The sun., 1898-06-19
LISTEN. BACHELOR GIRLS.
a 1TITRON's LEOTURE ON THE MOST
INDRPENDENT KIhMAM.

NlAFFinHe.
Says, and paoheIoF Girls Aro Not Really No
Independent They Pretend 10 believe
new Whiuas ana Fashiens or womnnLind.
Woman is by nature dependent. Indeed, |
there is no such thing all.around indie.
pendent woman. Few men are wholly indepen. |
dent. Many young women calling themselves
girl bachelors think that they have sought and |
found real independence. Thon there are tho
aggressive spinsterS who are firmly convinced
that they alone Of all womRnjtind are truly in.
dependent. They join in with the girl bach.
elors and pity their married sisters for being
tied to q man. The married women do not
anBwor them, for they are satisfied with
their lot as rule. And well they may bo, for |
the most independent woman in the world ls
the woman who is not only married but also
mated. Somo people say that n woman poorly
married 10 happier than the woman not mar. |
Ried at all. mAtron gave two girl bachelors
bomo points along this line not long ago. They
Spoka to her in q rather patroni1ing way about
her not being able to join in one Of their larks
because she was married; It was like touching a
match to kerosene.
. 'such talk shows your ignorance" she ex-
claimed In a tone that carried conviction.
You girls and your boasted independence af
ford mo no ond Of amusement as well as food
for serious thought. You SEQ. can read you
Hike books because before my marriage was an
wouldn't exchange my sweet liberty for the
best husband and the finest home In the land.
OF. at least tried awfully hard to make myself
believe that 1 believed that just as you two
girlB and your kind are trying to do"
q why. what do YOU meanT' asked ono OF tho
girl bachelors.
Sour grapes" said the other, with gesture
04 contempt.
merely thia" answered tho matroD. that 1t
10 against nature for woman to be wholly indie
pendent. and when 60 against nature she
squelches us in one way another Now you
claim TO be two girl bachelors, don't youS And
you represent tho two types of so-called indo-
pendent women. One Of you is independent by
choice, the other through necessity. Fan has a
very generous allowance. and she has elected to
leave her home and spend her life In study and
also to do absolutely M she pleaseB. Nell has
been forced to leave her home and earn her own
living, and she. tOo has set her head to
think. speak and act as she secs dt. There you
ere. and you arc two out Of thousands. You
are both attractive to men and have had and
now have no end Of beaux. and you say that YOU
can't fall in love with any of them that you arc
proof against such nonsense. but warn you
you aren't You are merely bent on shutting
love or anything like it out Of your heart
Some day q man will come along who will drive
such nottons ont of your head In a bury
don't Know what YOU are talking about. Head
Mto Of absolute Independence. and tho man
doesn't walk tho earth who could make ME give
"And SO do l." chirned in Nell "ThOm's my
"it would be- preposterous to say that the
average bachelor girl is not independent In a
way, answered the matron. serenely. There
are lots OF meanings to the word independent,
you know. ri grant YOU that the bachelor girl
10 q creature Of independent mind. Of indepen-
not. never has boon. and never viii 30 indspon-
dent when IL Gomez to her heart. her affections.
woman @ ' can't Not every man is subicct to
control BY other psSple or thinET but
and pin@ss % hsrseif r on t. the more ore firmly am
woman dependent for happiness on the afiec-
ton Of some one. Usually II is man; Berete
way, but anu having the satisfaction Of Know.
ing that T. am striking home You Sc see was was
friends said that ! !, was fool to give uD my
Well. I should say not" answered the
gmatron. There is only one truly independsnt
sns As 'nE
RnsW ~saa go @ aRt % after
marrisd: Single women ere apt to mistake ta,
Of tsouehe that the so-cailed al bachelor
girl. the so-called independent woman. has. She
In love with the lot she has chosen and starts ou
on her days work. She meets rebuffa, gets dis
ienrs &c to Hho her $
than all others, and have good cry By the
apartment and not ,infrequently eobs herself e
sleep; about what she knows not but l do 1t |!
s.VGitnE against life Of lone
illness or lonely y inde,ppendepmce' Just as @ @yor
her T. e stPsc6nr It. ont after home
her own, after family ties. When she mad
sse II her
them up rendered them inert No woman cal
s ra bar Srt bsa9 s9S to fS eS
love Of some true man. Perhapg yon two won
eEn It. but you know " S;n sneak tFHly tSdy t and
make four" answered Fan. rather fippantiy
come of my energy from this time on in openin
my heart to love rather than wasting 1t In try
made mo own what I've known all along. an
that is that there is mo- such thing for women a
Independence. and I'm thankful to say that
don't believe there 10 for man. either. as far a
the heart is concerned.
wedRewood blue is tho newest color in sta
tionery. It IL trying very hard to oust militar
gray, but 1t can't do 1t. Women arc too pi
triotic for that Nevertheless, the now paper
finding great favor. 1t is much lighter in ton
than the ordinary Wedgewood wove blue an
is most pleasing to the eye and dainty. Nm
MelbA uses no other color, and hasn't II
long time. Well up In the left-hnn
corner Of her note paper Is stamped hera
die device In white, and underneath it
monogram formed of the diva's give
name. "Nollie." and the initial letter of her la
name. Every one is having her WedgewoC
paper stamped in white. and very small mon
grams arc still nsod. The paper itself 10 smon
and rather thin but of excellent quality. Rec
mental grey paper is stamped almost entire
IN red. Hundreds of pounds OF this pape
ornamented with the American or Il
Cuban flag. or both, is being sCld A Wom'
of individuality does not follow fashion
whims In the matter of stationery. She choos
some delicate color, cream or pure white Al
uses II until il becomes 4 part of herself. and
Just characteristic of her az what sho writ
on it. But all women have not marked int
viduality, and SO fads in writing paper, w
a. fans in everything else, take well.
This last hot spell sent linen and check skin
to tho front in hurry. Nothing is more co..
Portable and certainly nothing looks nenter "a
cooler when perfectly fresh than "a skirt of viii
duck pque or chcvot. The linen skirts arcI