The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-12
WOMAN 8 WORLD

,,1-b,t,s the matter with the bachelor,
r.-.vq,, demanded Mrs. Rugglesby of
oman writer on the New York sun
(Which bachelor?" asked the newspaper
woman. 49,,
= The hand. why don't they get mar
ned?' 49,, ,.
Nor encouraging them. either" with
subtle iattery
"Oh. yes, 1 am"
what! Not that good-for-nothing-
.N-o personalities. The encouragement
So What YOU call the whole species"
81 trust their powers of perception are
,seoer than mine are. May I ask what
form this encouragement takes?
"a very practical form. I'm demon
,+rating my ability to earn my board and
olotbes According to things L hear, the
chief cause of the falling off in matrimony
l. a mans fear that he can't support HIM
self and a wife, too"
.Do YOU think that's really true?" asked
4 Mrs. Rugglesby, confdentially.
a haven't found it So"
"What do you mean?'
IAN I married? After all my financial
demonsuations?'
oBut. of course, you could be if you
wanted to-" with an inviting droop OF
the eyelids.
could -" impassively.
There was a pause; then Mrs. -Rugsles-
nv sighed a little over the wasted OPP
nortunitv for condolences and began again:
but | wonder what the trouble really
Dc 7 asked Mr. Black the other night
wbat he thought about ill., Being baehe-
lor IN good and regular standing, ne ought
TO know something about it,
Yes What did he say.
THAT. in his case, the reason was that
he hadn't had time
IT does take good deal of time, gen
orally"
You mean?"
"Oh. nothing much, except that yes be-
ing a longer word than no. and women
being so busy nowadays, it isn't strange
N that they say no so much oftener than
they say yes "
DO they?"
How many times did you say no be-
fore you said yes p
Mrs. Rugglesby smiled coy smile.
How many times have you said 'no?"
she asked.
OF course, if the newspaper woman was
Il going in for comparative statistics it would
be a good thing to have her make the
u first statement Then Mrs Rugglesby
could live up to her privileges by going
that figure several better But the news
paper woman calmly replied:
II have always said yes "
+ There is something particularly stagger-
IA ing in open mendacity. So Mrs. Ruggles-
n by sighed once more and proceeded;
But Mr.. Black meant that he had been
too busy himself. And he gave another
he said, makes him a witness of the ca
prices and the extravaganza and the bad
temper of about 500 women day, and he
III said that he hadn't any particular inclina-
ton to 90 from these 500 capricious beings
to one more of the same sort when he
went home from business
That sounds plausible"
Yes, but I reminded him how fond he
was of dining with US and spending his
evenings loatiing among my sofa cushions.
He said that, with all womens faults men
love them still. Which struck me as be-
ing quite as ungrammatical as it was
true"
Well, what did you think of the ex-
E cuses he gave?"
Think? 1 wished I knew her name"
The newspaper woman laughed
we women are prone to chercher Ia
femme she said, lin cases of bachelor
hood. And not entirely without cause
Even a confirmed woman hater who
wouldn't even love us still, much less en-
lowed with the power of speech, will ad-
NIT that we have cause"
do you really mean, then, that man
often remains single because of a hopeless
passon?"
ID Men have died and worms have eaten
men, but not for love-" quoted the
newspaper woman. mo, I'm thinking OF
Z setung up list of obsolete
\ phrases.
mead the list. But as you probably know
ny experience men don't wait for a hone
M less passion. Generally they find time tc
IA propose to girl while they are vet bows
.7ioIe they get busy and pessimistic like
hI Black. All | meant was that If a mans
Us. proposal was always accepted there
would be so few bachelors that thew
wouldn't be worth counting. For I verify
peHeVe that, if the truth were known
precious few men have ever attained the
age where they become young bachelors
~. I"Uu' getting to point where, if the
b ssii hao wanted them badly they would
nave been committed to natrirnonv ~
rise continued the newspaper woman
VINO was now fairly launched on the tidf
H9r own efoquence, Il don't mean tc
gay lhat the man does not often thank hi.
lucAy stars for having escaped. and 7 dom
meah mat he does not fit gayly from
lower TO flower. 1 only meant that. h
III ~ suns Ddck 10 nrst causes, most
Hen can thank a girl-and thew penArauv
10 thank her sooner or later-for their sin
gle blessedness' ' SIN
Do 6 .t protested Mrs. Rugglesby. "wby
10 they keep on being bacheIors?"
"A ., MAYBE they are fond of gayly fitting
as ] Just said" '''Hs
a are you Don't think all bachelors are
word coming
a 10 you really want me to be serious
sgouI IT.? asked the newspaper woman
" ell as nearly as 1 can make out. tbere
w. several good reasons why mar
4 r1s 7,t hesitate longer now about getting
Ied than he would have done wears
go. Perhaps these that I give are NOT me
va Va reasons why he does hesitate. / ad.
baHee them With all due modesty. and any
t"acheior who wishes to correct and re-.
'I ..I. mem may do so and welcome.
fro,r e.le hrst place, girls are different
hi thew IN -