The San Francisco call., 1909-01-29
Believes in No Religion Save
Seeking Happiness Through
Pleasing Self
Asserts Home Life Ideal and
Couple to Part Best OF
Friends
Will Resume Welded Tie if
Single Blessedness Proves
to Be IrksOme

Modernism seems to have reached in
San Francisco the furthest limit yet
achieved when trial marriage is open
ly avowed and discussed as it is by
A. w. Robins of Market street vege-
tartan cafe. and the woman who is
known by courtesy as Mrs. Robins.
Trial marriages are ideal" declare
the Robinses (by courtesy), but never
theless they are going to separate.
That is, they think they are. Mrs.
Robins is not so sure.
I'VE are loving each other just as
much as we ever did," she asserts, but
we find it infringes too much on our
personal liberty. Maybe though, when
the time comes to part. we will find
that we can not be happy-then,." and
she shrugged her shoulders, I'VE will
seek each other again
"MARRIEDc FIVE YEARS
The Robinses. whose,contract marriage
expires Saturday next, have been to-
gether for five years and apparently.
have no more computations about part
ing than they have at living as man
and wife without benefit of clergy
Il live to please myself and make
myself happy she said yesterday-and
said it as though it were virtue suff1-
cient to win her a crown of glory-"and
see no use of any law. If ] do not
infringe on you, why should you care
whether / believe in the laws or not?
Mr.. Robins and ] love each other, but
we do not marry because we might
change, and then we would be bound
together. Would you have us be hypo-
.r-f4 ~ 1rx-n o,t.
other any more. Would You have us
go on living together"
AMERICAN BY BIRTH
Mrs. Robins is an American by birth,
but her parents, who live near Chicago,
are Russians. She speaks English with
"a decided accent. although she is ap-
parently fairly well educated.
When questioned as to whether she
had ever had any religious faith she
said:
81 was brought up with strict re-
ligion, but now i have no use for it.
believe in no God except myself and
do not regard the laws of religion.
My parents are very conservative and
my mother felt very bad when went to
live with Mr.. Robins, but she has given
in since she finds our way of life so
much better than the way she and my
father live"
Mrs. Robins says their life has been
ideally happy.
I'VE have never had one quarrel-we
always agree perfectly" she declared.
"I do not feel that he must support me-
We always work together and we each
spend exactly the same amount OF
money and we save just the same. If
one of us bought music the other
bought it, if one of us bought books
the other did, too. Now we are to
part we will divide everything, share
and share alike. There will be trouble
sharing things, because when you care
about a person you are willing to give
up much, even what you want your
self"
IN BUSINESS
When asked if she did not fear that
they would be lonely when they parted
if they still loved each other she said:
"Oh. we can be together when we want
to meet. We will be just like an en-
gagged couple now instead of married
people. We will work here together
we are partners in this business"
She has. scruples-among her other
ideas--in regard to eating meat.
Il think l can live without having
creatures killed for my stomach 1
live on vegetables and 1 learned it
because I thought it was right
II don't want to say I'm any cult"
she said II just have my own ideas
and 1 am going to live them. I can't
tell about the future, though. / might
change my mind any time. It is two
days before my husband and I separate
and maybe we will decide differently
before then"
When asked as to possible mar
riage-or the very amiable substitute
which they say they provide-with
other persons Mrs. Robins spoke brave
ly enough, but there was the first
shadow of weakening in, her speech.
II will never find any one else" she |
said, Il am sure, and l do not believe he |
will. i am perfectly certain there is
no one else in the world can suit him |
as well as / do. But IL he did"-and |
she looked a trif1e doubtful of her I
theories for just a second-"well, I /
would have to get used to the idea, |
that is ALL