Show f II 1 1 till M 1 1 J m i J i IIII i 1 1 i r in n u i t 1 t. t 1 IIII 1 t n II let I 1 I 1 J t t t Why Old Bachelors Seldom v Marry Old Maids T T T I I I I T No matter how bow old a bachelor is when he marries he very seldom selects so se lecta an nn old maid for hl hie hIB wife wire It If ho he does oes not lead ead a young girl to the altar he ho will choose a Ii widow either natural or grass in preference to the tho old maid bald Many matchmakers have planned to mary marry some old maid aunt I or sister off ot to a Q wealthy old bachelor bachelor bache bathe lor lot but seldom are their plans sue suc When Whenever ver an old maid and old bachelor meet there is a clash and anda a very noticeable one too They seem seam I to each other as us the cat and dog and ono one can almost hear them I mutter to each other You old maid and You old bachelor why why I vent you ou taken a wire wife and sup 1 SUP SUP-I ported her other as men I know men n of your our type I would rather ti talk lk to a married man any day The married woman always alwa's puts herself ou out t to be nice to the bachelor bachelor bache bache- lor br she treats him just as a married man roan man Sn does e does not regard him as a anew anew new now specimen and o orTe oe e to handle with care No matter how timid or talkative non the bachelor he always ays finds himself at home and comfortably bly at ease caBe with the matron There IB la something soothing about her to him something which takes him back to the good times he used to h have bays ve with his mother and sisters I I But the moment he comes In contact con i tact with a real roal old maid he feels like c a schoolboy caught In some mis- mis I COIl 47 I I I I I i i I I i J 11 J I II chief b by his teacher He lie feels as If Ie I instead of or playing hookey bookey CromI from Crom I school he had been playing hookey bookey from trow matrimony and leaving undone many things which ho he ought to have Ia done lie IIo has no excuse to offer for I remaining a bachelor and shirking matrimony all aU these years year and even cven if iC he bad had ono one ho he doesn't feel like telling tailing her Instead he foals feels a strong I inclination to run away and he usually usually ally nib does The bachelor feels te-els thoroughly at I home and rood ready to talk and nd laugh I with the matron but hut he feels even giddy with the young girl She never I turns turus the tho eye ey of or wonder or r r reproach upon hl him n neither does docs she condemn his character or feel the least bit bit bitI annoyed at him for never having mar mar- nod ried She blushingly looks upon him us a horo hero or at least fancies that she does Never for one moment does docs he feel feol like telling her why he never married nor does ho fo l the slightest slight alight est eat bit like running away from Crom her The old maid usually says or does something which makes him retire into his shell but the matron and young girl are eo so frank and free and full of life that the bachelor comes forth and acts liko Ilko himself If It any anyone anyone one ono can coax him to the altar it is usually this jolly Joll matron or innocent loving fun-loving girl Copyright Copyright 1916 by the Star company Great Britain rights reserved |