Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-02
4 PRINCESS oN MARRIAGE

Paris dispatch is authority for the
statement chat d sensational book is bee
inc hurried through the press tine
autho, Of Il h said to be no less per-
sonaee than the German cmperors oid-
est sister. the brilliant Princess 'har-
louc. who is married TO Oh" hereditary
prlnce of SAKE. Mcm'ugen one OF ihe
utue states OF which the German bnnd
is composed The sensational feature
OF the book is that 10 adyocates-so 'he
Paris dispatch says-a plurality OF
wives in the Interest ot womanknd'
and morality II this is true 1t can
be believed that the book has created
a tremendous stir 10 German court err
eles Il, can be- believed that her august
relatives are furious, and mat efforts
win be made 10 suppress The book SUI
why should there be any stir about w
Are not morganatIc unions sometimes
tolerated In European count cltcleS ana
are NOT lndlscretious frequently forgi'-
en-? And did not the great German
Luther. and his fcllow-reiormers
In Witenberg after mature consldera-
lion assure the Landgrayc Of Hesse,
that he could take q second wife With
out violating the divine law is that
not matter Of history
The princess takes the view mat II
would be well 20 grant q husband the
right 10 marry agalii under certain
restrictions because, she argues such
law, besides Graduating more OF
less) the divorce habit, is desirable for
the protection Of the wife mat has be-
come obsolete, Is intended to protect
the rights Of the children and would
be an aid to morality" AS a correc-
ton o. the evils under which women
and children are suffering nowadays
continues the author. divorce is wholly
inadequate The Catholic cannot get q
divorce under any circumstances and
there are hundreds and thousands Of
good.natured Protestants and Jews
who cannot bring themselves to divorce
the woman who proved a beloved COM
panlon while young and beautiful"
The princess has studied closely life
rs It is around her and her conclusion
is that men change taste and habits
at the age of forty or dfty. They see
every day she thinks, women with
whom they would like 10 begin life
again, 10 their own profit and that Of
the world, But she says IT cannot
be- done without robbNg the woman
once loved Of home position and
friends, sometimes so they lead @ dou-
bic He That means disgrace for the
woman Of the second choice, and her
children likewise days OF anguish.
Storm and stress for the first wife. I'm
eases Of this kind she concludes I'VE
advocate legalized plurality OF wives,
Oh the ground OF morality decency
pnd common sense Permission 10
take second wife She says. would
very largely reduce the surplus OF UNI
married but desirable womeu at the
same time It would helm the working
classes by removing competition from
women who are now denied matHmony.
because there are not enough men 10 go
around.
with the Views expressed by the
princess, We d. not coincide The pre-
misses from which she argues may be-
true. as far os most Of the men that
have come under her observation are
concerned. And from THEM status he
draws her conclusions very much .s
does Bishop Potter zoo favor OF a model
saloon IL is ou the principle ;haJ of
two evils, the less is preferable That
kind OF argument has not found scene
eal favor in questions whore morality
Is involved IL ig remarkable though.
that the world again and again is ALE
most forced TO give attention 10 "a quos-
ton so distastoful ID used 90 Dee cone
sidered on exclusive Utah problem"
But the fallacy of hat view IL clearly
demonstrated For the agitation goes
on no matter how scruplIouly the
people here conform 20 the current laws
and legitimate customs Of thar fellow.