The evening world., 1894-10-16
is AN OLD MAID A FAILUREt
A Physician says So. hut what sa,
Evening World" Readers.

These are trying times for the young
woman. She is apt, in the midst of
agitation concerning the advanced wo-
man. to lose sight of some of the bless
ings which fell to the lot OF the unad-
vanCed. There Is a possibility that in
the enjoyment of new powers and posi-
bilities she will overlook certain old
ones which were not to be despsed. In
her lately acquired independence she
may forget that independence had its
compensatiOns. In her ability to live
her own life' as progressive persons
put II, there is danger of ignoring the
fact that there is a good deal to bc said
in favor of linking her life with an
others. Briefly, there is danger that
tho young woman OF tho present day
may scorn matrimony or may defer
matrimony until she Is no longer fitted
for that honorable estate.
can women he as happy unmarried
as married." said prominent phySi-
clan, who has had opportunity to study
the question. the other day. mo. ! do
not think so. In the first place, an un-
married woman has not the same sort
Of youth-preservlng interests that
liz a woman OF remarkable character she
| cannot fail to grow more or less set
and selfish and 1t is surprising to know
how much mental states AFFECT the
health. Why" continued the doctor,
warming to her subject. II believe that
half the cases of neuresthenla ana ner-
vous depression In my practice are
cat sed not by overWOrk, but by The
need OF some absorbing interest. The
| "a must nave a place wnpTp
she IL supreme. not only over the In
! animate objects, but over live beings.
She must have intense personal 'h ho =
part of the big machine
The doctor paused and looked as
though she were rejecting on the SAD
| lot of numerous patents linen sne
reused herself and went on:
| 1T isn't so bad when one ls twenty
or twenty-five. But it's little worse
| when one Is over thirty, and sadder ana
more trying still after forty. At first
| the enthusiasm, the novelty and fresh-
ness make life interesting enough ana
| full enough. but little by little the sla-
mour fades and her profession IS moi
enough Women are 50 constituted that
| they live largely In the emotions. IheS
need "A home and home means nus
band and children. There are very lew
| women large souled and hroad-minded
| enough to cXpend their affections wisely,
to keep their hearts young ana IreSli
! through such remote ana inlptrsphhl
| means as nDSDltdlS anu ll'NN' h''''''S'''''
| There are IA few, of course, but CHEEKY
unselfsh and young as they manage to
| keep themselves one always feels that
even they would have been happier mar
| red.
zone great trouble with this present
| hue and cry about woman'S work and
her independence" continued the doc
| tor, us that 1t makes the young women
, put off all thoughts of marrying until
| il Is too late. ! don't mean too late Tor
| them to marry. but too late for them to
grow into aduptability with their nus
| bands. The years after IA woman Is
first through school and has had her
first experience of life, either protes
| sional or social, are years of settling
down II she gives herself up TO her
| career and to living her own life and
all that, she rapidly gets into state
where she Is really untitled for matri'
mony She may ind her career, with
all Its ATTRACTIONS and possibilities, un
satisfactory. hut at the same time 1t Is
difficult for her to grow into domestic
life after "a few years of professional
life 1t is all a problem continued N,
doctor. signing. "and dare say 1t vii
not he settled in one day"
with which gloomy conclusion and I
sigh the doctor abandoned the question