The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-03-06
SINGLE BLESSEDNESS.
A Contented Old Maid Discusses
the Marriage Question.
A Few Prominent Hints on the Education
of Girls Marriage Sad Lottery and,
ut the Best, n State Fun of Cares,
Worry and Anxiotios.

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Worry and Anxiotics.
have met with very few unmarried
ladies who have not appeared to meto feel
after the age of thirty, that their existence
was thoroughly comfortless and wretched'
writes an "Old Maid" in the Now York
Ledger. Many have heard express them
selves thus openly; and that such Is tne
fact can very easily be learned by an ac-
curate observer Of the human countenance.
Il Ia also certain that three out OF every nve
of the young ladies OF the present day must
remain unmarried, because so many young
men think they can not erst on less tnan
two thousand year when married; ana
how few men there are with two thousands
wear compared with the number OF young
ladies In the country! There are sometimes
five, six, eight girls in one family; gener-
ally all toerably pretty, and most OF them
nleasing and accomplished women-many
possessing talents of no ordinary stamp
vet, perhaps, in our drawing rooms tnese
lovely and accomplished beings are COM
pletely neglected by the other sex, pc
causeu Q must repeat the sentiments
have heard from thousands OF young men
of fashion) ~ never talk togirls. darenot
nav attention TO unmarried women, because
am not q marrying man; my friend, -
f;r,od with so-and.so, and was accused Of
hohav;ng imnroperly | don't like to ex-
c;,e false homes I: shall never marry, unless
CON tind a wife with at least two or three
tbousand n year. because am much richer
unmarried with the small fortune have"
Jtiso sof no use TO Quarrel with the state OF
.oc;etv as n IA at present cons tituted, for
ue can not alter IL; but think it might be
beneficial 10 give few hints on the educa-
t,on Of women, which might perhaps be
useful in procuring them, in state OF
sipgle blessedness, as it is very falsely
calied. a greater share OF happiness, or q
iess load OF misery, than they at present ap-
near to me TO possess after the awful age Of
thirty.
Girl at thirty is called an old maid. She
GOES 10 a bali, and generally sits neglected
ali the evening, or dance with some gentle
man who has been asked often 10 dine at
her fathers house, and who, perhaps, re-
marks: 'Eiiss-is rather pdssee-a good
: old pirl-and must do my duty there and
, now shall dance with the beautiful MISS
-n NY heart always bleeds for the
! notifications ! see endured by these poor
old girls continually. There are certainly
some single women whose talents have maze
!. them as much considered in society as they
! ought TO be but, then, have generally OBJ
: served that they have fortunes, or have
had advantages above others to bring them
into notice, and to give to the natural ambi
q ton Of the human species some scope o.
\ action.
|. will suppose case in which there arr
= four girls-a moderate proportion IN ont
, family-and two sons; and / will suppose
their father possesses five thousand a year
Twill suppose one Of the four young ladie'
very pretty, one tolerably pretty and th.
, other two rather plain. They have been ed
ucated, In all probability, as the create
'r proportion Of American girls are. First
D. all they 90 every Sunday TO church, and ar
moderately rich, perfectly honorable, W
right and well principled. 1t is only 10
their own happiness that would propos
ID dnv change in the education OF class 10
L whom entertain so high q respect.
v. These four young ladies' have all bee
a brought IN with the idea that they wall b
1 come wives and mothers, and are taught I
a: cherish these natural affections which, IL b
10 some remote chance one out Of the four eve
% does marry, will make her so smiable an
n lovely as a married woman. They are a
AZ allowed 70 read modern novels, at least q
such as are considered TO have a NOR
,d tendency. Now, maintain that there
"a scarcely oneof these works which does N
\ impress any Young woman with the i'd
az that happiness can alone be found in 10,
Il and marriage.
n Tho beroine ia very amiable and perfec
q. surrounded with admirers, all contendir
n Tor thebonors Of her least notice; but whe
~ ia tSe novel which represents four DOC
nrottv nnnoticed 0irls' who are destin,
" :, 70 nass their voune wears without 80 mu
- "a ono admirer amongst theml We
''' aTor wear nasses-tbeir bloom Al
lc- beauty fade-nnd NV four lovely a
on occomn,,sbed varm.becrted beings. ha
- inc Seen nil their Youthful castl
Gu 1a1 ono bv one become listless a
ed nnbcUnv Thev have little in life 10
he tarn.i ttion. ono dies of n complaint of I
snine. another lives many wears on AFRO
spo, "a caIfs foot iollv and ia enveloped
he Nannel even in INV. n third il under I
vel. care NJ a DR. & for Indigestion; and, d
Ill hons tho fourth. who ia made Of tough
materials ana porn WIN lebS leellnR VI