The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-29
EVENING CHAT
BY RuTH CAMNRoN.

My friend,'' said Mrs Louise N-ol,ia
49, ou dhd l and Fred, young. needless.
Symcal living in this reckless town OF
New York, may laugh sometimes at old
thlngs like the law and religion when they
phrase was written for old fogies. And
we may sheer at The wages of sin is
ueath. But my friend, there comes to
all OF us sometimes the 1znou-1odea that
the law and religion are right What
they say We shall not do-that we cannot
DO without suffering I have learned that
Also nave learned that the wages of sin
He'll on EARTH
Louise Suydam was the wife of Walter
L1spenard Suydam, a New York million
ARE After eight years Of InaT.riae she
oeclded that she was mismated and eIoped
with Frederick Noble, a plumber. Mr.
Mr. Noble After living together less
than six months, less than three weeks
after their marriage, these two unhappy
people committed suicide. And the rea-
son for this act was that they had found
that the love CO which caused them TO
defy conventions and morality, which they
looked upon as an eternal affinity decreed
by God and nature, and not to be denied
no longer existed. The monotonv and
common placeness of ordinary married
lie had killed this love, which was so
great that they We're willing to sacrifice
everything to it, in less than three weeks
Probably you know most of these facts.
Ihey were chronicled widely enough. I
am merely relating them for those who
did not chance to read them, and recall
ing them for those who did.
In the words / have quoted / think
Louise Suydan Noble preached as power
ful a sermon any minister ever gave
For the minister tells that the wages
OF sin is death, because that is what he
believes. She tells us that because she
knows. She had received that wages, ana
more than that-''a Hell on earth"
In an ordinary married life, where the
marriage is between two people who love
each other dearly, where there is a rea- ,
sonable degree Of prosperity, where
4 fr4
terests and activities to add to the happi- |
ness of both parties. there is, neverthe- |
less, much stress and strain upon the af- |
lection that these two feel There are /
times when the irritating little cares of !
married life grow irksome, there are days I
when one wears upon the other, there are
when tempers flare up and /
things are said that should not be.
Now tell me, if there is all this stress
and strain in normal married life where
there is everything to favor happiness.
what win there be in that union, which,
by defying conventions has thrown away
standing and friends and the joys of a
lawful respected domestic hearth with
happy children about it, and very likely
ma teriaI prosperity to boot?
In every married life the lovers love |
n which passion is a prime element. must
gradually change. The love may become
he affection of habit which one feels for
anyone with whom he lives. 1t may cool
nto something little more than mutual
;ufferance It may degenerate into actual
iisIike il may develop into sweet and en-
iurng friendship and tenderness which
o me is the most beautiful love on earth.
What chances is there for this happy out
.Ome in marriage like that of Louise
suydam and her affinity?
affinity Earle couldn't live with his
irst wife because he decided they
weren't mated. He broke up his home
md made his little child fatherless to go
o his affinity Julia kuttner. who he
aid was his true soul male. In about two
ears she appeared in the divorce courts,
that her coul mate chol1ed and
,eat her.
'sBut, my friend" says Louise Noble.
there comes to all of US sometimes the |
knowledge that the law and religion are
light What they say we shall not do
hat we cannot do without suffering"
To any man woman who is tempted |
o defy convention in any way and set
p a higher 81 standard of morality for ,
erseIf or himself, ] commend these words
Louise Suydam Noble.
You may not believe ministers. or
riends or your family You may say
hey are theorizing. You must believe
er. She knew. God help her.