WHEN SINGLENESS ISN'T BLISS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 133, 3 July 1909, Page 3

WHEN SINGLENESS ISN'T BLISS

. BY TIIK GIRL )VIIO C'AX'T MAKKY. In spite of tlie frci|iicntly-exprcsscd masculine .beJief that, all girls arc ready to humbly 'pick up the handkerchief when nn.v klord of creation deigns to throw it, tlie fact remains that every day tile average girl is less and less inclined to regard marriage as the end and aim of her'existence. "Where, singleness is bliss, 'tis' folly to be wives," is a bachelor girl's motto. What has marriage to oll'cr her? the busy working girl demands. ' Single, she works hard, true; but in her leisure moments she is absolutely free. She owes no man anything, ano because she is happy and healthy and bright all men are pleased to be in her society, and help to give her a good, time. She can he friends, "good comrades," with all or any of them. What could sho gain in exchange? , A home. Her life is so full, she is amply satisfied with the shelter her own labor gievs her, supposing she has Ml, tin; family nest. A protector'/ She is too fearless and independent to require one. . And is she wise? Are girls in reality happier single than married? It is epiite possible'to s'o (ill a life with work, amusement, and many friendships that love passes by- unrecognised until too late. A busy, bustling, or more or less ■butterfly life may content her for a year or two; but the day inevitably dawns when a woman's heart demands I 1 something more, when the sight of even ' the poorest of her sisters, surrounded ' by husband and children, tills her soul ' with envy. lie warned in time, oh, pretty ' naidensl ' i Don't refuse a really good fellow who l; las half-won your heart, for no better ' eason than that you imagine you will " lave a "better time" as a bachelor girl; B mt, even to escape a lonely old age. lever, never marry unless the right '' nan asks' you. t ''Look before you leap," and weigh 1' Dug the chance of a marriage, where ' : on (ji've your hand without youii heart. " forking for a living may not Vonsti- |C :ito n life of unalloyed brfglitneje, but : is better far to endure tlie struggle ll f poverty than to sell yourself in i mar r « ago, \ 2