The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-06-09
WHY SOME MEN FAIL TO
MARRY.

harsh, are the remarks which one of.
ten hears passed about those members
of the sterEer sex who will persist in
remaining in state of single blessed
ness. They are not performing their
duty to the State; selfshness and in
dolence are two of their main charac.
teristics; while gayety and dissipation
are their chief objects in life. These
and many other accusations are con-
tinually being hurled at those men
who refuse to be drawn into the realms
OF hymen.
There is doubtless certain amount
of truth in each of the accusations, but
they are not always justifable. AS
a matter of fact, men who, actuated
by selfish motives, remain bachelors
from choice, are by no means numer-
Gus. There are few men who do not
recognize that it is their duty to mar
ry. In fact, one might so so far as
to say that marriage is as much a
natural ambition with them as it is
with the opposite sex. Why, then,
the disappointed maid may ask
do so many men remain unmarried if
only few do 80 from choice?
For practically only three other
reasons. First, there is the man who
remains bachelor because of dis
appointing love affair, when, having
failed to win the girl OF whom he had
set his heart, be remains true to his
first love and refuses to allow another
girl to supplant her in his affections.
Then, there is the man who has never
met "Miss Right and will not ask
girl to marry him whom he does
not truly love. The remaining type
of bachelor is the one who out num-
bers all others. He is the man whom
girls have made into a bachelor. In
other words, they have spoiled his
opinion of their sex, and he come to
the conclusion that it would be best
for him to content himself with his
male friends rather than risk his hap
piness with daughter of Eve.
Inquiries among a few bachelor
friends recently led to the discovery
that disappointment in the fair sex
chiefly arises from lack of womanly
modesty and dignity. And there is
no gainsaying the fact that a great
many girls nowadays by no means
add to the reputation which their
grandmothers gained for true woman
illness. Times, Of course, have chang
ed and forty or fifty years ago girls
we're not allowed the freedom which
is now granted them without CON-
ment.
But there Is a disposition on the
part of many present-day girls to abuse
the freedom they enjoy, and by so
doing they lower themselves in the
estimation of the opposite sex. Which
type Of girl do you think men are
most attracted toward? The girl who
never fails to impress you with the
fact, both by her words and actions,
that she despises the laws of "Mrs.
Grundy," or the girl who prefers to
enjoy her pleasures in quiet man
ner, and strictly according to the
rules as to what is becoming and what
is unbecoming conduct on the part of
young woman?
The girl who will go to dances and
theatres AT night in company with any
male friend who offers to take her;
with flirt with anyone to whom she is
introduced, and talk in that bold, f. ee-
and-easy manner which is only war.
ranted by long and intimate acquain-
tanceship, may be voted "jolly girl"
for the time being by some men, but
she disgusts the majority. She makes
herself cheap in their eyes, and they
pity the man she marries. For they
argue that if she has such little self.
respect and womanly pride before
marriage, she is not likely to gain it
afterward, and moreover, would scarce
ly be content with the homage of one
man when she had been accustomed d
to that Of several.
Then again, take the case of the
girl who, possessing a somewhat
coquettish nature, finds the greatest
pleasure in the number of conquests
she can make. At last she meets the
man who really gains her love. Proba-
bly, he has some affection for her.
But the thoughts of how she has
treated other men are continually be-
fore his mind. They prevent him from
proposing or cultivating anything
warmer than friendship, for he fears
the treatment meted out to others.
Fx I.