Holbrook argus., 1912-06-11
WHAT PEOPLE THINK
 ABOUT MARRIAGE

handed to us with request to publish same in the columns of this paper, by a young Japenese who has come to our city re- ceEtly from the Coast and who 1 IS now located here and engaged in the laundry business His wife is an American (white) woman.
 This young man informs us that the appearance of himself and wife upon the street has caused considerable comment by various people of our city, hence the article given below of which he IS the author. He thinks and believes that as long as they are happy together what are the odds? Who should care?
 On account of the length Of the article we could not publish same all in this weeks issue but will conclude the same in our next weeks issue.
 The article follows:
 My intention in making this public is simply to keep ill mind my opinion ''what people think about marriage" I feel, too, that any contribution that may tend to stimulate that public to further interest in marriage" is not without merit, and if any literal views suggested here in these articles hold the interest of the readers, my will is fulfilled more than I expected.
 People ask my idea of divorce, we'll it is rather hard to express myself in English, but the points of my idea is. that marriage without love is no better than divorce. If there is no marriage without love, there will be fewer divor- ces.
 Cause for devorce. If one looks for character and refinement as people do. in marriage, I should say'there, would be less trouble in married life. II is much better to remain single, than to marry for money, for place, or for the mere fact of marrying. Nothing can be compared with that miserable life which comes after marriage.
 think Lunderman, the great Ger man dramatist, described most wildly the unhappy life of that kind in his "Joy of Living. Just think how can one bear long this kind of union!
 Do not treat me as a stranger, we do not feel that you are strangers to us.
 There is no difference under ''Liberty and Freedom at least I feel that way, though we are a different race, but ''surely we are factor in the worlds progress. I have read Dr. Letnm- nean's view on woman and marriage 1t was really an interesting book, and especially his broad researches on the subject are, think very valuable. He never decides anything, but always tries to collect facts.
 This method is somewhat different from the average writers on the su biect, because he stands on the ground of ethnography. I am also interested in Lesterward's method, in his ''Pure Sociology.
 I have read this editorial by Ella Wheeler Wilcox on the Stokes engage ment.
 She had not gone deep on this sub ject, yet Mrs. Wilcox's points are all right so far as her optimistic attitude is concerned. Just compare this Stokes case with the marriage of Carnegie's neice to a coachman, they are much the same You will see the marriage for love nowdays is always under the conditions that either bride or groom must be rich. Right here we have something to Philosophy.
 People know when Henry George proposed to his wife he had only coin in his pocket and said: "This is all that I possess in the world, will you marry mel" To marry means not to depend one upon the other, but rather it means to help each other, in order to accomplish given task in life; to work out life's deals. In this sense marriage is mission, life itself is mission.
 If one is good hearted and has some possibilities of future development, that is what most sensible people care for There are hundreds of thousands of beautiful girls in this world but we seldom find character and genius in them. The physical beauty is a fine thing to possess, but the beauty of character is finer still, think.
 Those who doubt thIs, can ima zine what kind of people they are,