The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08
A JUDICIAL

The women OF England are up IN arms
against SIR Francis Jeunc. one CT the most
learned OF the kings judicial officers, and
he j. being held up by constant women
as a man whose loose opinions unft him
for his exalted station. The shower OF
criticism from the all came about
from a statement made by Judge Jeune
from the bench in the celebrated Greek
divorce case. He made the oral d~eclara-
ton that it was the popularity OF Vo-
men not 10 be able TO love two men at
once; whereas a man can love two wo-
men at once The remark, evidently
made without serious reflection. has filled
the judges mail and the newspapers with
protesting letters or two kinds. one from
serious minded wives who resent the
idea that a man can love two women at
once. and the other from fippant young
women who wish more than one string
to their bow. Below Is a sample OF the
sort Of letter the constant wives write to
a newspaper:
.'Sir-I fatty refuse TO accept Sir
Francis Jeune's Judgment, setting forth
that a man can love two women al the
same time. If I had thought such a
thing OF my husband l should never have
married him. In my opinion a man can
not even love two women at different
times. because love comes only once in
our lives. A man may firt (and does)
with two women Cor twenty, for that
matter), at the same time. and | think
this must be what is meant.
CONSTANCE"
Is it possible that the judge made this
declaration to reduce the number of mar
riages? 1t is certain that no woman would
| marry a man if she believed he was also
in love with another woman. Does
Constance voice the sentiment of wo-
mankind when she says she would never
have married her husband if she had be
ieved him capable of loving two women
at once?' Is belief that a man is "capa~
ble' Of glowing two women at once" as
Objectionable to a woman as actually
loving another woman? Constance
seems to think so, for she holds to the
theory that love comes only once into a
life and that no man can love two women
at different times. That view, if serious
~ considered, is liable to cause the wives
of widowers to spend uncomfortable quart
ers of hours trying to determine which
of the two women he really loved.
On the other hand, the more fippant
woman objects to limiting the number Of
men with whom a woman can be IN love
at the same time. This class is represent
ed by the woman who wrote this letter:
'Sir-The excellent Judge Of the Di-
vorce Court will allow me to differ from
him regarding woman's inability to love
more than one man at the same time. |
know by experience that this is not
strictly true to life. What about the girl
with two strings to her bow?
"JILTED."
There is no arguing against experience.
This woman's experience, however, may
be an exception to the rule laid down by
the judge. Observation would Indicate
that some women either love two men
at the same time or make two men think
they do, and one ordinarily pretty wo-
man can fool the two smartest men in
the world if she is so minded.
This incident teaches that judges are
treading on dangerous grounds when
they go outside the record to give ex-
preston to dictums They are not bind
ing in law, and, if they concern woman
kind, are liable to get the judge into the
hottest kind of hot water.