The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-04-02
CHAPTER VII.
The Ex.-.m. mooos.my Of Mr.. as~..

The Extreme Monosamy Of M. Nsvsn.
1t 10 always more or less annoying
to put away wife. Even II the ex-
pense Of the process be little. a. in
these modern days 1t has come to be.
and even II consent thereto be mutual.
- - 20 often the case. there are In
practically all cases 20 many unpleas-
ant attendant features a. almost to
dispose one to favor the abolishment
OF the marriage idea. and to condemn
It as one not destined to survive in
these days Of modern competition.
This. the more especially a. regards
that monogamic idea Of marriage
which the government at Washington
harshly seeks to extend over our en-
tire domain. A to the idea Of poly.
gamy. much may be said In its favor
Thus. II one be tired Of one wife, or
bored by another. in polygamy 1t 10
easy to shift the domestic scene to .
third. and that In wholly good-humored
fashion. The idea Of divorce has
about 1t something almost personal. -
though one were displeased over some
matter. ~ though one held in ones
heart something actually Of criticism.
or dissatisfaction. or mayhap con-
demnation Of ones own earlier juds-
meht In the selection Of helpmeet.
Again. even after divorce has been
consummated, there are 20 many small
habits to be broken. heritage and hold.
over Of relations but recently sun.
dered. For instance. II one has been
accustomed to pork and boiled cab.
bage at table. and II only one woman
has evinced ability to prepare shoul.
der of pork and cabbage in the proper
manner, and II that woman has
chanced to be ones lately current
wife. 1t is. let US repeat. an annoying
thing to find that that particular WON.
an. after deliberately forming and fos.
tering In one craving for shoulder Of
pork and cabbage-after having estab.
lished an addition. As II we're. In ones
soul for that viand-has with shame
less disregard of wifely duty and do.
mestic decency obliged one to divorce
her. perhaps ex vinculo. or at least alb
mensa ct thoro
And again there may be yet other
habits upon the one hand or the other
which must be broken or readjusted.
If ones wife-or one Of ones wives-
has been in the habit of leaving her
tattins each afternoon on the top of
the table near the best view out of the
bow window. and II one sees contin-
ually this abandoned tatting perma-
rently left there in the confusion Of
her permanent departure-it is annoy.
ing. let US repeat, to be reminded Of a
habit to whose creator we have said
farewell 1t causes . mental epnui
constantly to be removing tatting or
embroidery.
Or. n ones current wife has had the
old-fashioned and not wholly weil-bred
habit Of meeting one at the door of an
evening. at the close Of the days Ia
bors-just as in the evening the cave
woman greeted her man at the mouth
Of the cave to ask him what had been
the fortune Of the days hunt-apd IL
now that football. illbred. yet after all
habttual-and WAS it wholly upwel.
come. after all-shall have ceased for
ever. with what equinimity. let us ask,
can We regard the memory of the
woman who formed that habit and
handed down an annoying expectation
to her husband, impossible Of fulfill
ment after her departure?
1t is. as John Rawn wisely has said
true that much may be said in favor
of the idea Of marriage; yet upon the
other hand. how very much there is
that could be said against it. or at
least against 1t as Implying an unre-
stricted continuance, Offering no
change in association. The which is
BY way OF saying something to prove
John Rawn's excellently philosophical
course in life to have been quite cor.
rect. There could have been no doubt
as TO the wisdom Of his marrying Lau
ra. his wife. In the first place. no doubt
as to the WISDOM of continuing the
marriage relation with her for many
years: but. upon the other hand, 1t ia
obvious that his idea Of the timeli-
ness Of the divorce in due season was
equally wise Indeed. the only reser-
vation In his mind In regard to this
matter was one Of censure for a wom-
an who. having entered into the holy
atafA Of matrimonv With a Rentleman