The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-06-02
HOW 10 GET RID OF OLD MAIDS
a German Scholar says .ssWoman's
Rights" Cause OF Spinstezs.

A German Scholar says .ssWOman's
Rights Cause OF SpinsteEs-
A German scholar who was in this
country recently TO study social con-
ditions was asked IL he was not de-
lighted with our progress He wait
ed moment and answered: ITS
great, but I'm afraid # viii all end in
failure, and EOman's rights are at the
bottom OF it. The old maids are drfv-
ing men out Of business, and the mod
ern woman is driving man out q
home 1t is foolish sense Why
don't girls get married and settle
down and care for their honest It
IS the mans business to care for the
women Too independent and too
particular, I guess, but they don't
have to begin where their parents
leave on. The owning Of automobiles
and racing stables is not necessary
70 the raising Of happy family.
I've seen few business places in
your country that aren't half filled
with girls If you have plenty Of
children in this country some Of the
men must be home caring for them
The unmarried women are out work
women are out working for reforms.
It seems to me that with your great
number OF politicians the men could
tend to these matters without calling
on the woman. suppose many Of
your girls make fun Of the European
doWery system but should like to
know if it's not much better than
having old maids all over creation
Our wedding portion gives young
folks a chance to get along, that's all
This isn't a joke; it's sensible
talk. When I visited in Boston I
soon came TO the conclusion they
raise old maids there insteadf Of hot
house flowers, for every other woman
is aspinster. They don't want to get
married; they made so much fun Of
men and love they're driving both
away What a classical air they
haVe-independen and women S
rights are written all over their faces.
They are lawyers, doctors, writers, de-
tectiYe agentS-eVerything under the
sun I could nOttell q. Miss from a Mrs
in Boston, and the old maids got me
in all kinds Of trouble I sat next
to an elderly lady woman who looked
old enough to be my mother, and eY-
cry time I spoke to her / called her
Mrs After I had done this several
times she Ieveled her glasses at me
and said in a most defiant tone I'm
Miss, not Mrs, If you please I beg
ged her pardon and smiled, though I
! lOnged to say; If yOuaren't married
you're old enough to be
Chicago women are not quite as
emancipated yet, but you can't tell
what they viii be in ten years When
reached Chicago I hadn't been in
my hotel an hour when a young wOm-
ans card was brought to me, asking
Z
another old maid, without doubt
When I reached the parlOr I found a
| beautiful girl waiting for me, and she
| explained in a most busineSslike way
she had come to get my opinion on
wOman's suffrage and its value for
the weaker sex. Taken back by the
question, I said thatI hoped she was
not a suffragist. She explained that
she believed in women voting if they
wished, although she wasn't a radi-
| cal suffragist; she was a writer and
wanted to help the cause I shook
my head and said that I wOuldn'
| give her an interview on suffrage,
though 7 should be glad to speak on
( the remedies for old bachelors and
| old maids. Say that I believe this
| talk on the independence Of women
/ is nonsense. If a woman isn't meant
to love, to have a home and a family,
I'm pretty much mistaken
The other evening was invited to
| a friends home to hear a talk on the
bringing up Of children. Later in the
/ evening I was introduced to the
young speaker, and said that I should
/ love to see her children. She blushed
and smiled and then explained she
was not married; she was only the
/ president Of 2 mothers club Don't
ask so many questions, Just put down
what want to say II were the
next mayor Of Chicago should make
the question Of old maids and bach
elOrs part Of my platform I should
give LlELl q LlcSh BcLAl anu make the
affair so delightful that every man
and woman would fall in love with
| someone. I should have the best tai
ent in town write SOnnetS and Alex
andrian verse on love, and should
give them an exhaustive discourse
showing how all wise nations dislike
| bachelors and old maids.
Here's a true story Of a Russian
girl who had not met a man she
| cared for especially. Her mother was
so annoyed by this obstinacy, and in
a 1T Of anger called her daughter ian
old maid" The girl was so hurt by
this remark that she ran away and
| entered a clOisteT.
This SenSitiveneSS is not unusual in
| .Russia,.f for every Russian woman mar
ries or pretends to marry If a girl
| feels that she is never going to have
| a sutton she leaves home. The peasant
| girl goes to some district and after
ward returns home a widow. The
1 girl Of means goes of on foreign
| travel, and in q year or two she comes
back a brOken-hearted widow No
questions are put to her, for in Rus
STA it is considered in bad taste to
mention a dead man to his living
widow.-Delia Austin in Chicago Tri-
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