The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-04-27
something About Single WO-
men.

AA0AAAl @ApCAAN fRAAA - ~ " -
men.
Women will do well to make an
accurate estimate Of the possibilities
Of single life. Let but an apprecia-
bic number of them recognize and
avow the fact that it has its own
advantages and enjoyments, and
that these are az least as great for
them as they are for men. and there
will soon be an end Of the superb
GRITTY conventionally ascribed to
Marie women. Let US try to real
ize the possible life of a cultivated,
sensible and amiable single woman,
especially in one Of the upper mid
die class. If such a woman possess
but a small income, she can, if she
will, get a great deal out of her life.
l do not at present speak of those
unhappy women, numerous in this
as well as in other classes, who in
their conduct and by their charac-
ter give point to the jibes and sar-
castle pity freely bestowed on cold
maids" These are certainly to be
censured, but ought also to be very
kindly pitied; for they have only
been las the great majority Of man
kind have always been) not strong
enough TO dominate their own envi-
ropments, not in advance of the
spirit of their time. Themselves
utterly conventional, they have ae-
cepted without question the single
life; their youth probably passed in
perpetually frustrated, and finally
unsuccessful attempts to establish
themselves as married women.
do not suppose that any woman has
passed through life without some
opportunity to marry; but seeking,
as do the women to whom l refer,
only the conventionally valued adj
vantages of marriage, position,
wealth, etc, their failure to attract
men able to bestow these advan
tages IS very generally the reason
OF their remaining single. 1t must
be confessed that some women OF
this class become very odious,
Turning not upon the men who
have neglected, but upon the wo-
men who have supplanted them
they seem, indeed, to have cast of
all reverence for their womanhoodt
they hate, and would fain not per
eeive any dignity in wifehood, and
eXcellency in NORTHUMBERLAND charm
in girlhood; They greedily learn and
pittilessly expose the sins and FOL
lies of their own sex, and effect &c
scorn as mere trickery all womanly
truth, tenderness and delcacy, and
reserve their worthless respect ant
damaging appreciation only foi
those who participate alike in theil
failure and in their rancor. But
the very great majority who have
failed to achieve "a good establish
mentn are very different All thai
is wanting fo- them is just a little
clearer vision through the conven
tional into the real. It they could
but perceive that failure as to one
Of the aims Of life is a very differ
ent thing from total wreck-if they
would make an accurate estimation
OF its remaining possibiIities-wC
should hear from the world at larg,
much less nonsense about 9Th,
waste of feelings unemployed,
about the ungathered rose PLACED
in no mans bosom, etc In thei
own dainty and feminine ways an,
d, pursuits; IN their freedom, in thei
; leisure, in the tranquil refnemen
in which a small income enable
them to invest their lives; in TIA,
, absence of the Interruptions, tn
worries, the cares, the sorrows an,
bitter disappointments Of marie,
life, and on their coy womanl.
triendships-single women may flint
; such pleasant happiness as can b'
surpassed only in the most fortu
nate marriages, which far surpasse
that attained by the majority o
their married sisters.-BeigraVja.