Evening star., 1936-04-30

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- a martyr? This is question
that I and the rest of the single men
would like to have answered.
The only reason the average young
man is not married is because he
hasn't met the right girl, or he hasn't
enough money. Neither of these is a
social or legal crime, but it seems to
make the man who hasn't wife un-
popular. Everything will seem to be
going nicely until you mention you are
not married, then, as the cigarette ad-
vertisements tell us, there's a differ
ence.
In business being unmarried is a dis
tinct handicap. If any one has to stay
at the Office, the single chump is
elected; if any one is going to get
panned or saddled with an extra load,
lonesome buck draws the short straw
But when an easy spot comes along,
or a raise is scheduled, our married
friend gets it. The poor single sucker
:an work himself into nervous break
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pected Of him, but let a married man
do a little something extra and they
pin medal on him. Say you are sin
gle and right away you are limburger,
but if you are married you get the
glad hand. Is that fair? Is there no
justice? E. J. b
AnsWer.-This is the first time have
ever been called upon to listen to the
bachelors lament. Always, heretofore,
he has lifted his voice in merry roun-
delay in which he celebrated his free
dom and told how much better off he
was than the poor, oppressed. down
trodden and henpecked married man
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MR.. KIPLING warned men that
they travel the fastest who
travel alone" When was single my
pockets did jingle vas popular ditty
| for many years. While the old maid
| has always been an object of SYM
pathy, the old bachelor has generally
provoked envy in the breast of his
fellows who have looked upon him
| with awe and wonder as one possessed
Of almost supernatural cunning and
luck in having escaped the pitfalls
| that husband-hunting women have
spread for his feet.
| So it amazes me to hear that sin
gle man regards himself as an object
of pity and nurses the illusion that he
is Disseminated against in society and
in business. Surely you are mistaken
! and are regarding the situation with a
| jaundiced eye.
Think again and you will realize
that there is no passport to society
/ like that of being single Any young
man who is even fairly personable.
who has a decent coat to his back
| and passable manners can go any,
| where he pleases and be greeted with
glad cries of welcome if he is unen-
numbered by wife. 1t is so hard to
get single men to fill in at dinners. to
recruit the stag line at parties. to put
some pep into week ends that host
esses pay them to come, end when they
come voluntarily they fall on their
necks with tears of JOY.
MOST bachelors find that their
popularity slumps virtually to
zero when they get married. They
are no longer swamped with invita-
tions to go places and do things. Sin
gle. man is an old ladies pet. a
prospect for mammas with marriage
able daughters. an interesting addition
to any party. Married, he is of inter
est only to his wife.
No doubt during the depression mar
ried men were given the preference
over single men when one or the other
had to be dropped from the pay roll.
But that was because of an unusual
emergency and because of the claims
that the family man had upon him.
In prosperous times the single man
frequently gets the breaks just be-
cause he can go where the married
man can't tax wife.
In some professions it is a distinct
advantage to man to be single In
the church, for instance, nothing