The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-06
SALVE IS
NOT A REMEDY
Breach of Promise Cases
and Damages Discussed
by Chesterton
BY MARGERY REX.


NEW YORK. March 5.-"Logal
help cannot succor heartaches"
This IS the opinion Of Gilbert X.
Chcsterton, noted author and COM
mentator upon human habits and
frailtloS. concerning a story In the
days news. in which a woman OF
Philadelphia has been awarded s.
for each Of the twenty years she
wasted upon man who finally
Tilted her to marry another.
you can never take the tragic
element out OF sex" said Chcstertou
being questioned as to the womans
story.
"But ono can have sordid trag-
edy or a noble tragedy"
Would the 'continentar plan of
the marriage Of convenience, ar
ranged by the families of the two
concerned, have averted othis and
hundreds of similar tragedics?" We
asked.
"The prevailing idea of the CON
tinentaf marriage Is exaggerated.
believe answered Mr.. Chesterton.
"ln France, for instance, the girl
has more to do with settling her
own fate than Is often thought.
That type OF Social arrange
ment, and marriage, really gives the
girl more freedom" he continued.
and l do not mean the freedom
that is popularity believed to fol-
low such a marriage.
you see, where woman IN moro
in the open and manages her own
affairs she really doesn't speak first
"If she is behind the curtain and
particularly behind her continental
mother, she may let the mother
know that she wouldn't be sorry to
have n certain young man speak for
her hand.
There are really two sides 20 tho
| French marriage,
IL think that tho ordinary human
reasons aCtuate II, but the formula
only is different. The parents wors
the deal. ~
1T is apt to be an early marriage,
as I've already said. but it will bear
repeating in connection with this
affair. / do certainly think the
cure is early marriage.
Economics should be so arranged
that a man and a woman couldn't
| be married too early.
Cold Iron Can't BE Smcltcd.
"What age for each? When
mans a man and when a womans
a woman.
ITO tie up two pieces of cold iron
with a piece of string cannot make
! them one. They are different and
| they must be redhot to be smelted. I
cannot approve OF a prudent mar
riaRe for that reason.
"The rash marriage is the only
wise marriage.
Prudent marriage--there is no
such thing.
THE very act OF tying ones self
to another is not OF itself prudent.
ut is an adyenturc-like going TO
war.
ut is the same for everyone, rich
and poor.
Meanwhile the pr-s1ary instincts
should be put straight at the time
! when they need to be.
| There IS this ridiculous modern
chimera to get rid of tragedy of soul
| but the facts are old and cannot be
relieved in any such way.
THAT Is where the silly divorce
enthusiasts are wrong. They want To
accomplish something by sorting out
yet again and pairing off people In
new couples--thus to be happy.
The Tragedy of Mans Soul.
"The tragedy of sex is in tho
! tragedy of the soul of man.
"One can be faithful, though tho
other Is not. You will find in mar
riage or in no<marriagc, in free love
or in no free love, the same tragedy.
"I am a great believer in religious
principle, and think the difference
| in the two types of tragedy Is that In
one Case--the noble tragedy-we
must believe in God and try TO do
our duty"