerous sudden deaths, and all throngh * pull-backs.” They do seemn to tronble you poor men more than any previous fashion [ ever heard of, and if somo of you don't take your deaths through them it will bs straoga tome. Itcertainly €s noticeablo to every one whon & young man paris his bair in the middls, and it is equally noticosble that ibat same young man is not troubled with many brains ; therefore it 18 neccessery for him to part his hair in the middle to keep his hezd ontop, not his boot- heels. 1 also know the greatest number of yourg men do wear gilk underclothes, and usa perfomo. Why? Becounso I have had to ‘mend enough underclothes to know, and havealso seen the handierchiefs perfumed. Now I do not class all alike. I thiok thero are good and ped of all ports, but the girls are nos one bit worse than the boys. Ifiud, Harry, I am not giving ground, not oue inch, mr! You spesk of my looking into your “don™ and seeing worn underclothes, otc. 1 make reply, all ths more nocessity for you to take to yourself a wife to keep them in repair. If you think it reflocte any credit on yoar sex to spoak of your “deans” and ¢ rags,” Why, my dear young man. you are wel- come to the questionatle bonor without nter- ferepce from me. And asfo going into woige places than sireet-cars without perfumed hand- kerchiefs, I think it must be o very wicked porson indeed that wiil deceive himeelf whea alone, because it's = very unnecessary thing, and, by using it. you are do- ceiving vourself ; aud, if thoso worse places mean lager-beer ealoons, billisrd-rooms, etc., that ara chokiny with smoke and all other filthy emells, I 8ay thoro i8 no necessity for you to en- ter such places at oll ; and I will answer for my sex, aod I am quite suro for your sex that are right-minded, common-gense_men, you ere ot right,—zot by o great deal. You eay you are dis- cussing our extratagauce; we are discusung yours; the girls don't want to know why youars uot marrying; 1t is a matter of extreme iadiffer- ence to us, becsuse we can do very well withous you ; and, as to you esrning your own money, sod baving the right to spend it, we do theasme, and I am quite sare overy good wife earus overy rod cont she gets, and, what is more, she earas u!:laf right to spend it in soms comforts for hér- self. Dov’t run away with the ides, I beg, that wo are suxions to marry. Youeay yom taks a wifa us a luxary; if yon cannot take her as a neces- sary ane,—1 mean necessary to your happisess, —don't take one at afl, because, to use a vulgar phreso, if you do, you'll find you'vo ** put your foot init.” You sav =gain. if some man don't ask us, we ** get left”; better to be left free, oa- }o\'ing & harmiess life, and dowg what good it 1es in our power to do, than be tied up to a thing that calls itself a man (iike what I should suppose ** Harry B. Free ™ {0 bs), wearing our lives awav to Lkeep a comfortabls home for yoa, while yon aro down town Bying round with some other girl, or squandering the money probably made by your wife ot the washtub or sewing-machine. Tell the truth. Harry; either sou bave not been able to. yluck up coursge eaough to pop the ail-sbscrbing questiom, or else gome gurl has most unmczcifully snubbed you for your arrogsnt presumption. We are none of us ench jacsanspes as to supposo you Were MAarrying among yourselves; you would have & gay old Lume of it, I am thinking, since both tempers would incline ove way. Why, you would both be wanting to go out at once, and then there would bs a rOW In ths house, And now, thars are Rot 100 many of the gizls waiting "tobe ¢ ared,” becauso they would refuse, and pretty quick, too, if he Was 005 the right chep. Pray let me bez of you not to ron sway wil thai ides again, because Wwe arenot in such a dreadful way to get married as you scem to imagine. You ask whers wa shouid be if you did not ask. In just tho same pisce as ever.