The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-12-06
GIRLS THAT DON'T MARRY.
Pevi,aps the Fault Lies Raek of Them VIII Z
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Their EARLY Training.
WHY are there so many bachelors and
old maids nowaday . Perhaps one
rc.s.,l lies in the education OF oar "a osi-
err girls ard the hl,sn must rest Win
their moth srs Consider the hfc OK z
girl belonging to the upper middle
class from the age of eighteen to TWEEN
ty-eirht: it is a careless. selfish. lrra-
sronsible epoch, in which the daughter
studies her own convcnienceand pleas
ure solely. and the mother, by foollsil
ind .lycnce, aids and abcts her once
u girl is free from the trammcls o. the
s.hool-roon1. and is fully tieigcsi Id So
c:ety. nothing is deniel her. She may
lie late in bed. or. percl.anc:' 'akc nel
breakfas there, the while she SKINS q !.
novel belonging to the new oraer oi
fiction. Her day is compassed WIN No
sinplc duty save to look iicr best anu
enjoy her life. There is time IN sucn
an existence for the ugly weeds Oh
jealousy. thoughtlcss. niliSln1 cnatcer;
and even free behavior to take rootan
flourish. Then. perhaps. some young
man OF modest means comesalofiS' am
offers his heart and hand TO the dau-h-
ter. AS a single girl She is free from
all responsibility. SIZE has nos 10 con-
slider WAYS and means. patc:f;linuias
never refuses to max, the dress cheek
bigger if desired, AMI she has lie"
wishes ungr1titied II she marries'
her suitor can only offer her Il lnuch
smaller home than that to which she
has been accustomc!: a restricted m
come, probably: and the sweet yeo
solemn duties Of wife. and later OIL
times. those of mothcr The prospect
does not appeal very keenly t2 the ego
tistical maiden. and rs the life She is
living only teaches h"r to love herself
before any one else, the would-be lover
receives his congo.
Another class of girl, fed by the
'.ncw" play and the ''nefv novel can
not make up her mind to we'd. because
of the grisly skeletons for which she
has been tutorcd to seek in a man S
past We take it that the parents OF Il
girl, whose position and experience
give them much better chance OK
Judging, will certainly ascertain
whether the man is Il worth, sutton,
and if they deem him SO, surely 1t IS
unwisc for girl TO pry into
every past episode. But, VITA an
imagination that has been unhcalthily
reared. that has been taught to LOOK
for evil even where it may not be, the
modern girl rushes in wllcrc angels
fear to tread, and the pure. warm love
which, coming from a fresh. innocent
heart. is safeguard to many man IS
denied her lover. Unless the sultor
comes up to that standard of virtue as
shown in the hero of certain feminine
and one-sided novels, sho will have
none of him. Thus it comes to pass
that the fin-dc-siecle wooer.s are farlng
very hardly. :,
Meanwhile the happy years of early
womanhood, when all the world is kind,
roll by, and the Rubieon of thirty is
crossed. Then 1t Is that the single girl
awakes to the knowledge OF what she
has lost, or is losing-the pleasant du-
ties of house mistress, with husband
and children to consider. are denied
her, and she signs for the clinging touch
of baby fingers and the mothcr-love IN
whose train follow so many noble quail
ties. If the daughter sees her mistake
in time, and is able to rectify it, a
happy and useful life may still await
her. But what is needed to render girls
desirable wives should be taught them
from their earliest years.-N \. AIT
vertiscr.