Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1917 — Frenchman Will Not Retire. [ARTICLE]

Frenchman Will Not Retire.

When he Jias laid by a “pile,” which the Englishman or American would consider ample to justify him in taking a house in the suburbs, “climbing” In societv imd retiring from business, the Frenchman still clings to business. Althcjhgh his everyday expenses are very probably less, he has as a rule far heavier drains on his purse.. Each of his daughters will claim a handsome dowry if she is to be married well, and these dowries must be paid without impoverishing the business. This system of interwoven family and business arrangements naturally is associated with the closeness of the ties of French families. A man and wife would as soon think of deserting, each, other as of deserting their “inlaws.”