The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
The WlDOWERS QUAkDARy.

The Citizen has received the follow
| ing communication:
Editor Citizen: read your article
about there being more unmarried
men than women. and twas good.
Will you please tell me which makes
the best stepm0ther and promises most
happines TO a widower marrying again
"A widow or an unmarried woman? |
kinder lean toward the widow. and be-
lieve It's logic Yours. WIDOWER
Our correspondent evidently imagines
that It is only necessary for him to
make choice among various applicants
for the place Of stepmother to his
children Perhaps he Is fooling him
self But We shall let that pass. for
the question he asks is a serious and
most important one. A widower
feels himself impelled to marry again.
in order to provide for the care and
welfare OF his children 1t is always
consideration for the children that in
duces him to make a Second venture in
matrimony 1t is like a man going 20
the circus or like a woman spending
the summer at the seacoast. It is
done on account of the children.
Mr. Tony Weller who had married.
widow and found when too late that
he had put his foot in It, most uniustly
denounced all widows because his
particular widow was a bad lot He
admonished his son Samuel 70 beware
of them, for more vidders gets
married than single vimmin." 1t Is
undoubtedly true that a widow as a
rule makes a better business of getting
married than one who has had no
experience in dealing with men, and
does not waste her time in foolishness /
There was Abigail the widow OF Nabal
the Carmelite,, The very minute that /
David heard she was a widow he dis
patched one OF his young men with an
offer Of his hand in marriage. AS
soon as the widow Abigail ct tho
what did she do? "And Alb /
gail hasted and arose and rode upon
an ass with five damsels OF hers that
went after her. and she went after the
messengers Of David and became his
wife, She did not lose a minute
# Abigail had been a single woman
instead Of a widow she would have
probably lost the opportunity. Her
frst remark would have been: ooh. +
his is so sudden Then she would
nave insisted upon seeing David first,
ma promising that she would try to
earn 70 love him or ask for timeA to
consider, or have engaged in other CO.
lHetti~h devices. If Abigail had done
MS tho chances are that David, who
vas very busy man those days. would :
taV" moved on and married Abinoam
II Jezreel and Abigail would have
'e"n IN the soup. But Abigail was a
widow. and Abigail hasted"
Then consider how the widow Ruth
fnd"d old Boaz If she had been a
"eot girl graduate, just from college,
he mover would have raked in that
ich and somewhat convivial old agri-
dlturist
All of these things go to show that
a widow has marked our corrp-
pondent for her own he might as we'll
o for the license, and like Job. cause |
he widows heart to sing for joy"
1t has never been quite clear why
1. Paul was so averse to Young wild
VS. He said they had damnafTon.
hn that they learn to be idle. wander Il
ng about from house to house and not /
MY IDLE, bnt tattlers also and busy ,
odles, speaking things which thew s
nght not. This certainly is strange
thguaEe from an old bachelor who p
new all about Ruth and Abigail and
arIous other discreet and comeIv ;
Dung widows whose words were Iika
pples Of gold in pictures Of silver @
eoause they were fifty spoken. But q
III correspondent must not conclude "
ON the example of Ruth and Abigail p
ld' WIDOWS are the only nice women u
the only good stepmothers, Even g
lese two excellent ladies, like manv
riofe them had once been single =,
lemSelves; howbeit they had haen u
4 2 a p 4 l.