WHY WED?
Two delightful anecdotes were told by Miss Kobbins, the woll-known. authoress, in a-recent lecture upon "Shall Women Work?" A learned scientist was laying down' the law'upon women s suffrage. His objection was that it. would make, thernitake .well-paid professional posts, ftntrneglect- their , one .duty—nlarriage. 'Miss Bobbins ? The scientist's • re- , ply -was delightfully ,ingenuous-"They ■ won't marry because they will prefer to enjoy them'eelvcs. As Miss.Tiobbinsindded, this, froin an advocate of. marriage, -was. almost as-risky an orgument as thaUofjthe rich old maid to whom ■mnrtiage was suggested. She asked eliarply— ■Why?:l have ■ithree pots as it is; a: parrot that swears all,-tht!,morning;.a dog that growls all; the,afKiesv«A; awl.ft c*t that stays out all night." - . ;:'..■
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 480, 13 April 1909, Page 3
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114WHY WED? Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 480, 13 April 1909, Page 3
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