Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-10-13
IN W0MAN'S BEHALF.
MY ADV SPlNSTER.
There Is Place In the World for Every
Single Woman.

dained, that he and no other can fill
that place with acceptance, is n source
of nnbounded content and constant
inspiration to excellence, The reverse
is even more true The man or woman
who feels ont of harmony with life be-
cause of belief that he or she is unnec-
essary, superhuous, finds the springs
of healthy living Slapped at their very
foundations.
The position of the single woman has
been rendered unjustly disagreeable be-
cause of n mistaken idea that she is SUI
perfluous so long as she is not mated.
The changes on this theme have been
rung so persistently that woman may
be almost pardoned if she comes to con-
slider her existence great mistake on
the part of the Creator.
1t would be an edifying and convinc-
ing proof that the army of single wom-
en- has an important place in the worlds
economy If for the space of one year all
unmarried ladies over twenty-five years
of age could be suddenly spirited away
to one of NJ. Flammarion's planets.
Think of the older sisters, the daugh-
tiers, the unselfsh aunts who are
sources of supply to innumerable nieces
and nephews and kinsfollS, the noble
hand of workers for charitable and be-
nevolent objects, the hospital nurses,
and those outside of hospitals, the
writer's, readers, companions house
keepers, and, above all, the faithful
teachers-all on a leave of absence from
this earth for three hundred and sixty
five days! What void would be felt in
the land, and how glad we would be to
welcome them home again even in Mas
sachusetts, whence first arose the cry
about superhuity of women!
The single woman herself is, how
ever, quite largely responsible for the
public sentiment concerning her. She
fails to demand the respect due her
worthy position in the community.
Her work is generally performed with
out ostentation, and she accepts with
quite too much meekness the unfair es-
innate that is often passed upon her,
and thus adds to the difficulties of her
own and her sisters position.
But let her not think of superiority in
the case of such a very excellent and
necessary commodity. 1t is quite evil
dent that the Creator of our little world
fully understands the conduct of its
affairs, and that it is not at all neces-
sary to its successful evolution that we
should be indicted into all its myster-
les. Had it been best that all women
should be provided with husbands, the
wastes of life incident to war; dissipa-
ton, crime and folly would have been
in some providential manner made good
or altogether avoided. Had the worlds
happiness been chiefly dependent on
man, no doubt the masculine half oil
humanity would have been in excess.
1t is therefore matter of congratula-
ton that to woman has been vouch-
safed the honor of strength of num-
| bers.
Individually, however. the single
woman often laments her condition,
and regards her life as of comparatively
little value. This is especially true
during that trying period when the
transition from young-womanhood to
the middle-aged years is taking place.
She finds the recreations and employ
ments of youth still attractive, but the
majority of her circle of friends have
gone on to a new mode of life, and are
no longer interested in the same OBJ.
| jects. In more than one sense she is OF
uncertain age. She is uncertain where
she belongs in the social world. She
is uncertain how to dress, whether tc
wear hats or bonnets. If she be modest
she shrinks with horror from being
thought intrusive. Unkind lips SPEAK
words of reproach if she manifest the
slightest interest in the society of the
other sex, and the poor woman with hei
girls heart often feels that there is NJ
real place for her, no room in the socia
economy for one who has missed wha
the world considers the manifest DIES
tiny of woman. She may have hac
lovers by the score and refused then
all, while her married friend accepted
her first offer and never expected
another And she is sometimes driver
to the conclusion that had she married
the most insignificant or unworthy o
her lovers, however little she cared TO
him. her position would have been su
perior in many ways to the present one
1t is at this period that woman oft
en- suffers most, but her suffering AM
self-torture are unnecessary and unjus
in the last degree. There is room, wild
room, for Ter still. There is a daugh
ter's place to fill, perhaps. Brother
and sisters have left the old home TO
new ones. Father and mother, one o
both, sorely need the gracious ministra
ton which she alone can give. With
out her their lives would indeed b
lonely and desolate. A brother or sis
ter, sick or unfortunate, requires tn
attentions which but for her must b
delegated to the hands of hireline
If family ties are all sundered, ther
are everywhere tired mothers, neglect
ed children, hapless old people, the poe
and destitute, whose needs are placed
juXtaposition with the unmarried si'
ter's ability to help. Not without NEAR
ing was the plan that her life Shout
go quietly on alone. The All-seein
Eye has taken notice of all its move
ments. Not a day but has its plac
with the Eternal Not woman in Iii
sight is superhuous.
Says DIR. Bushnell: "There is def
mite plan for the life of every huma
being. He is girded, visibly or invls
bly,, for some exact thing, which it wi
be the true significance of his life
have accomplished God has a partic'
lar care for every man, a personal int
est in him, and sympathy for him an
his trials. If we have refused to do o,
part, He calls us to the best thing lief
He will choose for us the best end {
use now possible, and will appoint Il
best possible manner for obtaining
There is no room for encouragement
depression. Each incident, every exp
rience, whether dark or bright, has
mission from Him, revealing either no
or in future issues the grandeur of II
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