The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-02-19
F1ubbard's
New Wife
Fra Elbertus Puts Up
Rich Doggerel.


his wife, an eulogy Of "the-only WON.
an ne ever loved" and as he says, not
"a tombstone testimonial" but "a
simple tribute OF truth"
No matter what we may think Of
the domestic relations of Fra Elbertus
Of the clan of East Aurora, we cannot
deny that he is remarkably and unique.
ly frank concerning them, and the
best exempllfication of this freak Of
his makeup, is found In his "White
Hyacinths."
He has loved his wife for seventeen
long years though he has been mar.
ried to her but five, the romance be-.
ginning years ago when the present
Mrs. Hubbard, who was Alice Moore,
was on visit to her sister In Boston.
Hubbard was married at the time,
but that seemed to make no particu-
lar difference to them, and she became
a mother.
Hubbard finally obtained a divorce
from his first wife and married Miss
Moore.
Hubbard says OF her:
I'm way Of mental reach, SANITY
sympathy and all,round ability. she
outclasses any woman OF history, an.
cient or modern. mentally, morally
and spiritually.
ITO make better woman than AL.
ice Hubbard" he adds, zone would
have to take the talents and graces OF
many great women and omit their
faults. II she Is departure lin some
minor respects from a perfect stand
ard, it is probably because she lives in
faulty world, and deals with faulty
folks, few Of whom, doubtless, will
peruse this article.
Fright here, OF course, | hear you
say, but love is blind, or at least my.
opic, and every man who has loved
says what you are saying now. The
nature Of love is exaggeratioh, and to
take a woman and clothe her with
ideality, this Is love- And you speak
wisely. But let me here explain that
while the sadness Of time In my ego
has not entirely dissolved. l have
reached time In life when feminine
society Is not an actual necessity.
~ am at an age when libertines
turn saints, and rogues become relig.
ious.
However, ! have never gone the
pace, and so am neither saint nor as.
celtic, and the eternally feminine Is
not now, and never was to me con.
suning lure.
And while the flush Of impetuous
youth, with its unreasoning genius Of
the armour senilis, and never can be,
since world problems, not sensations,
fiji my dreams and flood my hours"
Hubbard's adulation begins with .
preface which reads:
$50 here cometh White Hyacinths
being book OF the heart by Ebert
Hubbard"
His picture follows and so does hers,
and then his devotion comes afresh.
He says;
when Charles Kingsley was asked
to name the secret Of his success, he
replied: Il had friend
IF asked the same question would
give the same answer,
II might also explain that my friend
is a woman.
This woman is my wife, legally and
otherwise.
'She is also my comrade, my champ.
ion, my chum, my business partner.
ether e.has long been suspIoi IN that
when God said, Il will make help.
meet for man the remark was a subtle
bit OF sarcasm.
However, the woman OF whom
am speaking proves what God can do
when he concentrates on his work.
my wife is my helpmect, and | am
hers. don't support her, rather, she
supports me. All have Is hers-not
only do l trust her with my heart, but
with my pocketbook And what