The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-20
REALLY?
Writers Who Say They Prefer
Single Blessedness to Marriage.

"Oh % 0etAOA SoonS "
proved so delightful to readers every
where: Edith M. Thomas. the ex-
| ouisite wrist: Grace King. author of
the attractive Southern tale. Mon
sianr Motten and Octave Thanet. a
name which wells the personality of a
Western writer of striking original
ity. are still unmarried.
Charles Egbert Craddock. who,
through her brilliant characterize
tions and rich descriptive powers, has
won q lasting fame. now resides with
her mother and sister at the old home
stead in Tennessee, occupied with
literary work, and deaf to all over
lures on the part of her many adj
mirers looking to marriage.
Gail Hamilton is too much wrapped
up in her self-indepence ever to give
the subject of matrimony a moments
thought. if taken into personal con
sideration, while Kate Field, as the
great public knows, is too much in
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living man
The Cary sisters, Phoebe and Alice,
never married, but dwelt together all
se y aives, eacn m uunu Up ~ Ing to ue
close friendship existing between
them and the noet Whittier and one
If his choicest ivrics. ssphe SINGER y re-
fers wholly to those two gifted
women.
lean Ingelow. now considerably
more than fiftv-iive. has never been
married she has ~aIwavs been de-
voted IN . marked de1ree to her
mother. and while the latter lived the
two dwelt tooather Miss Inoelow is
much given to works Of charity. and.
amono other beneficent acts is IN the
habit Of giving regularly al her lovely
Kensingfon home to the poor. old
and voIIng what are known as ssconv.
righf dinners from the proceeds Of
her own books.
The charming noyelists. lane Ans
fen Mary Russel Milford Charlotte
Bronte. as also other women Of eoI,al
celebrity in English letters remained
true to maidenhood.
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The Servant in a Nutshell.
In the investigation of Commits
s;anar Eassat+ some important onas-
49, ...aa Il. -
sionS "oio pAopoa " eno "oSo
earners:-
"Do you make more than at house
M u
swer the lanndress and sboefttar
alternatives.
Have you any objection to house
WoTK 4
Noc 70 cne Worh ltselI, puC ! opJect
W peing any oouy.s serrall
~ seems Ina tne glris prefer nafuef
toli, Win tue ana lhuePend..
ence ~ brings, 70 the cap ana pauge OF
serviIude.
llleh, again. Iile business Is unsys-
teinatizeu; "A launuress VINO can iron
SHIFTS vel ~ one LAUNDRY can 40 the
slime IN announcer. a tailoress VINO
can MAKE trousers Wen IN one CITY can
make tnem IN any every CITY ]
me mo put because q glri q 90
nousework ~ one Iamlly satlsIactor-
ily, II uoes MOI IoiioW unaI she can 90
ara almost as MANY wa We r. do bnnsao
work as there are houses to do it in.
1t requires Q woman of more than
average lnteiiigence 70 accommodate
tha -ex;oenc;es ~ auan ! s;wn Iad hd mnee.
hold, and the worker is worthy of his
hire.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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uiris WIN surpass Doys.
Prof. Iaylor, OF vassar college, is
of the few men who are chival-
rous enough to give woman her inst
a,as 70 aror ,nan h.a 1s
onnnr+nn;tv r. stndu tba ah;l;+a LIPS ~
h;,itu n;n, ~ nn+s thhny au
Sapt 80 = - nis ea1iena ~ haa
and a. tha rasmit - thot stn naveu mas
NY as = .osu,s Icy Seuuy n1 an
n noI YES nrs uons aeon snae poys
anu sl naS,aao io rp; tas 1872 : ~ eie
ahanooo apS WIZ 1919 ;t;cs Sn I SANE SANE
s,nrid ~ tu aasnnato Sne Ellis
mou aaa n ~ oh ~ oote.e WILL puS
tle ooys, nog olly because
. equan oraa,l Apply, pus ~ accouns
: ! Supe n;nI appiica.lom ~ sne palt q
sllls. oAs VIZ, a. q iuie' uevoee cue
ev1llus " seuuf, "niie ooys are
iroiiicAihe'
The Beauty of Baltimore.
The most talked of beauty in the
Monumental CIV Is Miss Adala uor-
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WIZ. onenas areputatlon as assureu
as that OF Marion Langdon or Sallie
Hargous in New York, and she has
won her 1aura1S ne the Ralffmara