The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-04-23

chance are not likely to confess the
facts frankly. The spinster who
makes her plant under the title
why Do Not Educated Women
Marry?" in a current number of THE
Independent" probably wouldn't have
made it If she had been compelled to
sign her name. But AN Unwilling
Celibate" might be any one OF mil
lions of women. This celibate, there
fore, regarding her case as typical
in many ways, announces that she
cannot understand why she has not
been wooed. She thinks the stan
dard by which men Judge women
must be wrong.
When l look around at the homes,
the Ttiful, Inadequate makeshifts
that are called such. and when
read the record Of the divorce courts,
and I then look at my unmarried
friends, l wonder if marriage is real
ly process Of natural selection and
invariably results in the mating OF
the fittest."
She is a college graduate, this cell
bate, and has met with fair success
in teaching and writing. But as
young girl her happiest dream was
of having her own home. husband,
children, and "the remuneration has
not been easy" She is mo "auty.'
but she has had compliments e, her
good looks. and is skilful dresser.
he 30 f..
was brought up to cook, keep house
and sew, can play cards, loves to
talk to men and is adept at outdoor
sports. And yet she has had only one
offer of marriage, and tina. an I'M
desirable one, and she is ''perlously
near the danger line OF thirty"
Sage persons, she says. tel, her
that woman must never let
man guess she has any brains or
knows how to talk anything but ut.
ter nonsense" She is unable to fol-
low this plan-Goesn't think it
square DEAL to man. Yet men
seem to like to talk to her, and they
tell her it is such comfort to find
woman who doesn't want to talk
nonsense all the time"
Perhaps they don't mean what
they say" she WIS, "but Why die
th-y conc to see 70, them"
They come to see her, ard invite
her to 60 20 dances, theatres, and
upon moonlight walks: and they con-
fide in her their love for Polly Jones
or Sally Smith. 81 am proud Of their
trust and confidence. yet l cry out !
against the essential impersonality
of it all, as if l were a sort Of en-
bodiment OF the Earth-Mother.' New
York Tribune.
WHAT PARIS SCHOOLGIRLS WEAR
A day or two ago l was walking |
through the Luxembourg Gardens
shortly after midday when I had the |
good fortune to meet a pensionnat,
or boarding-school as you call 1t, TAX
Ing its daily walk under the care OF
several instructors, says Edouard La
Fontaine in The Delineator.
Among the older girls ! noticed a
modification of the coat dress that !
looked very quaint and womanly on
SO young a wearer. 1t was made of |
some dull worsted material in a pref
ty shade of Lincoln green with a
shawl collar and turnover cuffs of
black satin. The dress was made
with a close-itting princess body that
was cut off at about the depth of a
yoke at the sides and
back. The right front of the coat
dress reached to the bottom Of the
skirt, forming sort of double
breasted princess panel. 1t was
stitched fiat to the skirt below the
yoke. but above it was simply fast
ened like coat with three or four
oops and rouleaux of black satin.
The dress was worn with a lingerie
that filled in the deep v.
shaped opening Of the neck
On one OF the younger girls I saw
he French idea OF your American
suit. The sailor blouse
had the deep yoke reaching to with
n three or four inches of the belt,
md the trim plated sleeve set in
o narrow cuff such ss one sees
N the American and English sailor
suits. But the collar, instead of 70.
owing the narrow roll Of the reg.
llation blouse, was square cut and
quite wide in front. 1t is a very
becoming collar. and Paquin and 9TH
r houses have used 1t to quite an ex-
ent on coats and dresses this autumn.
he skirt OF the sailor suit had wide
'anel in front, a deep yoke at the
ides and back and a straight plait-
d portion that filled in the rest Of
he skirt not otherwise accounted for