Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-21

beings mas Deen Dy no means
IN abandoned. II lives and works
today In the breasts of those
who are Joined in the holy estate OF
marrimony, The old saying that your
soul Is your own should be amended
by the addendum. unless you are
married" It Is deemed one of the priv.
ileges of wedlock that each half Of the
unit may habitually sneer at, sit down
upon and spray ice water shower
paths upon the other halfs dearest
aspirations and fondest ambitions.
ms, however, is not the fault Of
wedlock per Sc. It is the fault OF
the people whom II ties together
ties apart, perhaps, would be better
for these same folks before marriage
We're as one in sympathy with each
others aims and talent. II Is as II they
laid hand each upon the Others shout.
der and said. Il own this man (or this
womaD. He Tor she) shall do as /
lsay"
model domestic man may bend over
the grindstone eleven months and a
half. He is at home every night, his
wife talks when he wants to think, she
drags him out to a mild social festivity
when he wants to 90 10 bed or the chill
dren Chamber over him when he would
Ike to sit and play solitaire TO let his
wrought UP brain down easy. He has
not murmured, but, like a good, ODE.
dent husband and father, has submit
ted gracefully He does this fifty weeks
In the year The other two weeks con.
stitute his vacation, when he Is sup.
posed TO get rest and change. lie
would dearly like TO go of In a Jolly
little stag party, as was his wont ere
matfimony claimed him. He would
like to go fishing, camping In the woods
or TO any place whore the wild man IN
him awakens and is glad
But. no. "You shan't 90 unless you
take me and the children alongl" says
madam, and the model domestic man
submits to destiny.
Often a married partner absolutely
stunts the whole life Of the other half
leaving an intellectual or artistic dwarf
or cripple where being half divine
might otherwise have enriched the
world. Wives are oftener dwarfed in
this way than husbands because their
power Of resistance is less. A woman
married young, perhaps develops after
ward talent for professional career
dramatic, musical or otherwise. 1t Is
her hearts longing to let her light
shine. The husband says!
you shan't do IT, | won't let my
wife do anything but stay at home,
even II she does fret her heart out"
She stays at home accordingly, she
does fret her heart out, she is never
happy a day again In all her life, be-
cause Of the dead talent which a hus-
band strangled.
You are an Individual put here to de.
velop your own powers and save your
own souls Nobody can save II for
you, not even husband or wife. You
are not saving 1t 80 long az you let II
be overslaughed and dominated by an.
other, letting its gifts and desires lie
dormant, Every soul is entitled TO the
satisfaction OF all desire and aspiration
that does not interfere with the rights
OF others, Only through such satlsfac.
ton can 1t achieve the aim Of creation
and grow and bloom out in immortal
beauty. Everybody knows this. II he
does not, he does not know much.
And yet, heaven have mercy on them.
husbands and wives tyrannize over and
thwart each other and pull the check
rein on each other constantly, even to
meddling with each others tastes In
the matter Of food and the garments
they wear.
81 won't 80 out on the street with
you If you wear that thing" says he.
Il don't care II you do like corned
beef and cabbage" says she. 1T shan't
come into this house You must not
smoke down stairs. II makes US all
sick, and you should not smoke up
stairs, as the odor OF sale tobacco |
smoke is unbearable about bedroom" |
she grimly observes.
TITS no worse than impregnating the I
whole house with the fumes OF gasoline /
while you are trying to clean a pair OF /
wornout gloves, he cheerfully retorts.
Both suffer, alike the tyrant aud the