The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-30
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ent factors. each Of which, taken in
dtvtdually, constitutes In itself q NOR

ent factors. each Of which. taken In
dtvtdually, constitutes in itself a NOR
al force at the service Of q society
whose aggregation represents "a sun
OF conditions sufficient to assure tt
the conjugal state 81 double consecra.
ton. divine and human, result hnnll,
In relaxing these limits to the poln'
list no longer than tho wish OF III.
contracting parties. and not by Tho
authority OF law"
He is especially shocked AZ tho larl
of a uniform divorce law for all IN.
states. and the anomalous positio,
which orn couples md themeelvc.
divorced according To the law Of ono
state. hut still united according TO the
law of other states.
"Thht disorder consecrated h law
makes a strange contrast with the
moral and religious theory consider
cd as unalterablc. with the nppnren,
Respect profcssrd for thu. runiugnl
state. with th" solemn rituHl which
invests and consecrates it. The con-
tradirtion is striking between the
point of dcpartur" and the point OF
arrival. between that which was de
sired Thy tho founders of the rcpub-
hc) n the results obtained.
ITO tho eyes nj til" observers tho
situation is grave. and. if the caus.
Is not vet lost, tho results are at lcHs,
much compromised. To a period OF
development moral and intellectual
OF prosperity without precedent. has
succeeded a period of restlcssness
One Is filled with doubt. in tho face
OF the resulting conditions. of the cx-
cellence of the institutions. and quer
les whether II false road has not been
taken. in seeing the worship of wo-
man.. the predictions regard of her.
ending In such unlooked-for ronse-
quences."
He also is impressed with the OBJ
sorption of men in business to the
different motive. Money" he says,
lis the only sign of success which the
American has. More than anywhere
else, We in France hold a great phil
osophar. a great artist. a great writ
er. in entirely different esteem han
a rich man, however rich ne may he.
Above fortune we put many things;
indeed. we make so much Of them
that, in appreciation of others,
the money which they may possess is
only a secondary consideration, and
no one is more conscious of this han
those whose fortune is their only title
to consideration" He sees in Aneri-
ca nothing hu the possession of
wealth as a measure of a mans sue
CGSS dIlu dpIlllS.
He comments favorably upon the
a~daptability of the American woman,
and her readiness to enter into new
conditions and make herself AT home
In them. "If. to safeguard their re-
ltgious faith n their liberty. their
ancestors did not hesitate to cross the
Atlantic mt an epoch when such a
voyage was long II perilous. tn en-
gage in a struggle with nature and
the Indians f6nir dncrao1ar re IL, mot
hesitate to emigrate from the Allan
tic to the Pacific. to India or Austria
liza.
THE American woman applies in
all its rigor the precept of the bible.
She will leave family. friends. her
country. to follow the husband whom
she has chosen, and in so doing she
no sororwful separation. Together
they commence he struggle for IN
istence. but without expecting any
thing from others. and without ask
ing anything. According to their
ideas and their traditions. it is not for
the parents to provide for the need
Of the children from the day when
family. 1t is not for those who are
nld to despoil themselves for those
who are young.
Pew women in Europe possess to
the same degree as tho American the
faculty of identifying herself with a
new environment, of changing coun-
try. climate. surroundings. with such
marvellous adapta hility. She Is the
true woman of a nomadic race. ready
for displacement. careless of sur
roundinGs, holding AS good that
which carries her to her end. where
her husbands meets a field free and
large.
I'm all this she differs profoundly
from the young French girl. brought
up differently. accustomed tn sec. be-
fore everything else. in marriage an
association of interests and an eman-
cipation from guardianship. With us
the home Is stable. IF our language
has not the word. We have the thing.
About the permanent home others
group themselves. allied or associate.
They support each other mutually.
lean upon each other; they make
part Of a. community in which each
interests. his friendships. Then the
limitations Of the family are all-pow-
erful."
International Marriages.
Dwelling upon this point. he attri-
butes much of Frances failure to
grow and extend itself to this unwill-
tngness on the part Of Frenchwoncn
10 ledNe tletI OWL Iucdllpn. nc says
that in the opinion Of many-perhaps
the majority of thoughtful French
men-this is n Of their most seri-
ous problems. an insurmountable OBJ
stacle to the development Of their
foreign colonies.
He takes q. view of international
marriages which is a revelation to an
American.
"Some years ago several women of
high rank me in the anteroom of the
palace of tho Empress of Germany.
In passing through Berlin they had
solicited h favor of an audience
through their respective ambassadors
and an hour had been appointed
when the empress would receive
them. They did not know each 9TH
er. English, Russian. Austrian. Ital-
ian. the chances OF travel united them
for the first time. The hour appoint
ed had passed and the empress did
not appear. Addressing her neigh
bor. of them expressed her sur
prise at the delay. cxcusing her i'm
patience on tho ground that. being an