Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-10-31
When Women Should Wed.

There are times in every woman's life.
according to the Baltimore Sun. when
she will marry anybody that comes
along. These times are when she is II
and 81. Between these ages she is dis
crimnatiye, and after the second of the
two she is apathetic. 70 the girl Of II.
it is said, the idea that She makes Il real
i've mans heart 90 pit-a-pat j. so ec-
static that gratitude for the distinction
OF paSslo. re proposal she easily fam
cies she is II love. She thinks her re-
fusal to marry Augustus will break his
heart and send him to an early grave.
So she weds him out of generous pity. in
order not to wreck his life. She says
yes, and learns afterwards that Au-
guStus heart is tough and had survived
numerous prior desperate attachments.
At Ia II Is any man-any individual suf-
hcently inoffensive to allow her TO nour-
iSh unchecked the illusions which her
self-love cherishes. For mt this age man
is only the occasion. not the object of
her affections. He is only dummy: it
is she who occupies the whole stage with
her swiftly-varying fancies and caprices.
At 10 she has evolved an ideal. 1t IS
not longer any man, but a particular man
"A man tall dark, MISUNDERSTANDING
with a Byro,.ic air. One at war with his
kind and of abnormal opinions is the
type. He may be pessimistc and melan-
chOly. His merit is that he finds in her the
beauty, purity and innocence that restore
his faith in humanity and make happi-
ness again a rational hope. A year later
she is still romantic but experience be-
gins to make her trifle more practical.
The spectacular beau of striking physical
aspect is refined into the strong, earnest
man, who looks at things iii lofty, high
minded way and has a fad Her Idol
may be Il matinee hero, an unappreciated
genius. a social settlement worker or Il
long-haired poet. 1t is time of danger.
She may accept a theological student or
eiope with her music teacher, Such is
her missionary spirit that she is capable
of marrying a drunkard TO reform him.
With - there is less risk of such I'M
promising ventures. She begins to enjoy
life in its operative aspects, without OK
elusive reference to her subjective medi-
tations. Matrimony, like heaven, is Il
cherished aspiration, but social incidents
have become interesting. She sees far
Their than before into the drama of life
as others play it, and it entertains her.
Many tepid admirers, she thinks. are bet
ter than one who is fiery In short. she
is having Il good time, and is avprse TO
exchanging the gnyeties of life for a
humdrum husband. If She marries at
this age, she is likely to make a discreet
choice.
At p. however, comes a period Of
panic. and. as ten years before the dan
ger is great. 1t is seen that her contem-
poraries have nearly all married. The
girls who were her schoomates are seq
tied matrCns, and boast the virtues Of
their children. She accordingly begins
to feel lonesome. The younger set put
her aside or ask her to chaperon their
parties. Perhaps gray hair-awful
sight-makes its appearance Is she an
old maid? The idea affrights her. She
loses her nerve and plunges wildly. TAX
ing the first man that offers. Foolish
matches belong to this period-the super
animated beau or the widower with ten
children.-New Orleans Picayune.