The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-27

| There must be. for they don't HhsAo AaReA
F., referred to in mixed crowd.
They experience age. don't thsyf
Not unless they marry.
Then why marry. II they have etsEnaAVeu
| unmarried
I give It UP.
Is an old maid moro dssirsbie CHASTITY b
the human economy than an old beeheloES
Infinitely. moro or lesa
why2
Because an old maid 10 handyte haxoarssnl
the house.
In what way3
She's q woman.
But she has neither husband nor ohfldzsas
That makes no difference.
Why doesn'titf
Because having no especial claim on mp.
body. everybody claims her - Q present hslD
In every kind Of trouble.
Does she recognize tho claimf
Ninety nine times in hundred.
How do you know2
I've seen families. father. mother and ofil.
dren. dominated. consolidated and regulated
by the benign influence OF an old maid.
How docs she effect it,
BY having sense enough to know what 10 do
and energy enough to do It.
Then she ought to mako a good wtfef
Not necessarily; she is tho missing uink
which the family needs.
Is the old bachelor any good in that linsf
Once in million times: by accident
Aren't some old maids sour and uglyf
Yes. Just as some wives are.
Then 1t isn't because they are old maidsf
Not as rule.
Doesn't the Bible say It Is better to msrryf
Yes. but marry" in that instance dossnet
mean the mere legal association OF q man and
Q woman.
What does It mean7
1t means marriage OF heart and soul and
mind and all: perfect union.
Then the woman does right in not marrying
merely because other people think she oughti
She does. indeed.
The old maid may be happy, thsnf
Quite SO.
But what OF the tics Of love and family end
all that We hear about among the marrtsdf
She doesn't have them.
But shouldn't she7
Not moro than hundreds Of other things she
thinks she'd like to have and doesn't, and stili
she gets along very comfortably and contels.
eddy without them.
Doesn't her nature CRY for itp
Not so much In practice a. In theory.
Do old maids like menu
The right kind do.
What are the right kind3
Those who are cheerful and eompanfonabla.
The sour ones don't. do theyp
No: nor nobody else much.
Why Is this?
They were born that way
They wouldn't have been pleasant wives a1A
mothers. then. II they had marrtedf
All the chances are they would not
Doesn't disappointment in love sour ensP
1t docs sometimes. but Il should not
How can she prevent it2
IL Gha dfaa nDoinfmapf q
mans duplicity. she should be thankful thse
one disappointment has freed her from q wholo
life OF 1t: and II 1t Is the result Of visitation
OF Providence. she should accept her sorrow
resignedly and let time do the rest
Can woman do this1
Millions have done It.
And been happy2
They have lived many years, and have bson
o Joy and comfort to all who have known them.
DISAPPOINTMENT In love 10 not then. the
worst thing that can happen to woman3
Not by great deal. II she knows how b
handle II properly.
Do men like nice old maidsf
Silly young mon don't
What men dor
Sensible men.
Why don't they marry them theuS
Some do, and some would DO glad to. but the
old maids are content to lot we'll enough alone
Docs an old maid run more risk in marrying
than young one does2
She Is more likely to get better man than
the young one Is. but she is less adaptablet
and even the best man may prove irksome to
her. except under favorable mstanceA
Why2
She has been free too long.
How do you meanp
She has had only one PERSONS wishes TO ron-
suit; When a woman marries and tries to
conduct her married life simply by consulting
her own wishes. she stands a chance OF but
''s en- nef En- nenn up against several stone walls
Aot II she tries to make 1t otherwise.
BY keeping Oh the sunny side and letting tho
roses S bloom In her heart and the blue sky
Won't wrinkles cast shadows after while,
Never.
Why not7
Because the wrinkles are human and the
sun shine IL divine.
You would make her the subject OF poem.
would your
Sho Is q poem.
sentimental or otherwise2
Mostly otherwise: one Of those poems you
happen on in newspapers unexpectedly. and
CUT out Tor future reference
liut II every man thought thus. would there
be any old maids2
y takes two to make bargain.
You think then most old maids do not really
That's about the size Of II.
=, They are not so nice when they want to
4 man needs an accident policy whom that
hlnd comes around.
Why does that make such difference
its against Scripture.
Dr. words to that effect.
The, nice old maid is the flower Of the hockf