The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-28

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4 acquaintances Everyone is dis
cussing il and nobody can understand
it.
1T must be Mrs. Adams fault" say
the men, "for finer man, with high
er sense of honor, than Jack Adams
doesn't live"
"You needn't tell US that Mrs. Adams
is to blame" cry the women, "ior a
sweeter, tenderer, more loyal or more
conscientious woman than Marlar
Adams is. the good Lord never made
"And il ever there was love match
it was theirs" exclam the chorus OF
their friends in unison. why, they
were simply mad about each other, and
how they could ever come to the part
ing of the ways is beyond our imag
lining"
Their little world has never compre'
hendcd the real reason of the Adams
divorce. Perhaps the Adams them
selves do not understand the true in
wardness of it, or know that in way
they are the victims of their day anC
generation, and of the two forces tha
so often oppose each other - hereditl
and progress.
More particularly they are the vic
tins of the, new feminist movement II
which the woman has gone forwar'
into new world with differen
ideals, a different faith. another out
look from that occupied by her grand
mother. while the man has stayed still
in the very spot where his grandfathe
stood, and regards women from pre-
cisely the same standpoint that hi
grandfather did
The storp OF the Adams divorce i
a novel in three volumes. Let US rea'
it.
Volume
Sixty years ago Jonathan Adam
was married to Mary Brown. iona
than was good man. He loved hi
wife, and he meant, to be good huS
band, but his idea OF what constitute
a good husband was identical with III
slave owners idea OF what constitute
a good master, He thought he ha
dene his full duty by his wife whc
he saw that she had enough to eat,
house to live in, and such clothes a
he considered proper to give her,
1 For the rest, he expected his VIII
to bear his children, perform all III
duties OF a perfectly trained servan
he properly grateful to him for all th'
he did for her, and to look upon hi
as superior and godlike creatur
whom she was glad to obey
He never conceived OF her as havin
any life apart from his own, or thinI
ing a thought that differed from hi
And il never entered his mind to 4
anything actively to make her happ
Mary Ardams belonged to the san
generation as her husband She ha
never seen a woman regarded as an,
thing but an inferior creature, who
privilege il was TO minister 10 N
pleasure OF man, and so although 81
rebelled inwardly at the way she wi
treated, she accepted il with hero
patience as the ineseapable 10, OF W
man.
, She got along along in peace wi
her husband because she bowed h
head in meekness to his iron rule, I
j il had been bred in her that wi
o mus, submit to her husband,
o Volume 2:
Thirty year, ago John Adam, ma
:, ried Mamie Brown. John Adam
!, eulogists were never weary OF sayir
;, ,ha, he was chip off Of the Q
:, block. and a worthy son Of his woI,
y father, and |, was true, John held
!. his fathers rigid code OF honesty
. his business dealings. lie also 81
= scribed to his fathers views conoer
inp women.
He treated his vile as he had alwa
seen his father treat his mo,het
had never seen his mother consider
so he thought l, quite unnecessary
I've eonsiderate OF the feelings OF
: mere wife, or 10 take any pains TO q
. her pleasure. Her part In life was
bear children and make man a Co
= Portable home.
IS am the head Of this house" was
: phrase that was oitenest on his II
y and he made Of himself a domestic
II ran, before whom his wsie and ehildI
u trembled.
John belonged to his fathers gene,
,ion domsstieally. but Mamie did
:, belong to her mothers generation, S
= = belonged to a generation OF women "
!. !. had taken one step forward and "
!. had begun TO revolt agains, the Sc
!. dom Of wives. and to see the dawn o
y new day Of freedom for women.
II Mamie did not submit with the
thence that her mother in-law
,e shown TO her husbands ytannie,
Te fiefeely rebelled against H. She iouI