The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-01
LOvELESS UNIONS
CAUSED BY MONEY
Lack of Means Responsible
for Degradation OF Wom-
en-, Zueblin Says.

Chicago. Mar. Money, not the po-
session of II. but its lack, Is respon-
sible for the degradation OF the mil
lions OF women who must marry men
whom they do not love.
The lack OF economic independence
has compelled women TO place this
stigma upon their sex.
These are the conclusions OF Profess
sor Charles Zueblin, who in lecture
on "The Family" at the Fullerton av-
snue Presbyterian church arraigned
the system that he declares works ha-
VOC with the relations of men and wo-
men.
In the course OF his remarks the
college man advanced "A new reason
for the existence of the unwritten
law" lie said that II was due to the
face that woman with "a milon-dol-
lar personality" found herself Deepen
dent upon Thousand dollar mascu-
line income"
"If you want to sec some Of the spir-
itual possibilities Of the economic in
dependence of women, consider the
degradation which accompanies mar
rying for support, even though the
majority may do It," said Mr.. Zueblin.
1T is n painful fact that unless man
and women love each other, or are
sacrificing themselves for the sake Of
their children. they have no right TO
live together. Yet there are millions
who do and must.
:. Chief Moral Defect.
But IL woman were given her eco
monte independence II would relieve
her OF that stigma. II would seem
also that II would relieve woman of
her chief moral defect. her method of
circumlocution. by which she gets
around men. whether IL is during the
counting Illusion. or by rifling her hus-
bands pockets, or any other way by
which she circumvents him, and gains
her end.
III men can be brought TO see the
undesirability OF the power OF man
over woman. n power enjoyed by the
possession OF money. we may even
bring him to see the degradation of
the power Of money over man.
Dependent on Income.
THE difficulty Is that that not only
n woman dependent upon man. that
not merely liz one woman dependent
upon one man. but all her rich nature,
the sum total Of her personality, is de-
pendent upon ono mans income. What
are we going to do when we have the
st.000.00O feminine personality Deepen.
dent on $1,000 masculine income,
which we sometimes have.
"rhe expression of this which Is the
most degrading comes In the appeal
which seems to be increasingly made
or has increasing publicity-the APP
peal to the unwritten law. Woman is
regarded as mans property. And
when this choicest piece OF property
IL violated. then he avenges himself.
The appeal to the unwritten law is the
appeal to law we dare not put on
our statute books. where nearly all
the laws are concerned with property.
because We do not like to admit that
woman Ia property. No man ever kills
his wife for love. lie dies for II, he
lives for It. and sometimes woman
kills herself for It. but women do not
want that kind of defense.
Love Made in Heaven
I'VE have to ask ourselves is mar.
riagc a legal. an economic. a spiritual.
or physiological relation? II is, of
course. all of these. II is a spiritual
relationship, generally. There is the
old saying to which We still are adj
dicted that marriages are made in
heaven. We must get rid of that idea.
Marriage is n social institution, sane
toned In a state functionary's office.