The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-30
FROWN ON THE TRIAL MARRIAGE IDEA.

left everything to be desired. Out of
the fullness of the heart the author
scribbIeth.
"Not?"
"Why she has not herself been an
exponent of the astonishing theories
which she so loudly promulgates is, |
suppose, to remain an unanswered
query. The divorce courts have already
winged the feet of those who seek the
way to freedom with facility which
must forever bar the disgusting, the
mentally, morally and physically nause-
ating theory of ''trial marriages.
"AIrs. Parsons does not inform us as
to how many times the trial may
safely be repeated or how many expert
ments a woman must usually make be-
fore she discovers her affinity.
''Perchance ad infinitum with total
failure as the final result. Miserable
dictu
'Again, the thought of offspring to
such union is too terrible to contem-
plate, for it suggests only race of de-
generates born without God or hope in
the world, fatherless, nameless, unloved
and unloving, advancing toward maturi-
ty only to reproduce the same revolving
drama enacted by their progenitors.
''There is touch of the absurd
thanks be to Peter, it isn't all tragedy
in the suggestion concerning health, NOR
ais, etc.
"Any woman who goes to the altar
without making sure that she is not
wedding an incurable invalid or a vi
cious criminal, deserves all that is COM
ing to her. Allan Pinkerton is too
handy. Also if a man desires nursery
maid for his better half, he should
chose one in the beginning. There are
numbers of the well-trained to be had
at intelligence offices.
Il certainly believe that in this day
and generation, there is lot of we'll
meant tommy-rot concerning marriage
going the general rounds. The first
marriage in the Garden of Eden was
never consummated until the devil took
a hand and he has apparently had a
matutinal ana post -prandial finger in
most of the matrimonial pies ever since.
about fifty Per cent out of every 100
marriages, tam | liberal enough p far
from being made in heaven are concoct-
ed in a widely different atmosphere.
ridiculous" exclaimed still another
woman, when asked for her opinion of
the trial marriage plan advocated by
Mrs. Parsons.
"The world has lived entirely too long
on decent principles to adopt any such
custom as that. 1t might suit some
persons-those occupying positions in
the lowest strata of society-but for
people in whose characters decency fig
ules, it could not do.
Il do believe, that it would be well
if precautions could be taken to pre-
vent marriages between men and women
who are not physically able, but this
outIandish idea-never. Mrs. Parsons
calls her book. The Family. Where
would be the family with this trial mar
riage system in practice. Surprising "a
man and woman were married for a
week, month, or yes, for year, and
wife and the woman to seek another
husband In the course of time children
would come, and where, pray, would be
the father? And who would he be-?
Could helpless woman be expected to
care for children brought into the world
in such fashion, No. Then would
appear the necessity for great increase
III the number of state institutions for
the care of the friendless and poverty
stricken"
me speaker freely says that she is
OF the opinion that this idea was
brought out in Mrs. Parsons book only
because of the tremendous amount of
free advertising which it was certain to
bring. Any advertising means more
royalties for the authoress
Undoubtedly she needs the money!"
was the way the woman summed up
the matter