The Washington times., 1919-06-02
Does Divorce Mean Freedom?
Fact and Fiction Take Opposite Sides in Hearst's
Magazine for June.
June, month of weddings, is here.

June, month OF weddings, Is mere
What is the greatest problem Of woman as she contem-
plates marriage?
Is it the choice of husband? Is it the prospective
rearing of children? Is it, in the of unhappy choice
the question of divorce? Or in the case of DEATH the desr
ability of remaTTying, and when, and to whom?
Of course the bride does not think OF all these things
Very likely she does not think Of any OF them.
She says: CT have the man in the world-a thou
sand say the same thing about totally different men
She may realize that death waits around the corner but
she chooses to believe that is far away from
where she stands.
Least of all she thinks of any unhappness That she
could love anybody but the young of her present choice
that he could love anybody but her does not enter her
mind
Gouvernem Morris has written for Hearst's Magazine
novel called The Wild Goose which discusses the ques-
ton of divorce from an entirely standpoint
In the June number of the magazine there appears also
one of the many letters the editors have received from
readers of 'The Wild Goose who have either agreed or
disagreed with the conclusions Mr. Morris reaches.
Mr. Morss contention is that divorce does NOT make
the woman free Duties devove upon her that for
mery exclusively her husbands She must be even more
crcumspect in conduct when divorced that when married
she would protect her BE sums up the situation In
the opening paragraphs Of the June chapters follows
''When Diana found that being free meant
being free than being married had meant being bound,
she began to the world it is clearly than she
had it before, and the spoiled child In her
after few violent protests and struggles curled up its
wretched toes and died
Given if she wished she could never recover the
precious things which she had thrown away And spite
of her decree of absolute divorce her life seemed still
inextncably tangled up with her husbands Diana was
beginning to realize what weight of responsibility the
average decent American husband staggers under All
that responsibility had been shifted to her shout
ders and she found it most trying to carry"
The opinion opposed to Mr. Morris written by
who signs herself N B. o." is printed under the title
docs It Pay to Qut? question naturally resulting from
reading what this wife has written Her opening sentences
read:
81 feel, after reading Mr.. Morris's novel and the
discussions divorce In recent issues of Hearsts Mag
azne that the other point of view is worth defending.
For people life solves itself, and these decide
social and moral questions quite impersonally. l find
view these questions abstractly than
Perhaps their long economic freedom and social i'm
puny have given them this independence. I can think
of situation in which the married state alone might
affect mans In my this factor enters in,
and view the it all quite man s world.
But You may Judge"
It would be interesting to hear from of
ried readers these varying opinions We shall be glad
to refer their letters Beatrice Fairfax for printing and
discussion.