Evening journal., 1897-12-20
EDUCATED WIVES.
A Teacher Says They Make the
Best Companions.
Women OF Higher Education Are Det-
ter Equipped for the Duties OF
Motherhood md Home
Keeping.

The following extracts are from an
address made by Miss Clara Bostwick.
teacher at the Elms school in Spring
field, Mass:
"What is the college woman's proba-
bility of happiness in marriage com
pared with that OF her less highly
educated sister? She chooses her hus-
band later. She is more developed; she
knows better what she is going TO be;
she stands in better chance OF not Sc
lecting a life companion whose tastes
and hers will prove helplessly antagon-
istic. And this is of especial importance
in America. where girls and boys are
thrown so freely together; where they
marry when and whom they wish, and
where the parents in many cases ap-
parently have little else 10 do with the
matter than to pay the bills and try 10
shield the young husband and wife
from the consequences Of their folly.
The man whom a girl would have mar
ried when she entered college Is
probably not the man whom she would
marry when she is graduated from col
lege. This may result in the breaking
gagement that can be broken would
better be broken. The college-bred
woman Is also less likely TO marry
from ennui. Even if she Is unfortunate
enough to have no definite work, after
she leaves college, she has resources
within herself which can not only pre-
vent life from becoming a bore, but
which can make 10 rich and satisfying.
Neither win she be likely TO sell herself
for the sake Of a home. She is better
equipped TO support herself. IL neces-
sary, and she has probably lost many
silly ideas she may have had about the
unladylikeness of honest. breadwin-
ming work
"Finnlly, when she has been won. she
stands a much better chance OF keeping
her husbands love and respect, be-
cause she stands better chance Of in.
terestng him.
amen don't stay in their homes un,
less they find their homes entertaining
said a married woman of wide expert
ence in the world, in talking about Tho
education Of her daughter. I tell my
daughter that il she Is ever to marry
she needs to know something for tw,
reasons; first to hold her husbands In
terest; and second, TO have within her
r self resources that win make her hap
= piness, to q certain extent, Independent
@ of him; in which case he viii be mucl
more likely to stay in love with her.
''The statistics in regard to the mar
riage Of college women will not be com
plete until we have also the statistics Il
regard to their divorce. The state
ment has been made, whether truly o
q not, that as yet no Vassnr gradual
has been divorced OF course, all co
+ lege women are not interesting, an
l. more than are all college men; but th
l. four years companionship with 'nobl
IT thoughts ought to make one at leas
+ less stupid.
Il "Alate the educated woman with th
educated man and you have probabi
ity that they will continue 10 intere'
and love each other; that there VIII l.
y intellectual companionship betwee
y them; and that each win have suillcier
:, respect for the others mental abilit
= and moral sanity to make possible
isl government of the home and the Chi
III dren, not by managing each othe
keeping clear Of a pandering TO enc
others foibles and prejudices, but L
frank and fearless discussion as 10 whit
d is reasonable and right This is not n
IS condition Of affairs in most homes.
r "The women of the higher educatic
-, bring to motherhood, too, q betil
y preparation than do those Of SMALL
20 opportunities. The reasons for th
are both physical and mental Th'
Il are. as a rule, older, physically matur
in and the opinion is held by some phys
ut clans that, for the sake Of the physic
S, perfection Of the race no woman shou
marry until she is 25. They have
wider knowledge Of physiological al
psychological laws-or they have Il
n ability to acquire it-which must brii
G. forth beneficent fruit in the rearing
" their children. They know more pr
= foundly the responsibilities Of mothC
y hood; and their realization Of the il
IN portance of details in the training OF
,e child disposes them to look upon wh
ic might seem drudgery TO other wom
n as glorifed, educational opportunity
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