The Detroit times., 1914-10-15

Il II astonishing the number OF ira
ditions. conventions and theories that
have shattered since L was married
II ever have n daughter tand
hope i shall have one) | am going to
teach her something very different
|. than II taught girls about love ano
marfiage. NOWADAYS. / believe the av'
craze girl Is too romantic; In TACT,
she places romance ahead OF love. sen.
timentaIity above sentiment MOST
women's romances are purely imagin'
alive. and when one wakes from
dream OF imagination. reality always
seems colder. harder and more unsym'
pathetic than ever. -,
don't believe that there Is CIR
today brought up In the atmospnere
OF romance as she Is, who VIII not DC
more or less disappointed with mar.
Rage. You see, little book, she gets
thoroughly impregnated with tne
idea that marriage is q kind OF subj,
mated courtship given and accepted
under the auspices Of the church and
state, when In reality It's nothing OF
the kind.
Marriage Is merely the best known
and most civilized plan or carrying
out natures one great law OF repro
duction. shall try and teach my
dauehter this and also ! shall be very
careful TO teach her that love Is only
An incident of marriage. just the same
as marriage Is only an incident OF
life. -.
.pm smiling, little book. as I think
M whaf mother Waverly would say II
sha should see the foregoing para
oraph. I think sometimes she waivers
n her mind as to whether am slight
lv insane OF wholly fool. And yet, u
she would own II. she would, tell me
that thar Wild entbralling passion
Which she and dad probably felt In
their courtship and first few months
NJ marriage had been gone for many
many years and could tell her thai
in her case she had not put anything
In the way OF friendship. comradesniI
and community OF taste In Its place.
That's what I'm looking forward to
little book--to the time when Dick
and have grown alike, when perhaps
7 have lost some OF my seriousness
and he has Loaf some of his irrespon
sibility: to the time when I can SEE
him sitting beside me looking al
though his thoughts we're far away
xvttbout an almost irresistible desire
IN AJAX him what he's thinking about;
~ the time when I can respect his In
dividuality and solitude and he vii
respect mine, and to the time whef
we will both know that companionshiI
and affection are much greater ant
more satisfying than passionate love
/ don't believe, however, that shall
ever get used to Dicks not writing M
when he II away. ! know this is rath
ar silly OF me, because recognize !
a one OF his bred-in-theIbone idiosyn
cracies. and It would probably make
him hate me, as wei; as bore. him u
death. TO feel that he must write M
daily. and yet II gives me a feelin'
that a. soon az he Is away from M
hs has forgotten me utterly. when
Az not ret Q letter from him. An'
when he sends me kilograms. al
vavs feel an though he had put OF
,siking to me until the last minut
and then sent me wire from q sens
of duty.
morninR. answering my long Iette
about Eliene. "You did just right
Wsrrie. dear" he said. but dom
vorry about Harry and Eliene view
rot enough to worry about In our owl
ssmiIy without going out 70 the neigh
bors and bringing some new worrie
IN rye patched up that book sale an
hone to get home within the next tw'
~ three days. ~ on my way bacl
rm eoing IA. stop ct Cleveland. Toled'
snS Dotrolt On busine6s. Think Of a
800 doar olr1. and remember II