The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-21

mischievous description of the would
be marriage reformer which l have
already quoted.
NO woman has a right to talk
free love or any other radical theory
unless she is willing to live what she
talks. and unless she knows that she
is likely to be called upon to prove
her sincerity by action" she continued
firmly. 1T did Ellen Key no harm to
publish arguments for free love be-
cause she Is so old and ugly that no
man would approach her with romantic
intentions. BAIT young girls read what
she writes and are undoubtedly In
fiuenced to their hurt. Until men have
the babies women cannot do without
marriage"
The Defects Of Marriage.
The soft, smooth voice. which runs
its English words together in the
Frenchiest fashion. paused for a mo-
ment as Madame lifted her teacup.
We were having tea together in
quiet, oakpaneled room just off Fifth
avenue.
1T is not" Madame pointed out
after three dainty sips. that I be-
lieve marriage often makes for happi.
ness. AS an institution it is full OF
defects. But certainly. so far as
women are concerned, 1t is the best
compromise society has yet . dis
covered"
DO you agree" asked her. with
Strindberg's remark that a wife is all
right II one treats her as an inferior
and not as a superior or equal?"
There is a great deal of truth in
that" blandly assented Nine. Strind-
berg.
Then she pursued up her lips and
lifted two small fingers of deprecia-
ton.
Let us not make comparisons OF
superior and INTERIOR" she cried.
This. believe: The best way to
remain happy after a marriage OF
love-the only moral marriages. to
increase and accentuate the difference
between husband and wife. Let the
wife develop and emphasize her nat
ural feminine qualities and the huss
band his masculine onCes. Let there
be the natural division of labor. which
apnortionS the care of the home to the
wife and its maintenance to the hus-
band The marriage in which the wife
and husband have the same or SINH
lar duties sounds well in theory. but
rarely works well in practice"
One of the bitterest of Strindberg's
plays. Comrades deals with a mar
dissension developed by the husband s
jealousy and the wife's conceit.
a Woman's Natural Selection.
Women who try 10 do mems work
/ suffer physically and lose the beauty
and attractiveness it is their duty to
preserve she continued. For the
natural woman marriage and mother
hood are the natural garb II is her
Mace to nick the man she wants and
then make him believe he has picked
her. There you have the moral mar.
riage of natural selection.
"Of course. today we have another
basis of marriage, which satisfies the
empty. artificial people. This is the
matrimonial business arrangement. In
this union / think the principles of
business honor should prevail. The
woman should give value and she
should receive what is due her in re-
turn
But what about the women who
don't marry, the unattractive women"
| asked
AN ugly woman is an exhaustion
, of nature. But even she need not spoil
her woman's mind. as the Chinese
women spoil their feet, by trying to
distort 1t into the shape of an impos-
sible ideal-a mans mind. Let her
take UP some kind. helpful. womanly
occupation. i believe that Christabel
Pankhurst would be of much more
value to society as nurse than in
her present role. That typif1es a So
cial condition in which a woman's
skirt is no longer a protection, but
banner.
ethere little or no difference between