El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-29
Pledge of SpinsterhOOd
II Will Not Stick; No Girl Can Bear
to Live On and Become an Old
Maid by Choice.
Beatrice Fairfax

! - 81 AM a young man OF nineteen.
writes y. Y. L., "and in love with
- q oirl of seventeen who has signed
an Old-maid pledge, about which she
seems to be serious. 1 have been paying
her attention for the past six months and
would like to know whether to con-
tinue''
Following Is the pledge of spinster
hood which this wise old dame OF seven
teen has signed:
I'VE, the undersigned, vow IN all good
faith that we shall, for the convenience
of ourselves and the good of the world
live as Old Maids.
I'VE, the said undersigned, do agree
that we viii work honestly and faith
fully until, if our lives are spared, we
have accumulated sum requisite Tor
purchasing and maintaining d small
house in the suburbs, where the said IN
dersigned shall reside.
Eve shall have freedom to visit, en-
terrain. etc. such of our friends as we
desire. There is to be no restriction,
except that we shall depOrt ourselves in
all manner, and under all circumstances,
as ladies.
1T is also agreed by the undersigned
that when we reach the age of forty,
with consent OF the majority, we shall
each adopt a child from the asylum.
If any of this charmed and secret cir
Gle should commit the grieyOus error OF
marrying, the penalty viii be expulsion
from the aforesaid circle and she must
hand her fiance this pledge before the
committee to be torn up by the said
fiance.'
No Sense Of Humor.
The young have no sense OF humOr. It
requires adversely, humiliation, disap-
pOintment and grief to make one philoso-
phical, and philosophy Is the parent OF
wit. If the young had a sense OF humOr /
Y. Y. Z would carr this pledge about /
with him that he may have something !
to smile about when things go wrong,
and the girl who has signed it would (
laugh herself to death,
What does it amount TOT Less than !
the paper it IS written on
Imagine, II you can, lot of kittens /
agreeing what they viii do and be when /
they are old tabby catsl
Conceive, If YOU can, of the kind of a /
girl who viii deny herself the frivOlities /
OF youth, the pretty ribbons and feath- |
ers and clothes, the theater, the dance, |
the love that is looking her way, that |
she may some day have a home in which /
she will enjoy the glorious privilege of !
shriveling up as an old maidl
No girl makes that pledge for herself, |
my dear young man. She looks at the /
other girls, and sees that they are plain, |
and not so attractive as herself. "They /
know they will be old maidsy" every girl
says, "and are making their plans so
that it will look as if they wanted
to be. OF course, III sign the pledge
1t may please them, and won't hurt me-
Believe me, my dear young man, your
sweetheart would work harder to stay
out of such a place than to enter it. l
Let me assure you that she would know !
neither peace of mind nor rest if she |
thought for a moment that a home with
no one IN it but women was to be her
refuge.
If she thinks so now, It is because she
s seventeen. When she is twenty-seven
'he will be in a panic because her steps
seem to be turning that way.
Encourage your sweetheart Let her
lnow that when she is safely within the
walls OF this retreat, you win drive BY
With your wife some day and perhaps
lame one of your babies for her.
1t viii prove a sure cure.