Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-05-07
Deceased Wives Sisters.

| The desire Of the Englishman to MARI,
his Deceased Wife's Sister is one OF the
most marked phenomena Of the times. The
Deceased Wife's Sister Bill may he said tc
be his steady occupation. In all his breath
| ing spells from emergencies he turns to that
| When he is not being massacred BY the
| South Africans, or staying Soudanese, oT
| fighting Afghans. or pacfying the Irish. az
being blown up in his Tower, h, is attend
| ing 10 the Deceased Wift's Sister Bill. lie
comes back to it out of all victories and all
| defeats with unwaveTng perilnacity and
| courage. Ii appears TO be the passion oi
| his life to marry his Deceased Wifr's Sister.
| We who live IN land where nobody OPP
poses such an alliance can not conceive the
| attraction it seems 10 have to En.lishmru.
And seeing how universal and strong this
desire is in England. We can not hu; inquire
why the Englishman does not marry the
wfc's sister in the first place. WHY does
he go on marrying the wrong one. and then
wai; for death and the Law to help him out
II seems 10 us that much as this matter
has been agtated, i, never mas been dis
cussed in a philosophical spirit. We admit
the fact cf the overmastern. desire to mar
~ the Deceased Wlfc's Sister; we can see
how the prohibition of the marriage incgea,-
cs The longing for il, ; bu, We have not ara
iyzed the origin of the desire itself Il has
been treated in Englaad a. question Of
morals, when it is. in fact. A question nf
sociology. When we come face 10 lace with
the question, is It not this; docs not the
man general, make a mistake when Ne
marricS one or two of more sisters? The
world often sees it al the time, the sj<'cg
/ who Is left sees i, but the man i, blind 10
What he is Co.rg. He rot on,s takes he
one Who does not make him the best vile
bu; the one least eligible for life Iusur-
anCc. and - voluntarily. a. one may say. ,r
the end comes round To bother the world
with bis Deceased Wife's Sister BilI Aud
the reason Of his mistake Hes a good deaf
IN the nature Of man himself hl, somewhat.
IS We shall show. in the nature of woman
a!sp. He IS - constituted that N, does not
recognize the qualities necessary To make a
good wife. lie IS attracted hy outward ag-
peararoe,. Beauty goes for much with HIN;
liyrlne,s counts tor good deal even viii
fu.rts- lte'nre narrpgrl j. attractive. In
nine eases ont ot ten he will choose tile .,rl
oa, Of 4 hou>, "a, who Is Il, once In. pet aud
whose ,eb>hr,s~ pFucuJe> f4r htr the s'4y-
ish .ubsefS eEcy Of ali the res. Seeing al
this devotion. be thinks tr !, marf,lns the
Queen Bee. W. are intending ID ,ay unth-
ing against he woman b. makes tis wife {.
a women 60 she j. vel ruou.h. aul II the
circumstances continued to he what ihry
we're a home She would TO- forever ajiric-
tNc and aias,d. BI, when she J., thrown
upon hex own resources. u ihrn becomes
evident how mu5h she owed TO her sisters.
whose uuohtru>ite virtues we're tie u,res-
ssry background ln all her -peclsu> attfAc-
useHe>> Nine case, out 4 ,cG THE man
AL! lake the glti of the fans wbn know
the .ea>' ahpu' co, kirg. pr tae infringement
81 house. ~ nursing. and i ,hf east pa-
rl.n' m trial. aud EAs thr least comm 3u.
sense Tint i. the least II those cAr.s -taf
qualities that make lie an 3-rt,ah.t pl,rime
from hour 'o hour and day " day. Hence.
- c1Krr hi, 4NH IN i-r>. THE camar f,r b
Deceased Wife> SISTER Bill
lt- man io,c> b.s ultr-1i course hs
does even h.r faults, h.r h.t.c ,c h,h t.e-
mand, upon hltn. lic te''rr in WV r,e> taa4
the Virtues ot u'hrr wpnrn. Bat w4rn rr4.
h:r br.!u~, aud the SISTER comes ~ inr j..
tic housr, 4, ,ae Wrlts certainty viii come,
then he sees Who Il J. that makes life 20
smoothly whp taxes up The hundred hurIr,.,,
mhn j. aisaNs Kind IHi patient. luI e.p "
ally iniulSrut 10 him Tor thu cA..a.b ot
III Wlfe'> sister t. be iuduis.ul 10 a.l NJ T.
~ehkn,,>r, y hrr hf,.her-in-.aa j. one u
the cJr-uni,t1uUr> that We mus tux, iutt ar-
count ir thl> iu,,>li-Ar.ou. lee utter self
'a5r'ic" ari Ability u come into confident