Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-16
SEEK WIVES FOR
MANNED HEROES
BACK FROM WAR
League to Promote Happiness
of Men Wounded in Battle
Formed in London With
Good Chance for Success,
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London. NOV. l5.-Thc proposal 90
establish League for the Marrying
90 Wounded Heroes which was add
vertiscd in the London Times. has adj
vanced stage further Tho object ~
the movement is 90 save broken fight
ing men from lives OF loneliness. and
the Rev Ernest ,Foughton. rector of
ST, stephens. Bristol who IS taking
the lead in the matter has received
many letters of sympathy and prom
ises of support Tie has now sent out
d circular which, after quoting the nd
vertiscment referred to- SAYS.
Ut was i'm the hope of launching q
practical idea that the foregoing was
inserted, The possibility that "a man
who has freely offered himself for
his country has no alternative but tn
spend his broken life In grim mn
tended loneliness or the stray depres-
sion Of an institution is not TO bo
tolerated He is the very last who
should be denied the shelter az a
home and the Joys of family life Ret
ter for him otherwise II his DAYS were
ended on the field of battle But there
is hope. Maybe many noble-mmdcd.
patriotic women viii gladly give their
lives and strength To amciorate the
conditions of such men. and that m
the highest and best way, 70 couscrrat
ed marriage Nor would the arrange
ment be necessarily such "a hard onc
/ as at first seems probable
Some Of the best marriages have
been those in which certain physical
4 difficulties had seemed barrier
! lamesneSs or armlessness or blindness
which has, however not proved i'm.
/ possible to happiness They were
based upon high unselfishness and
therefore lasting one OF the most de.
! lightful married couples known was
4 that in which the husband was blind
from childhood, and never saw hi,
Wife-a charming woman who radiat.
ed happiness. To them were born
I three sons--fine lads all I'm the navy
4 the eldest of whom died "a few weeks
/ ago in q command in the Dardanellcs
/ Nor should 1t be forgotten that mon
who have risen to heights of moral
herolsm have all that to leave ia
| their children after them; those born
Of them are likely to be Of the very
best, such as the nation needs But
| there are compensations not to De
/ overlooked.
Nature is kind and generally
makes up i'm some extraordinary way
| for the loss of any faculty by the be.
stowal Of some special gift upon the
1 person whom the world considers 'af.
( flicted. And, although the English
mind may shrink from arranged
marriages because such are not tn,
/ custom yet the proportion of mar
| riages in France show a larger per
centage of happiness than in England
! because they are forecast with more
consideration and care Miss Betham
/ Edwards, a well known English an.
thority on French life, fully corrob.
/ crates this.
There are pecWiary problems
which is the worst part of the scheme
| but not in all cases insuperable. OF
/ course, if men were just as fair as
they misht be. there would be nc
economic difficulty, for women who
are doing mems work, and doing il
| like men. would receive equal wages
| However. there il hope that after the
war much injustice will be remcdied
and it is one strong reason why WOm-
en- should have the vote.
so we hope that, in face of a ma
tional need" the little scheme of
bringing men and women of suitable
qualifications together viii not be
without success. IL bristlcs with diff
ficulties. but II II were not difficult It
would not be worth doing. II was a
broken and battered humanity that
the Lord Jesus Christ took into Him
self in a mystical marriage and the
results have proved to the bcttcrment
of the human race. We should fol-
low Christ's method and strive by His
means IN those who have most poig-
nantly suffered through this cruel war
TO bind up the broken, to bring liberty
to them that are bound and sibht to
the blind.
ANY names sent to the care Of the
clergy will not be divulged even to
the committee until there seems some
probal ility Of arrangement, and never
without the permission Of the owners,
The privacy of each Will be strictly
guarded
The advisory committee will in
clude a qualified medical man Of the
best standing and experienced work
ers, while the clergy are the natural
channels of communication. We
trust to interest workers in hospitals
and homes to make the aims known
rather than to advertisements
The circular is signed by the Rev
r. Houghton and his curatc, the Rev
II. T.. r. Shellard, Of St. Stephens rec
tory, Bristol and by Or Moaburn
Standard. honorable consulting ply
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