The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-22
Confessions faBrida
(CopT1gn 1920 By The Neuspa per Enterprise As,ooaion)
THE CHILD is THE KERNEL OF THE MAR
RAGE AND DIVORCE QUESTION
THE BOOK OF ANN

The conversation OF the party
around the tea tabls had been
switched from the divorce question.
Mother Lorimcr took care Of that as
soon az she heard the men coming
down stairs. In spite Of the way
daddy hurt her. once upou time
mother 10 always careful 20 avoid
any reference TO his particular kind
OF Gin As much as love daddy. !
often think little of the con.
tinued- -our-ncxt brand Of punish
mcnt would be good for his soul
Most neglected wives administer IL,
but Mother Lorimcr never does.
The family WINS discussing n scnti
mental subject. howcvcr---the mat.
rimoniai arrangement between Fanny
Hurst. the story writer. and tho huH-
band she married secretly five years
ago.
They live apart for the sake Of
their careers" laughed Ann. 'Noth-
lnK new In that. inns going hack
TO tho aviation field next week. and
I am going to learn how To keep
house by myself"
There's nothing new under the
SUM-" observed ChryH. That a man
and wife may achieve happiness and
careers most easily by maintaining
separate residences may be advanced
philosophy. but u isn't new at all I
think u was advanced by two English
writer's years ago. Greenwich VII
lage picked II up and tried II out
Miss Hurst Isn't original. you See
There's only one paragraph I'm
Miss Hurst's statement that inter
ests me-" said mother. Miss Hurst
says that In tho event OF offspring.
the child will take the patcrnal name
until reaching the age Of discretion.
when the decision would lie with
him"
"A brand new incentive to genius
TO hustle to success said Bob
snow again" remarked Jim. Il
don't get your drift"
~ child would doubtless choose
the name Of the most famous parent.
wouldn't be-" Bob replied. There
fore. It behooves each parent 60 make
the most Of his or her chance at a
NaiFfts N'FfNS ~ me
Life Is so much simpler for per-
sons who are not geniusesi" said
Mrs Best.
Miss Hurst made plans for nam
ing possible offspring but don't see
that she says "A word about n home
for child" unused mother. IT
doesn't occur n everybody. especial
ly not to geuiuses. that n child IL en-
| titled to a real home. with a father
and a mother In H."
THE child Is the kernel OF the
whole marriage and divorce ques-
tom" Thus Chrys seized upon the
tabooed subject Some very clever
persons find marriage irksome. but
think II wise 10 live together for the
sake OF the child. They're not what
Miss Hurst terms 'antediluvians,
either Most Of them have thought
their way thru the conventions and
back again"
Then spoke my dear sane husband:
IF a man makes a bad business
venture. he expects to suffer for Il.
II human beings make bad domcs-
tic venture. they shrek out TO be re-
lieved Of the burden they have will
fully assumed. The name of n child
isn't. perhaps, very important. but It's
place at the center of the family Is
extremely important"
Said mother. taking up the paper
with an account OF the Hurst ex-
pertinent:
Dear mel A lot Of this new
thinking doesn't seem TO me 90 be
very clear thinking. The old trndI-
fions are always abused. nevertheless
they ARE founded on elemental and
eternal truths. ! guess they viii not
be upset by theorists. a lot Of per-
sons have thought all around such
subjects. as Bob says. and. instead Of
breaking up the home, to suit their
own notions OF personal happiness or