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Show , . ( ; The Woman Uacneior. Why are there so many bachelors and old maids nowadays? Perhaps ono reason rea-son lies in the educatiou of our modern young girls, and the blame must; rest with their mothers. Consider the lif e of a girl belonging to tha upper middle class from the age of 18 to 28. It is a careless, selfish, irresponsible epoch, in which the daughter studies her own convenience and pleasure 6olely, and the mother, by foolish indulgence, aids and abets her. Once a girl is free from the trammels of the schoolroom and ia nlly fledged in society, nothing is denjfid her. She may lie late in bed, perchance take her br&akfast there, the while she skims a novel belonging to the "new" order ot fiction. Her day is compassed with no single duty save to look her best and enjoy en-joy her life. There is time in such an existence for the ugly weeds of jealousy, jeal-ousy, thoughtless and unkind clatter to take root and flourish. Then perhaps some young man of |