Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-10
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fhf fthrUH fNnt nm m nlu maid,
said The first woman. - beeause custom
Snd convention debsr woman from
piekiDR ont her mate n had been per
nlufd 10 pop tlie question should nov
be nice Oh grandmother Knitting pink
BABY soeks inrfead of lonely old spin-
s,ar trying n nt % her ne 9Th q
vieafious interest in CAUSES
"of eouse I bad plontY n chances u
matfy Every woman vino isn't ffeak
cAn marry II sbe wlll take what she ean
Gel but ~ thH Children faF, ngR
"eholcy" ! knew exactly the Kind of .
man j wanted fOr . husband. ana II 4
eouldnt sst him I prefened 70 DO win.
ott one
~ am an Old maid because The meu
vh0 pf0pofsd ~ ms wouldn't hsYs ~
aifi End the man wanted. ! dldgi
have me courage 10 pt0poso 70 myself
= think ny ease q n very common one
There are tnsny wam1u iike myself who
fiate u high IDEAL " Nhaf marriage
should mean 20 tbon It should he
real mating. inlgn ~ hsan md soul
fbeY ire lneapabie n marfyinq fos 81
houei ~ support ~ fnf the DfiVilega
~ wriiiDs Mff" befofe their names
#fhesf Homfn would be Rlad ehoBRl
io marf n Ter right man enue nlong.
bHi when DC doesnI they fofusf 10 com
tt0fdish 0b paknHhlf fhag would
fathcF BE- 90 maids Than make q inoeker,
~ marriage. They would rather DO With
cut love Than to take lower love
tNow The maddaHlnG Thing 20 thero
~ ~ who bei0ng 10 ihla claas ~ old
made IL that We DO NOT ~ through iifs
sesfcilne for 81 impossible Ideal n
man without svet finding him The trag
sdp ljes IN ihs faei that We generally DO
find him bui convention doesni alloe
~ 70 crab him and run on home elth
bin aud I've happy eyer after.
@pn lie contrary, We nave tn stand
hflpIeeslH BY. feebly trying 70 wigwaF
70 him The glad news that W. think that
he IL H. and he sees ~ making signs nnd
psssef At him. but doesn't know the fem
inlne codo book well enough to under
stand what our sgnals mean. Or per
haps be IL 20 blind that he passes by
without ever noticing Ds ~ ali,
you may say that n man we're ~
love with woman be wouldn't walt
FOR her 70 pick him out lie would DO
The picking himself Not at All Only
men of great Initiative ever think Of
things Tor themselves. Everything else Il
suggested, 70 them Yet look how en-.
ihusi0stlc they become over schemes that
are attraotively presented 10 them And
they always end up by thinking they
originated thu ides
The same thing would hold good IN
nlatnmonp Resides. many man who ia
really VI love with a woman does noi
aAk her 10 marry him because he thinks
ihtt vie II shove him IN social statlona
or accustomed 20 more luxures than he
ran give her.
IN my own case tho one man that ! |
haze met that could have loved and |
would have been clad 10 have married !
was poor chap, earning small SALARY. |
md with q widowed mother and house |
fuli ~ little brothers and sisters depend
enl on him.
Tie was fran. delicate fellow. with |
small talent for business, but with |
the most beautiful soul and the most bril-
liant mind ! have ever met.
There wasn't taste or thought. or
iden that we didn't have IN common. and
look back now upon my comradeship |
with him as the most beautiful episode
Of my life ! know that he was as much |
drawn 70 me as | was drawn 10 him !
nut he would not ask me 10 marry him /
because be had nothing 20 offer a woman /
hut grinding poverty And ! couldn't say 1
10 him, Tive got money. and strength, /
and health, ard ril love YOU, and mother
son and take your burdens on your
shoulders and youll get well and be
hanpy ever after
aNo. couldn't say that because was
young and foolish and bound down by
tradition and let him 10 away from me
ana DIE, That's why I'm an old maid