The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-03

DO Not Expect Marriage to Insure You =
Living.

Living.
A statistician has discovered that in
the Older cities there are now more
young women than young men. In New
York the disproportion is about one in
ten. 1t follows, then, that, even with
the best OF intentions, the young men
cannot marry all the girls. One girl in
ten must go through life alone. 1t may
be that later in life she can find for a
husband some man like the old fellow
who had lived a bachelor SO years and
then married so as to be sure he would
not have to die alone. But the chances
of even that kind of forlorn hope are
remote. Such being the case, it follows
that all girls should make provision for
the future. Any girl may be the tenth
one who is left. therefore let all provide
against such contingency. 1t is certain,
as have been saying for years, that
the key to the whole woman question is
financial independence for our sex. The
first duty of every woman is to secure
this pecuniary independence. Parents
who are not millionaires should in
every case insure their daughters against
want by causing them to learn thor
oughly some breadwinning occupation.
Every girl with thimbleful of brains
will keep herself out of the poorhouse
or an old ladies' home in future years by
making herself skilled in some work
that will command good pay There are
ten breadwinning occupations for wo-
men now where there was one so years
ago. In the great variety of them every
girl can find something for which she
has an especial talent. If nothing is at
hand which exactly suits her mind, she
can often invent remunerative work
for herself. 1t is natural for girls to
think they would like home and
good husband. But since there are not
husbands, good or bad, enough to 60
round, let every girl provide herself
with the means of making home any
how. A very beautiful and happy home
can be made without any man in it,
So, whatever your work is, do it first
Glass and claim first class pay for it,
Next thing, begin now, at once, and
Of your wages every month.
They say Phoebe Cousins has gone
back on woman suffrage. Phoebe has
had articular rheumatism five years,
and that is enough to make woman
60 back on her own grandmother.
A gentle Catholic sister comes to our
Office sometimes to get contributions for
an old mems and old women's home
with which she is connected. One day
/ asked her which she would rather
wait on, old men or old women. She
answered, L would rather take care Of
20 old women than 10 old men,.
1t is greatly to be desired that wom-
en- would cease to make such holy
show Il themselves when any passing
excitement arouses their emotions. Some
of them even seem to like to attract at
tention to themselves by squealing and
fainting or pretending to faint whom
ever there is an accident in crowd of
people. Not long since man hurled
himself in front of the engine of an cle-
waited train in New York. Women
on the platform screeched and tumbled
over and went into Mysteries, so that
they made more bother than even the
dead man himself. Result, extremely
unf1attering opinions in the minds of
men present as to the common sense Of
all womankind. l have heard old sol
diers say that when any excitement
started among army mules hundreds of
them, the whole herd, would all fall to
braying at once, and that it was i'm
possible to calm them or stop the un-
earthly bawling for hours. Well-you
can deduce the moral for yourself
The senate of Idaho, the latest brave
state to decree that women shall have
full suffrage, has a woman as chaplain
of its senate. She is Mrs Rebecca
Brown Mitchell, president of the Idaho
W. @. 7. U. Well, the bitterest opponent
of woman suffrage must admit that
woman's prayers will reach heaven as
swiftly and surely as a mans.
My dear sister, don't criticise anybody
but your own self. Look for the good in
other women, and you will always find
it.
Kitty Reed, daughter of Speaker
Thomas B. Reed. lays down a very per-
tinent proposition. 1t is this: If women
are too pure and good to vote, then they
are also too pure and good to pay taxes.
Considering just what man is, it is
not strange the Almighty was tired and
wanted to rest after he had made him.
Girls, never promise to marry man
till you have seen him eat. Only excep-
tionally dainty table manners can rem
der il endurable to sit opposite person