Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1915 — A Hard Road. [ARTICLE]

A Hard Road.

A little maid of seven summers asked her mother: “Mamma, if I get married when I grow up will I have a ? husband like papa?" The mother answered with a smile: ’ “Why, yes, dear, if you get married you will have a husband like papa." The little brow clouded. Then she asked: "If I don’t get married will I be an old maid like Aunt Nellie?” “Yes, dear, you would be an old maid," answered the mother, laughing at this rather complex question; “but whatever put such thoughts in that little head?” , But the child didn’t laugh; she only looked grave, and said, dejectedly: "Well, no matter which way we go it’s a pretty tough world for us women, ain’t it?” \