The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-13
osTbat Bachelor Maids Triple ALI

10 me. All that will be necessary is to
hand him one Of those letter headings,
and he will see at nee that there is no
hope for him. This will be much sim
pier than writing or explaining mat
tiers to him verbally, besides being an
easy way Of letting him down.
"June 22.-To-morrow is graduation
day, when the members of the B. M.
T. A. must separate and go out into
the world to battle for themselves, so
tonight we had a sort Of farewell jolli-
fication to bind us closer together and
strengthen the VOW we took upon our
selves at the beginning of the year.
1t was really inspiring to listen to the
declarations of independence, now,
henceforth and forever, from each and
every girl, and when Maud Spencer wit
tily remarked that she had no more use
for a man than a cat had for two heads
or nine tails, everybody applauded and
said that was just the way they felt
about ii too.
cit would have been a good thing if
some of the conceited young men of
the period could have been present or
at least had their ears glued TO the key
hole and listened to the remarks of the
B. M. 7. AS on this occasion. Guess
their ears would have tingled and they
would have gone away with their stock
of conceit p%erceptibly lowered.
"The final toast for the evening,
drank with our farewell cup of tea, was
the following eloquent and noble senti-
ment: The Bachelor Maids Triple
Alliance, the Gibraltar of single bless
edness and blessed independence; may
it never fail by assaults from without
or treechery from within
"Dec. 26.-Only six brief months
have flown by since the members of the
b. M. 7. A. parted with mutual pledges
of consistency to the great cause of sim
gle b~lessedness, and-it grieves me to
write it, but write it l must-already
the enemy has invaded our ranks and
captured one of our most promising
members. Maud Spencer is no more!
Poor grill She has exchanged her
final cognomen for the plebian name of
Smith-or is it Jones? On, yes, here
it isl Maud jones' is the way she
signs it to her letter, and the paltry ex-
cuse she gives for marrying the crea-
ture, Jones, is that she loves himl
The ideal Just as if that was any
Justification for breaking her vows
and deserving the standard of the B.
M. T. A.'sl We'll, l am glad she had
the grace to promptly notify me in my
capacity Of president and return the
badge which she is no longer worthy to
wear. Won't 1 write Mrs. Jones a
scathing letter tomorrow when | get
at it'll
Jan. s, 1S97.-Bad news again and
more of it'll To-day came two letters
addressed to Phyllis Potter, president
of the Bachelor Maids Alliance one
containing the announcement of the
marriage of Edith Wilson and the
other stating that Belle Richardson had
met with the same sad fate. They
each returned the club pin and said
they were very sorry and all that sort
of thing, but they loved the men whose
names they had assumed and felt sure
they were loved in return, and under
the circumstances they felt it was their
duty to give up the B. M, 7. A, etc.
"'These excuses are a trile weak, but
l presume it is the best the poor things
could do. Well, if they prefer love to
liberty, all right, but l feel it incum-
bent on me to write and tell them what
l think of the step they have taken just
the same.
cit is not only discouraging, but
shocking-yes, actually shocking-to
think that in one short year half of the
members of the Bachelor Maids Triple
Alliance have fallen by the waysidel II
is now a triple alliance in reality as
we'll as in name, and long, long may il
wave.
"Feb. lin spite of all l said TO her
Mabel Thurston has up and got mar
riedl The B. M. T. A. stickpin anC
the cards containing the announcement
of her marriage came this morning
with a note from Mabel explaining how
it happened. Same old excuse tina
they all give-she loved him, it seems
and couldn't possibly live without him
Poor thingl Twenty-Five years old
weighs one hundred pounds in her gym
nasium suit and can't get along withou
a man! 1t is strange how weak ant
dependent we women are getting all o
a suddenl
"Wrote Mrs. Maxwell'-that's he
name now-the usual s%corching letter
and also sent a note 10 Lottie Burton
informing her that upon us two de
volved the duty of upholding the prin
ciples and the banner of the B. M. T
A, and reminded her that eternal vigi
lance was the price of single blessed
ness.
"Lottie is a decidedly Independent
and level headed young woman, and
feel that she at least will not betra
the cause.
"Feb. IS
OF all glad words of tongue or pen,
The gladdest are these, we must have meni'
"That is what l found in my ma
this morning, and the name signed t
it was Lottie Burton of Englehart
She, too, has gone the way of all tn
others, it seems, and l am left with hal
a dozen b. M. T. A. stickpins and a.
empty title On my hands. Only thil
teen heeting months since the Bachelo
Maids Triple Alliance was organized
and to-day the president alone is left t
carry on the good work, and someho'
l feel that from now on l am going (
have a rather lonesome time of it.
"The postman just called with