The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-05-19
The Girl Bachelor


In this GOLDEN age for women 'he'e
orn no more "old maids'-the cie"'ui'
>our cat-iucIined, cOrkscrew-curte"' II
horn;lv ont of date, and instead we nave
q tvpe wholesome, independents la'N'
hearted-the girl bachelor
The old maid of the paSt-Peace " n'l
oshosr-vas saturated and surrouhde"
with the suspicion of an iti-S'afFed i"F'
affair. she bore the ear-marEs OF 'Ile SuS
,,ostive term ''lefC'-aud was spoken ol
,,oIooeticaIly or sDitefully as 'disap-
,,ointpd" There was no fate lor hel
aove to 90 through life yinegar-V lSaHe"'
4ba slave Of tvrannical armies OF S'S'e''
and cousins and aunts.'
But the world moves e ernai pros' 7SS
:, otorDal chauge-and lo from tDe aSl''
- tho abused specimeuOf feminine reIlD-
oov that antiquity fo5tcred, has sprung "
woman dignifed, strong, free WIN '"'
r,,odom that breaks down the preJudIceS
nf the mast and gives to her the rlghU "
shame her own destiny as it seems peS''
Progress has removed from the Do"S
ort oirl bachelor the stigma Ilab hi'
;,,s,Iy rested upon the burdened ole
maid. ,,,,
The girl bachelor gathers her roSe"u"'
-Iiv. out her season of gay young lau'
hood and. neither crank nor 'h"',
batpr. awakes one day on the s"aoy ~"
c,o,ontv.ftvp or thirty, to the fact ina
il ia not her mission to marry.
There is no mOrbidness no feplhllS
she simply has not met the man "hoi
.,,,, could love As q true-hearted woIha
ought to love and marry us Seii-''
snectipr woman ought to marry. 90 81
tons from the past au faces the iu'"'
,,,on her own responsibility "a Girl paC'
automatically looking around ior u
ann that must take the pace Oh =!
tom. ties that fall to the lot OF the VII
I,.ha unssps,es a alpnt the time Is ho
ripe to put il to 4 purpo7t--'"r "e"'',
mept of a career rounds her DAYS WI
f,IIness gives her the sweetness Oh
ward.
or if business is her sphere she eh''
if brnvely with the VIII 10 O.
amor the obstacles that crowd the p"
If the selt.reliant woman-alo sue ~
,quers. .,, so,,o
In professional life she finds la''
,.;r "a LAWYER or doctor, Accordingly
lorrepess of her brain--loslhS none
.,, ,yomoullness even in learned p
snits for the girl bachelor does not sr
,unseXed.
Thus these independent women e.
bonor,ond usefulness III the fulhlm
of y purpose, and in shaping oeS'"'S
# seems best to them, they solve V
satisfactorily the problem: "Ho" W
happy, though single
The home feeling and its gentle IL
once. are not lost to the girl Oache|
Where family ties are lacking
..deoo together, do cooperative no
keeping, and enjoy the cheefibeS'
bome-nfe undreamed of by their Dr'
.ers, the men bachelors.
The bachelor woman also claims
recognized position i'll Soclety-she
rot lopse into an uncivlIized back II
her like the III. b.-not bit OIL H.
the contrary. she has renewed her q"
ivy for pleasant things No longer
early bird eager to fasten upon TUE W
-mau-fUr an escort, she goes u
nloces that she wants as indepeh"'
ASA woodchopppr--o a journalist
shp has realized the glorious age OF
creticn that emancpates her from a
subsprvieucy to the uncertain OF
gracious colIantry of the sterner sex
And no end of jolly times are
she's broadminded, conEenlai'
abe-one OF the choice spirits at Il
narties; in her element ut the INC
iuuchecn or tea, while concerts, lie
the opera, find her steady patro
Then, too, she has her clubs-her u
client work, mayhap-and her
drift on pleasantly, useftily, untet
In her wholesome and large-he
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