The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-13
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has bac. OF IT a nlo Drive and We c1ei d
not conceive Of a Woman marfSzsf s q
nan without a motive f.sf her ps>oceee73
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The question OF motive is always
asiaci,st. and sometimes, It is. ercr1$d an
gerou4 To inquire into the motive OF
marriage. SOME women marry fos
wealth, and some TO avoid old-1na1den,
hood, and some to get an empty tlt1ile'
aid some because marriage seems TO
he woman s destiny, and II may be
SAID trutl,fully that some still marry
on account OF old-fash1oned love.
knew years ago one of the sweetest
little women that ever walked tflis
earth. who stood -four feet nine IN her
ilish.laeied shoes, fSEo, When asked
why she was about 10 marry raspoh-
aed: 20. Ithink it viii be such fun.
saw her several years afterwa1'd IN
a large house, doing her OWL work
with Two small children to keep her
busy day and night. and | had fond
s,isDicio,, that she had larger snare
OF fun tlian she expected.
There is an cid saying that Love
lien1ens labor, and no one who has
tried this antidote for care can DOUBT
its efficacy. Every marriage is sure
TO bring cares and trials Indeed, the
real burdens OF life begin on the we'd
ding day Without love in the home
these burdens cannot be successfully
borne: but with rich Infusion OF toFe
even the heaviest duties will become
pastiMe and a pleasure.
But all women dc not marry on ac-
count of love. l think more OF them
would marry from this motive, II they
had the chance. They have not the
chance. because cruel custom has de-
creed that oni:- nan shall make the
advances in crarch-Icak king. may pc
letting cut very un5avory secret, OUT
it is truth, that comparatively lew
women II, larry the man of their cholce.
How can the:-? If she lets the man
know sh, loves him society calls her
irlDrrdent, and men are such ounces
that they naturally mn away Mheh
woman makes advances. II she
doesn't let the nlan&l11low of her atfec-
ton, he foolishlS' is drawn into the
silken snare Of d society belle. and
1uarries a woman who loves only, her
poodle dog. Woman is at the mercy OF
man in this business of marriage, and
I am heartily sorry for it. But 1t VIII
take more than my sorrow to stop the
wheels or this cruel Juggernaut OF Gus
tom.
Often when I reflect upon the une-
quail mating of young men and women
/ am led to ask, in the words OF Ar
temus Ward, "Why is this tus3y
dove gets married to bear, and
a weasel to giraffe! OF course /
am speaking hfuratively. as the
preachers say The smallest woman N
the town chooses the largest man
Miss Dorothy HiGhty-Tishty marries
the sedate minister; and Miss Pru-
dence Piety runs off with the TraV-
cling Salesman
| nave seen in Palestine an OK ana
a camel pulling plow together; but
that is a small matter compared VITA
the incongTuities we see. in married
life. The SiouchN woman nafIleS ehS
man who has just crept out OF the
band-boN: the Sunday School teacher
r,lar-ries the inndel who will keep her
away FROM church, or know the rea-
son why When we pair horses we
consider quality ard disposition but
when we pair human beings we are
often as llnrea sonabe as babes and
idiots.
L should like TO dispel that deluslon
which has held the minds of women
in tnral these thousands OF years
that a woman must marry, or miss the
object Of her creation That idea Is a
relic OF barbarism. In China an un-
married woman is the smallest frac-
ton of nothing-a thing to he de-
spised and trodden down. But that
is heather China, not Christian Amer
lea The people who think contemptu-
ously OF an <'old maid, are Chinese in
spirit, il not in nationality. There is
a couplet that reads:
"Airnlessly, uselessly drifting through
life,
What was I born for? To be some
boEy's wife!"