New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
MODERN CRITICISM or MARRIAuE'
,rcr--pr on SOME LITERARY AND So

rcr,-pr az SOME LITERARY AND So
crArIsr1c TENDENCIES OF THE DAY.
.r,s Literary and socialistic Criticism Upon 'he
prsssn, Marriage Relations formed the TOPIC Vi
John Graham Brookss lecture at the beiAei. -,
ceum Theatre this morning. "mch was '"e -
the course Of Saturday morning lectures oe"'.'e'
before the Woman's League for Political Educa'o'
-. .r.w attention TO the multitude or
o,.,. whose keynote was the marriage relation NJ
nr...nt flooding the market. most OF thefh w'''''
nv authors OF confessed 6oca'isuc oehels. 40 '."'
he that a great change was taxing pace III P'r
y,.w. r.sarding this and kindred subjects one na'
on,v 20 note the distance between Dickenss Doors
jug ~ xIo,dv.. or George Meredths. The
tI..,.r,v Twins" barring the element OF the Twins
.,,cb could iust as we'll have been lett out oca''
., critical spirit with this problem, ana ,e''e'
80, ,,,he,lc side to II was exQusitey portrayed :"
"Trilby." - so,
Hostility to simple human affection was u''No",
,rn,.a In many volumes OF fiction on il II "e'e
not for Affection. there would be ona,'e "a 80,
,ow,h among women" lamented one writer II i"
-s,a not for affection. there would De no ""''
IN our influence" asserted another writer "a -,
school while yet third boldly uee'"''
~or,.n could only get over affection she cou'' ' ~
ter the world. Yes commented M
.o,, t,ae.A master the world. but IL wo"'u "
49, ..,.n ,nas,crsu" Enthusiastic applause 'o"o"''
az. h..,,,a,ion the audience being PLAINLY a'''"e
o,,s,ic 20 IN. new version OF woman'y 'p'"'
Another distinguishing phase OF TINS ' 'o''','
literature Is an instructive disgust WIN ''o'
asserted the lecturer telling how one woman % ~
80, -, u,.r.rv position In England declared 'hA'
b., .hnd bored her she did not know why a'so' "''
o,o,h.r character In a popular story was "'"'. W
- ,-o,os ~ her visit TO country ho"s"' '""'
~, ~. b,by was brought into the room her one
idea was to get away as soon as poss'o'. -. =.
".,..,. whenever the baby cries shudder'
A chtd's helplessness has always apPealea " ''
and hQ
hes, An: tenderest human emouohS' anu mas
~. family together. but In this new H'era'"'o -
- .,.-.,, y, utter boredom. fatigue ana en-
~, Iii IN. old fashioned. simple duties the aoso-
,,,. ,ec.s.,,ie. OF life. This type OF ne" "othh"
",he woman % much discussed ana ah"SA'u ,""
an. must be by this time nidde-aged' IL NOV o'u.
mi. woman IL pictured In these widely reaa DOORS
=. h.y,ny an Unsuitable hunger for new sensation
o.. ~. a.,,on Ate desire to live some wholly ne"
experience craze tnat u os'''e"'
intellectual curiosity
One week she Is absorbed In Tolstois 'neo'y y.
M. Thu nert week she IL living In spirit
With ore Of Ibsen's herones. ana again o"r'eu III
.om. nhilosoph,cal theory OF afnnity. some people
co,tcnd that Il rank nonsense 10 connect
- ,,,.,,.,.nce with the sacred institution OF the
,.muv I'M, the utterances OF eminent Socialist
.,bo,s,. both French and German. men whom the
lesser lights copied proved that tho purpose 70 take
away rent interest and proht from the ihdi''oua'
was a direct blow at the family Marriage gives 70
n,oo.r,v and as such 10 dangerous to our aims"
p.ssrts one leader when we get property trans
Sorwrd into the hands OF the public as we wish. the
nyesrnt form OF marriage, now od'ous because X 10
merely A property consideration. viii pass away.
savs another and a third. man OF eruditon ana
sslnty man rs weti, declares outright; The great
obstacle TO realizing our Dreams Oh Announcements 10
marriage as II now obtains ,,
The Christian Socialist holds that business and
rra,erty changes can made without assailinS the
sanctity OF the family but this theory IN me iect
ursrs opinion. was deceptive. certain sehoo Of
nersonality should DO communi.ed. man had no
pGnbt 70 his house his wife or his child History
md proyed that wherever the rights or property
w m.p sociaxed the family destroyed Ono was
Bile from the other. There was conserving
power In private property to hold the famiiy To-
gether. $500 - ,.,.,. So, %. ,..
onencv the slender tenure OF the marriage tie In
modern society an argument used by the Socialists.
"Divorce Ia not anything to be proud Of. said Mr..
r,rooI. at Is "A confession OF failure The Idea
that neop,e car eude their marriage vows with ease
.. often the cause OF the disastrous result Let US
saca this socaiistic and literary combination now
hs,ne aimed at the family with courage and common
scnse Begin at the other end and by Judcious
delay by discipline In the home and In the school
swhd,e the fierce Individual passion that Ia the main
cavss NJ the trouble. There will he no real enamel
alton OF woman until the family Is made freer ana
broader n we want safety and strength for the
family for the Individual. for the child. we must
combat the strong arguments aimed at the faults or
the institution. by proving tho beauty the holiness
and The ndestructibility Of the marriage relation