Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-29

men dangling after is the visible and
tangible proof OF her good looks and
her attractiveness. A girl likes masculine
society, and she likes a good time that
a man can show her. She enjoys the
theaters, the dances the candy and
flowers that he showers along her path
way, but that does not necessarily indi-
cate that she is trying TO kidnap some
youth into the matrimonial fold.
Naturally every normal girl expects
some day to fall head over heal in love,
and marry, and have a home. and chill
dren of her own. So does every normal
man: but that does not indicate that the
girl is ready TO flop down on her knees
and pray. send me anybody o Lord,
anybody" and get up and grab the
first man that comes along. 80 ....
On the contrary the girls OF this day
are beginning to look with a wise and
dsillusioned eye upon matrlmony. and to
put It off rather than TO rush into II.
II docs not look to them 70 much like the
goal Of their desires as a state OF captivity
that will get them II they don't watch
out. In effect, their feeling towards
matrimouy is much like our general at
tltude towards heaven. No doubt It is
grand and beautiful estate, but they're
in no hurry to realize 1t.
Even the common. or garden variety
Of girl is not so anxious to marry. as
my correspondent would ascertain II he
popped the question TO a few OF them.
The girl who belongs to a still more mod
ern type. the girl bachelor, has a positive
aversion TO II. She mas espoused
career instead Of a man. She has all that
she wants of life. work. vital interest
first i'm independence, freedom to do as
she pleases The boyle that has driven
so many women into natrimony. the fear
of being called an old maid. has no ter
rors for her. for she knows that spinster-
hood is no longer the badge Of disgrace
II is generally certificate OF intel
ligence.'
Undoubtedly matTimony attracts both
sexes less than II formerly did. Just
why nobody knows. Ny own theory. so
far as the city goes. is that the blame
lies at the door Of the fiat In the
country II takes a man and woman
both TO make a home. But in a box Of
a flat either a man or q woman can
keep house perfectly we'll alone. and b
husband or wife is more or less Of a
supernuity.
Moreover, so far as the woman is con-
cerned, marriage does not present any
particularly alluring prospect. She looks
about her and sees that her friends
husbands dropped their gallantry and
love making at hte altar. and that they
are more considerate, polite and agree
able to any other woman under the sun
than they are to their own wives. she
observes that the up-to-date ending Of a
romance is not that they were married
and lived happily ever afterward," but
they were married and lived scrappfy
ever afterward."
She also takes cognizance Of the fac.
that the woman who marries any but
rich man doesn't find matrimony the
sesame to a life OF idleness and luxury
and ease. Instead, she qualities for the
hardest and poorest paid job on earth.
She lets herself in for a lifetime Of do
nestle slavery. and there's nothing in
that to fire the fancy of the average
maiden.
All OF this makes girls much less anx-
ious TO marry than any. correspondent
imagines. The modern girl, particu-
larry IL she is a working girl with tie
ability and intelligence to make her own
living, does not have to marry for
home She can make as god a home
for herself as the ordinary man can offer
her. and not be bothered with any hus-
band cluttering up the house and bose
ing her. She knows she would have to
work harder in some mans kitchen than
she does in another mans office, and
she prefers the typewriter to the gas
range and washtub. thank you.
So when a girl rarries nowadays. it
isn't for the sake Of exchanging a hard
job for a soft one It's because she Is
in love, and she sees in some man the
Prince Charming Of her dreams and be-