— quite &3 contented and cheerful, and, ns I said before. probably & great desal better off. Let tho girls keep on striving to mako you repent cf sour extravegance, forit is very Eel- dom & good work 1s nt crowned with success, or olse not take vou st 8ll. Itis quita true we are all dependent on each other. moré or less ; but, a3 regards tho question matrimonial, the 1 Erls are more independant of you than you ere of them : you have proved it ooly too forcibly Ly writing of your rags. I tell you, *Hamy.” vou seem pretty well versed ia the waya of the girls, since you writo 2bout both city and coun- try, for you have not got both city and couniry sisters, 50 you maust either be ona of those poor, deceived young en, or eléa an unprincipled dirt. Now, let us part good friends, “H. B. F." Oul, 1f o Led not knocked the g §o hard, T shonld not have rapped your knuckles so_un- mercifally. Nerme W. VERY NEATLY SAID, SIR. “ To the Edizor of The Chicao Tribus Cricaco, Sept. 23.—After reeding all the let- ters upon the marriage question which have ap- peared in your paper, and inwardly digested ihem, with what benefit to myself it yet remains to be seen, I havo determined to take & dab at it and give the bachetors and maide my experience and itg lessons. To begin, I am desirous to take unto myself a wife. Thore being no doubt aboat that, and taking that fact asa text, let us seo why I wish to marrv and take upon me its bonds (or bondsgc). | Amoeg & pumerous it of friends end rcquaintances, 1 can count ounly three young married couples, to about fifiy single ladies and gectlo- men, some of whom ought to be married soon. o their tims will pass, and they will bocoms, as one of the rallera in your paper pats it, “left.” Now, in studying the condition 2nd mode of li ijng of these threo couples, in contradistinction to tho singlo, I am conviaced in my own mind that those in search of husbands and wives— i. e., the singlo onos—spend more money boih in dress and living than the married. And it cabnot bo otherwise, 80 long a8 the ladies persist in their dreaghts u;:on the - purss * of the young man who is paying them some attention. It is the custom of this country, Do matter il the father of the lndy be worth millions, and the gentlemsn s clerk in his oflice on 818 per week, 1f the daughter goes to 2 theatre orconcert in his company, be hax, bacause it is the custom, to disburse half s weok's wages, or more, or de- prive bimself of the benefits of socioty. What 1ather or mother in Lurope, or mora especialy England, who, seeing their dinghter was plenssd to accept the compusny of o gentleman in the circumstances stated, wonld permit him to pay her expenses ? Many & time I recollect my mother rofusing to allow her daughters to accom- pany genilemen to places of muscment unless Ler purlu paid for their own tickets at least. think I see the sneer of the socioty, girl ot this =asertion, but it ia nevertheless a Tect. Bat i the 1adies cost the gentlemen mozey, 80 o the gentlemen cause oxpense to the lady. Itis & noticeable thing in sccial life tbat the Dbest cressed lady gots tho most stiention, and €0 they all siriva to excel in this, 18 far as their Tieans go. Let the gontiemen cultivats the so- ciety of ladios who exhibit moro miud than dress, more regard for purity of life acd actions than shellow display, and, my woxd for it, they will eause a revolation in the minds of the society girl that will redoand to their advantsze ten-fold. I do pot meau to advocsie the cxpulsion of all tsste or expense in dress, for o beantifnl form Jooks still more besutiful it clothed in bocowlng and stylisk germents, and a lain faco or fivurs does not lose anything by s ittle oxtra caspluy ; but what I wish to nrgo is, dowr'c pat drass befora intellect, and, by dovoting &l your time to the west dressed, cause expense to those who, baving more brains than money, sot wisning for a faic share of attention, are obliged to put themselves on short rations in other things to enable them to compete with #1030 who have more money thsn braiue. Bat, Mr. Editor, here I am making a long di- gression from what 1 staried out to eay, and am 2fraid I have already taken up 100 much spaca ; but the subjce: is very cnticing, and oue forgets the oniginal question in the multitudinous side- isenes of the discussion. Still, what I have said Imay canse moro altention to begiven to the per- tinent question of * foo much expenso in mar- nage,” and the maidens and bacholors may pos- sibly find oat, &s I bave, shat what it cozts to go the rounds of a winter in society would keep a conple in & cozy homo of their own, and not so very shabbily eithor. S PERTINAY. A CHANCE FOR ALLEN. To the Editor of The Chicago Tridune : Crcaao, Sept. 24.