The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-23
THE BACHELOR GIRLS DUTIES


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Whenever you start off like that
said Cynthia, studlously refilling the
ball, Il make it strong, and-put a
stick in it,
IAN impulse to"
well, don't; for the women's clubs
will find it out and be moving and Sec
onding things"
ITO stop every bachelor girl on the
street, for l can tell them"
"Um-m. few things, you think.
Well, doubt it,
Il can tell bachelor girl any time
by her freedom of step. her look of
joyous Independence, and her"
Pin wrinkles" said Cynthia, putting
down the pot.
mo. happiness; her look of general
content at doing something"
Now, l thought that independence
fad had been overworked."
1T hasn't. It's limitless. It's the
solving of everything"
"Graclous! said Cynthia, taking pre-
cipitately to her cup.
But whenever / see a bachelor girl
feel like stopping her and saying,
What did you do with your mother?' "
Mother? Now. er-husband don't
you think would be-
Don't try to be clever and things,
Cynthia, it isn't like you, and it only
sounds affected
"Ah, me- sighed Cynthia. 1T has
gone deep in. Let me get another cup
and shall stand it,
People, think, would better stop
writing daughter papers and make
them What shall we do with our
mothersT"
why don't you? There's a good
topic: Our mothers, and how we should
bring them up"
For l tell you there never was
anything like the companionship of
mother and daughter. It's so acute
it hurts. When 1 see the growing
world of Independent girls, l realize
the whole family relationship has to
be changed. The convention of the
family is upset. Then there. don't you
see. is the dangerous stage of girls
forgetting their mothers. 1 do not
mean they really ever forget their
home training. do not mean to preach.
L think pretty well of the girls of the
day. But don't you know it's the lit
tie things, the little outward express
sions of love and sympathy that must
go on, that our mothers positively
feed upon. So infinitely much more is
expected of girl who goes into the
world and does things than a man.
A man is taught from the beginning
that he is meant to leave home and
to do; he is free agent to work out
his own success. A girl never quite
separates herself from home. The
bachelor girl is the daughter still until
she has home of her own. l know
that Emerson says lot of idealistic
things about being individual and liy-
ing out ones own destiny. Don't you
think some over idealistic people ap-
ply this little selfishly. Many of
our mothers are old-fashioned. They
are not equal to Emerson. The bach
elor girl is problem which faces them
something like the strange duckling
faced the hen.
you know we are never more than
nine years old to our mothers. And
sometimes even the most tiresomely
self-reliant bachelor girl is glad to be
only nine years old. Mothers are good
Institutions, Cynthia.
Il met splendid woman recently.
who Is very successful in New York.
She was quick in understanding. She
said. My dear, you are trying to do
the impossible. You are working with
one sense and worrying about your
mother with the other. 1t won't do.
Let me tell YOU something. Do all that
you Know is Your duty. then stop.
Write regularly, Go 10 your home
when you can. In between times put
it entirely out Of your mind. That