The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-14
MN SHOULD NOT MARRY.
fOlsioi Declares HlEEllss Mas lot In
stitutsd by Chist
rae Author % ssKreutssF sonatA''
says That oslibaey n Right
and Marriage wrong.

IIlNI luAluoA4 " lcttuEn nun FoAnoaa Nhu
are perfect strangers 10 me asking me 70
state in plain and simple language my
own views on the subject handled in the
story entitled The Kreutser Sonata. "
With this request l shall now endeavor to
comply.
Ny views on the question may be sue
cincily stated Is follows; Without enter
ing into details Il win be generally ad-
mittsd that am accurate in saying that
many people condone in young men q
course Of conduct with regard 10 the other
ssx which is incompatible with strict
morality and that this dlssoluteness is
pardoned generally. Both parents and
the government, in consequence Of this
view, may be said to wink at proaigacy
and even In the last resort to encourage
il practice. Il am Of the opinion that this
Il not right.
It IL not possible that the health Of one
class should necesSitate the ruin Of an
other, and In consequence Il Il our frst
duty 10 turn deaf ear to such an essen
tally immoral doctrine, no matter how
strongly society may have established or
law protected Ii. Moreover, 1t needs to be
fully recognized that men are rightly to
DO held responsible for the consequences
Of their acts, and that these are no longer
10 b visited upon the woman alone. 1t
follows from this that Il Is the duty Of
men who do not wish to live q life Of in
fanny 10 practice such confluence in re-
spect to all women rs they would were
the female society in which they move
made up exclusively Of their own mothers
and sisters.
A more rational mode Of life should be
adopted, which would include abstinence
from alcoholic drinks, from excess In eat
ing and from flesh meat, on the one hand,
and recourse to physical labor on the
other. am not speaking Of gymnastics,
or Of any Of those occupations which may
Be itly described Is playing at work; l
mean the genuine toll that fatigues. No
one need to 90 far in search Of proofs that
this kind Of abstemious living Is not mere
y possible, but far less hurtful to health
than excess. Hundreds Of instances are
known to every one. This Is my first
contention.
In the second place, think that Of late
years, through various reasons into which
need not enter, but among which the
above mentioned laxity Of opinion in
society and the frequent realization Of
the subject in current literature and paint
ing may be mentioned, conjugal infdelity
has become more common and Is eonsid-
cred less reprehensible. l am Of the
opinion that this is not right. The origin
Of this evil is tWoiold. 1t IL due in the
hrst place to q natural instinct and in the
second to the elevation Of this instinct TO
aPlace 10 which 1t does not properly be-
long. This being 90, the evil can only
be remedied BY eFecting a change in the
views now in vogue about failing in
love" and all that this term implies, by
educating men and women at home
through family influence and example,
and abroad by means Of healthy public
opinion, 10 practice that abstinence which
morality and Christianity alike enjoin.
This is my second contention.
In the third place, / am Of the opinion
that another consequence Of the false
light In which calling in love" and what
u leads 10 are viewed in our society Is
that the birth Of children has lost its pris-
tine significance, and that modern mar
riagoS are conceived less and less from the
point Of view Of the family. This is my
third contention.
In the fourth place, am Of the opinion
that the children Cwho in our society are
either an obstacle TO enjoyment-an I'M
lucky accident a. It were) are educated
not with . view to the problem which
they viii be called on one day to face and
70 solve, but solely with an eye to the
pleasure which they may be made to
yield 10 their parents. The consequence
u that the children Of human beings are
brought up for all the world like the young
o. animals, the chief care Of their parents
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