The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-26

would have us believe, to. lack of the
wholesome longings for family life. OF
course, no one who has kept apace with
the progress of the times will deny that a
mofnentous revolution is taking place in
every grade of society. Progression has
largely destroyed the domestic character
of twenty-five years ago, consequently,
the old idea that every woman does not
fulfill her destiny unless she marry is dis
appearing as rapidly as those customs
which heretofore deprived them of the
same pecuniary and educational advant-
ages of men. But the professional women
themselves are, after all, in the best po-
sition to reply to the question at issue,
70 per cent of whom agree that a mega
tive answer is the only true one.
Parenthetically, the above is, perhaps,
too sweeping an assertion, as the writer
is honored with the acquaintance of many
women engaged In active work, profess
sional and otherwise, who lead ideal mar
ried lives. So
''But why" asks the skeptic, do wo-
men who achieve any degree of eminence
and renown invariably remain single?"
Because, as Rosa Bonheur has said, mo
woman can WOO fame by. serving. two
masters. A woman of lofty ambitions,
high idelas and an appreciable amount of
talent is destined, sooner or later, to be-
come power in her way. She may be
artist, teacher, writer, physician, lawyer,
and, in some cases, minister--in short any
thing her fancy dictates. She begins by
counting the work, and ends in being
welded to it. Should she marrytshe would
be none the less an artist, but surrounded
by numerous cares, such as eventually
fall to. the. lot of every married woman,
either her home duties or her professional
life would feel the neglect.
No better simile can be quoted than
that of the nightingales, who sing sweet
est before they are mated; after that
their songs cease, their mirth having
turned into solicitude for their little ones.
Mrs. E. D. E. N Southworth recently ad-
mitted she never could have accomplish
ed so much with her pen had she not been
left widow in early life. Two of Ameri-
cas- most famous women novelists have
refused to marry, not for want of offers,
not that they advocated asceticism, but
| because they could not give their hands
where their hearts were not, and their
hearts were in their work.
One of the eminently successful phYst-
clans of this country, whose contribu-
tons to medical literature are read with
avldlty by the profession here and abroad,
asserts that women physicians especial
~ should hesitate to marry-that is, pro-
Wdeu, OF course, If they intend to prac-
tee. She whose Office it is to minister to
the Physical ills of suffering humanity
lives by and for the people, hence must
ever hold herself in readiness to answer
their summons, which latter, should she
De married. 1t might not always be pro-
pltious to do. Whether the advice % the
physician referred to-who, by the way,
is both. wife and mother-has been fol-
lowed, am not prepared to say. Statis-
tlcs, however. are vouchers for the fact
that there are fewer marriages among
women physicians than any other profess
sion. Another reason frequently given in
eXplana ton of the failing off, of mar
rtaSe among women bread-winners is that
these same women have heard how some
men-husbands of friends--do not always
come to time" in the role of the pro-
wider, and naturally, after having entoved
the fruits of their own labor, whien
fruits after all, are the sweetest thew
prefer the title of odd maid" rather than
one that may mean the minimum of COM
tort Tor the maximum Of care.
In one or his numerous Trades against
women Grant Allen alludes in a very sar-
castle manner to the self-supporting SPIN
ster as "a deplorable accident to the
passing moment"
indeed
And what pray, would become of the
school system of this country, or in Eng
land either, If II were not for these noble
accidents, whose self-sacrifce, patience
ana especial fitness for the great RESPONSE
blhues placed upon them teach lead and
direct the young minds OF two nations?
Many children, Mr.. Allen, owe their sue
cess IN NE 10 their school rather than
nome training There are various chan
nels open through which woman can In
huence the race, and while generous rec
oknltlon rs given 10 the power and nobility
or purpose or me married woman, this Is
not her only field
Again, both men and women whose
minus are the product Of the highest evolu-
uonafy forces are beginning 70 look with
alstafor upon marriage as contract.
WIN them. u must be confirmation. and