Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-07

Many Women Are Actually living In slngl
nlr.seducss Prom choice.

! Many Women Are Actually Living In Single
| nlr,seducss Prom Choice,
Here IS what an enthusiastic admirer
Of the spiuster Of today says.
THE dis0Erceable maldcn lady 80
] frequently encountered IN the books OF
| half century ago 10 no longer recog-
niaed as type OF gpinstcrhood.
! How dld she originated She was pic
turcd Hs fading or faded in appear.
ance. Rngulnr and sinlwy. prim and
'faddy protecting herself by a rather
chilly Isolation, narfow-minded. soured.
keen.cycd TO other peoples faults. NILS.
| chiet-mal,ing, her soul ghriyulled by
| disappointment.
Sometimes these qualities were
allied with uucouquerablc vanity und u
hungry pursuit of any chance Of at
trncting the attention OF the monster.
man. II is a repellnE picture: but
there can DO no doubt that In former
days, and even now In certain clusses,
some approach 20 It may be seen In
the unpleasant change that comes over
women who, having made marriage
their object in life, fail TO attain Il.
But all this Is changed by the open.
ing out Of life for women lndepend-
ont OF marriage. and by the proofs TINT
are every day before our eyes that
woman may be perfectly happy, self
possessed and oontented without aim
1 ing at H. She Is capable Of indopend-
onoo; she is more the slave Of love than
man ia. This is the growing idea that
| IL GRADUALLY liftlng the reproaoh from
/ HtaHlnn NgnmNFtfv lIFaI ID
already made 81 possible FOR "A woman
| % DO old, yet not an old maid. She is
only thought Of ns an old maid now
when she succumbs to the disagreeabie
I qualities pf one.
"Age indeed. hardly comes into the
question Who thinks OF chasing
bright. capable women anywhere under
lvc-and-forty old maids? There is no
more reason why they should not be
married than there was whom they
were n. They have not allowed their
life 10 run into a groove; they are not
narrow, arbitrary, petty and Jealous:
bur are women OF the world. who havp
had too much practical work TO think
Of to be able TO moon over their pri-
vate affairs,
1T Is women Of this class who are
raising the age at which women marry
IN certain circles Of society. They are
setting up a sentiment Ia favor OF reol
1
perienced. sentimental chlts whom the
nOvellstB married on almost before
they left the schoolrogm.
1.-THE girl OF today IL IN no haste
to wed; she need not marry for a
home, because she ls capable OF earn
ing one for herself. II ahe Is left be-
hind when he loves and rides away
she need not pine away aud die from
sheer want Of something else 70 think
about No; she can whrlf Out career
OF her own. reside IN residential cham
beers, and become a lady bachelor She
can have. IN fact. much the same as
the majority 81 men would who had
been badly treated by d member OF
the fair sex
"'rhe positions. IN fact have become
moro equal. with the dread OF being
left to be a burden upon relations and
20 endure all sorts Of sights and in
suits, the worst sting Of old maiden
hood has vanished; so much so. indeed.
that 1t was lately matter OF com
ment In noted Publication that many
women are actually living In slugle
blessNduess from choice"