The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-15

trusting tenderness of first love, and the
heartless blow inflicted upon her by his
noble and honorable Iordship. was one
from which she never recovered. The
noble and honorable has, I repeat done
very well for himself, though it is
rumored that he sleeps badly and that
he has occasionally been heard mutter-
ing after the fashion Of Hamlet, Prince
of Denmark-"Oh, God, could be
bounded in q nutshell and count my
that I have bad dreamsii'
Marriage, however, is by no means the
only or even the chief resource in life
OF the American woman She evidently
looks with certain favor on the holy
estate of Inatrimony and is quite willing
to become an excellent wife and mother
if the lines of her destiny run that way.
but If they should branch out in an
other direction, she wastes no time IN
useless pining. She is too VITAL too
capable. toe intelligent and energetic all
together TO play the role Of an inter-
estfng martyr to male neglect. She will
teach, or she will leeture-she VIII sing
or she will act-she will take her de-
grees in medicine and surgery-she VIII
practise for the bar-she Will write
books, and the days are fast approach
ing when she viii become high priest
ess of the church and win preach to
the lost sheep OF Israel as well as TO
the equally lost ones of New York or
Of1lCa&B-S1AG Will GC a 0CrAA-9 40AtGAs
a physical culture" woman, a me
dium,'' a st0ek-brozer, a palmist, q
florist a 71Ouse-deeorator, dealer IN
lace and old curiosities-aye she VIII
even become a tramcar conductor II
necessity compels and the situation IS
open to her-and she win manage a cat
tie ranch as easily as a household
should opportunity arise.
Marriage is but one ling in the long
chain of her general efficiency and like
Cleopatra, age cannot wither her. nor
custom stale her infinite variety. A
c11fio11s fact and one worth noting is
that we seldom or never hear Americans
use the iII-bred expression "old maid
when abiding to such OF their fel1R-
mine relatives or friends who may nap
pen to remain unmarried. They know
too well that these confirmed and set
tied spfnsters are as capable and as well
to the front in the rush of life as the
welded wives is not more so-they
know that among these unmarried 1eI1-
mime forces they have to reckon with
some Of the cleverest heads Of the day
TO whom no o3orohrious term Of con-
tempt dare be appiied-women who are
editors and proprietors of great news
papers-Women who manage famous
schools and eges-yyonen Whos being
left with large fortunes dispense the
same in magnifcently organized but ur-
advertised charities-woTnen who do SO
( command by their unassisted InIluenEe
4 certain social movements and events
+ that if indeed they We're to marry. some
thing like confusion and catastrophe
might ensue among the circles they
control by the introduction of new
and possibly undesirable element. ssOle
/ maid may apply to the unfortunate fe.
male who has passed all the days q
her youth ia talking about men and II
falling 10 catch so much as enc of tbs
wandering tribe and who, on arriving
at forty years. meekly Tetires TO tht
/ chimney corner with a shawl over hei
shoulders and some useful knitting-bu
it carries neither meaning nor applica.
tion to the brisk. brilliant Anerical
spinster who at fifty keeps her trim
svelte figure. dresses well. goes here
there and everywhere and sheds he
beamfng smile with good-natured toier
ance and perchanee something Of graft
tude as we'll on the men she has es
i capped from
life does not run only IN one chan
mel for the American woman. Sh
4 does not make tracks solely from tn
i cradle to the altar from the altar t
the grave. She realizes that there j