Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-04

amusement as we'll us food for serious
thought. You see. can read you like
books because before my marriage |
was an independent bachelor maid my
self. ! thought | wouldn't exchange
my sweet liberty fer the best husband
and the finest home in the land, or at
least, tried awfully hard to make my.
self believe that ] believed just as yo,,
two girls and your Kind are trying to
do
why. what do OH mean?" asked
one Of the girl bach alors
Sour grapes SAID the other, with
gesture Of contempt-
Merely this" ans wered the matron.
that it is against lature for woman
to be wholly indepen dent, and when We
go against nature s-ie squelches us in
one way or another. Now you claim
to be two girl bachelors, don't you?
And you represent tie two types OF so.
called independent women. One OF YOU
is independent by choice, the other
through necessity. Fan has u very
generous allowance, and she has elect
ed to leave her home and spend her life
in study and also to do absolutely as
she p!eaSes. Nell h IS heen forced to
leave her home and eaj II her own liv-
ing, and she, too. his set her head to
think, speak and ait as she sees 1T.
There you are, and you are two out OF
thousands. You arg both attractive to
men and have had and now have no
end OF beaux, ana you say that YOU
can't fall in love with any Of them
that you are proof against such non
sense, but ! warL yel you aren't. You
are merely bent OF. shutting love or
anything like tout of your heart. Some
day a man will core along who will
drive such notions II of your head in
hurry"
"Bosh!" exclaimed the one called
Fan. You don't K low what you are
talking about. lea life of absolute
independence. and sh2 man doesn't
walk the earth VIII could make me
give it up"
"And so do l." chimed in Nell.
"Them's my sentim .nts, too"
1T would be prept.:terous to say tina;
the average bacheln' girl is no, indie
pendent in way" answered the ma.
tron. serenely. '.shere are lots OF
meanings to the wor independent. you
know. I'll grant yO that the bachelor
girl is creature of independent, mind.
of independent mea Is, Of independent
manner. but she is at, never has been.
nd no y jan !,
comes to her heart. her affections.
Man can do withola love in this life.
but woman cant. : Not every man is
subject to7control IS other people or
things. but every woman is. The
more a woman tall 5 about her indie
pendence and brags Of it and plumes
herself on it, the mo &c firmly am | con-
vinced that at that Very moment is his
woman dependent fer happiness on the
affection Of some1Er. Usually it is a
man. Berate me al, you have mind
to for speaking this way. but l am hav-
ing the satisfaction OF knowing that !
am striking home. You see was once
Il bachelor girl ny.fli. and all OF my
friends said that | vas a fool to give
up my career and H. AIRY
Have you regretted it," asked both
girls.
well, I should say not answered
the matron. "TherU is only one truly
independent life for woman and that
| is life with the man she loves. Love
| is the only thing that can set a woman
| free An allwise us.iversal Father has
| made this so to pr serve Che race
| never knew what independence wa:
| until after was m.rriad. Single won.
+ en- are apt to mistal e license for indie.
! thought that the ;o-called bachelor
| girl, the so-cal)ed H. dependent woman
has. She gets up a:ly in the morning
thoroughly in love With the. lot she has
| chosen and starts out on her days
| work. She meets rcbuffs, gets dis.
! couraged. grows pl ysicaily SO weary
| that she longs to t.' to some one wht
| loves her better than all others, an(
have good cry.
1T is simply because her woman.
| nature is revolving gainst life Of in
dependent loneliness or lonely inde
pendence. just as you please to look "a
it. All that is best IN her is stretchin:
out after home Of her own, afte
family ties. When she made hersel
independent in mil d. manners an,
finances, she enslated her affections
chained them up. rendered them inert
No woman can be really independep
until she unchains her affections al.
opens her heart to receive the love .
some true man, 81. . .$