The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-12
MEN NOT WANTED.
BACHELOR GIRL PROTESTS
AGAINST ENTERTAINING.
Chance visitors Are BoFe--Ths woman
who works All Day Refuses 60 he
Con,sntionaIiy Fsninins witheut oood
Reasons for n.

Devote my evenings 10 entertaining
mem" froWned the bachelor. woman,
according 20 the New York Press
Never again, our mothers DID that
II was a matter Of getting man or
remaining an old maid which was
equivalent 10 being ostracized. The
poor dears had no choice. Everything
was az the men said then lhe
bachelor. woman. yaWned. but
the idea that woman has To
marry. anyway. Is passe II she WORKS
she can do az she pleases suppose
every woman would rather marry than
not. but most OF Us who have dared 70
think about Il would rather not marry
than engage ourselves for life 10 the
wrong man. Entertain a man Just
any MANN the evening" further et-
postulated the bachelor. a woman. "Of
course. everybody keeps one night
week when she sees persons. and for
tina, she changes her irock and tries
10 be agreeable And that evening Is
enjoyable. Your woman friends help
you. and It cannot be so slow. no mat
ter how duh the men are. But TO put
on ones pretties every evening. 10 hold
herself In readiness TO play the plano
sing the latest songs or some classic.
according 70 the refinement Of the
chance visitor. 20 bother 20 think up
topics 10 consider IN tete-a-tete With
man whom there Is no advantage IN
pleasing Is something hope never %
90 again. Why should T. Men say
the women mus; entertain faen be-
cause they have been working hard
all day. so have the women many
Of us when my daily task Is accom-
pllshed myself want 10 be pleased.
Either wish 10 go to a theater or take
on my irock. tumble into q loose gown
and read or dream In the hrelisht. or
chat with mother or any ~ the girls
who come In. oh. Il l. selfish. know
but it h In line with sclf-preserya-
ton I see no more use In throwing
away an evening than a man does
With women friends you can discuss
any subject that interests you You
have not 20 consider the conventional
tiles You can be- yourself and talk In
an animated way. and II il good for
you. let man CONE into the room
and the entire atmosphere changes 10
a moment The subject ~ CONVERSE
ton probably will have 10 be- reversed
Ia tHinkllng Then too. from the
habit ~ ages. perhaps every woman i'm
mediately becomes the enemy ~ every
other and sets out 10 make the caller
think she Is the prettiest and most
viyacious girl In the room. Oh. you
need not say In a shocked fashion you
I thought women are no longer rivals
Among themselves, socially. maybe
they are not And they have thought
Il ali out why they should not BE- RI.
walls when there Is a man around. Bu'
Ne act automatically the way a snake
or some other such thing does with 10
head On The presence of an Insignia
cant snip % man can change the en-.
tire good feeling % a company 81 wo.
men We DO not think about them
when they are not around but you
know the hold the habit has on YOU
The other day I invited one of ms
women friends 20 come 10 my house
on certain evening She looked an.
happy a. a result Going 10 have an,
men? she inquired No said And
then she frightened. saying she woul,
come i am too tired 10 talk with
men after dinner she explained Then
the bachelor. a woman. said she 10,
not think II a commendable state. thi,
aiter-dlnner Indifference o. women 1,
men In general Il Is precisely m,
selnshness FOR which 40 have blamed
the men. since we began % think about
H. on the whole. / am afraid womer
are getting very marly.' continued IN,
woman, bachelor. putting on het
gloves Tor her daily exercise al M,
striking bag After bali dozen round
she smiled sweetly and said that wo
mems unwllllngness 10 entertain mas
cullne callers must not Do taken 10,
seriously. Il suppose we're only dea,
tired"