The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-07
WOMAN'S
WORLD.

v,.s.s from the strictly practical stand
, .,rr Dorothy DIX. In the New York
-. y getting as much happiness out
....,--es as possible. a girl has every
D., gain by postponing marriage to
Az. yell beyond her teens. To marry
.-,-srt she gets out OF che school
.-,-, .. 90 deliberately rob herself OF the
.,.,--. n ne. As affairs are ordered
.,t, country. the young daughter is the
AZ the home. II she belongs 20
-, ,sop.e you meet her dragging equity
~. eramblng and protesting, to Eu-
~. Or YOU md apopiectic mamma pant
n, Ground tho golf links after her. II
-. Is POOR. mother may have 20 hustle
y, %, sea al dawn 10 get breakfast. but
...... i. goes by Mauds door on ,iptoe
= Keen from waking her up. Whatever
..,-s-r.ss must be praeticed. she is ex-
,~,, whatever hardships must be en-
..-.3 abe Is spared. Her mission in life
4. q, enjoy herself. and. with the self-ab-
,.r,eoa possessed alone by the early
r,-.flnn martyrs and American parents.
,o..rr IS expected OF her but 60 have a
"sc,d time"
vs-ied life. even under the happiest
,rp,res. can ofer no such holiday TO a
.,msn. Masrimony brings responsibilities
,.,t none escape. For one thing. the
svsrsgs bride finds herself up at once
srs.ast the awful servant problem. II Is
s,- arst intlmation that life Is real. and
sss sheds bitter tears over the discovery
Tssn. u she Is a fool. abe gives up the
struggle with incompetent cooks and
sa-y maids. and taxes refuge IN board
INK house II she Is sensible she ties on
bsr APRON and goes down into the kitchen
and fghts the battle out. bus she knows
s-e p startlng out TO learn the hardest
end most exaoting profession Ia the world.
ana mat never again will life be a picnic.
vhere somebody else paws for the band
and furnishes she refreshments.
$40 Hnds. 900. that she has somehow
cot on her pedestal and Is expected TO
bum incense before another god ~
home everybody considcrd her tastes
ard pleasures. hut as a married woman
she asccrtains that she IL tine one who
rHsf do the pleasing. j. Is the man
whose temper and little peculiarities must
b. rubbed the right way Of the fur. More
serious still Is che question OF mother
to-d and. IN good truth there are few
nghts IN the world more pathetic than
mar of the girl mother-herself child
tsnorantly and incompetenuy struggling
9Th teething batN.
on pretty much the same principle that
the reformed roue makes the best hus-
hand. the woman who does not marry IN
tl she has seen a good deal Of life makes
,ae most contented Wife Men seldom mar
?, until they are weary OF society and
our for areslle peace II they wed a
Young girl she is still anxious for the
pleasures she has not enjoyed She wants
% So because she has nos seen too much
o. Do. and there is no subject OF dlscord
more frequent than the antagonistic atu-
tl8e OF husband oud wife on the amuse-
meut question. The mature woman has
had her fling too. She - tired OF che gay
whir, and Is glad 20 settle down.
The cllnching argument against early
marriages for women. however. IS that the
woman who has had time 20 come 10 her
SELF knows what she vents. She may
rof 4Iways get Il. but a. least she makes
her bargain IN the marke; with open eyes.
a Young girl is like one who risks her
af "A "a lottery whore the odds are des-
re-1tely against her for she takes
chances not only on what the man IS
d.. what she is going 20 be herself. The
clr.ed mustached lay figure that thrilled
he- az u fills her with disgust and loath-
irr 81 So Happy. then. n she has not
tod % knot with her tongue she cannot
unite with her teeth. No tragedies are
more bitter than those caused hy the
Young wife outgrowing her youthful ro-
nance and the husband 20 whom she Is
bound.