Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-12-26

altar by their stenographers,-----
Their stenosraphers!' repeated the
Bachelor Girl. turning on him with AN
impatient little jingle of her cha,elaine.
..Of course. They're working girls.
Working girls mary--sometimes. she
conceded doubtfuly.
And more little dukes and counts
and things have been hunted down and
captlred by rich nlaidens'
"Of course. broke iii the Bachelor
matrimonial prizes. That's part of the
trouble Why is it,. she Went on,
p;llhctically that while settlement
workers are STRUGGLING for the advance
rnent of the working girl and all the
popular nONeliSts are disSecting the
4 psychological problems of the society
4 girl there is not n single champion.
! not a single voice lifted in protest for
4 the middle class girl-tor the girl who
Z is stranded OH ~ social island, between
1 the se; of hardship and drudgery and
i the river OF luxury and discontent. for
the girl who mas neither the necessity
nor the training fol earning her daily
4 bread. nor the time and money for the
pleasures % society? Ism, the world
full of them. And aren't they. ~; the
! women who are most eminemtly fitted
TO be, one mothers and housewives,
4 worthy of considerations? and she
4 shook her chatelaine SO Indignantly
that all the lttle silver 1rinklets rat
4 tied i'm protest
Don't blame me- begged the Mere
Man anxiously. III | had my way
I'd marry them all. IL isn't my faul,
. go round"
|, And yet" said the Bachelor Girl
looking at him scornfully from under
Il her rose wreathed hat. you haven
even married one. Yo, haven't evel
done your share. nor
= ~
Man. I'm going TO marry one, bu
I've got right TO choose which one
and il the one l want won't'
Il suppose You think" itterrnpte,
, the Bachelor Girl hastily, that II
J deny it.
open-faced ador-admii
Your perfectly opeI-faced. indelicat
statement. that there aren't husband
enough To 80 round. corrected tn
, Bachelor Girl
Y .'There are modest feminine things VIII
: would deny it,, admitted the Mere Ma
gently.
: Just as thcy'd deny their ages or til
, powder on their noses or the number
their shoes. rejoined the Bachelor Gil
promptly. but down IN her heart
hearts every one of them who has strui
:. gled her way to the altar failed 10 q
50 knows that il is true. The day hi
passed when getting husband was on
= Il matter of time luck and attractivenes
], 1T Is now I, matter OF who gets there frs
of who can snatch the matrimonial prize
:. And in the great game of grab-bag u
], middle class girl doesn't stand sing
chance While She sits at home waiiii
II the society girl is carefully skimmng ;
the cream of the husband market and Il
working G!rl is quietly sappins up most
Z the milk.
..As for that" said the Mere Man wi
compliment dignity, "a society girl pc
scsses--er solid attractions.
: What,
= Money" explained the Mere Man 81
elm lily, ''and opportunities. You cal
blame a chap for having his head
turned by a pretty. gilded girl. wi
whom he is thrown. under the most fave
n able circumstances; with whom he rid
y in the morning, COLTS lin the afternoon Il
daLces ut night; whose whole campaign
Sc, to an accompaniment of music a
flowers and soft lights and good vii
~ Besides. look a her field of conquest.
~" she fails to acquire nice congen
:, spouse of the home variety there are t
= matrimonial bargain counters of a do2
II other countries all waiting for her
choose from. And if there are not enou
!! men in her own set to go round she
only to dig a little lower and extract
ss best eligibles from the class next
meath her MY class the poor !
- worthy!'" and the Mere Man glanced