The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
WOMAN 5 WORLD.


,,err,ed Faithful years ago. Why doesn't
:, marry her? Because he has all Of the
--,,.ilaae of a lover and was of the
..snonsibiitles of a husband, and that's
.he wav with all of these continuous en-
.,yements. except in rare instances. Ned
tovs Faithfuls delightful companionship
-, dav: he spends all of his spare time
= bor beautiful home with its setting of
,sie ART. books and flowers, and is alb
sol1telv responsibility-free. l should think
man who'd keep that up for half score
- years would feel that he could have no
rssnaot for any woman who would marry
h,r, 7 wonder that he has self-respect
.,e5cient left even to think that way The
.r who marries, Dorothy, is an unset
fish manIt doesn't matter how much mon
ev he has or how much his wife may have,
he makes a sacrifice; he takes response
tuifas that a single man can know moth
mo about. responsibilities that he could
forego by remaining a bachelor. But the
woman makes a sacrifice too; she has to
Give IN many things, but she gains many
otbers in their stead. You may make up
vour mind to 1t that he is rare human
bird who remains single for unseltish rea-
sons.
Il suppose it's all very well for spinsters
n console themselves with your theory
obout the absolute perfection of marriage
able unmarried men, but for my part I'd
rather have little human imperfection in
mine in the shape of a husband. I could
not marry a woman whom l did not re-
snect and l could not respect a woman
who would marry me- You think over
that speech as emanating from man
who has kept a girl tied to him for nine
Years. kept her bound until there is now no
chance of any other man ever coming
along to set her free, and see II you don't
change your mind and conclude that after
all the average man who hasn't even got
the Dnfeathers in his wings TO sprouting,
who has enough human imperfection to
take him to the marriage altar, isn't bet
ter than one of your self-sacTificing single
sons / know It's safer to be engaged to
that kind even if you are so dead set on
being an old maid" she concluded, cynic-
ally.
Every woman at the counter wearing a
plain gold band on her left third finger
smiled or laughed in undisguised amuse-
ment, but the girl in the cutaway coat
deliberately finished her third chocolate
eclair, paid her check, and banged the
door behind her huff.
IAN the same" soliloquized the other
quite audibly. IF she is mad don't want
any of these earthly male angels in mine"
and off she went.
'At last I've solved the mystery, at last
This is, says the New York Sun, what
a tall girl in one of the new cut-away
coats said as she seated herself on one
of the high stools at a lunch counter re
served for ladies only"
What mystery? The mystery of life
or love or death?" asked her companion,
a short girl wearing a sailor blouse.
You needn't be SO smart just because
you are engaged" answered the tall girl,
tarty. That's the way with a woman
She may be as meek as Moses all her
life, and as soon as she becomes engaged
she gets a settled, satisfied, superior air
about her that makes her very sassy most
of the time"
Il m sure l didn't mean to squelch you,'
declared she of the blouse, sincerely, "but
you spoke with so much solemnity and
celebration l thought I'd help you out
by guessing what this mystery is that
you've solved Do tell me. I'm so inter
ested"
The tall girls fondness for the sound
OF her own voice overcame her injured
dignity, and she went on:
We'll you know, girls and women, mar
ned and single, never get done talking
about why il is that so many marriage
ape men remain unmarried. I've found
out All this talk about the extravaganza
u woman, the selhshness of man, is stuff.
I've solved the mystery, and 1 don't care
am nearing the thirtieth notch It's
credit to some man, in all likelihood.
tlat m not even engaged, with con-
temptuous stare at the big diamond on the
thlrd left finger of the other girl.
are you out of your head?" asked the
ssllor-waist girl, getting red in the face.
IN think so if you don't stop talking
sucn toInnyrot and tell me what this great
mystery is that you've solved"
told you I'd found out why there are
90 many old maids on earth to-day and so
many manageable men unmarried. OF
course you know Ned Nomuch and how
ne mas Deen engaged to Faithful Forever
nlhe years. Rumors have come and ru-
"ors nave gone with each changing sea-
son mat Ned and Faithful would surely
II hu mat fan or spring, or whatever
Delng circulated concerning their fall
SSup'ials' and so when met Ned the other
oaS sad; See here, Old fellow. when
you gong to be married? And 7 fear
put significant accent on the are, what
10 You suppose he answered."
girl S'lu 'he snort
Il, l couldn't marry any woman whom 7
va not respect, and 1 could not resnec,
euy woman who would marry me Tbat
was as, ms exact reply, those his very words -
s, was just like Ned Nomucb TO saw
o ~I1, a nasty thing" said the sailor-waist
GrL Indignantly, and then she burst ont
HIM n ms 1 have a greater contempt for
man Ian ever, The idea of an engaged
'l aG, being guilty of such speechi,s %
contempt for him for saving h+o,
lined ra4.Il she of the cutaway coat. .eWhv
fore Ever mad so much respect for him he.
tow, ana it changed my whole attiinde
r,rr. manageable men who refuse n
ig Io,' Don't you see the point? Mar
spnno .ne SSeihsh, self-loving brute that we
AZ ' ro, MIN to be- after all. He is ecood
5000 good as gold, and as true. Tbere go NJ
Nes N 10 one composition in man Wbai
rlsgoa -STiiiuch said stands for all mar.
dos, taote unmarried mankind WIZ
MA. you see? How can Won he 90 ~" ~,