Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-13
FIRST OF ALL SUPPRESS WIDOWS
AND DIVORCES.

| But you want some hints as TO how the
unmarried women of SO can best improve
the opportunity now within their grasp?
Like all really great achievements there
will be obstacles in the road to success,
but they will only serve TO make victory
more glorious. The greatest enemies the
bachelor girl will have to fight are widows
and Divorces and | would preface my re-
marks with the suggestion that at the out
set some concerted and effective measure
be taken for their suppression. They have
such an immeasureable advantage and are
SO many in number that the race between
them and the bachelor girl would be most
unequal from the start, Having had hus-
| ba nds, they have the advantage of eX-
Iperience. They have learned mans weak
points and how to play upon them, and
how to work upon his sympathles In way
that makes the bachelor girl. no match at
all for them.
what action would | suggest? Well
| deliberately, after a moments pause, II
believe the only effective means would be
| legislative action. For instance, If each
State would insert in her marriage and
divorce regulations u clause forbidding
widows and Divorces TO court or marry
again, say for 20 of 80 years from the date
of either event that would practically re-
move them from the field. And such a
| law would at the same time go far towards
reducing the number of divorces. Having
to walt so long for another husband would
have the effect of causing some wives to
cherish more carefully and be more con-
siderate of what they cannot soon replace.
PLATTER THE MAN. OF COURSE.
| upon starting out to WOO the bachelor
girl should study the likes and dislkes of
the man upon whom she has set her heart,
and then act as her womanly instincts
prompt Men like to he petted and made
of thp ,.N1a
sonable individuals, and it takes very little
to make them happy. The one great thing
is to make them comfortable. The bache-
lor girl who understands that art Will be
able to pick and choose When perfectly
comfortable he will be in receptive mood,
and little judicious hattery administered
in homeopathic doses Will tend to Increase
his self-esteem and to make him feel of
some Importance in the world of new
women.
"A judlcous selection of gifts will also
speed the wooing of the bachelor girl.
THEN BUY A CHATTING DISH
SHOULD a man prove obduratc, and all
other means fail to touch his heart, the
bachelor girl can then fall back upon her
strongest weapon--the exercise of the
culinary art. For there is one sure road
to the heart of every man-you have prob
ably heard about it. l have known as UNI
romantic thing as a chaiing dish to win
a manly heart when all the graces united
would have failed to arouse his interest.
And therefore ! say to the bachelor girls
of the country, provide yourselves with
chaiing dishes.
II should fail in my duty TO my fellow
men should l neglect to sound note of
warning for their guidance during the
critical period before them. With all due
Difference to the bachelor girl she Is
charmingly capricious and changeable--
tbs her brthrig'ht to be so-and for that
reason would advise the unapproprated
blessings of my own sex, when pressed to
name the happy day to name an early
one.
ITO return to the previous question.
have the greatest confidence in the ability
of the new woman to make the, role of the
sutton an artistic success The fine per-
ception with which she is gifted will lead
her to time her proposal at the most
suspicious moment--and that, In itself Is
guarantee of success.
Unlimited moonlight is great develop
erof sentiment but atmospheric conditions
seldom favor It's Indulgence at this season
OF the year, although skating party or Il
sleigh-ride might be made the excuse for
an opcn-air love scene
I'm either instance l should advise n
hearty meal before starting, an abundance
OF wraps-for a chilly man is apt to be
lcross-and the wise girl will not forget to
slip several irreproachable cigars into her
pockets. With such accessories a zero
proposal might meet with fair success,
without them-ncver
Livery often when the most eloquent and
imprisoned appeal makes no impression
q well-timed burst Of tears will win the
victory Few men can resist beauty in
Distress, but II Is also true that few beau
ties can risk distress To some 1t is vastly