Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-05-16
nr DOnnTHY DIX.


asked a number Of charming old maids
why they never married.
By DOROTHY DIX.
THE reason am an old maid" said
the sixth woman, rs because / was
too rich. had money enough to buy
everything else In the world except the
one thing that wanted most Of ALL
and that was the sort Of a wedding ring
that I desired.
II wanted II to be made Of tho pure
gold OF dsinterested love. and set with
the Jewel Of q real. genuine man. and
didn't want to buy II. / wanted II %
come aa q gift, and II was never OF"
fered me.
did you ever think that no women In
tho world have such poor chances 70
make good marriages hs rich girls? OF
course, they have chances 10 marry by
the dozen, the miserable little male para
sites who think that it's easier to put
up with a rich wife than it 4 to work
for q living.
"And they can marry In their own
wealthy set some rich fool. who has lived
abroad long enough 10 get an idea about
keeping fortunes together and building
up a moneyod arlstocracy in this eoun.
try. And that's about the limit Of their
matrimonial opportunity
Now It must be an unpleasant thing
10 man TO suspicion that he Is being
married for hla money, and that his
bride il thinking more about his pocket.
book than about his heart, but custom
he's Injured men TO the dependent woman,
and, moreover, men have moro robust
vanity In matters Of the affection than
women have.
"a man seldom doubts his ability N
charm any woman he desires, while o
woman IL always a Doubling Thoma-
sina, continually demanding 10 be told
that man stlll loves her
Therefore the fortune hunting man
ig not only n creature Of peculiar re-
puayeness 10 the rich woman but one
she Is continually seeking TO avoid n
Is only when rich women get very old or
50 hungry for love that they shut their
eyes and refuse 10 see whether what IS
offered to them Is black bread or cake.
! that they cease to look with suspicion
upon the motives Of every poor man who
| comes near them,
"of course, the rich woman's fear M
being married for her money "a two.
edged sword. which cuts both ways. II
defends her from the horde Of contempt.
ible men who arc willing to marry 10 be
supported but II also drives away from
her the worthwhile men among whom
she might find her real mate.
IT makes the young man who has self
respect and character and energy and
ability and who would no more marry
woman for her money than he would
default with trust fund In his keeping
fight shy OF an heiress as he would Of
case Of smallpox
THE girl herself may attract him, Tor
rich girls re Just az pretty and charming
and human and lovable as poor girls.
but her money stands as a barrier be.
tween her and the world Of young men
who are doing thlngs-the Young men
who have brains and hrawn and who are
fighting their way to the front by sheer
strength Of their own ability.
This is the kind Of man rich girl
would like TO marry But she never gets
chance. She never even meets him
He Is not hopping around ballrooms or
afternoon "teaing" or idlins around golf
links. He Is at work
"Tt's only the little whipper.snappcr
oilers, the MASTERS and spcrders that
form the men Of her world among whom
she has to marry
And these worthwhile young men,
who are making something Of themselves
and are going TO be the big men Of 10
morrow. don't want 10 marry rich girls
They are as sensitive or their honor al
woman Is Of hers. and they writhe AZ
the very thought that they would seU
themselves in marriage or that they arc
dependent upon their wives or owe their
success to being holstered up by wifcs
hankroll
They are Just as afraid az being callel
fortune-hunters as the rich girl IL n
being sought by fortune hunter, and
that's why rich girls 40 often marry mon
that poor sirls wouldn't look A. The
rich girl has not the poor Elrla chance
AZ a husband
And as for Gilded Willie whose father
has hequeathed him everything on earth
but brains and morals, why should
rich SRI marry hlmg Tho poor er'
might marry him FOR the sake ~ tho
jewels, the fine clothes, ths town ant
country houses he can give her Ttu
rich glrl has an ~ these ~ her nRn
she doesn't want any mara.
And she has seen 80 much ef ma
skeletons IN The closets ~ her wealthy
friends, the lonely and deserted wives.
the boredom % COUPLES that have na On.
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