The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-04

% ogls or sigh or peacock herself when
IN mems company. she IS Ike man
iutwo things: first. she dresses at home
and neverappeaTst to think Of her CLOTHES
again until she changes them. second
she regards men as they do one another
i'm perfect equality and with perfect
confidence.
New York is in many ways the most
metropolitan city in the world. Even
i'm Boston the unmarried woman IS apt
TO be simply the unmarried woman III
sore need Of and struggling after nus
baud. Even in London, though the
British matron used to being the only
subject of eulOgism. is in ilutter OF
painful excitement over the tendency
To exalt the "glorified spin,ter- the
halo is rather pale ana not we'll defined
But New York, too busy to be iinlcal.
allows life liberty, aud the pursuit ci
happines to the feminine bachelor. mol
that the cOnventiOnalitles are IN hef
favor wholly laid aside. II one goes TO
patriarch 5 ball. .one mustlhave a chap
eronc. but one may attend receptions al
the incest houses every night in the sea
son if one is known to be living on an
independent basis without that Tor
malifv. The utmost concession which
the girl bachelor is in the habi' OF
making il 10 send on formal occasions
| for the maid whom she employs one
/ dav in the week on the cooperative
plan. sharing her services with hve
other women. With this instalment of
dignity. she proceeds to the scene OF
/ the festival.
How many seasons is II since hub
bub Of newspaper discussion arose I'M
/ Washington because Miss Cleveland
went to the theatre with party OF la
| dies and without a man, How much
of Journey would one have needed 10
make eight or ten years ago to pass
/ through half a dozen cities, all OF whose
r,putable threatres systematically re-
/ fused 10 seat women without masculine
company ? New York is we'll past thlr
stage Of semi .civilizatiOn. The glrl
bachelor can pass unattended at any
/ hour OF the day or night through any
street 10 which she Is Likely To be called
/ by business or pleasure She IS free OF
/ lecture, concert or opera. II only re-
mains 10 aek where re can get meal
revOut'Oni7ed their ways with regard
to women within half a dozen years
/ Places which within an amazingly
short time not too politely requested
p lone woman to leave If she asked
for dinner after q clock i'm the after
noon. places where even q party Of
women were stared at as curiositles II
they came in nc noon without gentle.
men. down town business men s res
taurauts which have been used tOcaier-
ing to men only. foreign t0blc a. notes
which have been slowest Of all TO ap-
preciate the new demands. all Of these.
with the new restaurants opened espe-
cially for women in the shopping dis
trcts. solicit the patronage of the girl
bachelor and it is she who has had
much to do with their change OF
mind.
The girl bachelor is best studied in
summer, because SO many recruits then
enter the ranks of the fraternity.
/ Many young women who spend the
winters quietly in the bOsoms If their
! families separate from them when the
spring breakup begins. IL may be that
father and mother 20 TO the seaside
while the daughter thinks that the air
of the mountains is what she requires.
IL may be that one part Of family
travels while the yourg woman who
has been studying or reading assldu-
ously prefers "A few weeks quiet rest in
country place before undertaking the
confusion ard .out of a watering place
tour For whatever reason the girl
bachelor Is in August abroad IN the
land. | know at least four cottages
IN the Catskills which are not only
owned, but were built especially for
aud after the designs II young women.
Such is the freedom of our summer
life. ard such the universal confidence
in the ability OF the girl bachelor TO
take care Of herself at least as success
fully AS anyone can take care Of her.
that IN case Of girls Of twenty or older
the propriety of the thirg is never ques-
toned. The girl bachelor has asserted