| Show compelling BACHELORS 10 jno doubt charlotte smith smiths is crowd e against bachelor bao belora has baa aime good in it for as ae a ru rule lewith with the tha usual allowance for exception exceptions except ione the old bachelor from choice la Is neither a useful nor an it r oa na mental element in society the lady may be right when she abe says that bachelors bachelor should given a place lo lid the public service bervice and her assertion might to te met with the statement that voluntary old maids should be included in her list khe may be right aro also when she says that if there were less leao bachelors bao belore from choice there would be blose of a puzz 0 in me labor problem but when it ii come comei to her proposition to compel those bachelors to marry clarry does doea she ehe think of the awful infliction she abe la Is proposing for members of br bar own sex eez seriously Berlo irly speaking it would be an awful thing for society ii 1 her plan were carried into effect it if only for the additional burden it would place dpn womer who wh are willing to assume the duties of honorable wife hood and motherhood mother mothe bod rhod what gioi would there be tor for a wife woon she he la Is taken only because the abe ban 01 law is in on what confidence would the wife have in a hu bus bond band who only became aoh snob because of the statutory ta cadem condemnation nation of the single ingle state elate no self elf respecting woman would want wan snob a state oi 01 affairs affair when she he had it fully perhaps when mrs MM smith thinks thinka on oa all these things thing she will n not 1 ot be much an advocate or of c marriage antho on the part of men it ahe wants to remove the evil complained of let jet the way be opened for men who will marry and maintain their wives and ob children ildren to do so 0 o under favorable circumstances require those who take upon them ital abl obligations legations to maintain the same and permit every woman who wants honorable d to attain it by the development of her nobler and purer attributes bad as ae Is ie the situation which the lady complains of under her plan of compulsory union on the part of abe men it would be infinitely worse woree both sexes should be taught to marry the married state la the proper one for honorable people to occupy that it should be for or love jove and eternal union but to herd berd them together as animals animal by compulsion Is ig merely an aggravated lorm form of 0 the evil of the present condition whlor is u a result remit of measurable compulsion under society s prevail lug system |
