The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-29
The Compromises
in Women S Lives

When q woman wants thing she
wants 1t at once and she wants 1t Just
"a she has planned to haycQit and
thought about 1t.
She rarely gets just tho thing she de-
sfres and asks for. Her first failures
may cause her acute disappointment
Then she realizes that life for her liz
made UP Of succession Of Coinpro-
miaes
She doesn't incline 10 comprcmise.
All women by nature arc uucompromis.
ing Give us this thcy say. ,.and
this. or NO wish nothing Their utter
ancc reflects their State or mind but
little by little the force of circum-
stances may bring them to n differences
OF opinion. may even make thnm feel
that "a half loaf lis better than no loaf,
Whom first VIC love. NC seldom
wed. sings the poet. troba hiy he has
IN mind ono CT q womans most incvi.
ia bic compromises. that ;ctwceu the
lover OF her ina gination and tho lover
OF her reality. Maud Miller, bar no,
aurvlvcd the test Of time amply be.
cause she is the heroine OF I. pathetic
romance we'll told In verse, but because
che is the type Of won,annood that
everywhere may be hiding .'mtsht-
have becns'' in unromant;c surround
,ngE.
IN every Wonsn MS heart there is.
probably. n cherished ambition known
only to herself. which represents The
ldcalisn Of nei nature Some women
Know what It Is 10 carry suth en- am
billion through long Years. only ~
compromise 1t at last. a story Is told
y ono. plain working woman whose
chief desire had heen a frcn, ward
wlth borders for nowcrs She ;iyen
IN factory town. and III her struggle
with poverty. had never been able 10
accomplish what represented so much
20 tcr. Finally. by dint II n,any
kacrlhces. She accumulated the modest
sum REQUIRED for her purpose. She
Sat herself down 10 rest and en-; ov the
pleasure OF achievements. Tier. from
an unexpected quarter tiolblc came
he woman ftd not hesitate She gave
her precious hoard where si,, hcliaved
her duty called for It. But inc giving
OF !; broke within her the rnainsprinc
Of hope which had sustained courage
After a while the effect Of her disaI-
lusionment became evidcn, ~ others
Then from an unexpected and <vrnpa-
thctic source came the El(t OF a from.
yard While 1t was being inclosed
turfed and it's borders We're being
planted she was away at little sea-
side rlace. visiting her sister. THO
yard was fresh ana blooming tic Nav
day when she was brought home She
came At night In the morning she
looked from her bod out upon the trim
borders and the white fence that she
had dreamed about for SO long and
burst into tears. "Ah." she cried e, /,
pretty and God knows arm thankful
nut + ] could have Just loao II my
self" It vas a compromise and not
the supreme good, therefore, in her
ease, as in 50 many others
As long as women DO not cbmpro-
misc on questions OF rrincipI1 and hold
last to their ideals OF honor. the gem
sral adaptment 10 substitution is only
p part Of the necessary education or
life. training which they must under
30 and learn to accept WITH cheerful
resignation which can saive most OF
The Ills OF cx!stcnce.
The woman who stecls herself re-
solutely and dehantly against compro
mise, who insists from first 10 last on.
her. way or-no- wayat-all doctrine Is
p woman who is ant to be loser
every time. a compromise often sup
pies a vantage point from which! PRO.
grcss TO eventual success is easy.