The evening world., 1912-02-17
GIRL WITH
IS NEVER bUlL|ED
INTO MARRIAGE
Woman Really Webs
for Love, Says Prof. Powys
of Cambridge, England.

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instead OF becoming cole. hard ana
msrcsnsry. - the general ooAesp.
tioa asserts. M las The very high.
est ideal Of love. ne era 81 happy
marriages will Only ooms when
svsry woman 10 ssif.supporen6.
ana has .hsfsfors no tsmptateA
to give herself TO . HUSBAND uAisss
she carvs for him"
That at least IL the opinion OF John
cowper Powys. NJ. A.. who holds .
chair OF literature at The University of
Cambridge In England. Prof. Powys
was In New York yesterday to deposit
his tribute At tho shrine OF the great
Englishman whose centenary We are
celebrating. II was after his lecture
on Dickens that he was asked whether
the passing Of the 'sweet hon wom-
an beloved by the novelist. implied
the passing Of romantic love.
sc long as the question Of money
enters in any way into the relations
between man and wife their love must
be coarse ned and cheapcned. IL not
ueStIVyCu, Uc ttltieu. s"ey "o"''
like a paradox. but the wife who goes
out into the world to earn her own
living Is a better honemaker than she
who stays at home and pridcs herself
on her domesticity.
"You hear the woman waee-earner.
married or single, criticised for knock
Ing the bloom of omance What ro-
nance: What is there romantic about
tho old fashioned marriage. where q
man buys the services OF a woman
with the promise of board and clothes
possibly a little probationary thrown
in. and the woman consents to be sold
because she can't do anything betterf
The entire transaction Ia essentially
commercial.
IN England and America the the DRY
says that a girl may choose the man
she loves among many suitors. But
the practice has been that h should
thankfully accept the frst good pro-
WIDER who offers to free her father
from supporting her.
wIFe's ECONOMIC DEPENDENCE
DANGEROUS TO LOVE.
~ believe that . false ochems OF
economies wrecks moro marriages than
ali the ether causes put together. Fol
wife to be economically dependent
] on her husband II unfair to both. and
extremely dangerous to the very gen
, uine O which 70 ext. between
them.
at II intensely h~umilakang 70 thu
woman of any fneneas Of feeling to b.
; obliged to ask her husband tor money
Even IL he 10 a generous psroon anc
> cves without question. abe hetse the
solicitation. On the other hand. II NJ
D Ia the type Of man who always gr0wh'
} What did you do with the 40 l gave
, you last week?' the situation becomes
almost unbearable to the woman Of
natural Independence.
But the husband has he ade- Sup
pose his wife to be f0oliShly extrava-
giant. 80 long as no keeps her In his
home he must pay her bills. no matter
what personal ~drudgery 10 necessary on
his part. But TO long will his love
for her last under such conditions?
'~Ths only way 70 stSaiGhtsA out
the tangled -x1thn etio Of matr1-
moulal economics ana seouSo The
right answer . happy marriage.
10 to keep husband NJ wife finaa-
cislly Independent Of . other.
Thsn the love relation viii not bs
complicated ~ the money rsiation.
"a step IN that direction has already
been taken by the increase In the num-
Der OF self disappearing women. That 10
why l say the business woman Is the
best friend OF love. Marriage Is much
,imore apt 70 start right to-day than
6fty years ago.
"Ths girl with . JOB u never bal
LIED Into mAxryiAS for the shelter
Of four waus n foot to put into
her month.
Il cannot see why she Is considered
a menace to domestic happiness. be.
cause her marriage 10 absolutely free
from Interior motives. With nothing 70
gain In material welfare, she discovers
the true spirit Of romance-lovs 70,
loves own sake. aud on that rock found
her house.
THE point II that her eyes are only
hal open. as yet. Ask the averaE,
. economically Independent woman II she
would marry to DO supported. and sh,
will DO thoroughly indignant. Ask he
IL she will lot herself be supported. ate,
marrying for love. and she hesitstes."
But II she Is q mother she frequent,