The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-11-16
Miss Pugh Is Young and Pretty,
But She Sees No Sense in We'd
lock Unless the Lady Cannot
Live Without "Him."

NEW YORK, Nov. 12-Miss Lu-
cile Pugh, attorney and counselor-a at
law, would give girls Mr.. Punch's "ad-
vice to young men contemplating
matrimony-Don't."
She is engaged now in an effort tc
annual the marriage of Miss Treble
cock. the young Canadian who alleges
that she was led to marry one Arm
strong while she was under the in
fluence of a drug administered b4
him.
Miss Pugh's advice to girls is that
they avoid matrimony if they can,
keep out Of love if they can help it,
and. above all. never marry without
love.
LAWYER Pretty Girl.
The exponent of this view. DESPITE
her strictly mannish attire, is woman
ly pretty, fascinating and only %
Dan Cupid hasn't as yet played any
of his tricks on her.
Girls" she said, are foolish ia
want to get married, to tie themselves
down to Il husband. a home and a
family.
when a girl is Single and econo-
mically Independent she has only her
self to please; when she is married
she has at least one other to please.
surely a Mrs. degree isn't worth
this trouble unless this other is ac-
tualN essential to her happiness. He
must be the right man. the one per-
son she prefers to all others.
"Then, at least she can feel that
in her case common sense and matri-
mony are not incompatible.
Don't misunderstood me. | am not
a man-hater On the contrary. | like
men. | prefer them to women they
are far more interesting and make
better friends.
This I contend is due to the fact
husband Naturally their
heads, as a rule, are brimful of hats
dresses, paint, powder, pt'ffs and such
other attributes as help to attract
men. For, alas, is isn't customary fol
members of our sex to propose.
Each Woman Jealous of All.
Moreover. a woman regards every
other woman as her rival on the mat
rimonial market. Consequently
friendship, in the true sense of the
word. seldom exists between women
All is fair in love and war, Women
are continually matching their faces
their clothes, their figures, their ton
CUES in the out for a husband field
And in their efforts to be victorious
are only too often inclined to be cat
tbs. to stoop to petty devices. 1t
never pays to depend upon their loly-
atty.
Before marriage they are outside
the ramparts trying to gain possession.
~
ramparts trying to protect their
booty.
All married women are under the
delusion that all other women are just
as fond Of their husbands as they are
or willing to be.
40, indeed, | am not too severe,
she protested. and L will not change
my mind, even if | should temporarily
lose control Of my senses, fail in love
and marry.
Friendship of Women.
Take two girl friends, VINO have
often slept under the one ROOF, who
have seen each other almost daily
who have exchanged their most sacred
condolences, and let some man be a
little more attentive to one than he
is to the other, taking for granted
that they both have some regard for
him, and their friendship will be in
the past tense.
cor let one of them marry, and
see how much use she will have for
her single friend. Hubby will nee
essarily require all her time and at
tention.'
keep Independence"
Suppose you marry, will you give
up the law" was asked.
Il should say mott" she exclaimed.
This is the only straw that a married
woman can cling to that she may keep
a certain degree of independence. The
fact that she can earn a dollar en-
titles her to self-reliance, self-respect
and even an occasional opinion re-
garding things in general in the eyes
of her husband.
NO woman should give up her pro-
fesson, her business, for man. And
all women, whether married or single,
should endeavor to have some bust
ness"
Says Men Make Better Friends.
Men, as a rule, make better friends
than husbands.
Women should avoid love Above
all, they shouldn't marry without it
Love is the only soothing syrup after
marriage.
Women, whether married or single
should be self-supporting. The al
mighty dollar is the only link between
woman and independence.