Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-11
Z LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
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iHt NV OlCe evil dutt 1 Itdu EOttt te,
cent editorial on the sn0icct, wnie1
is my excuse for Offering You this
local topic, bur if the editor discuss.
6 subjects that are not local feel
that he should allow the readers Of
the Graphic to get outside the local
scope in the expression Of their opin-
ions OF things which may interest
them Then | do not think the di-
vorce question one wholly devoid ot
local interest.
40 question is Of 50 much import
ance as hat which touches the home
life of nations. and no privilege has
been 50 thoroughly abused as the on
that gives ill-mated couples chance
to so their separate ways. 1t seems
10 me that in a great many instances
there is small need of separation and
that a little forethought by the inter
e,ted parties would obviate the neceE-
SHY Of legal" parting,
Il was with surprise that | read the
statement OF Professor Henderson Of
Chicago that falling in love is evil
and vicious-that it IS Immoral and
to be avoided. | could not but fee
that such an idea was already too
prevalent-if not in spoken words,
in actual life-and was at the bottom
of much of the difficulty with which
we have TO deal He thought the
habit Of falling in love was pro-
ductiye of divorce whereas I claim
it is the habit of falling out of love
nat has given rise to this all-absOrb
ing question. We do not have half
enough real falling or rising-in
love: we have altogether too many
marriages that are based upon mon
etary consideration. and into which
the question Of love does not enter at
aIl.
There are comparatively few cases
where husband and wife really love
each other, in which a Journey to
divorce court is necessary, | feel hat
The entire trouble lies in false idea
Of marriage and not in the immoral.
" of love | still contend that edu
,ation is the necessary thing every
where By this, however, | do no.
mean the ordinary education-I mean
he kind that Will enable people to
what marriage means.
and to know that the coro.lary Of
rue marriage is aod-mother-
hood and fatherhood. Too large a
,ercen1aee Of our Young pa1p'" enter
he marriage relation not knowing
is true impert-not understanding
he sacredness of thai institution
md az result We have hroHe2
lomcs and lives.
| know OF the case Of yong na@
f twenry.four The account of h.s
marital troubles makes my haar1 Sch
Ter the unfortunate ases 2.aa a1.e
-ie5.aroa as he j. 4 makes fhe pa'Aos
j. He shadows more in, en-e - reazt
.ueh words a. he ha- written ne.
I would rather lose my life than
o Sc my w5fe@ he says Love rin4s
IN The words Truly every hone
nan would say the same of the wo-
man he loved
again maintain that We have not
enough Of love in the marriage coa-
tract. Marriage should never be en-
tered INTO until love has entered the
heart
Il is love that truly marries ard
mates human beings-the various ce@-
emonies are simply society append
AGES, needful because they may pes-
sibIy hold in check those who would
be given to license and who are no
sufficiently developed to understand
themselves. Therefore, | claim w"
should teach the rising generation
that love is the hottest OF divine
Gifts. Elevate love and marriage
motherhood and fat herhcod-in the
estimation OF the rising generation
and if possible in the estimation OF
those who have already risen, and
homes in which the keynote Is har-
monv will surely result
There may come time when We
Will have such t'topian surround
ings that we will be SO fully evolved
in the higher consciousness as to re
onire no such laws as now exist to
govern the marriage question but II
will never come until men and "ome2
have become Law unto them
selves. nor yet until love is the dom
iuatn element in every matrimonial
venture. am optimistic enough 10
believe that the time i coming whom