Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-13
SNUBS FOR SOCIETY
FOR PROMOTION" OF
LITTLE BLIND GOD
Hands OIL" Says Mr..
Pennypacker to the Bureau
to Encourage the Happiness
of Families.

Marriages, all the good books say, are
made in heaven, but II certain asso-
citation which is applying for articles OF
incorporation to the Supreme Court in New
York and which. II 1t gets them expects
to establish branch bureaus in Philadel-
phia and other large cities has its way,
it's going to be permitted to keep its
eye on this business of the celestial king
dom to see that every one goes all right
or course marriages may continue to
be made in the same place, but the sue
cessful outcome of them is, hereafter
going to be looked after by this associa-
tion, which calls itself the Society for
the Promotion of Family Happiness
OF what avail is 1t. asks this organiza-
tion, to have your husbands life insured
or his health or his safety, II you leave
out the most important thing of all and
do not secure a premium on his affec-
tions?
Has the first blush of romance been
brushed from your welded bliss? Have
your husbands "detained-at-the-ofF
messages become suspiclously frequent?
Are the Saturday night votive offerings
the flowers and the candy-no longer
forthcoming? Does the pale blue blouse
which used to bring forth eNtravagant
encomiums every time you wore it no
ment7
In short do you feel that your love
ship has gone the least bit astray and
would you like to prevent the founder
ing? Then consult the Society for the
Promotion Of Family Happiness, which
is headed by no less a parsonage than
Judge Mayer. of the United States Court.
In the language of the vernacular, the
soclety's the dostor!
MR.. PENNYPACKER SNUBs 1T.
In an endeavor to find out just how
badly such an association was needed in
this city of Brotherly Love Cand the other
kind, tool, a reporter went to Samuel w.
Pennypacker. who. from the wealth of
experience which he must have gained
on the bench. at the bar and in the guber-
national chair is considered an authority
on all these matters.
The former Governor and ardent advo-
cate OF reform divorce laws, though i'm
mersed in the accumulation of several
days work, stopped to express his dis
approval of such an organization
He stuck his eye glasses on vigorously,
frowned across the top OF them, and then
raped out sharply:
Tut tut there are some things that
1t is best for outsiders to let alone and
the love affairs of a man and a woman
is one of them"
the thought of q cOld-blooded association
daring 10 interfere with matter that is
the express business Of a certain little
blind boy who wears wings and not much
else, he would not say another word
Judge Patterson, on the contrary.
though he agreed with Mr.. Pennypacker
that the less outside interference the
home is afflicted with the happier it will
be, was pleased to put forth some cpl
grams anent the idea of the newly pro-
posed Society for the Promotion of Family
Happiness. and after thinking minute
or two. he spoke
JUDGE PATTERsON's EPIGRAMs.
THE best sort of love insurance that
any man and woman can take out is
large family. This will keep them so
busy that there will be no time left for
marital disagreements or for cults Cults
are great detriment TO conJugal felicity.
"a prospective husband should think
twice before he speaks the words that
will bind him, and the prospective wife
should think at least three times before
she answers
"A man should be industrious. kind,
forbearing and willing to give way to
his wife when reason demands. He should
also turn over good portion Of his
earnings TO her
"a woman, no matter what her station
in life, and no matter how many maids
she can afford TO keep. should give the
running Of her menage her personal at
tention No wife is rich enough to be
able to afford to neglect this.
And finally, lawyers would serve the
community better if they expended more
of their energies on bringing dissenting
couples together instead OF pushing
divorces"
Once upon a time, a long while ago. a
body of men applied for articles of incor-
poration for n society whose business IT
was TO insure people against the frightful
tragedy, in their estimation, OF falling in
love. But this was cynical business and
Philadelphia would have none OF II. In
sure people against falling in love!
Shades Of Aphrodite and Eros! OF course
not The society was not allowed to in
corporate here.
judging from the expressions of opinion
OF Mr. Pennypacker and Judge Patter-
son the new society whose purpose it Is
10 insure people from falling out of love-
will not receive a more cordial treatment
although its purpose Is certainly not