The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-10
The Maiden Lady.

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The healthiest attitude for the single
woman to assume toward the marriage
question is also the happiest. She may
and should consider that a true, pure love
is the greatest earthly blessing that the
Creator has to oestow on her sex-the one
Gift not loet in Paradise. But to think
constantly and with discomfort Of this
one blessing, when for any cause it is
either delayed OF denied, is the surest pos
sible way to unfit ones self for giving or
receiving happiness.
Frankly grant TO yourself and to your
friends. If you like, that some day you
hope to meet a man whom you can love
and respect. but let discussion end there.
Anything more ~unwomanIy and revolving
than a cold calculation of possibilities,
taking an inventory of the eligible men
In ones circle of acquaintance, or deliber-
ately planning to attract or
win another by assuming to be
what one is not. can hardly be imagined.
enjoy that affection which she had delib-
erately plotted to win by deceit or mis-
representation
Having acknowledged her natural de-
sire for the common lot of her sex, the
single sister goes braveiy and happily on
her way. taking up the duty thai is near
est, u living a. perfectly natural life.
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complaining or wicked envy. To the.
married friend who boasts of her home
and family she accords fullest liberty.
but claims that she also has great cause
for happiness in freedom and golden op-
portunittes. Her vacation days are not
dependent on the school calendar or the
demands OF any mans business cares.
She is free to elect where she will go, who
shall be her companion, and how long
she will stay. The sail or ~excursiob
party from which her married sister is
debarred by an untoward attack of measles
or whooping cough in the nursery is
possible TO her. Her dresses may
be light or. dark, high or low, grave or
gay. She has no quarrel to settle with
the neighbours children, no piles Of little
trousers and stockings TO mend. She
may sit down IN her easy Chair whau
evening comes with a volume Of Scott or
Browning. She would like the LITTLE
faces at her hearth, the little bomely
cares. much better than Scott or Brown
ing very likely; but since she has them
not. she has a right to be happy In the
ways that naturally suggest themselves
to a woman living alone.
II marriage never comes, IL her heart
never responds to any demand for its
affection, she may without bitterness as
sert that for her a single life has been
best. since il is the one chosen for her by
a wiser One than her self. The unmar-
ried woman who allows herself to live in
an atmosphere OF unrest, envy. and dis
content. because she is not provided with
home and husband, can never learn the
secret of happy living. II, instead of TAX
ing a sensible view of the matter, she
constantly wears the willow and longs
for what has not been vouchsafed her, she
not only units herself for present duties,
but for "a happy married life. il tue OPP
portunity is offered Jumpers BGzGr.
What a Womanly Woman May Do.
The womanly woman with her noble
ambitions. her pure views Of life and her
sunny nature can spur a man on to
higher and better work and let him see
In her eyes the first glimpse OF heaven.
Sucn o n makes q true wife and MODEL