The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-06-15
A BACHELORS MUSE.
NO LACK OF SENTiMENTALiTY IN A
DULL MANS REVERE.


An Estimate Of Women That Appears Luz
dicrous to the Student Of Changing Con-
ditions-A Few Criticisms and Remind
ers For the Single Man.
However little may be the logic dis
played by those who argue against equal
rights, it is certain that there is no lack
of sentimentality ON their side. In "A
Bachelors Reverie" the bachelor la
ments the fact that woman's work now
Is whatever she chooses to select and
sighs for the old fashioned woman who
had no ambitions. Judging from an
other part of the reverie the old time
woman had ambitions. but they were
scrictly of the domestic order.
Her first ambition was to be wife.
second mother, third mother again,
fourth again mother, fifth once more
mother, sixth a mother, seventh moth
er, eighth mother once more, ninth
maternal parent, tenth parent on the
mothers side, eleventh, twelfth aD2
thirteenth ditto, ditto, ditto, These
numerous but rather monotonous am
bitions were cherished, it is to be sup
posed, in memory of the Emperor Ma
poleon, who once informed Nine. dc
Stael that ''the finest woman is the one
who gives the most children to her coun-
try"
This estimate of women, which may
be called the Dorking hen estimate, is
ludicrous because it is the limitation of
q limitation. 1t Is safe to assert that
the emperor's famous saying is in great
er favor with bachelors Of dreamy tend
encies than with parents G practical
minds. The most enthusis.,. . mother
builds up her hopes on the !ality, not
the number of her offsprin., and the
best mothers train their girls for moth
erhood no more carefully than they train
their boys for fatherhood.
"Life approaches its sere and barren
STAGE" continues the dreamer, "when
man is forced to meet loveliness in the
guise of competitor" 1t does seem un-
fortunate that loveliness should occa-
sionally have to compete, but il her hus-
band does not support her or II she has
no husband she must choose between be-
ing competitor with man or finan-
cial dependent on him. Sere and bar
rem as it may be for man to meet lowell
ness in the guise of competitor, it is
even more sere to be forced to meet the
same loveliness in the guise Of half q
dozen ablebodied feminine dependents.
"The young girl" muses. the bachelor
with mind divided between Office and
sence of all that is adorable, the inspi
n ion to oil that Ia worth living for.
I, hsdepends entirely on the girl. It ii
q foregone conclusion that her mind will
not be divided very long.
II she decides on the Office, she may be
come the embalmed essence of all thai
il clear headed and true hearted, the in
spiration to all high thinking and righ
doing. II she prefers the other alterna
tive, the fact that she once aspired tt
Office will broaden her interest in affairs
rescue her from the narrow mindednes
which is too often the accompaniment
Of a monotonous domestic routine ant
keep her thoughts securely above tattinI
and tattle.
We have no grudge against the EN-
balmed essence Of all that is adorable
Accompanied by q large mental grasp
an accurate knowledge Of what is beinI
thought and done by the worlds bes
thinkers and workers and ivelier in
terest in the universe than in one smal
person inside Of it, the embalmed essenc
would be rather taking. Otherwise
amounts to no more than so much blan
mango.
Just before rousing from his revert
the bachelor points out that several We
men in the worlds history have endea,
ored to meddle in its affairs and alway
with deplorable results. It would b
easy to give larger list Of women VIII
had been political benefactors, but sue
an argument is no more worthy Of col
sideration than the argument that b,
cause there are hypocrites in the churc
therefore the church is rotten, or ths
because there are quacks physician
should not be trusted, or that becaus
there is bad money in circulation OF
should empty ones pocketbook into Il
fire.
But we are taking the reverie too 8
riously. Dreams, however fantastic, a
always laughed at when the sleep,
awakes and by no one 80 heartily as /
thedreamer himself. Wives and Daugl
tiers. 81