The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10
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statenone of these do demand; they ask simply
B, Men dansnd that women play .upSEeoastaany to
their easnle. and they estimate wonens worth by
their ability to dojust that. sls;f rs
Wnen "a man says that woman has won him..
he means AMPLY and solely and brutally thar he has
laid Himself open to sex stlna ton the
HasS succeeded IN giving the stiHulus to win
pays no tribute to fwenaans intrinsic worth
here right there. lies the source Of our unhappy
There. Mrs Austin Ia convinced lies the source of
the uphappness and the source of the marriages WELL
this state of affairs she promised to explain In q few
moments Ieanwhiie, she continued IS IS id g
When our marriages are undertaken mo- on a has
The hest good Of the ndvidpr and society but simply
through an illusion sex. they end in the
divorce court No wonder they are restless, unhappy
failures: T hey can't he ANYTHING alse 81 1a
The jnrtS' Of orr modern American marriages
are not real matnes They arc more or less unhappy
They rest on no basis of understanding and truth
They have been hrourh, about by an illusion--the
marriage Illusion created by definite acts the part
of the woman. {y ,E ~ H 5tE
.5 "0ur modern American marriage is the result of
womans nower to play a game.
si Consequently when these two young people whose
has resulted from artificial situation begin
to tneir lives together get down to the serious bust
More than half of our modern marriages in Amer
lea are marriages of made love. And made love is
the most terrible and deadly thing in the world. It Is
simply the result of artificial stimulation the creation
of sex appeal q
I'm marriage of made love the woman cannot
have a woman She can exist merely MS a
female She must keen up the thing on which ner
marriage has been founded on which it's Success de-
ponds She cannot give herself to race functions or to
commnntv work or any sort Of work It is her busi.
ness in life TO remain attractive. to continue charm
her husband She must he continually reereating that
hrst atmosphere of artificial romance. -t'f=s'
~ nave heard men say that the ideal of good
wife was a woman who kept mp that same courtship
herself to the continuation of the first appeal. That
idea is simply lamentabe. That sort Of marriage
doesn't get anywhere. G
And that sort of woman is quite the opposite of the
ideal wife.
Such marriage is little more than localized pros
titutinn. Yet this Is what men call ifdeal.''
Mt RS AUSTIN is far from pholding the theory that
W. the sole of marriage is the continuation
of the She denounces the teaching of euGencs
"clantran" She does believe that women should
cnnose their husbands simply. primarily the
fathers of their children. vice And she
the necessity for all married women
heinr mothers On the other hand, she strongly
oppose the marriage Of made love" the ground that
it discourages maternity.
az do not believe that marriage exists solely for
reproduction" she said. sand 7 think that tae whole
idea of euGenics Is ridiculous and CHASTITY.
I'VE have absolutely right to summon child
into the world as q scientific experiment Passion is
the only excuse for such summons. And the theory
that Deople ought to marry Just to have children is
absurd
because they want to live together and that is eIacty
it should be.
Eat the same time If people can bring healthy chill
dren into the world and bring them up be Of
benefit to society. they naturally ought dc And
the fact that woman finds it wel-nch impoEsi.
HE to hear children and keep her old charm for
ner husband is sufficiently strong argument against
that Of marriage. ,at.es
There is one final test of a successful marriage:
1T is not supreme bliss: 1t is usefulness to the com.
mrnity The normal marriage increases the usefulness
both of the and the woman, by putting something
and vital into their lives and broadening their
sympathes and powers The marriage in which the
and woman become better citizens is good mar
rage that in which lose In value to the community
is bad marriage.
Gas for the idea that marriage Is sacrifice for
the women that ought to be knocked on the head If
doesn't make of worth to
the community and to herself sk. oughtn't to marry.
That settles that!
rowers account. that is altorether her affair.
She may have children. she do outside work. What
she does is matter Of individuality. But she do
something for the State
..Housework has ceased to be pertinent factor In
the life of the city woman The amount of housework
that city woman does is nconsiderable
"a city woman whose manner of fatlivinE enables
her to escape and the oldfashioned duties
of the old-fashoned wife ought most emphatcaly to
find something else do She can't deeenty spend her
life in playing bridge and running ribbons through her
underelohes She hasn't right Just to camp on her
husbands trail.
Every big city in America is full of married women
in apartments living immoral and pernicous lives I'm
happy marriages in America to-day? Naturally y
MI RS AUSTIN is an ardent suffraEist-not only be-
lVl cause she believes that women have right to
VOTE but because she believes that suffrage will do more
than any other thing toward tho revaluation Of
women In the recent suffrage victory IN California
Mrs Austin was fighter Although she was
called away by the of other business during
several months of the women's campaign. she never
write. to organize to keep in touch with and
to help the women of her home State.
Suffrage will do much for this revaluation of
woman she said. cit will place the importance of
woman in the scheme Of things upon the basis of
her intrinsic worth.
when woman becomes actively social factor she
will be able to place aer marriage on different basis
riage.
THE economic recognition of women will help, too