Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1876 — The Marriage Question. [ARTICLE]

The Marriage Question.

Tlie country never possessed so many beautiful marriageable youto£ women ns it dobs at the present time. And why do we not have more marriages? We answer, because marriage for love is tlte exception, and not the rule. The young people of this age have goner fashion ana money mad. If tire dandy Imnk-clerk who pays one-half of his income for board and the other half for clothes cannot inrprove his condition he will not marry. The sltopgirl who earns good wages and cannot be distinguished by her dress fron the banker’s daughter certainly will not plunge into matrimony unless she can better her condition in life. If a man is fortunate enough to possess money, it matters not how old br ugly he may he, hundreds of intelligent, handsome young women can be found only too willing to become his wife. Love'ia an after consideration. Tiny many to be supported and Pressed extravagantly. How often do we hear the remark, “Better to be an old man’s darling than a poor man’s slave.” Alas! too many Of them are hot satisfied to be darlings. They will persist in loving other men after they are married. It cannot be denied that a great number of the unmarried men are adventurers looking for wives who can keep them without working for a living. The peace and contentment of a happy home are not taken into Consideration. They are willing to suffer a hell upon earth it they can be kept in idleness. If our young people do not abandon this extravagance in dress and greed for money our country will be filled with old bachelors and old maids. We must have intrfe genuine courtships and marriages to have prosperitj* and happiness in this world. Too many marry for imarey only to disappointed and unhappy the rest qf their lives.— Albany (N. Y.} Argue.