The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-05
Reader Ponders on
Mdnv Subjects


Dear Miss Grey: The letter ap-
, pearing In your column a while ago
| from one who signs herself Happy
After the War" has set me TO won
/ dcring whether we. as Americans. are
getting away from the proper apprc-
citation OF marriage VOWS. We seem
not only TO disregard our own. but
IopO no sanctity upon the VOWS en-
tered into by oe&rs.
] wonder h0~ HAPPY After the
War would liko TO bave some other
woman do uurp her as she has done
unto her husbands first wife She
deliberately violated the Golden Rule.
disregarded the sanctity Of home
In fact breaking up that home-and
now after many sins against NOR.
atty, seems TO take pride in them
and gioat over what she has done.
She assumes that the first wife has
no feelings, and that nothing matters
except the selfish aims OF one who
sets out 10 commit n moral wrong.
Does she consider also. that when a
man Is tickle minded enough 10
leave hts first wife and marry her,
that another might cross his horizon
Mt n later date and take his fancy.
\ What win happen Them VIII she
gel wronged IL he leaves her for a
DMhsrd woman7 Seifishncss Is perhaps
the underlying cause.
As to the prevailing disregard OF
tho marriage vows. men are more 70
blame than the women. Take the
case OF Lee Shippcy. His wife WIS
entirely justified In diyorcing him.
He is a low-down wretch that she Is
better off without. but he Is no worse
than many--aias. too mauy-who
walk our streets every day in the
seciusiou OF not being found out.
We Americans seem TO have too
much disregard for the laws Of the
land. The case Of Isom White and
Joseph Darwin Morton is in point.
They killed Lee Linton. a jltney
driver OF Everett. in cold blood. and
now there Is a strong sentiment 10
free them. under the plea that they
are too young to appreciate the gray.
fty OF their offense. White and
Morton surely value their lives. 50
Ii should not be hard for them to ap-
preciate how much Linton valued
his life Linton undoubtedly had
Just as much TO live for as they
have. He had just as many friends,
Just as dear relatives and just as
bright prospects and hopes for the
future az they had. II they had been
taught at home as they should. they
could distinguish right from wrong.
i wonder how many OF those who are
trying to get them off without pun
ishment have ever lost son OF
brother by cold blooded murderl
Many have great sympathy for the
poor misguided youth who has com.
mitted crime. as long as the crime
did not affect them personally. Sort
Of abstract sympathy. as IL were,
which they manage 10 get into the
newspapers. but which in my opinion
would vanish Instantly II they were
directly concerned. Where Is the
propaganda Of leniency going to lead
US? | was taught TO obey the law
and that II / did not obey II. that
would be punished That teaching
carried me until became old
enough and wise enough TO see the
:. reason for it, but II ! had not been
Esught that punishment would surely
follow a violation OF law. / never
would have fully appreciated 1t. for
the boy just starting out cannot APP
preciate and understand the reason
for many things that later unfold
70 him naturally.
am not a theorist. am Ameri
can born and love my country. but
] sometimes despair OF our future
unless we enforce our laws. They
arc none too strict even when en-
forced TO the limit. What are laws
for? We see all around US people
who are each a moral law unto him
self. VIII II become so with the
statute laws7
am taking too much Of your
time, but the spirit moved me to
state my mind. hence this letter.
Yours very respectfully.
JUSTICE TO ALL.
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