The evening world., 1911-06-24
FRIEND REBUkES WIFE FOR
SElFISHNESS.

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Blu. through the voice OF a warning
friend Mr.. Mexican rebukes her:
The whole trouble with you Is that
you are inordinately selfish Ind as OBJ
stinate as a mule. You nave but one
viewpoint. and that is-self. What have
YOU ever done to try TO win your hus-
band? Has It ever occurred to you that
you should have made the attempt to
do so? Don you know there can be
no happiness in marriage where there
II a total absence OF mutual under
standing? Furthermore. there must be
forbearance, there must be something
spiritual rather than the mere mate
rial relationship. Many marriages fail
Just because the man and woman won't
stop to think Of thi. very t~hing-untn
it's too late.
III, purely out OF s~elhshness. you are
giving up the love of a good man. you
are wantonly destroying the spiritual
part of marriage and you will be ivtng
In sin with your second husband Just
as much as II you lived with him with
out the sanction OF the church."
DECREE AGAINST DIVORCE IN
MARRIAGE SERVICE.
And you really take that view of
DIVORCE" ] asked Mr.. Mexican.
TT 10 the only possible view" he
returned. indexibly. think OF the
solemn words Of tho marriage SER
vtce-'Tor better, for worse, for
richer, for poorer, in sickness ana
in health, till death DO us part
And again, Whom God hath Joined
together let no man put asundsr.'
The & cree absolute against divorce
IL contained in those few phrases"
but no other contract save that OF
marriage is regarded as irremediable."
] protested.
Marriage is more than n contract"
said Mr.. Mexican. 1T is the most SOL
emn sacrament in existence. II cannot
be broken. Men and women may re-
pudiate each other and keep the law
OF the land. but the Higher Law re-
nains ANed.
And don't you Gee the reason
fo- !ta Ore need not DO . church
momte- to disbelievs In divorce.
Ono has only to be o lover OF hui
marity, or even h O narrower
thing, Q patriot, to Geo that d.
vorce 10 tho social curse Of our
generation. It 10 imperative
sirnal Of the downfall Of the home.
"a charming lady OF the old school
whom ] know is the aunt OF a young girl
about TO be married, The other day
she said TO her niece, anxiously. Dear
YOU'RE quite 'ure he Is the risht
one?'
Century. with an airy toss OF her head.
,Tu lust get "A divorce and marry some
body else Imagine such a shameless
sentiment on the lips OF one who was
almost at the bridal altar Her aunt
ibid me about Il with tears In her eyes,
.'Rut don't you think It horrible for
two people who don't care about each
other to be chained together : ssked,
1nEY SHOULD LEARN TO CARE,
He THINKS.
..There Is no rea son why they should
M, lonrn to care" Mr.. Mexican stated
Grm,v. 'I have suggested the way In
nv hook. There are few couples who
begin life without any love. or at least
c,mplalsancc toward each other, What
,hev must strive to do is to fan the
dame. instead of watching 1t go out.
And they must never give up.
Love ian die. but, phosnix-nks,
IL can arise from its ashss. Not
the old, fery, passaonats ioVo' per
haps, but something Quuetsr,
eng moro durable. The love
&hat IN the attraction Of youth for
~.rth 10 a. fragile and quick fad
ing r.. youth. The love OF m1ddls
age 10 for life everlasting"
(which do you think most to blame
for divorces. husbands or wives?'
The United States Census Bureau
statistics show that two-thirds OF the
divorce DEGREES granted are obtained by
women. The modern woman In America
is obsessed by her own self-lmportance.
She takes herself with such deadly Sc
riousness. She discovers a genius for
writing like my heroine or for the stage
or for politics or for helping the ia
, OF suffering humanity. and she car
think of nothing else: and II her hus-
band THINKS Of anything else he doesn't
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