The evening world., 1912-05-24
And Peace Movement Must
Start in the Home, De-
elares Persian Prophet.
SEXES SHOULD BE EQUAL
But Happy Homes Need
Stricter State Regulation,
Is His Belief.
~ SOPHIE IRENE LOEB.

4 ~ SOPHIE IRENE LOEB.
y Ssh, ssh, He sssspsi' These were
Y ths words that greeted me when en-
tered the HuAson Apartments on River
side Drive In answer TO my appointment
Win Abdul. BAHIA. ths Persian prophet.
Already . coteris OF dsvotses were sit
I. ting about talking in hushed whispers.
Z each explaining 10 the other this, that
4 and the othar point in the Bahaisn BE-
lief. They weics1ed me. - they do all
Z strangers, into the sacred circle. and I
listened with awe.
q A young Persian from Chicago wes
reamestly explaining the "spirit OF one
mes" A. ne talked . young woman
y on one side Of him kept shakinG her
z head In acauiescsnos and another on
nhis left exclaimed ecstaticaiiy. Il sec
~ all. 1 understand It perfectly" They
flooked at mo for Q corrssponding APP
Expectation and could not help wishing
" could soc Il. too.
Z Further he went On to tsli the mean
alag Of peace. vsntured 20 ask who he
kwas and he told me he w'As . disciple OF
4 the Master (msaaing Abdul Baha).
IA0Q UTUO0D0OQ 10 OkNtoAI w. osDet ksSS
lem OF Univeruai Peace hU . little story.
= He said: ''Onos upon . tims the mice
,of the world GOT together IN conferences
as TO how 10 b safe from the cat AZ
laoe. after much discussion. Il was sug-
tgssesd TO pat . ben on . string and ne
Nhe string around the neck OF the cat
leo that when he moved about the mice
might evads the cat-which seemed. very
FWtsc indeed. ut next the question
xaross who was to put the string on the
,cat. And there you ars!'
4 In this way listened to argument
saltr argument for . whole hour. and
,ail this t1ne visitors were coming to be
resss<sd with ''ssh! He sleeps!" And
.,tAey were all willing 70 walt.
z oas young woman with soulful syss.
- astist, sak bss,de me and told me
hOw che had tAvslisd 20 Aka. In
6vvia. 70 81 "tl,s uessags." end she a.
,sursA me when I entered ny presence
Is would get Il too.
AA0%irE.HAiREo oID, MAN WITH
q KINDLY eMiLg.
n AZ last. after two Of his secretaries
had told me chaA I would coon zee him.
Aaothsr Persian. who wac introduced
20 mo a. DR.. Ameen FAresd. his inter
troter. led mo toward an adjoining
room and At the door wac met by .
white -haired. whiH-beardsd man who
9xtended his hand and led me 20 q seat.
n He has q kindly smile and speaks
t,pwly and deliberately to the inter-
eretsr. who In turn trandstss into Eng
Ia. 30 here was the man whose father
heeors him and he himssk had for forty
. an neS q
Ire beliefs he cherished. in which son-
efuAs he had perhaps figured out ways
khnd means for carrying out his work."
tWh1ch he IL now talking about through
tput the country.
a Whatever his religion may b. what
Fever construction IL put upon him by
,his peace seeking followers. at least this
ola man Of me East. coming from the
~iand Of the philosophic Omar. 10 kssniy
hive to things about him and has some
.Sane IDEAS on the subject of everyday
3iving.
$50 you want . message for The i've
kpiag World no SAID. You can tell
btesr readers. then. that IN all principles
fof International peace that are being
vprsmoted throughout the world there 10
rneas 10 important a. peace In the homA
THE INST form Of peace and unity sms-
rnAtss from thia
Wrist comes the united family, then
rths unity Of the city. after which the
,iunfty Of country and then the whole
swossd. But the foundation must begin
fta the homo. A realisation of peace
xovlng attributes must b rooted thsrs
&nrst Il all.
y 'Ths thoughts will b directed arisAs
Ethen aieng these lines for further uni.
Hersai psaoA But II you don't educate
me child along peaceful nnes. how can
yea make the man. the leader or the
fuisr able TO grasp Il In the broad civic
swayf
GeuAL RioHrs AND PEACE IN
HOME FIRST.
u Tirst Of all. there should be equal
4ghts In the homo. Each should respect
The Wishes and needs OF the other. The
3idsa Of serving In either case never can
hring about unity. An equal partnership
Unjust exist. with the rights OF each
tfirmly recognized.
sof al fsssAo1as that exist IN
yeU free country, the freedom Of
4 marriage 10 abaormal. There 10
not enough Importance attached 70
a. ANYBODY can get married. II
seems 70 b one Of the easiest
things you cen 10 here The oom-
. Ing existence u hardly considsrsd.
u - v . case Of one romance after
n aAothsr. end romance 10 Indeed Q
vsry shaky thing 70 buiid from. II
n yeu would promote psaos In tins
4 hens. marriage must be made
+. mere biscuit. xhs purpose Of the
psessat aay marriage u hsphasasd
n n lts conception
n 'Given a little romantic stage settins
nAn6 the thing 10 DONE There Is very
Nittls realisation Of the great importance
rot the future together. They 20 into
81 wtlly-nilly and md It difficult to &c
rout Of II In the same way.
e There should be perfect understand
ing with respect TO habits. tempera
ments and peculiarities. The great mis-.