The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-08-07
NAY, NAY, MISS EDITH.

M ISIS tEullH JOiliSOH, NlCihNi W
a trenchant pen-or, more likely
a trusty typewriter-has taken NJ
the cudgel in behalf Of another
great reform. Taking tip from
foreign fad which has recently
made its debut, she would drol
the Miss" as a prefix to the
name Of unmarried women and
apply Mrs " indiscriminately to
the members of the fair sex, re-
gardless Of whether or not they
may be encumbered with hus-
bands.
The argument, as Miss johnson
puts it, is something like this :;
The title "Mr. is applied alike
to married and unmarried men +;
hence and wherefore, why not, in
conformity with the principle Of
sex equality, have one title for
women2 Furthermore, Miss John
son observes, in some minds there
is a subtle sort Of stigma attach
ing to spinsterhood and why en-
phasize the fact that a woman Oc-
cupies this status by giving her
title to especially designate it
The point is perfectly clear to
you, we trust, and, therefore,
Miss Johnson S lucid logic need
not be pursued further.
If Miss Edith had her way
about it we would call her Mrs.
johnson and every other unmar-
ried woman would be similarly
designated. Not for a moment do
we wish to court disaster by start
ing controversy with so re-
douRtable protagonist Of reform
as Miss johnson but we will per-
haps be permitted to place in the
record, with all becoming humil-
ity, our dissenting opinion in the
ease We do not presume to as
sert that our opinion is but
tressed, bulwmked and otherwise
defended by the strong walls of
cold logic, as in the case with the
argument of Miss Johnson, but.
feeling very deeply ON the sub
Ject, we must voice our views
even though they be based on
nothing more substantial then
maudlin sentiment.
What a dull, dreary, mpoetiaal
world it would be were there no
misses" in it. Perish the
thought For instance, how we
would miss Miss Edith if we
were not permitted to "miss"
her2 1t may be true that the
fragrance of a rose would be lust
as sweet by some other name. as
somebody has limited, but surely |
we couldn't afford to part with
Miss Edith for Mrs. johnson. We
want to continue to know her and
think OF her precisely as she is,
IN her own charming personality !
and in no other way.
The stigma of spinsterhoodq
Now who other than a silly simp. !
ever thought of such a thingY
The mere suggestion is too pre-
posterOus to merit consideration.
TO sane minds, many of the sweet |
bachelor girls are the dearest
creatures in the world-call them
old maids" if you wish, and |
still it will not detract anything
from the distinctive and useful |
station they hold in the social |
scheme. Nay, nay, Miss Edith. |
we would not lose the misses
and we want to continue to know |
they are misses.
As we view the matter. the
proposal to eliminate the miss
is not exactly of a revolutionary |
nature but, in reality, is reaction
ary- Instead Of dropping the dis
Between married and un-
married women, why not adopt /
new prefix for the unmarried /
man2 If you will don your |
thinking cap and ponder it pro-
foundly, you will discover that /
there is much meat in this con
structive suggestion. For one |
thing, it would tend to put a
quietus on the constituencies mar /
ried man who is fond Of masquer-
he is away from
home-as one of the single spe-
cies, trying out his charms as a
lady-charmer on unsuspeeting
specimens Of the other sex. At