National Republican., 1877-11-09
W0MAN'S CORNER.
Edited by Fannie u. Ward.

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Edited by Fannie u. Ward.
"wiihout Hn.ts-viihout
ny c. C. G.
"without haste Without rcstr'
Bind the motto tp thy breast;
Bear II with thee H. II spell:
Storm or sunshine guard u well:
Heed not flowers that round tnee h. .
Bthr II onward ~ the t"lnbl
Haste not; let no ruthless deed
Mar nrccr the spirits speed:
Ponder well aud learn the right;
Toward IT, then. with all thy might
Haste nOt-years eau nc'Cr atone
For one thOughtIess action done.
Rest not: time IN sweeping by;
Do and dare bcfnre IL IA die
Something mighty and sublime
Leave behind tp conquer tiinet
Glorious It's to live for aye,
When these forms have passed away.
Haste not, rest nol-cnimly wait;
Mcckly bear the storms Of fate:
Duty be thy polar guide
Dp the right what e'er betdei
hu. tc not, rest nul-aCunlicts past:
God shall crown thy work at lI,stl
WAsniN"TOS, d. C.. 1917.
Our "Advicc to Bachelors" In Wednesdays
Corner has called forth the following growl,
evidently from some sufferer wounded by the
chance shot:
For the Corner.
About Old Maids.
The constant sad commentaries bestowed
upon bachelors by ladies Of doubtless some
summers causes me to ask for fair play, aud 10
make few remarks In the Corner, although
1t Is especially devoted to women. Every
dog has his day and SO has the bachelor" says
some fair lady. Yes, and the affirmative has
equal relevancy to madens. But there 10
no uso in dwelling upon a point of mers
vindictivcness. The subject matter do
mandng to be discussed is Why do
not bachelors marryp II Is not II conuudrum.
not a something inexplicable-no at ALL They
would gladly sacrifice their state of celibacy
could they but find some jcweled hands con.
genial to their taste in economy, domesticity,
ct cctera. Ladies are not at a discount, ~
there is q redundancy everywhere, and our
city Is particularly blessed with them, but,
alas! with q limited number who have any
domestic proclivities. The almost insurmount-
able obstacle which to u great extent pro-
cudes marriage is due to this fact. The girl
of to-day is not the girl of oldcD times. Tho
latter commanded in mention more the charac-
teristcs Of modern domestic-could turn her
dress once a year, or twice, If necessary, aud
live on less money than can the belle of the
present. with all her superintendent knick-
knacks. What bachelor is dcsirous Of marrying
ono of your expensive dolls-an appellation
indeed applicableP Not many, assure you.
But
SHOW Us THE GIRL.
who exhibits disposition to be an economist,
who Is willing to live within q mans income,
and unwilling to contract heavy dry goods
bills, and rest assured she will not be long in
the market" But If marriagcabo ladies will
maintain their extravagant ideas, tinculcatod
in them by the war, by their mothers be they
ever so powdered, painted beau atchered, they
must submit to the empty Establishments bo-
slowed by foppish firts while papas continue
| to pay heavy coal and gas bills, and his dutt-
| ful daughters remain drug in the market;
| then whenever an ebullitiOu Of disappointed
spleen takes place, these same old maids will
say Every dog has his day-and so has the
bachelor" q. H., JB
wAsurSGToS Now.
As ours was the guilty pen which touched
| this bachelor on q tender spot perhaps we
may be allowed y comment-although not eI-
actly coming under the category of old
maids" No. we admit that the girl of to-day
| is not like the maiden of n century ago, and
dreadfuly out of place in this century, and
besiderhe modern young man would she be IL
she were. We confess that 1t costs at least ton
| times as much to clothe and keep" modern
| bellies as II did the damsels of lang Syne"
but how Is II, pray, with the cash accounts Of
modern beauxP Are they all such paragOns
as we must suppose &c. H., jr,' to be, and as
devoid of vanities and expensive vicesf Could
one of our dear, sainted, sensible old grand
mothers be set down in our midst to-day, jusS
US she shonc in her youth, with all her
sweet domestic proclivities fresh upon
her, why the poor thing would bo
Obliged to live and die an "old maid;' fos
where in these degenerate days could she find Q
fitting c. ,sort among the gallants of modern
society, so utterly unlike the strong, true-
hearted, manly man she married, whose in
most heart history she might have read like
an open book, without II blush. Suppose .
bachelor of to- day, one of those dappcr, cigar
smoking, -bibbing, billiard playing cox
combs called "our first young men," with all
his modern proclivities fresh upon him, could
by some spiritual chicanery be transported
backward through the years and set down In
the female society of n century agone-how
the sensible dsmsels Of that day would turn up
their noses at him Oh, yes, the domestic gid
Is very mice" but to whom does the bachelor
pay his devoted but meaningless courtp To
the girl of the twice turned gown, guiltless of
Of gew- gaws, whose hands are hardened lit
tlc by domestic pursuits and whose taper fn-
gers are priGked by sewing-she who knows
more of pots and pans than the piano, who un-
dCrstands the dish-cloth better than worsted-
work, and prefers sweeping to the German. or
to the be-powdered, be- painted and be-beau-
catchered belle attred in latest style, regard
less of papa's pocket-bookP To the latter ov-
cry time and girls Of this type marry around
us by dozens, while the domestic paragon Il
left to waste her sweetness on the desert air Of
old maidism all her days, n warning 10 othsy
girls not to "go and do likewise " II they would
win husbands.
| Reverie.