Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-31


want % marry snch nen. Thsre IA, no
doabt, . great deal Of truth In the state
menk In fart. Il has IN other depars-
ments always been nellsea that oae Of
the sf4ndine III effects Of the culture.
say, Of noWera, haa been 20 make iia
v0tasy prefer . asa rose 20 q bead Of
cabbage; or of MUSIC, 30 prefer q har-
monfous orchestra % adiscofdant sfrset
bands o. Of religion, b prefer pietg ~
profanity. New, there Is no feas8n Why
the rule should net work equally wsll 10
the ease of marriage. Tbs maxim that
any hushaad is better than no bus
band had oaee q great deal 0f trutA
10 its for tue coalition sf tbs unmarried
woman vas, IN bykone days. q f0riorD
enc. She could no more help crossing
sour than milk IN 8 thunder siorm- Any
and every W0wan with she most insi9
nlheaaf sprig - a husband esuld tarn
up her aoss a. her, and emooay ueight
OF pahlse opinion In her cOntsnpiaoas
attitude thas few single unfertunates
coald have the di2uity and self Fespect
" stAnd up against. Today, however,
the soales zip Tia other way WITH q ven
geanca. How on earth could Lnoy or
fauny or Aiice consent 10 marty such q
manf b heard frona many q carsiBg lip
among . beSy Of younR girls. Only
think Of the free and happy times she
had as the ers school. In the c0nserva.
tory Of musie, Ia the reading club, OF
Gus skeiohinR By ihe lake aud amoag
the mountains. Why. the fellow does
Dot know Beethoven from q street organ
grinder. would yaUn with WEAKNESS n
the richest picture gallery IN The world,
and see nothing In the mest glorious fer
est but % many thousand feet Of lumberl
I'd rather be ritania and fondls and
kiss an ass's ear.
Nos. it ID nes to be disguised that this
10 setting 10 be very peevAient way Of
arguing, and that there is real danger Of
Q eroWlna Conspiracy on the part OF
supt rior women 10 leave the matter Of
marriage In the hands OF thelF more
commonplace and pEosaio sisters, while
they bold themselves free for a wldeE and
more attractive earcer. Jnst as IN the
Middle Agss well xi0h all she higher in
tellsctual and spiritesl interests of So
eisty dayolved n iae hanas Of helebFated
priests and monks, 30 u Woald look -
thoagh their legltimate successors In
Massachusetts, aud the older States of
tne Union we're 20 BE- this order Of the
Vestal Vtrgina One encounters them
everywhere. In q hundred scattered
villages they are the life And soul of all
that is active Ia the churches, while tbs
deaoons are mere Woral, eaten apologies
for pillars. II q lecturs or concert "a 10
be started, aeply 10 she Yessal Virgins.
They alone keep the sacred uFes burn
ing. The charities, the literary culture
Of the place. what the place knows ab0ul
"a MA ~ Ann a. q |ma - -
% the home. all this is largely due TO
them. In fact, busy as they are, shey
are almsst the Gals people OF leisure N
devote themselves 10 liberal pursuits. |
ID Il any Wonder, then. that they do not |
seam &c slgh especially after common
place husbands glad As they might be |
10 mate themselves with such as c0uld |
interest IN higher thingsG Read, for
example, the trIbntesths press has lately /
been paying TO the memory Of Miss La |
sretia CrOokeF OF Boston. WHAT a boon /
10 any community to hsYs q woman Of
suoh stamp. With bsr whsle time a. her
1wn disposal, and free TO ceyots heFtelf 1
10 the hlgbsst puBlic Interests OF eda-
,ation and morality. She became thoe
Iuc eHiEituA Aao4ACA " tdOu1AAa4 u Il
shildren, doing for them eften more
wisely aud tsnderly than their natural
ever could. IRdeed, seeing hog
strong are today The tendencies tswAfd
J mere naturalization Of life, through |
press OF easiness eares ON the husbands
minds, aud press Of household duties
Bn the wives Of the land, who knows but
The inteIleotuAl and spiritual salvatlon
of Massachusetts, and the saving Of the 1
State fFom lapsinq into praeticsl bar
bsriam are TO come iargeiy from its 50
sailed sur slus population Of 75.00O IN
women, precisely rs EaFope
was saved IN the Middle Ages, and art.
literature and religion rescued from
destruction By its unmarried priests and
mouks. Still. enough Of these fneF
women ought 20 be willing 30 20 into
married life 20 KEGS up tse cignity Of
the profession. Even while freely ad-
mittinR that the average standard Of
men available for husbands is aoplora
bly, Low, it will not do 10 abandon them
This was exactly the dan
ger the okurch fell into 10 0lden times. i
80 strong vas the attraction Of the mo-
nastio and pFiestly life foF all ncn Of /
goodness and pieiy. that |
society at large Was left howliRg VII |
derpess. IL 10 deyoullY TO be hoped |
that the YestAl Virgins Of today viii |
not run into the same deploFah1s ex |
lreme, however great The peEsonal sacri- |
line involved