Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-02-08

:, ,tL;,. h,it n woman and q Loky single
ona nj That and Beth pushed back
Inn with unusual vehemence.
..Why. Beth, what is the matterT'
cried foolish girl, YOU ought to
be proud to be woman, ana sing,e
one, in this new century. want to do
something: Well, tell me what women
can't do, my dear?n and ! sat down on
a low stool by the fire and looked belh
in the eyes. II ani surprised to near
YOU talk that way"
IL has heen SO muoh the fashion OF
late 10 declalm about the disadvantages
of being woman that it is not surprls-
inc that men 90 about in slate OF IN
finfed vanity. hugging tho delusion that
ali women would be only too glad 10
change plaee: with any reputable man.
As n matter of fact, being woman IN
this country in these latter days has SO
many advantages that most women
would stoutly resist now CLASSIFICATION.
A state OF pleased acquiesence IN the
inevitable has been arrived at py
number OF intelligent women whose
| positions assure them personal and
| financial Independence. And as Tor the
| spinster, the single woman VINO WORKS
successfully in a preferred profession,
unless possibly she has reached a very
sere and yellow LEAKAGE, or has most
| UNPLEASANT personal traits, It VIII be
4 found that appreciation will wait on
her achievements be they big or little,
more III onoupcedly just because she IS
| n woman, In commercial as we'll as IN
tbe fashionable relations, to BIO
woman free of domestic ties is TO
occupy favorite position. Much OF
course depends upon the indiVioual
woman. But il she be careful to AVOID
A. L..
suggesting or insisting upon her
femininity as emitting her to especial
treatment, she will find not only has
che been given fair neid nut many
fayors as we'll. The single woman to-day
who has q place in the working world
: holds a UNIQUE and favored position.
To read over the names of single women
who are devotine themselves to labor IS
sufficient to arouse to action any soul
which is conscious Of undeyeloped
/ mower. Did you ever think that 1t is
= tie sinister, rather than married
: women, who has made her power felt
: and known today? Take any list and
, YOU will find it difficult to make. al
q choice of names more worthy of notice
: than Others. Now, there is Louisa NJ.
q Alcott. Every boy and girl loves her;
% not because she wrote Little Women,
4 hut because of the story OF her life,
:. Because of hei brave battles With
poyerty and adverse fate {; her touching
n sacrifice OF her own tastes and wlsheN
4 that Meg, Beth and Amy might have u
i, treat: because of her silent uncomo
y nlainipe life in which SO much mentaA
Il rain was hidden. 1t is these things,
ts lrthat bud the hearts Of women III
n Louisa Alcott. She was single womal1
81 and she won fame; not at one effort, ~
n Minerva appeared fully equipped fromi
30 the head of Jove, but by persistent and
az patient effort Then there is Mario
Nj MITCHELL the gifted sister of gifted
n brother. And Florence Nightingale
s. Dorothy Dix. and Sister Dora any
90 thousands Of sisters all over the world
a who have devoted their lives to th$i
of cause of suffering humanity. Tho wordi
ar OF art. music and literature is rich with
- the names of spinsters whose work Il
AT honored. Rosa Bonheur stands foreT
an most among woman animal painters
M Anne Whitney, Harriet Hosmer 10 thu
mo- literary Of the single women take thsx
nj lead for the power of their pen. Francl5j
be Power Cobbe and Harriet Martineau %
Enela and Miss Grace Dodge in ouf
own country ale types OF those spinste
tst who have moved the woi Id to sehsf
ira of moral reform. In the early days u
NJ English literature there was Johannat
on Bailey, Hannah Moore, Miss Mitt''1l
"a. 4 and Maria Edgeworth. Grace DarllngH
on Joan of Arc, Alice and Phoebe Carey0
,rd Amelia B. Edwards are names oil wome
in ut whose utterance rises vision
nus genius exercised and strong puipo't
led faithfully pursued Prior to 1861 thelt
he was only half dozen PATENTS taken on
by BY women. The 200 models nov w.. ~
al hibited at the Patent Office thresX
nj. fourths have been Invented by W
lar spipster. 1t is an astonishing fact tb'
md one third of all the professional Wag1p
ish earners of the United States arc wome4t
md and three-fourths of these women D
nee spinsters. AL
inc There are 200 women lawyers in VI
The United States, l60 of them bel'E
in spinsters. There are 81, 600 Won'T
as teaching music and 10000 teachll
ner painting. Out of these nineteen N
and belong to the spinster class. HAD ~ y
mi of these women followed the usual a
ure Of women, and in some sheltered hsa n
lar, worked outline sweet problem OF ianl y
Ible life. their success no doubt would ~
,ic. been as blessed, but the world wogIr
arc have missed the heart-stirring exalnp Is
mes which has helped many woman y
Gus noble deeds, X
lost Socially, d spinster who cares for Il
had self financially, and who is agre9av II
the has an enviable position. She eau ~
the man master, shc is fres to go and g.
now as she pleases, to select her FRIENDS "
1 Of spend or sake as shc will, and 10 81. ~
his or not, as she will, And along NJ
ter. her freedotn she receives that ga"H,
1ese Difference that men show to WOTr l.,
iced working out her own problem 81
And to Those Who from pIatUtSA
- declaim Che woes of being wolna, - i
is suggested, in the interest OF MT
1llS that They accept the unincnmUi,s !;
Ind, able tc tare-for herself spnster' WI ". 4
ovei, motto Is not ''Woe is me, " put y
,Tn Joy is ho that am u woman az q,
~ spinst9rr rs
book "W&n," said Beth, II guess you sh
race right,i Portia. - just then the MI,
Jung r swung open and Jacks merr! ib,
best camg in with welcome ring M
Beth blushed, and put her naDv
a'ess to lsmocth her hair, and ! an las
IL is right then she was glad to be " ss1
9. A Though | am not so sure, she % Z
saws. with me about the spinster pafnG y
horse I nt
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