Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21
d o MT s F O r
o L ID III A I'D S
By Everett Mcneil

~ young by dressing young. Keep your
heart young, and then nobody will think OF
your age.
Don't talk about your "cenquests.' 1t
sounds silly. Leave it to silly girls Stiffness
is excusable in young girls, but not in old
maids.
Don't get the tea disposition Many old
maids drink most of their crankness out OF
their tea-cups. Don't be one of them
Don't be like the traditional old maid. Get
as far away from her as you can. Show the
world that you be amable, cheerful and
happy, though old maid.
Don't worry if you never marry. There are
many worse things in life than living and
dying maid and one of them is marrying
the wrong man. Don't be the one to marry
him
Don't transfer the love God gave YOU to
bestow children to cats and dogs Cats
and dogs all right in their place. but that
place is never the place of child in any sens-
BILE human beings affections.
Don't forget that some of the noblest of the
many women who have lived to bless human
ity were old maids. Florence Nightingale was
an old maid. Frances E. Willard was an old
maid You have noble company. Be worthy
of it.
Don't let your actions advertise. MAN
wanted" 1t is the surest way not to get one.
Many an old maid is an old maid lust because
she wanted to do more than her share of the
counting. Don't be that kind of old or young
maid
Don't get excited and try to hurry things
up if a man begins to act as if he was after YOU
If he wants you, he will get there in his own
good time, if he is worth having, unless you
drive him off by appearing too anxious to
close the deal. A man likes to think that he
is doing his own counting. &.
Don't allow your heart to shrivel up with
selfshness. Keep it full and Overlooking with
the love of children. Since God has given
you no children of your own, be mother to as
many of Gods motherless little ones as pos
sible Love, like sunshine, WHITES life Get
and give all the sunshine of love that you can.
Don't futter ecstatically around men, as if
you were moth and they were a light, and
you wanted to get close but were afraid of
singeing your wings. To most men this sig
nihes that you have already been burned. You
know the old saying; g A burnt child fears the
fire" Besides, men don't like " futt ering"
women.
Don't shipper and look silly when speaking
of love. There is nothing silly about love,
though some people act silly when in love
but it is not the fault of their love, but of their
brains. Love is the noblest, purest, divinest
gift of God to mankind; and if you don't know
THIS, you are not Mt TO love or to be loved.
Don't pretend that you would not marry, if
you had proper chance. 1t s.a way of telling
other people that you will never get the
chance, or it is not true Every sensible
woman knows that she would be better off if
she was properly married. If she has not
sense enough to know this, sensible man
would care to marry her anyway.
Don't become has-been," and suffer your
self to be pushed one side into a corner. Keep
out of the corners and in the middle of the
room where there is life There is no reason
why an old maid should not be as joyousy
active as a young maid; and she can be, if
she will only forget that she is old maid, and
be lovingly tactful, helpful and natural.
Don't imagine that you have lost all of your
attractions when the bloom of youth has left
your cheeks. If you have, it is your own
fault, not times. Beauty should rpen with
age. Some of the most charming and fasci-
mating women that the world has ever known
had only reached the zenith of their fascinat-
ing powers at fifty years of age. Keep your
heart young and your mind free from Worries
and you will grow old beautifully.
Don't let your disposition sour with age
Of course you have been disappointed; but
we all know that, so there is no need of your
advertising your disappointment. Besides, it
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