, 1879-07-26

JU1uiIE II u1 kHCT EUIlcEt 4EAlHLlA4 VI AIA
tic words ho uscd7 II hc did not. that may ae-
count for 1t. +.
DoNNYnHooR FAIR.
10 tht Editor Of TIE 1rtdnnA.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, July 1o.-E1perts nnd
special students are known as reluctant writers,
probably because OF unsettled questions ana
doubtful points; hence tho Conductors request
for personal experience In divorce Is likely to
meet very limited response.
Mere observers, however, and those nat
urslly incapable OF considering the sub
fcct fully, ara promo to appear ia pub
lie With clearly defined theories and
supposed lines OF action leading to very decided
couclustous, which ara somcttnes open to .
charge Of absurdlty.
Admirably does The Homo illustrate all social
md psychological truths.
First F., too calmly rational to know the
nights and depths Of that passion which makes
the world we'll lost for lore colnes pfacidly to
the front, aud claims tho absolute necessity Of
an Intentional forbesrancs In mar
rtcd life. forgetting tho Inzomar fam.
lily, and asserting BY Implication TINT
there ID no sueh thing az Il passion which makes
the ncssu1e Of It's 9bset te mo.vs
br her succeeding remarks which mako ability
to sustain fraternnl relations Without discord a
nccdfui element Of con1ugal harmony, thus de-
asinE tue existence q ~ grana passion ~ an
Many persons OF extended experience will dis
aErce With F. In thls estimate, and some hns-
bands aud wives, despite The decisions Of the
o'a courts o. loye' know thst ?: + 10 IT,, esrot t,
sion thut all divorce 10 the result Of folly, adds
that, In hcr own 0plRfon and within her own
porRonal observation. no divorced persons arc
worthy of respect. unaoubttdly, 20 long as F.
In hnr1a MI md huk IN mr. nj FVA nhnr
which Is so consptclonsIy her own At this
writing, amy unconventional act is quito enough
to insure her disrcspect for the perpetrator. F.
implIos original want Of respcctabllltv, on the
part OF the divorced ones, while tho real cnse Il
ihat tn F.'s mini the unfortunate ones arc dis
reputable hecauae divorced, iussead OF divorced
because 1isrcputablc.
A very ulcc discrimination u nesdful TO aroid
tujuatice In Judging others There arc certainly
organizations which reach IN Ordinary sort OF
goodness only through sucii Nights md deptbs
Of self.confilct aud rcstfa!at as no conservative
nnture, lt1ed with conventional instincts md
proclfYtict from birth. can trna.lne In any part.
II H. Ia worthy OF respect to bo good when every
impulse ten1& to goodness, What Ia It not to sin,
when all the demons which hnunt tho cayerns OF
tie human heart strlyo Tor mystery over tho
sorla -..
!, myself, having seen the lives Of some Of tho
weak, bcsct, crrinE, and dcsparlng ores Of our
unhappy race, would at lcaat withhold neither
syinpatby nor respect until was sure l knew
every endcaror tbs err'ne ono had made to crr
less
Next, Raven Hair, rho wrote such wcll.con-
siructcd letter to Chadwick, aud who Is, fear,
In no position to speak from experience either
Raven Hair hath rare suhtleness, but fron, her
cptstle sho Il maturelJ maiden, aud not wholly
unfamiliar With the birchcn sceptre. Witness:
Raven Hair hns lived long euouEf, to decide that
II s not we'll to marry too yuung: to obao.gc tint
old mazda arc cminoutly respectable. and that
matrimonial chnnces aro lair I'D to %. think.
Rayun Hair, rou put the figure too low; hayo
known maiden Of Is to propose clopcMcnt, and
where Tie hushtng brde lud The rlpcu!ng suns
Df so Butnncrs on her ellar',ls; 50 Is low. Ravcn
Hair Is calmly coutcmptuous Of the "slop oycrn
stagus of life, and ofSera adstro OIL the tratnlnE
stan Of uon.ezpcr!cues In tie nrt; All Of these
things make It tclerably certain TINT HURON Hair
is, legally, a femnlesole, and hence her tcsti-
moay Is not 10 have weight liko that Of au cx"
pert in this case.
Raven Iia!r'a frat point Is, that II II the duty
Of any one intending marriage to ascorta!n
whether Or no o dlvorro will bc desirable ii the
future, an.t. II 10, divorce Is to be taken first.
as to readily consider marriage uni divorce In
auch close conjunction will heed thu MARRIAGE
able years OF lie extended to century ut tic
very least to permit l!or to shuttle 81 lsr re.
.pcetsble Inaidenhood., On top Of this, Raven
Hair prohibits divorced pcopln from rstnarr!age.
6uroly, thc woman who Is confofteA With Tho
ilex tf,at TO Il not too lats for happy espousa
might deem It an Infringement OF podtlblo pcr-
sonal chances Tor an1 woman to marry Twice;
but vhY object to the mans having two, CHANGES
| TO make WoInsnfs life happy, haven llatrl
Following, E,nsncpatlon-pardon tuc, Bit
terswcct thrEo'a no other expression In iAe
with hor, and mav she Hud non to marry ,tust
| 10 often ns she feoIs thr desire to Amane!pato
| hcrhelf growing rampant within ber dnfettctcd
bosom: l, for one, stand ready At any tisnc; :;
itwoud only lat & About week ,.' .ny May, ~, anl
| week Of hls life to make woman iappya Ger
tAinly a!ayes eau never 10 tic motlIcss Of fsce-
met, although believe some of the stgne1s Of
tho Declaration Of lu1cpendence roro born in
wod!ock.- some war or ost!cE these "enlatl-
cipated " sort Of women don't iniuixe III the
family TO any noticeable extent. Must the race
boconle extinct, Enanclpatlon3
types Of class af man admirably adapted to
! lead tho u,inds Ut married women, their own
wives moro particularly. 70 dwell on divorce %
tho road to happiness, Overlooking tho slight
Of Es1 a .suE ta ts u thS
| family In embrvo" 10 mora OF burden 10 lho
hustIan4 than to the wife, and taking 'sackssraw
Tor ssrRest In earnest, and Essox Tor earnest u
himself personally ugEr1eved because woman
Ia civilized life does not assume the entire caro-
aud support Of the family. Rackstrnw, with q
delicious frAnkness, doubts lie prudence Of
marrying = poor housekeeper, although he loves
| htr-rspturously, 10 Doubt.
| Except women, no fcnlulcs under tho caro- aud
protection o1 mau are expected to multiply thUts
klad aud peEtorta y full task Of muscular lnb bor.
| Ny blood boils when | think Of tho Whold
Hretcled cssei let the pause short ot tic ssutl..
tlcstion Of joia!ng hands With Emancipation aud
| the reat Of The free ones.
Uuu more, thru, q. | haye said 80 many timos
| tefore, II NO men arc what We 10 loudly pro-
claim ourselves, aud privately believe Ourselves,
mud tn psAetice 30 truly are,-lo1da Ut tho eartli
aud masters OF MI thlngk beside uuFselyes,-tet
US bv gentle, mud ktud, anu tender, yeA, even
lot us 10 foollshy lei, caIoed, a,ld dccelsed II
than add QUE STRAW to tie burdens Of the women
who loved Id once, wl!ose youth gave up tts
frtshnesB to w, aud whose Noes are in our