San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-08

pose Of the girl for life to some
other one, to her Objectionable.
1t is certain that in law no one can
transfer rights that they do not
possess, or confer title to that
which they have no claim, or vest
in another greater right to any
possession than they themselves
are invested with. This ought to
hold good in those less rigid courts
OF cons truction, the home and the
house OF the guardian. Yet how
often are husbands invested with
a life title to the girl, on account of
the eighteen years title that the
parents possess, and in spite Of her
protests and tears and pleadings.
Who can wonder if such marriage
is failure?
In making this plea for the
rights of the manageable girl and
the girl approaching that age, the
LIGHT preacher bases the whole
claim on natural right so strong
that the gates OF hell ought not to
prevail against it. Parents who
disregard this plain right Of their
girls to at least veto the claims of
any sutton that the parents may
propose, show by their action that
they have no true conception of
the relation that they sustain to
the children they have brought
into the world. There is not in
the whole range of relation or
Of government, miscalled, 80 gross a
tyranny as this. By every con-
sideration OF justice, equity, gener-
Gus sentiment, desire for the future
OF their daughters and honor, the
parents Of the LIGHT congregation
are warned against committing 80
grievous a sin against their own
flesh and blood.
How often parents object to the
choice of their daughters, or their
sons, in matters matrimonial, on
account of the most trivial things.
Money is the first concern, and re-
fu sing to consider the hum BILE
beg innings of their own lives, and
b ow out Of comparative hardship
and poverty in early life an old
age of plenty and comfort has been
evolved, they refuse to their chill.
dren the right to so begin life,
insisting that they shall marry
rich. There is q riches of blood
and brains and character and in
dustry that beggars that of mere
wealth in the effort to succeed.
B usiness capacity is too often set
aside for bullion, and the man
with full bank account is prefer
red to the better fellow whose head
and hands are full of good days
work.
There is no plea here for the
luxury Of love in cottage, but it
ought to be more considered than
it is that idleness in young mar
ried people is not conducive to con-
tlnued satisfaction or to increasing
pleasure in that relation. The
young husband who is busy during
the day will find more delight in
his home. coming, than the young
man-about-town who depends up
on his dads bank account to main
tain his family in comfort. The
young wife who has to supervise
her own house, and even do the
regular work of it, will have a
warmer welcome for the husband
whose pleasure she has been plan
ming in her work, than the idle
mistress of fashion whose day has
been a round of social functions
and fashionable designations. AS
you make your beds so must you
rest, or unrest, in them.
The right OF the girl, the wife
and mother to be, to chose life of
comparative industry and home
employment with the man of her
choice, instead of a life Of ease and
luxurious idleness with a husband
not Of her choice, is not to be ques.
toned. While the LIGHT preacher
inculcates love of parents and az
fectionate obedience on the part OF
the gi rls, he would shut his eyes
tn the plOppmont from hamo of tho