—In .perusing the colarang. of your pzper 1n refereace t0 matmmonbial mat- tacs, I 569 some very queer idess expressed by some of your correspondents. One young msa (Johm Allen) soems to be very unfortunate in his owu mind, bat in my mind I think he is the most fortunate individual in oxistencs. He ought to have littla of my experience of mar- ricd life, and if he wouidn't be the sickest maa aliva then I am no judge. N It is ull very nies to get married sodgo throngh the honeymoou, but when that is over Jock out for **squalia.” It is nice to go homo tor o bard dsy’s work and have your wife meet you at the door with a kiss, and call yon pet names. Dat after a year or two it gets “too thin.” She ia liable to meet you evening with a big club, and then it e. 1 have heard of marzied men whose wives would make them gat up of a cold wnter's night and sit on the back stairs, just for some litle trifling thing they had done that did not pleaso them. d Jobo Allen says he conid not get & wife. If he will come over where I live, I will do all in my pover to help Lim ont of singlo-blessedness, for misory likes company. If I can’t get him one that will suit bim. I am williog to give him mine, sod I will * run my chances of gettng soother.” I thiok sho would suit him, for sno i very economicsl—sue makes me go Withont 5 supper sometimes, When I got married I was the happiest mortal in this wide wotld. I married a poor girl, who +was not used to losurics, and who dressed very plain ; but afier wo bad been married thres or rour months ehe began to dress very extrava- gantly for one whoso husband only got %900 & pour- 1 tried to braak her of this extravagance, ut all to no porpose. She would hove just what she wanted, and I hed to pay for it. At the expiration of one year I bagan to think that I bad got decidedly the worst of it, and we agreed Lhat we could never agree ; 8o we quit, and that was the end of my matrimonial biss. If Joha Allen is ever so ** fortunato ” 85 to get a wife, I hopo his marringe will prove far moro bappy than yours, truiy, N PEoE. HE STANDS UP FOR THE GIRLS. To the Editer of T'he Chicego Tribune : Cucaco, Seps. 23.—Like othor readers of Tae TrILUSE, I have been much interested by the matrimonisl correspondenco which has of late appeered in its columns, althongh mach of said correspondenca has not been of s mature to #atiafy an inquitiog mind. I have been amused, and at tinies 1mcensed, by the way in which the different writers hevo treated the subject, many of whom appear {o view the matter from any standpoint but theirown. We have bad columns of figures from young men showing the relstive cxpenses of bacheio:hood £nd married life, snd of course giving .tho laiter the worst of the srgument, while the married peopls, wno by ex- perience are qualifiod to speak of finance, 2re almost silent thereon. Youtha whose blocd should boil at the yery name of love; who should exclaim, with the ancient Greek, ** 0, Cupid, Prince of gods and men!” are a3 cold sad calcalating 28 1if the blind Bowboy had suspended business; while oider people, instead of giving ue o business- Like view of the matter, awsil chiefly upon the teuder passion. The wholasale charges which have been mado against the girls of extrava- gsuce, flippancy, eic., are not eustained by fact, and, coming from men who spend o hunared dollars or more a year on bilhards, are in bad taste, to say (he loast, 1 moet on the street hundreds of young ‘women who are meatly but unot expensively dressed ; who do 20t appear to ba dyng with envy at the display mads by their richer eisters ; e0d my experience warrants me in saying that they would appreciate bomes of their oww, even if they wers not in brown-gione fronta on Michi- avenue. As for the stelemeuts of “ Hany . Preo,” and men of tnas ili, thap *thousands of yousg men would marry if they coaid find girls fit for them,” etc., they are simply pre- posterous. 