The Washington times., 1918-10-23


''T know you advise all women and all men to marry.
But is not that just gsl gE%d s4% moral 1ss sSySS
Young woman, WE DON'T CONTROL OURSELVES
IN THIS WORLD.
five DID manage ourselves entirely it would be a
much colder selfish world than it is Very likely
marriages would be less numerous. People living alone
and thinking OF themselves only would De PtenTp
But men and women are put here on earth ALREADY
WOUND UP.
ing And the Wisdom that winds Us is very high and very
Men and women marry because THEY HAVE TO.
That's the real answer to your question, DEAF mama,
Others are NOT REAL
What do you think of man that does not work, and
The woman that does not want to marry and to care
f children is the wrong kind Of woman as the idle man
is the wrong kind Of man.
We can tell you the answer to much more difficult
question that yours. The question Is:
"Why do women consent to marry men who-as q rule
-are not at all worthy Of their good luck?"
Women marry men chiefly because THEY WANT To
KNOW ABOUT THEMSELVES
selves TO themselves.
very plain little man in shakespeare's day boasted
that with minutes start he could interest woman
that the handsomest London could not attract her
for second.
His secret-although he kept it to himseK-wss very
BE told the woman the things she wanted to know
about HERSELF. When the handsomer man came along
and wanted to talk about HMSELFhe not listened
Young men may remember for their guidance that the
important thing is to study the young woman character
ability talents fine qualities, eand then give the young
woman the results of the investigation.
You see women cannot yet produce actual highclass
work such produce They have in them qualities far
higher than mems qualities But these only show in their
Lincolns mother greater than Lincoln TIE
ator is greater than the created But she did not know it.
She did not get the applause Of the crowd the votes Of the
millions
What she needed and probably never got was the kind
Of man that would have understood her greatness and told
her about it.
Nancy Hanks her name and she was about six feet
tan and very homely.
But the right man could have told her that her big hands,
were proof Of mental power BE could have told her that
the fierce character which, perhaps made neghbors afraid
Of her fine hng-an indication of power that her son
would inherit She would have liked such and gone
. long way to please him
Woman's real qualities are revealed ONLY IN HER
CHILDREN
The right kind of woman is only REALLY happy
when she has and daughters that tell her WHAT
SHE Is and that combine with her good qualities the
best qualities Of the man she cares for.
Naturally woman's liking for the admirer and fu-
ture husband comes first.
While waiting for healthy clear-eyed children to sing
her praises and PROVE her worth she likes to have around
an intelligent that can guess those qualities and de-
scribe them well.
and they obeyd They not forced upon the UNFIT
which explains the existence Of voluntary old maids and
bachelors.
Our letter writer Miss Twenty Six is taking notice
and although she does not know it. there probably is not
far from her the person who will marry her and make her
working hours irregular.
She will be glad that happened when small wrinkledl
human being about ten minutes old handed to her. nicely
washed with little white dress on-ooing extremely
ugly to all the rest Of the world but wonderfully beautiful
to hss !