The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-30
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whence there is no returning, when all
unmarried women were catalogued rs "old
maids and dcspiscd accordingly, there
lived widow, tho mother of an ONLY
child, and that child n daughter.
And then, as now, the number of
daughters outnumbcred by n great many
the number of sons born to man, and for
the latter there WAS a great scramble for
as the lesser could not equal tho greater
number many were fatcd to get left, and
the doom Of tho "hndmost' was even then
well understood, and US u plague ali sought
to avoid it.
Ana tho mothers were ns one with their
daughters Combined were they both in
the pursuit Of husbands for the maidcns
that the rcproach OF the unwedded might
not cling unto them.
Therefore it bchoovcd the mothers tn
make the most of their daughters. to shake
we'll their napkins, each and every one
lest pcrchance some hidden talent lay I'M
productive therein, and TO emphasize any
good points whatsoever of which they
might be possessed, that they might over
shadow and leave in the shade the dauch-
tcrs of their ncighbors, for such arc tho
ways OF women when aiding high heaven
i'll the occult rites of matchmaking.
But chou, chuo and alas! In the dauch-
make much OF, neither was there anything
whatsoever to emphasize.
For so deficient was the damScl in all
personal charms and tho beauty which,
though but skin deep, yet sutficcth to turn
the head of man and inilame his heart
with tho unqucnchablc passion of love. so
meager of figure, both physically and
financially, that those given to levity and
the speaking of idle words, for which nov
erthclcss strict account must be rendered
hereafter, dcrided her and iccrcd mt her
among themselves, calling her in con
tempt calling her in tho pride of their
greater possessions, 1.-THE widows mite"
And it coming to the ears of the widow
her heart WAS exceedingly sad. even us her
brain was puzzled To know what to do as
she contemplated her daughter and the
situation. for verify size realized that the
maid, being like unto her fathers pcoplc.
was indeed bankrupt in I'LL graccs save
that of virtue alone.
Now, virtue alonc-thnt is, virtue with
out dots dead, and il ;lvailcth nothing
III the matrimonial market where the
spondulix talSrth, proclaming i'll Il loud
voice the merits Of its posscssors, and il
cnhanceth thor attractions n thousand.
fold, rendering even the most ordinary of
aspect more dazzling than the sun MT moon.
day.
While 1t were better for the portonlcss
maid had she been born IL man, for he hath
but To choose and, behold with tho shckcls
of his bride shall his Golfers be filled 10
overlooking, and tho fame thereof shall
extend through all the land
Now, the mother of the widows ,nitn
being a woman and sorcly distressed, gave
car unto n voice that whispered to her and
was guided by it, FOR she recognized it as
"a ,f fnl
of man, when it spoke to her saying:
Arise, O woman of little gumption,
and go YOU into tho presence of tho CON
irmed bachelor, even him who, because of
the hatred he bcarcth To woman for tho
evil she hath brought upon man in that
through her he must toll and labor all the
DAYS OF his life, is called the miSogynist,
ana deceive MN us you know how.
For no who scekcth not must he
Sought, rs the Usher scckcth the fish in tho
sea anu tho hunter pursucth the nimble
mare.
from inc hardest rock the water SuSh
Gun iorih most freely
seek you therefore, his assistance even
10 .he lulhlllncht oil your laudahlc desire,
ana remember the moro difficult the deed
ohe greater tho reward ana the glory there
"i,to.
however DC not downcast and let not
'ou, SOU, no 'roupieu, LOT All men are
Wc"A, ana .he weakest are they who are
N'ili oi thcir strength Tor he who Is in
'"!ii"i"p,c i'coh hol'
-,iu Sii'ii po WIN yon even to the
t'''i' icH1 pefchahco MS luck prevail against
you.
aNiis spoken thus, lhc voice ceased
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hcii .he willow huS'icu mat danger
',iHhU i,oV pn courtcu ny uclaylng she