'To 8ay tbat girls of tho period are more unfit for marriage than the men, is fo libel the sex ; and i Mr. Frea has lived his forty years, more or lese, without' meeiling a’ womsn 11t to bb his wits, o has Lived ia vain, ad may .urea below &300 & year, as vory few get moro a8 well B. Free from wedlock for the remasinder of his cheerless existence. ‘Tho gist of the matter is this: The girls ere willing to wed, bat tha men are not. Aarmape requircs & sacriice from them which would . be more than counterbalanced by benefits accruing, but which they re anwilling to make, and they seok to throw the bieme onthe girls by crying the extravagance, etc., of the women. Man to man 80 oft unjust 1Is always 60 to Woman, and cever more 80 than when ho seeka to make her the sczpegoat for his own shortcomicgs. Ay advice to young men who are Lonestly in doubt in regard to matrimony is, tryit * for bet- ter, for woree,” and if it does not average better than celibacy thea never believe anything more from Jonx B. Wise. ARTIFICIAL MODERN SOCIETY. To the Edutor of The Chizago Trisuna Cxicsqo, Sept. 6.—I am glad 0 see Taz Tars- UNE giving room to the discussion of a subject 80 interesting to us 21l as matrimony. Orve of tho principal causes of thedecrease of marneges seems to be the artificial mode of living adopted by modern society. and it eeems to decroase in proportion as living becomes more artificial. Marrisges at an early age are much more'com- mon among the lower ciass of our foreign popu- Jation than among Americans in better circum- stances. It is not uocommon emong them for girls from 14 to 20 to mamy boys but littie older than themselves, who have 0o more than common laborers' wages to sup- port them, and to live happily on that. If the weges of the poorest paid class in the com- munity enablo them to enjoy married comforts, it cannot be the actual want of money that deters therr more favored brothers from marrying. Most of your correspondenco tends to show that | it is the 1nen rathor then the women who are | backward about merrying, and their objections | aro principally peeaniary. Is monoy, then, 8o im- portant that men will forego the prineipal enjoy- | ments and comforts of life for the sake of spend- ing & little more of it on their own gelfish eelves? I am now 31 yoarsold, and heartity wish_I had beon married ton years ago. At that time I bad $15a_ week, and was in love, My ealary was not sullicieat to suprort me, as I | pr, ; lived, and I could mot think of nekmfs:irl to | share it with mo and lower ber standard of living | below what ehe sud hor paren's had been ac- | i, cugtomod to. I didnot even discues the otrer | Npii exde of the question with her, and hardly gave it | a thought myself. My circumsiances did not improve; at 2 I was out of omplovmaat, znd was | obligod £ start io busicese for myself on a amall | & gcale to gan & living ; have been wadded to my bueiness for the last five years, and heve bad little time'to think of mariving. Nowattheage of 81, I naye eaved 29,000; hzve an income of 3,500, and would gladly marry, but I am not in | Tove and not 28 susceptible as 1 formerly was. Theone I loved has becn warried four years, | has two children, and a care-worn face. Wo nover meet witzout thinking of what might have boen, and I whata fooil wrs, and I heartily blame myself jor the expression of her face. It is strange that noae of your correspondents speak about love in ‘con- poction with marriage. Hss it gone ont of fasnion? Orisit considered of too little impertance to be worth mentioning ? It seeras toms that love, and not doliais and cents, should be tho gronnd on which to decide the question. Dera. “SWEET BRIER " {RETURNS TO THE ATTACK. To the Editor of The Clacago Tridune: JaxesviLie, Wis., Sopt. 5.—My lefter of Aug. 25 waa not 2 “fancy sketch,” nor did I set | down saght in malice, bat the simple truth, which 1 again reiterate,—that an $800 clerk can- not eupport o family in the same style that he lived in previons tfo marriage withomt going - into debt. That arti- cle was intended for Cuicago readers, aad the rent at 8300 & year is not high for your city; but as my townsmen applied ths case to themselves, T rise to oxplain that o servant girl cests as much hera in Janesyille, and that $313 a yoar is tho minimum. Of course, you can dress * shabby genteel” on $100 a yeur; our servant girls dress on that amount, but the average woman wears $200 worth, and many thrice that sure. One silk dross will cost 860 ; a drap-de-ze sacque, $30; furs, $30 or $40; a wrap, 825 or 250, and so on. A man can dress &3 well ou 9200 a year 88 a womsn on $600. Ex- cepting house-ront, it costs as much to live bere as in Chicego. I have lived iu bota places, and know whereof I speak. The statements made in my provious communication I um_ready to demonstrate oa a bisckboard, and verify by my cash account. Two times 2 make 4. though #ome people try to convince you tha: it makes 5. 