MATRIMONY.
The essence of matrimony of the period, according to Joaquin Miller, is ; I love you, Love; I love you, Love; But, Oh! you must have money. This is pure cynicism. There may he more truth than poetry in it for people neither very rich nor very poor-, who are so unfortunate as to be obliged to live in New York City. But then, Joaquin Miller has had bard luck in matrimony himself, and is not a generous witness. Whatever the proportion of truth in his gibe, we don’t like his bald way of putting it. The “ Autocrat of the Breakfast Table ” hit it of better when he made, somebody say : u Don’t marry for mono}', my boy, but—be sure the girl you fall in Jbve with has money.”— Selected.
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 15, 8 July 1893, Page 10
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130MATRIMONY. Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 15, 8 July 1893, Page 10
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