The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-11

the divorce evil that the Rock River
conference, now in session, claims is
wrecking the home life of America ?
| The pastors and heads of UNIVERSE
ties are trying to solve the problem,
and now that the great Methodist
conference is actively taking up the
subject, little else is being discussed
by leaders of every denomination.
Prof. Charles Richmond Henderson
who holds the chair of sociology at
, the University of Chicago, is radical
| ly expressing himself against the in
creasing number of divorces, and says
that the customs of love and marriage
are responsible for the evil, which,
| he holds. began with the training Of
present Divorces and that if divor-
Gees are to be stopped different meth
DDS of training must be adopted. He
says that the great evils of modern
society are:
Falling in love.
Divorce.
Nagging.
Lack of thought.
He mentions the church as one Of
the remedies for these evils and the
home as the other.
Falling in Love Immoral.
"Falling in love is immoral and
vicious" said DR.. Henderson, "and
should rigidly be guarded against.
Love in sex is an emotion to be con-
trolled, the same as any other great
emotion, such as anger or grief. Love
can be cultivated Or repealed at will.
The young man or woman who allows
himself or herself to fall in love-
without due thought and investigation
is acting unwisely and in many in
stances sowing the seed of divorce.
GA person should first learn the
character, the family and the habits
of the person they desire to love be-
fore submitting to the emotion vul-
carly called 'love.' After being as
sured Of the worthiness Of the emo
ton, love and marriage should then
be allowed to take their course.
Glove and marriage should be
placed on a civil basis.
ga couple should know each other
for years before marriage is spoken
off,
But publicity should be given to
the acquaintance. Then when an en-
gagement exists it should be a mat
ter of law that card should be sent
broadcast to all friends and to the
public press:
Would Gi-e Publicity.
''This method would Give the neces-
sary publicity to their love and APP
preaching marriage, and if there were
any reason why either one should not
marry the other, it would inevitably
be found out.
"The engagement should also be an
nounced from the pull pit and posted
as a placard in the church After this
is done a few months should elapse
before the marriage takes place.
"No one should ever marry for
money, nor without the consent of
the parents of both the contracting
parties.
"Parents should make it a busui- |
ness to know the friends of their
children and to rear their children
for marriage the same as they now |
rear and educate them for the profes- |
slons and arts.
"These rules would necessitate
thought. and if followed would al
most entirely do away with
divorces,
"Elopments.
Unhappy marriages.
American women know how to
take care of themselves. But thew
never stop to think. SO they smirch
their regulations without staining
their characters. They give them
selves too much freedom. They
should return more to the chaperone /!
habit, and | am glad to say that the
young women of the university are [
long so more and more of late.
If the church of every denomina- {
ion would refuse to permit a person
Who obtained "a divorce for frivo-
Gus reason to remain a member of II
he church think much of the ten II
lency toward divorce would be stop II