Show SHALL IT BE MISTRESS now bow the spinster suffers from belaj called aiss ml 11 the question of giving all girls on am attaining their majority the title oj 0 mrs I 1 la debated from time to time tima remarks vogue and there is little doubt that in the course of years this custom will come in it is likely that thai the present practice of addressing even the most aged spinsters spin as miss will wil die hard but in the end common sens may be trusted to prevail meantime Me antImA however it is in numberless instance a distinct disadvantage tor for a person nc longer young to be compelled to the th perpetual announcement of her un wedded state although there in may ay ba b many elderly and middle aged spins the title of miss presupposed youth and in the case of a woman ol oi 30 and over who is say a singer audiences to whom she is known on only lip by reputation will more likely than tham not be so disappointed at first sight at her maturity of appearance as afi tc ta be oblivious for a time at least to the merits of her work this particular effect was produced lately in the cast cas of a woman vocalist whose voice ii exceptionally beautiful and whom method and interpretation are well nigh flawless known to her hearen bearers only through professional work of a few months duration on the oc casioa of her appearance at the time unde notice a distinct murmur of disapprove lag ing surprise was heard on all sides ol 01 the crowded hall oh ob I 1 thought she was EL a young girl and by the contrast between the miss of her title and the maturity of her face and figure the woman was made to older than her years which were not apar apparently more than thain 30 it is as a matter of facts fact quite ax 82 ridiculous that spinsters spin of 30 and more should have to go through lif life labeled with the non adult miss as it wald be to have gray bearded bald headed bachelors carrying about visiting cards engraved with master mu ter peter cidboy for example |