The evening world. Newspaper, January 23, 1912, Page 18

ww ‘ the Philosophy of a Confessed Old Maid | AP AAD AARNE. me and led THE EVENING WORTD, THRSPAY, TANTARY 28, 1912.7. Ss de SSS RN Better to Be Lonely Than to Be Beaten, ERT cea i ah Sh i a nronaneneeyennnnstnanenmnmsntntone tes," eye aes ee ee James McCreery & Co. Mise Janet Murray, Dec- erated by French Acad- emy for Forty Years’ Teaching in Parise, Has Passed Sixty-eight Years of Happy Single Bless- edness. Woman Who Marries May Do Well, but the Spin- ster Frequently Has the Greater Joy in Life and She Doesn’t Have to Take Care of a Man. Marguerite Mooers Marshall, “It te better to be lonely than to be Beaten.” In that caustic, if #lightly crude, Phrage Miss Ja lurray voices her summary of #ingle ines, Miwe Murray is @ echoolma'm, but not at all an ordinary one since, #he woeare @ decoration from the French Academy for forty years of excellent work teaching poor girie in Parts. Yesterday she arrived in New York on @ Jong fur- Jough, and with three very frank ad- Missions—that she was sixty-olght, a suffregist and a spinster. Tt was a doubtless unconedous em- Phasie on the bit of descriptive date last mentioned whtch Jed ms to call on Mies Murray at the Hotel Martha Washington, where she 1s resting for or two before going to her alster 1g Minneapo! “Do you y think the unmarried woman Ls per than the married one?” I asked. ‘Miss Murray combines @ Scotch burr with a Gallic trick of gesture, and both were in evidence when she re plied. “The woman who mérries often Goes well, but the woman who re- mains © spinster often does better. — ‘The 014 maid may feel the pangs of loneliness in her advancing yeare, | wut such pain is easier to endure than beatings. “LE have lived in Paria for forty years. Twent there firat as the Kov in} the family of @ French Am| jor, | but T was not allowed to have any han@ In the management of the chil- dren and therefore 1 gave up my por! tion and ret up as a@ private teacher Then the great Philotechnique Society , © started its classes in English for poor | girls and 7 took charge, We began with one class and now we have seven. Practically ail our students were girin from the poorer classes, atenographers and other business women, whose value ae workers would bo greatly increased by @ knowledge of ingiteh WIVES MUST EARN MONEY TO SUPPORT THE CHILDREN. “rnrough my puplis I went into many French homes and had plenty of chance to observe the condition of the It te often #0 wives and mothers. very hard! ‘Phe husband ts master th every Way thet I should consider quite unendura ble, And it ts not thet the wife Is lkno- rant or foolish; she ts wonderful in her waye of mana the household, tn the strength of her affections and tn het general common sense knowledge, Hut s(1ll, Because she ts a wife, she must ever submit herself to her lord and tor, suffering bows and unfaithful an@ @ complete dental of indepen inttiative. “E vould die before I would sub- mit to it! Why, oftentimes a wife fs compelled to leave her Uttle ohil- ven chut up at home and go out ana work for money to buy them dread. “She mast burn onda, puting tn @ business world and te attend to the affairs a! hold, Mer indolent or perhaps victor husband even expects her to support him ae well as herself and the ehihiven Ne at both dergo such hardship aman to take ¢ does nie have # and their helpless “Of course 1 know that the women of wonderful native energy for whom the home duties are not enough Let them, then, write or paint or wor) out thelr self-development «s the please. But let them not be forced to toll outside their homes for husban ts that are travestics of t 0." “But with us, at least, such unhappy wives can find relief 11 the courts,” | suggested. BELIEVES IN DIVORCE WHERE MARRIAGE 18 UNHAPPY, “Pivorce'’ exclaimed Miss Murray with a Iittle shiver, “Well, I belleve tn 1t, if the marriage is unhappy and un bearatle, But while the medicine iw etter than the disease, it 1» yet bitte: thing. The so much more ideal state of affairs would be for the wrong mar- riaxes mot to happen tn the first place Prevention ts infinttely better than cure “When a woman finds the right man I believe with all my heart that she @oulé marry him, and I believe that their Uife together will be a happy one ing one’s life partner. What right has a woman to marry when she knows that her children must be born and brought wp tm poverty and squalor, and that the health and happiness of ber own life ganized to stand for such a cold and academic principle, But it te to the in- dividual woman thet I would appeal When she te asked to become a man's wife, let her realise to the full the economic obligations to the race which and her would-be yy assume. “There ere euch wonderful opportunt- “= * ) must ‘ Mem: Wie “1G0T You 1 Tumeg ores weer | eee a) i Maaainge Sometimes Cunas 43 marry. Thoy are asif. they are rightly brought up; 1 think Most sensible people agree that tho | modern girl, no matter what her cir- cumstances, shall ve taught how to @ct and keep « jod. G@TIGMA OF OLD MAID PASSING AWAY. “The social wtigma which once rested om the old maid is pnosing away every- whare, and tn many y.aces died out, Bho has perfect tr independence to develop her spectal testes undisturbed and to spend her spare hours in pleasant recreation. For thatance, 1 could never tbe lonely #0 long as one of my books was left to me. “The cave of children te @ pleasure Which need not be denied to any old maid. If whe does not happen to be a teacher the asylums and homes are Mled with ttle orphans whom she may make her own in law and in fuct. OF if he prefer other avenues of human service cloned Spe here Is weareely any that 4s her for mynelf, 1 can only say h I have never married my n infinitely full and happy. have known hundreds of women with whom nothing could induce me to change places.” For the heat treatment of metals, modern gas appliances are 1.