The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-24

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years.
How old is this widow1
About thirty.
She's a young widow thenf
| Yes: II unmarried. they would have called
her an old maid: and II her husband were liv.
ing. they would have called her middle aged
married woman.
Widowhood is a kind Of q rejuvenation. In itP
Quite 80.
Do you suppose she can ever love another
man we'll enough to marry him3
Well. 1 should smile.
Do women who love once ever love eeatnP
Indeed they do.
But tradition and poetry hath It otherwisef
That's all they know about it
Should they love again?
Why shouldn't they2 Are women's hearts 70
be buried in the graves Of their idolsp
Yet they worshipped them oncep
Possibly: but what woman has done she can
do again.
Is it right that she should put Q now idol
whore the old one WASP
1t is human.
Are women merely human3
More human than angel
Aren't widows degree moro lively than
other women?
Yes.
Why is that2
They can be their own chaperons.
Aren't they in more danger2
Not bit OF it.
Why?
The man doesn't live who can fool widow.
unless she is born fool.
Is that why they attract SOP
That's one way: but there are many others
widow knows how to handle man; abe
knows the difference between a sweetheart's
promises and husbands funllments: she
knows the difference between moonlight and
matrimOnv: she knows more in one minute
than maid knows ina million. To aphorize
it, No man is a hero to widow.
Are you not giving them credit for q littls
too much?
Possibly as individuals. not as a class.
Are they superior in knowledge to wvesp
No: but they are freer to express an opinion.
husband Is a restraint then?
Very materially.
Does n widow contract much moro adyan-
tageous matrimonial alliance than a maid7
Not always. but her disappointn ent Is not 90
keen. and she suffers much less
But knowing SO much. why does she mako
mistake at all
She's a woman.
Does that mean that even with her head
showing her the right way. she lets her heart
defect her from it?
Uul . uDOuJ TIC size OIL IL. JnaC a. nd the fact
that the only being who never m ado mistake
is God. and God Is no woman.
DO men like widows more than maids?
Practically speaking, yes: Economically, no
Isn't widow 1T subject for romance?
Not quite for the man in the case cannot
forget that the widow is a veteran rather than
raw recruit.
That doesn't lessen her attractivenessr
No. for widow has a winsomeness no maid
ever possessed. She meets a man on his own
ground. and she appeals to his rational senses
in a way which is simply irresistible to one
who is not a plumb idiot on the subject Of
Widows can marry easily II they, care 70
can't thoy2
Easy as falling of log.
Why is that?
Because they are lot afraid to do . little q
the counting themselves.
Isn't that IN awful thing to say7
Truth isn't at all times pleasant
They are not forward and eager. are theyP
Oh. no. sly and demure. AS said before.
they know men.
They don't always succeed in getting the
No. but whore they fail once the maid fails
dozen times.
Are husbands who succeedother husbands
quite as well satisfied as II they had been the
first choicei
AS rule they are better satisfied. for maa
and wife in this case older and moro senst-
bic; and il they will only give each other . fair
,hance. they get along as nicely as two bees In
honoysuckle.
DO widows mako better wives than they
u ere at nrst2
The chances are they will improve on them-
selves.
Every man ought to marry widow. then.
)ughtn't he2
Yes: but the demand exceeds the supply
How is II when they have children
Children are n deduction.
Why
When they are small they are in tho mans
way; and when they are not he Is 10 their way
Aren't rich widows a most pleasing feature
n the social landscapei
They are, indeed.
Why more than rich maidsp
The widow usually has the wealth whore
he can lay her own hands on it, without walt
nE for somebody to die and leave It In reach.
DO women like to he wdows?
Ask some wives who are not