The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-15

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Dear Miss Grey: What on earth
Is the matter with people? Cant
they figure out for themselves
that bachelors are not desirable
as husbands and leave them
alone? Let them suffer on living
alone and paying the price in
being "kidded" about 1t. in paying
heavier income tax and in only
half living.
It's their choice. They do not
I and cannot think as normal men
and should be let alone instead of
wondering why they don't get
married. They would not be hap
Ply living as a partner and never
make good husbands. Therefore,
why wish any woman would
marry bachelor Or that
daughter would pick a bachelor
for a husband
I am the father of two charm
ing daughters who naturally
enough would like 10 find good
husbands and settle down. They
are not young girls but have
spent much of their lives in good
schools. They have musical ability
Both are fond of entertaining.
They can cook and sew and would
make lovely wives for worthy
men.
They talk things over with me
as have some of their girl friends
and the complaint from all is
that the widowers are more at
tractive to them than the bache-
lors. They say the widowers
know how to do things CALAMITY
and are more sincere than the
bachelors. Miss Grey, why is
this?
One of my daughters gave two
years of her time to a man, a
bachelor, who accepted her atten-
tions such as invitations to her
home for dinners and parties. He
confided to her his business in
terests, talked about building
home, led her on by his talk. told
her how his bank account stood
and all the things a man just
doesn't go around telling every
woman he meets. After she had
listened to this line for so long,
wouldn't you think he would have
proposed to her. She is being
chidcd by friends who think he is
only trifler and has about de-
cided to give him the gate.
Ny girls have always had a
comfortable home and could stay
here but they are healthy-minded
women and as their birthright
want a home of their own.
l agree with the author of the
letter who suggested taxing all
bachelors 81 600 Only that isn't
enough. They would have to work
longer hours and wouldn't have
so much time on their hands to
go around stealing time from
honest women.
Also. more young men of mar
riageable age would be more like
~ to marry thereby cutting down
the number of old maids or
worthy widows who are really
anxious to marry but who don't
want TO get married to some
weakling of male who hasn't
spine enough to do the proposing.
II l We're woman and had
given a man six months of my
time as his steady companion and
he wasn't honest enough to let
his intentions be known, l would
quit him cold. In that length of
time man should want to know.
if not for the girls sake, for his
own, if he is going to ask her TO
marry him eventually. or trifle
away his own time as well as
hers.
Modern times have produced a
specie of men who are actually
racketeers. more specifically love
racketecrs." Their racket is no
different from any other racket.
excepting their victims are always
women. He leads his victim to a
certain place. then when he knows
she has fallen for him. he realizes
he has either to marry her or eN-
plain his reason for being in love
with her and not wanting to get
married. The sad state of affairs
is that the women so fooled are
most always the best women and
no doubt would make perfect