The evening world., 1911-10-28

do. and-somethmes does. oh. y, 1t Is quite true that theren eve a wOnan
so closely welded to a Career that she would lot divorce 1t In . twmknnS u
rider to marry the right mai
But, ahasi the RIGHT men are becoming scarcert han mosquitoes in ANU
airy. There aren't ever enough Of tho wrong mes on o n kind to g an IN
onetenth of a mar apiece Therefore the world is just a little fuher OF sWn
sts han It ever vas
But where are the "dd mads' gomez Where are those pathetic pmins
creatures in corksrew curs whose nghtei lives were spent in making h rest
of m world miserabie? I'll tell you where they are: they have all gone into
vaudeville. Nobody even BELIEVES in them n more except III toke-wrtas
ava IN. cou,c oris. In RAJ uh thev ae as much 4 myth of h past v
witches n ogres
An "oid maid" I hac befored defined as IAN nmarred woman with m~s
wrinkles han money" But in these lays o wrinkle adicators an money
making opportunities there is not a woman living n car Keel me a OK
to dollars as one to a hundred A m Did maid !" a ht OF d1rvwoo
or tn ude of life who has lost her youth. her Illusions ad her usefulness
A. long as a woman hal a vivid interest in ie as long as M 10 accom-
plshns things. Is nj Is she has the energy to curl hr hair. wear a strairht-
front corset M 20 to work every morning. she Ia 70 called . mau
she is NOT "od." |
Some time axo The Evening World held a symposium m the question "whs
life worth the candle" And the same answer holds te with a woman. shl
is lever old so long as he mas her hopes and her Illusions n o matter though
all her teeth may be false; she is never Id so long Is there Is me thns In ne
that interests her so much that she would HATE to de'
And in these days there are so mar things in life besides a ia to interest
a woman-an the professions. thu arts literature. the stage. settlement work..
trained nursing and. above ALL the absorbing interest of money-makng Adam.
less his heart, nay be he MOST interesting hing In creation tut h Is lot
ALL. Of Il.
Yes. there is ALL CREATION" And n woman who is creator.
whether a mother or a poet, Is ne with thu Divine sphHt-the spirit OF Eternal
Youth. The woman who turns tut pictures or books or turns over none may
% be doing as great a work as he woman who turns ut good sons and
daughters. but she is doing somethng Infinitely greater tina thu woman who
turns out bad or Indifferent sons an daughters. and she is tasting III same
thrilling JOY Of creation the ony real N lasting Joy that the world hoos Tor
anybody. nan or woman. Moreover a suecessfu laundress is of more use In
the worlds ant distinctly happier than a n unsuccessful wife.
The very young girl fancest that when she succeeds in getting a husband
her fortune is made Nonsense! 1t is n more made than tha OF the girl
who succeeds in getting a Job. The making consists in MAKING GOOD.
And the woman IN Doesn't make good is a failure" whether she has failed
In matrmony or ut of It, rs for the woman Who make good believe
me,g irles she can marrya at N hour OF tn day hm THAT moment !. For.
while there are SC fey men willing to share their fortunes with a woman nova
days there are mighty few who are rot willing to share her success with her.
omeho they nevert think of her. al al "dd mad"-because a old mh Is
a woman who has su thu door of life oil herself and left hop behind And
where will you find ne nke nat to-day?