The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02
URGES POLYGAMY IN
ENGLAND AFTER WAR
PredOminance Of Women
Makes It Necessary, Frances
Burke-Hart Believes.
NO RELIEF IN SUFFRAGE
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LONDON, April FIT Is generally ad-
r,itted that in consequence OF the war
women, from the standpoint OF matri-
mony are In for very terrible time.
woman writer. Frances Burke-Hart
would. II she had her way. solve the
problem IN very move! fashion. Her
solution. put briefly. Is polysamy. This
is what she says:
''To my way OF thinking there IL but
one solution, unless OF course nature
steps In and male children predominant :;
and even then the problem would have
TO he shelved until matters level!ed
then selves up a. a matter OF time. I
would suggest that n law be passed by
which a man may be permitted 20 pos
Sess ore. two or three legal wives, as
the case may be, provided b." Gun guar
lntee 70 the authorities he is IN a po-
s,,.on to support them decent,y and
properly and IN keeping with his po-
stion.
"A few years ago | WAS permitted the
privilege OF bong guest IN an Eastern
harcm, and during my stay. IN which
| talked and associated with fair num-
Der % women, l formed several opinion.
which have Hrmly convinced me that
IN spite OF our boas;ed progress the
solution TO worldwide problem was
II would tell you that LIE In ar Bast-
err hRrem is by no means in keeping
with the popular IDEA O, such a place.
II IL totally different from the place We
read about in novels or see upon the
stage. Far from II. Il Is a place
where one ffnds many lessons which II
would do US women good % take TO
heart and act upon. The happiest and
most restful and contented faces ever
W In "a IN a.N+
among women possessing many quail
ties We Western women would do we'll
20 emulate.
Mature invented or evolved woman
for definite and special purpose: but
civilization steps in and DEGREES other
wise Natures object IL. therefore,
frustrated. Tho consequence OF the
present day muddle as regards the sex
question TX a vast army OF women who
with a stately air OF dccorum and dis
content NJ! the pensions in overpower-
ing numbers. who 1--we lives without aim
or object who cu1dle and kiss dogs
instead OF babies, who hoard up much
Of the wealth OF this country, whose
mental and physical energies de for
want of proper expression, whose bitter
ness OF soul IS disgrace to woman
hood and poor compliment 10 an al
mighty power who scnt them into the
world with "A definite and sacred mission
20 carry out.
IAN this will have to DO changed
Woman will have 10 be transplantsd
into n new order OF things. No longer
Will It be necessary for her 20 stand IN
the market place and shout her rriev-
ances while she turns an anxious face
toward the world
After this war Ia over woman Is
comm into her own. And tho voto Ia
not going to do II. That idea "a dead
long since. No woman = going to be
the means OF her own salvation, aided
and supported by her proper and natural
rdrtner--man
"rnder tho new dispnnsat'on all will
he different. Nature VIII De paramount
IN everything Civilization VIII look
after Itself There Is 70 doubt that We
arc over ivilizcl. As tho lrishman
said: We must go back n Bit but
thatN mean we're going forward"