—Do quicker work. 2.—Save tloor space-in many cases 50 per cent. $.—Are more convenient. 4.—Need no kindling of fires. 5.—Do away wilh coal. t by the They were at Home "Quick Relief——‘Trial Package Mailed fawitl ; Free to All -in Plain Wrapper. s failing rel Was sald t hand th dina work and a searching tr daiermine Remedy. Wo mat! atrial package free tu the Louisiana branch of Burlington and Qui: IlL,, twenty-five road at Hull, h of here. fe great remo way toward @ and perfect you can get @ full-sined box from Augii ugegiet for 50 cente, and often oue ing In the ¢ the effects of gas inh through al tube in hix room at the poof Witi-| P jam Schrainm, No, 321 Stanhope atreet, | mm having end you t you call for, BETTER To 0€ LONELY THAN % ee FTWOACTORSKILED NV TRAN SHASH Members of Vogel's Minstrel Company Victims of Colli- sion Up the State. The Man in the Tower's Sale of Overcoats and Suits IE mentions over- Materials brought to- coats particular- ly—because they are the distin- gether because the best New York tailors were guished delegates at this clearance convention, buying them—and made up as they are making them, for New York men, They are top-liners, They represented un- every one. usual values in the begin- Every overcoat in the ning—forthere were many house has been included. Winter-weight ulsters, faglans and dress over- i “AND CUE Ube. 1S OP GLE Womew Lolities Contributions to the Suffering. The Evening World acknowledgos BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Jan, %.—Two men were so badly injured that they died shortly afterward in @ local hos- people yet to become ac- quainted with this new Weber and Heilbroner coats, and the medium weights which will be ready for the first peep of idea, Spring. At these sale prices— our osly sale of a season Rough, shaggy cloths, lively Scotch mixtures —you get clothing of most unusual quality, made and smooth American weaves, subscriptions from the following for the Couljitzka family of No, 67 Broome treet. ‘Ten dollans from Witherbee Black, pital and @ dozen others were hurt, ono | a woman, probably fatally, when a pas- | songer train on the Syracuse Division of | $5 from H. J. Simonds, 61 each from | ‘he set anata thei crashed into | the following: Mra, J. H. 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Clothes at the stores marked with ster 58 Nassau 20 Cortlandt 369 Broadway * 757 Broadway 1185 Broadway 42d and Fifth Aveaue” The regular patrons of our store at 27 New Street, which is tem- porenily closed because of fire, will find that charge accounts ave been opened for them at all our othes shops. * Fourteenth | the family of Joseph Bracken, We SW SS. OE | sh (LILLIE DDL LALID Uy ’ Vl am SEL James McCreery & Co. 23rd Street 34th Street UPHOLSTERY DEP'TS. Im Both Stores, On Wednesday and Thursday, . January the 24th and 25th. 9,500 yards of 31 inch French and Eng- lish Cretonne. 25¢, 38¢ and 65¢ per yard former prices 50c. 6c. and 1.00 Several hundred yards of 52 inch Cre- tonne, for wall hangings, draperies and fur- niture covers. 1.00 per yard former price 1.50 to 2.00 3,500 Squares of Brocade, ‘Tapestry, Damask and Velour. Suitable for cushion covers, chair seats and fancy work. 25¢, 50c and 85c each former price 50¢ to 2.00 best. 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CORTELYOU, President =a anette tt aves ee 23 reet 34th Street » ee ~e oe On Wednesday, January the sgth, WOMEN'S SUIT DEP’TS. 1m Both 6tores, Showing of an exclusive selection of Lingerie, Embroidered Linen, Cotton Voile. and Marquisette Dresses for Southern wear. | 25.00 to 150.00 Smartly Tailored One-piece Dresses of plain and striped Linen, with real Irish Crochet collar and cuffs, patent leather belt. 13.75 Tailored Linen Coat Suits in white and colors. 11.75 and 15.75 Remaining stock of Tailored Suits and Evening Dresses, greatly reduced from former prices. VEILING DEP'TS. In Both Stores. New Importation of Shadow Tace, Fancy Mesh and Complexion Veilings. Real and Imitation Lace Veils, Shet- land Wool and a complete assortment of Mourning Veils. Chiffon Veils with satin stripe borders. All colors. 1.25 and 1.75 Values 1.75 and 2.25 INFANTS’ OUTFITTING DEP’TS. Im Both Stores ‘ Special Values. Dresses of Fine Nainsook and Lawn, yokes of embroidery finished with hand- feather-stitching. Size 6 months to 2!4 years, 75¢ Russian Dresses of Fine Lawn. Size a to 5 years. Trimmed with pink or blue chambray.....1.25 Trimmed with fine embroidery...........1.75 MISSES’ UNDERWEAR. Nainsook Gowns,—low neck and short sleeves; lace and ribbon trimmed. Size 4 to 16 years. 65c¢ and 95¢ Cambric Skirts, embroidery Length 27 to 36 inches. trimmed. 95¢ James McCreery & Co. 23rd Street 34th Street James McCreery & Co. DRESSMAKING DEP'T. 34th Street Store For a limited time Tailored Suits made to order. 65.00 ¥oulard and ‘Taffeta Gowns for Southern wear. Made to order. 85.00 Taffeta Tailored Suits. Made to order, 95.00 Thirty-fourth Street , 26,184 eee WORLD ADS. 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