The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-06-05

Fannie Hurst, magazine serial writer
and author of a number of popular
and successful novels, has found hap
piness in a five-year trial marriage"
She made the announcement herself
in New York and disclosed that her
husband is Jacques S. Danielson,
pianist and composer. The trial" was
a success and the marriage knot will
hold, the wife announces.
Miss Hurst and Danielsen were mar
ried on May 5, 1915, in Lakewood, n.
j., by a justice or magistrate. she
doesn't remember which. They multi
ally agreed to maintain separate house
holds.
And the Bark Hasn't Sprung a Leak.
with definite theories concerning
marriage, we decided to sail into the
sea of matrimony on a bark of our owl
designing" to put the matter in Miss
Hurst's own words TO a reporter.
And the bark hasn't sprung a leak
during the five years of high SEAS" she
added. Five years ago, when l met
Jacques Danielson, I found my youth
full determination that marriage was
not for me was suddenly undermined.
But my determination that marriage
should never lessen my capacity for
creative work nor pull me down into a
sedentary state of fat-mindedneSS, was
not undermined. AS a matter of fact,
my writing output has doubled since
May, 1915.
No Fad or "lsm" in 1t.
I'VE were firmly of the opinion that
nine out of ten alliances were merely
sordid endurance tests, overgrown with
the fungi of familiarity and contempt.
"Our marriage was neither the re-
suit of fad nor an 'ism,' but simply
the working out of a problem accord
ing to the highly specialized needs of
two professional people. We decided
to live separately, maintaining our in
dividual studio apartments and meet
ing as per inclination, not duty.
1--WE decided that seven breakfasts
a week opposite one another might
prove irksome. Our average is two.
"We decided that invariably being
invited to the same social functions
might eventually resolve itself into the
usual married wrangle of dragging one
another to places we did not want to
90. We have maintained our separate
groups of friends.
1--WE decided that the antediluvian
o,,eto,, Of y ron,nn n o cfip1 oIi1o tho
name that had become as much a part
of her personality as the color of her
eyes had neither rhyme nor reason. l
was born Fannie Hurst and l expect
to die Fannie Hurst.
Asks for Dinner Engagement.
my husband telephones me for a
dinner engagement, exactly the same
! as scores of my other friends. l have
the same regard for his plans. We
have different sets and circles of
friends. Since nature so often merely
springs a trap as a means of in
weighing two people into matrimony,
we decided that we would try out mar
riage for a year and at the end of
that period go quietly apart, should
the venture prove itself a liability in
stead of an asset"
How does it work out?" she was
asked.
well. of course the proof of the
pudding lies in the eating. Now we
can speak from the vantage point of
experience. 1t is not an experiment
at this stage. The one year has
stretched into five and-well, we are
announcing instead of annulling."
The announcing" of the marriage
does not mean that they are to live
together. Instead they are to continue
as they have lived for five years.