Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-07-19


Do women : colleges check matrimonyi
tasks an exchange TIE great number
of statistics gathered and nlathemaucally
computed show n reduction by at least
lone-half of chances for marriage. As
America cannot boast as YET of any rec
lords on this momentous subject we are
told to accept the basis ofreasonIng from
English colleges. No one seeks 10 deny
| that happy married life IS everything TO
be desired. and many scott at the oit-re
peated story of marriage being a failure.
Way education OF the highest order should
not enhance your happiness rather than
unfit YOU for the daily life OF compan-
ionable housewife seems hard 10 under
stand Who would desire 10 90 through
life side by side with a woman who knows
only the petty details Of housekeeping
What man cares to return home III the
evening ouly to be entertained with the
shortcomings Of the cook or housemaid,
or be told long story Of how the chill
dre have quarreled and how YOU have
punished them and be asked 10 hold
YOUR head 10 cure a sick headache brought
on by too much sweeping OF preserving
over hot range ? These are trials aud
cares all your own and you are not asked
to listen 10 how many accouRts have
failed in collecting, how dull business is,
or the peccadillos of a dishonest clerk.
These are a husbands trials left behind
as he locks his Office door You must
not have yours all summed up aud wait
ing TO confront him as he puts the latch
kelvin the front door Men want COM
panions. SEINE Que to live side by side, |
year in aud year out, enjoying what they /
enjoy II they are tired aud want 10 rest /
lei them alone, II they want to dress /
and 20 out and invite you TO 60 along, /
don your best clothes. look your prettiest
possible, make them proud 70 accompany
you, think OF everything you can to en-,
.rtain him by way OF conversation, Ia
short, make yuurself so companionahle
that they prefer your society 10 all other.
Such wives are seldom made to complain
Of neglect or left at home. Encourage
N mt on the part Of women 10 be indIvid-
nal, independent aud think aud reason
for themselves. to study social conditions,
human nature sud learn from books and
rot actual experience, all teud largely to
make women care less for malrimOny.
What if it does Marriage should not be
he cuief aim aud end Of womans exis- 1
euce. Some of the noblest and best Of /
have lived q life Of single bless
.dness, doing mere good by reason OF 5
heir lessened cares and responsibilities
.ook at the women whose high order Of 4
Intellectually adds the greatest charm 10
heir character. The most serious disad- a
autage a Wuman who has attained this 4
igher order Of education can labor under 7
to marry al all, unless she marries iu'
her equal. No possible com
eau exist, love will die out,
aspect even will lessen If three times
ach day land remember there are three Il
undred and sixty-iive days IN each year, II
he is compelled to sit opposite at table
+ Oh lha other side Of the library fire :
nd mud herself chalnad for life to 8 per \
ct noHentity, dulled TO all save selfiuteF
st or personal comfort A few such sam. ?
les Of uneongeuiallly might well deter CT
line many women 10 seek the higher b
ollege education Of which we read so
uch aud become so self ceutred that
atrimony would have no charm by &C
hich 10 lure her, SC