The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-03

Then why doesn't she marry2
A woman doesn't marry for the mere
sake OF marrying, as a rule.
AS an exception docs shea
There are some exceptions.
Why?
Because some unmarried women, or
their parents or guardians, have an idea
that it is not the proper thing to become
an old maid.
An old maid?
Yes
What is an old maid9
This unmarried woman is.
Are all unmarried women2
Yes, after certain age that is to say,
people give them that name.
What age}
No definite figure has been fixed,
How old is this one'
Ask her.
Would she tell2
never asked her
There's nothing wrong in ones age, is
there2
Not in mans.
Is there in a woman's2
There must be, for they don't like to
have it referred to in mixed crowd.
They experience age, don't they2
Not unless they marry.
Then, why marry, if they have eternal
youth unmarried
give it up.
Is an old maid a more desirable guam
tity in the human economy than an old
baehelor2
Infinitely more or less.
Whyl
Because an old maid is handyIto have
around the house.
In what wayf
Rnt she has neither husband nor child
rem?
That makes no difference.
Why doesn't it,
Because, having no especial claim
on anybody, everybody claims her
as a present help in every kind Of
trouble.
Does she recognize the claiml
Ninety-nine times in a hundred.
How do you know?
I've seen families, father mother and
children, dominated, consolidated and
regulated by the benign influence Of an
old maid.
How does she effect it9
BY having sense enough to know what
to do and energy enough to do It,
Then she ought to make a good wifel
Not necessarily; she is the missing link
which the family needs.
Is the old bachelor any good in that
linel
Once in q million times; by accident.
Aren't some old maids sour and ugly?
Yes; just as some wives are.
Then it isn't because they are old
maidsg
Not as a rule.
Doesn't the Bible say it is better to
marry
Yes, but marry in that instance
doesn't mean the mere legal association
of man and woman.
What does it mean2
Itmeans marriage OF heart and soul and
mind and all; perfect union.
Then the woman does right in not mar
rying merely because other people think
she oughtl
She does, indeed.
The old maid may be happy then7
Quite so.
But what of the ties of love and family
married.
She doesn't have them,
But shouldn't she}
Not more than hundreds of other things
she thinks she'd like to have and doesn't,
and still she gets along very comfortably
and contentedly without them.
Doesn't her nature cry for it,
Not so much in practice as in theory.
Do old maids like them!
The right kind 90
What are the right kindR
Those who are cheerful and companion
able.
The sour ones don't, do they?
No; nor nobody else much.
Why is thisa
They were born tUat way
They wouldn't have been pleasant
wives and mothers, then, If they had
marriedl
All the chances are they would not.
Doesn't disappointment in love sour
one.
1t does sometimes, but it should not.
How can she prevent it,
IL the disappointment is the result of
mans duplicity, she should be thankful
that one disappointment has freed her
from a whole life of 1t; and if it is the re-
suit of a visitation Of Providence, she
should accept her sorrow resignedly and
let time DO the rest.
Can a woman do this!
Millions have done il.
And been happy!
They have lived many years, and have
been q Joy and comfort TO all who have
Known them,
Disappointment in love is not, then, the
worst thing that can happen TO a woman?
Not by great deal, if she knows how
TO handle it properly,
Do men like nice old maidsg
Silly young men don't.
What men doc
Sensible men.
Why don't they marry them thenl
Some do, and some would be glad to.
put the old maids are content to let well
enough alone.
Does an old maid run more risk in mar
wing than young one does2
She is more likely 10 get q better man
han the young one is, but she is less
ldaptao Die; and even the best man may
)rove irksome to her, except under ia
gorable circumstances.
Why2
She has been free too long.
How do you meant
She has had only one persons saishes
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