The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-17
CONFESSIONS
of q
WAR BRIDE
DISCOVER THAT u>WRII.
len LAWS on MATHI,
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III I knew how 60 revise the IN
written laws 81 mAtrimony. ia h.
sin today said Martha Palmer AS
Nc iunehed together
You. Martha Palmer I .1ciaifn
81. very much startled. because I IN
tended to brrah one law myself ~
going with ur CertsiH TO a concert
what 90 you want 60 do. that you
can't do
Il can't ride 20 The office in my
nesEhhor'n auto any more now my
husband IL away. when Evan wan
At home. Mr. Ross you remember
the nice neighhors just east ~ "a.
Mr.. itoaA uH~d 10 pick Us up often az
the corner as No waited for a street
car. Hut now that Evan is gone.
does MIR Basa ever SEQ me at the
corner Never. my dear. not even
when u ralns' II he we're half ~
kind 70 me alone as be used TO bo 10
Evan and me together. the nciEhhur
hood would SO mad gaasiplnes'
II have a parallel. I said. WIN
a married man 81 the Lurimer office
force fall into step with one - the
Etria rnlug "a a car as nc would with
man. Why. my dear. I've ao.u
them walk two blocks down a side
strvet 10 avoid a."
AR Ross does noe consider me a
vampire" Martha continued. "And
respect him as an old friend. even
more than as an expert chauffeur
Neither Of ua II al all afrad OF the
other but We both criugc from what
the people on our street might sAs 2"
Yet We are educated ia consider
SET personal concern asserted
~and IL isn't From the time wo are
born. sex Is subject To- community
control Your noixhhors arrange for
all Of the occasions upon which YOU
and MIR. Ross may meet However
self respecting YOU tgyo may r.. how.
ever loyal 10 your respective Hpourcn.
your nelrhbars viii not permit SOU
to ride over town alone with Mr.
Roaar'
And yet. Jane. neither you nor
would ever object to the unwritten
laws Of matrlmony except that they
make Us too self.eonsciouu for any
human good
"Oh.h.h" I exclaimed. for there
was revelation in Martha'n re-
mark. altho Il wasn't one / could tell
her about. She had explained many
cmbarrassments IN ms life as a
bride. Now I Understood why ms
wedding had "aueercd' some good
friendships
In my fnthcr'R college there had
been a teacher Of csthctics. an artist.
with whom I had had wonderful
walks and talks. lie WAS wild about
color. and today. because 81 what he
taught me. can find beauty in o
sordid. smoky street. iiut my les
sons ended with my marriage. I can
never walk In the woods with him
again why. couldn't even visit
an art gallery with him
And there WAS a senior student in
college. a born reformer. who opened
my eyes 10 the great modern social
problems just because he had talk
| ed 20 me, | was able to understand
my radical Bob when he came along
| Even tho Bob were willing which
| he wouldn't he-my friends and
nelghbors would never let me read q
book on economies with that student
/ now
1 The unwrittcn code Of sex does
I get uwfuly in the way OF decent hu
mans" Martha went on. ITS Ike
"a high fence. maybe you do not
| want to climb over II at All, but It's
/ there, in sight all OF the time. keep
/ ing really nice men and women ev
ernstinEly reminded Of IT. ugly ex
istone And it makes the men
restlcss-and the women embar
raAscd or silly"
"Oh. Ia! Ia" thought I. How
hope | can forget it when I go C
the concert with Or Certeis to
niEhtr'
TO he Continued