The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-02

riages OF any years in the history of
the state, and the further fact that
this high marriage rate still continues.
afford answering arguments for the
s~uffragists.
The age at which women marry un-
doubtedly is advancing, but this can
not but be regarded as a hopeful in
dication. The young, unframed
mother, often almost a child herself.
could not be as we'll fitted roper
to fill all the duties devolving upon
the homemaker as the mature woman
who has arrived at her full measure
of physical and mental DEVELOPMENT
With the increased age of women at
marriage has also come an increase
In their longevity-a fact which seems
to be generally overlooked. It has
been recognized, however, by the in
surance companies which are far more
anxious to insure the life of the mar
ried woman of today than they were
to insure her mother at the same age.
If the attractiveness of liberty to
choose her w calling, and the meas
ure of success it brought her, had it's
bearing upon hindering the marriage
of the educated woman of the past
generation, as is frequently asserted,
the pendulum certainly is swinging
backward for the woman of the pres
ent is taught to plan her career with
the probability of marriage always
prominently in view. The fact that
she is raine for some, special calling
does not lessen her %capability for
wifehood or motherhood, because every
developed faculty tends to increase
the general efficiency of the. individ-
The record of successful mar
riages of women who have achieved
success in specific callings is a long
one, not in any way to be dimmed by
have been failures.
The importance of marriage in re-
lation to the economic development of
the nation is recognized by every one
of h important educational institu-
ions for women. In a great many
Institutions it is a subject for special
study and girls now discuss it frank
ly because they are taught to on
slider 1t from a practical as well as a
sentimental viewpoint. This prac-
tical and scientific method of on
sideration may be frowned upon by
the student of the neX generation who
will discover that the glamour of ro-
nance must be preserved even though
the practical side of the marriage re-
ation must not be lost sight of.
Last year a well known periodical
published a symposium based upon
the question, Why does not the edu-
Gated Woma marry?" It brought
forth ~ o,, ;ln,, 800 A.. ..k
ject, the most surprising to many
readers apparently being that the
educated woman is marrying just as
other women do, when the right man
appears, although her education makes
her a little more careful to assure.
herself regarding the Brightness Of
the man. This may tend to delay the
marriage a few years while she. wins
success in some special calling. Ac-
cording to the statistics reported re-
garding the graduates Of the leading
colleges for women, it was found h
fully 80 per cent of them marry with
in ten years after graduation. If the
college woman of the past has had a
tendency to ignore the frivolous side
of life, which tended to- make her at
tractive to the average man, her sis
ter of the present is speedily going to
remedy that fault.
A college woman who was happily
married admitted that college. train
ing had tended to make some Women
SLOW to recognize human nature as it
really is, to appeal to it's littleness as
well as its bigness.' He training has
made her dislike artifice. She is
now learning that the most learned
mar is apt to appreciate a certain
glamour as has been evidenced by the
manner in which the artists and poets
of centuries have poured out their
admiration upon the women of the
class. anything but attractive. They
have kept themselves yelled during
their whole existence. The masculine
imagination always has been ready
to credit a beauty not too closely re-
vealed. Having assimilated this idea,
the modern college woman no longer
will permit the men of her own class
to find a girl with less attainments
more attractive. She will realize
that the power to charm is more i'm
portant than the ability to read Greek
or to calculate an astronomical event.
Among the industrial classes the in
creased cost of living and not wom-
ems reluctance to give up her indie
pendence, must be regarded as a
hindrance to early marriage. In
many cases a girls earnings are al
most equal to those of a young man.
While she might be perfectly willing
to sacrifice them and remain in the
home, 1t is not always possible for her
to meet the requirements for their own
comfort upon his earnings without
considering the probabilities of chill
dren. The great amount of factory
products now utilized in the equip
ment Of the home frequently leaves
her little real work to do. Until
some practical means is evolved by
which the leisure time of a woman
may be utilized to increase the family
income without involving too great
strain upOn her physical strength,
many marriages which might be hap
Ply of necessity must be delayed.
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