The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-04-30
A WOMAN WE ALL ADMIRE.

| ana Tor more Oh JLeu III DuSlucSS-
| know that so far as ability is
concerned these women excel some
of their brothers in these pursuits.
/ know that there are exceptional
cases where it is no doubt better,
and therefore right, for women to
shut out from their thoughts any
idea of home of their own, and
to every woman who is not mar
ried because other people are de-
pendent upon you for support we
send the most kindly greeting this
Sunday morning. You are not
ashamed to acknowledge that you
would like to be in home of your
own, the wife of a true hearted
man. But circumstances have
been and are against you, and You
are what you are because of your
innate nobility. Yours is a life of
self sacrifice, which is the sublim-
est expression OF love. You have
an aged mother, or an invalid sis
ter. or an unfortunate father who
needs your financial aid. To with
draw your support from the family
would cause the wolf to cross the
door sill. And so you hide your
secret in your worthy heart, and go
forth daily to your toll, inspired
by the thought that your sacrifice
means comfort and happiness to a
life that is dependent upon YOUR
efforts. Your badge of spinster-
hood is one to be proud of. There
is reason, and most excellent rea-
son, too, that you are what you
are. All honor to YOU! and thou
sands of readers will, we think, re-
echo our sentiment.
But the majority of our maiden
sisters are single. not because they
have others dependent upon them
for support; not because they are
50 absorbed in other walks Of life
that marriage becomes Il secondary
thing: not because they look with
disdain upon the marriage tie; not
because they wouldn't get married
if the right opportunity occurred,
for they frankly say they would be
glad to unite heart and hands with
somebody else upon the highway
Of life
ONE. SIDED SOCIAL CUSTOM.
Why then? Partly because
they are victims OF a social Gus
tom, which, for one, l should like
to see modified to a considerable
degree. As things are now, mer
: do the picking in the field Of mat
rimony, and women must wait tC
E be picked. Yes, wait like berrie,
on the social bush for somebody tC
come along and pick them AbOm
Unable custom, and one which ha,
led more than one woman to take
up with somebody whom she knew
was not her social and intellectual
g equal, and instead of whom she
t would have preferred another il
: she could have followed the in
? stinctS Of her nature without feal
5 of being called forward, bold, IN.
f womanly and in a hurry to get
r married.
: SCIENCE AND LOVE COMBINED.
5 Where lies the remedy for thi.
! thing? Some readers will no
: agree with me in what I am abou
/ to write, but | am free to say
: think that rightly conducted mat
! rimonial bureaus would bo a bless
: ing. Do not misunderstood me
t | do not mean these matchm making
e concerns which. | fear, leave peo
: pie worse off than they find them
and which are operated in order +
. get the money OF the over-credu
5 ulous and the foolish. Look abou
t you. Take into consideration tn
thousands OF unmarried womel
e who have a wealth of womanl.
y character to bestow on other lives
e when right opportunities come
Contemplate the marriages in whicl