The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-15
TIE DAILY
STORY
EIIZA,S PLAN


ELIzAS PLAN
The prenminaries of courtship
8Ihad4progressed smoothly enough.
&Fred8Titus had known Eliza Stone
onlyea%month,athey had danced to
gether, ridden together, motored
together. Fred had called several
times atsthe apartment where Ell.
Sza,,swith another young woman lfyed
lin town with a distant cousin OF
age#to act as chaperone. He nae
also spentHfhe day at .th stone
country place, where Eliza spent
sweek-ends-this to give Elias
parents and brothers and sisters
a opportunity to@say pleasant or
unpleasant things about him. so
far. SO good. 1t seemed as If the
rest-pleasant little episode of max
bng@desperate love to%Eliza and be
ing accepted-would be supremacy
easy.
ELIZA has a lot OF funny no
tions, suggested Mr.. Clifford, who,
played the role Of chaperone, n
daySwhen Fred dropped in the
apartment on his way from a can
ter inIthe park before Eliza had
come home from n of her lee
lures. ""She likes me- nj n
thinks a lot of you-.t isn't that
she is averse to marriage. But
she takes herself seriously, or at
1eastwith4 different sort Of sefl-
ouness from that of girls when l
was young.
This only served to spur Fred on
to4the final declaration of his love.
He determined thatsthe time shouid
be that evening'4and the place, N
Mrs. Clifford would have h good
srac to leave them alone, would
SSe the apartment where he was
Il then sitting.
And Mrs. clifford did make or
End an ecuse and pointedly re
marked as sheSleft Eliza and Fred
after Eliza had returned
from lectures that she.would not be
back until half past six, and that
5Hazel, her other charge, would o
gbeSback until after dinner. So there
was an hour and a half before them
Surely truth could be pliGhted IN
that time after, after all preilm-
raries had been SO carefully at
tended to.
~ Eliza refused to be the least bit
sentimental. AS soon as he auncn
ED out on a definite proposal she
to command all her powers
reasoning.
..IsFe3been doing a lot OF thinking
Eliza began. +'OfD course It would be
the, easiest thing in the world to
give in completely, yield to the a
{tGral INCLINATION n promise 10 De
yours forever
Then you love me-Eliza-
please.
Don,t be foolish or impatient.
That isn't really the point at IS
ssue.GI tell you have been tn NIX
ing a lot lately, Girls have the hard
Sest roles to play in this question
Of choosing mates. A man goes
sahead from the time he is a bog
gand searches out his natural bent
saEd educate himself to that one
goalStn view. He wants to be a loo
9Sfor,#or he wants to be q
sorShe wants toSbuild house-ano
Sall9his education is directed to that.
marriesy and heEgoes rlght
#on being a. doctor or or
a carpenter*andshis7wite l1Ves IN d
reaim of doctoring or financing or
ln,lse building for the rest of her
III arr4 ed life.
.But#when a girl starts in to edu-
cate herselS she has in the back OF
her n~iind&thTt, though she would
perhaps "a live in he realm OF
doctoringa%or financing than any
thing else. She had better not De-
come too SPECIALIZED, because, after
all. chances are that she will
smarry. To become TOO specialized
rather units one for marriage
THAT is, unless one is lucky enough
#to marry a man who has specialized
I'm the same way that she has she
alaways goes about with the feeling
that she might marry a lawyer or
aswriter or a college professor n
flat she mustn't do anything mat
EouldnnfitSher for anything. So you
g e girl wastes a lot OF I'M
mental energy.
fI discovered this state of af-
fairs some time age" continued
Eliza. II decided that I really did
want TO marry; that L was best
suited to a married life. But l also
wanted to have, something to do
with doctoring.. Every one tells%me
that my talents all lie in that d1rec-
tion. So, thought I am not study.
ing medicine for a degree, l have
begun taking courses at the medi-
zeal college. L am goingLto marry
q doctor--'
4tBut suppose the doctor doesn't
hlurn%up That is, suppose you do
snotghappen to fall in love with any
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