1 asked s lady what her servant girl cost a year. She replied, #100. ‘ How much do you pay her a weak2” ‘T'wo dollars.” ** Who boards her 2™ Oh, I never thonght of that, but she does waste 2nd break up things dreadfally; besides I know that sho purloins tea and sogar; but then she is such a good waaher and ironer, I coald not keap house withous ber.” Thero ere very few house- keepers know bow much their help actually ccsts them. It was atter close observation and ma- tare deliberation on this subject of matnmony in all of its mspects, that I bave come to the conclusion that, uniess = man is witling to step down 2nd out of good society, ho czunot alosd to marry while he is poor. Irecommend to ynnc:f men and yomng WO the stndy of po- Litical economy. Yours for domestic haupiness, H JUST HOW IT IS. To the Editor of The Chicugo Trrbune: GENEva, Sept, 22—In reading the different letters in Tem TrisTas for the last four weeks, I bave noticed that the real reszon for not mar- rying, in the greeter number of them, has not been given. Nature has conatituted us all that, when we arTive at manliood and womanhood (it we are well soxed, a3 we shonld be), Wo are at- tracted to somo particular one of the opposite sex. Wo love them. and wish to marry them, and folfll the laws of our nature. Every one that has not this Iovo clement in their natures are poorly sexed, and will make very poor hus- bands ond wives. In facs, they do not marry. Just going through the ceremony of marriage docs not make them husbands and wives in spirit. Such are liko old dead sticka. They do not attract, norare they attracted. Ialmostthinit 1 should koow the Lonely Siz. Somo of them a%o strong, boalthy men, and bad a genuine love- affair when they were 19 or 20, sod would have married then, not counting tbe cost. If they had obeyed nature, thoy wozld have been more of men than theyare now. Since then they have cither stified their mashood or become libor- tines. The others, if there never was a tume that they look back on as the brighest, yo! sad- dest, pictare in their memory, wa will not wasto timo on thom, for they mever were men in tho true sense. All persons that we gee moving and breathing aro not men and worcon. Thesa are morely mechines tbat grind out life’a thread very poor in quality and quantity. E G. % DOMESTIC ECONOMY. To the Editer of The Cliicago Tribune : Cazcaao, Sept. 16.—Your columns ars fall of good advico to yourg people ; but what we want. is sormething practical, xiviog us facts, and fig- then taet amount in proportion to our people ; and snch people wish for such pleasures if they feel warranted in the undertaking. I wish some practical woman wonld give us the relative cost to value received, for articies of food. sy meats for instance, one pound of round steak to sirloin, porter Louse or other kinds, I think the discus- rion in this way will be resd with as much in- torest by thoso siarted in life 83 by thoss com- mencing. I P. NOW THIS IS BUSINESS. To the Editor of T'hs Chicago Fribuns : Cricaao, Sept. 25.—I am not a writer, but ghould liks to say one word on the matrimonial question. In going through tho Exposition last evening, I conld not help noticing the contrast in the number of Iadies examiviog the depart- ment contaning expensive aresses, laces, etc., and those in tho cooking llovsldr,mm;:ng re looking for & wifo at the Ex- Bo’t:;;’:: i:::n the cogli.ug gtove department. have have bad ope of those sort of girla for seven years, snd bless her, it has cost me less to thap I spent uwelosely befare I m!;:,' ot bier i Cook1xa Bro’ - — A Benevolcot Tramp. ot oveny rni pehog}a“n;?mre, P dus stopped at Widow H.'s a Pew days since and zeked for food. She replied that ebe bad sone. Mr. Tramp went acroes toe rozd to & neighbor’s sod aaied if thoy wero zwars the woman living oo the other side way starving, Hethen requested the loza of a fiab- ing-rod that wos Iying closs by, which was tod. With thishe wentto s ponda short 53&1« off, fisning for several catohing’ & good etring, returned to Widow H, snd miads Bt & present of s PIANOS. 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