New-York tribune., 1921-02-06


males. The men are, of course H.,
larly affected by the new sitrst..
and resort more frequently ~ =
vorce than they did fornerlv ~
social conditions diacountensnosd !
Woman's Revolt
There is, somehow or other
ing implanted in every human b.,.'
worth while to be considered an
and never a means. This des;,.
be considered an end and nsvs,
means is at bottor the CAUSE =,
many divorces. The wife wbo !
looked upon simply as a sourea :
sex satisfaction to the husband fssl.
if she is even hallway consejop. :
human dignity, dissatisfied. She y.
not, perhaps, be able to give a cl..,
idea Of her own feelings, but sns
consciously the feeling is there ir,.
the same. She wants to be resra,.
ed and loved, not for the sake !
some particular satisfaction d,
gives her husband, but for the.sas
Of her own personality,
While this dissatisfaction, gene.
ated through lack Of esteem nf n.
personality, is, of course, not a cans
for divorce, it creates a feeling :,
resentment which becomes fncres,
ingly stronger as time goes on ami
she begins to realize that she is onh
satisfying the husbands lusts. 81.
will consequently, sooner or late,
look for causes which viii permit
her to get a legal dissolution Of ths
bond which has become psycholog
cally unendurable. Much of the m.
adaptability and incompatibilitv q
temperament in families is based Q,
this innate resentment of the refined
woman, and the number Of thes
women has grown with the Education
permitted and furnished to them Fl
modern times. especially in de-
mocracy.
Hence we have an increasingly
larger divorce rate in modern times
especially in those countries wher
women have acquired an education
This is likewise the reason why.
among educated women, there BE-
comes manifest an increasing disin-
clination toward marriage. It is not
so much that they object to mar.
riage as such, but rather to the fear
that they may rot be respected for
the sake Of their own personality
In some cases women who are reaIJ
anxious to marry and who would
make excellent wives and mother;
are prevented from entering such .
union owing to this fear.
Some would-be reformers Sein
upon this particular feeling Of
human dignity in order to propa,
gate their own nefarious theories.
They say marriage should be entered
into voluntarily and should last only
as long as the parties are mutually
compatible. They mean, however, as
a rule that such compatibility should
be considered a sexual one. They
have no idea of the deeper and NOR
permanent meaning Of marriage
namely, that it is an institution not
only for mutual love, but for mutual
service and the rearing and educs
ting of children. They have in vieF
personal satisfactions rather thai
social service. This criticism appLe'
to all the newfangled propositions
whether of faee love or elective
affinities or "trial marriages" Lib.
erty in ali these cases has been
turned into license ard love into
passion.
4 General Weakening
If the alI-important institution d
the family is to be preserved, ana
through it society, our whole mora.
backbone must be strengthened. We
have in modern times been too muc5
inclined to ease up in oar moral ano
social obligations; every man and
woman has come to think only o.
personal satisfactions, aud TIM
weakening of our moral fiber )
manifesting itself in many aspece
of life. The workingman who gOe'
on strike merely because he WaAN
higher wages in order to buy 81
automobile and disregards the ID
convenience which he brings upo'
every business suffers from th
same weakening of his moral hbsf
The marriage problem is consequehI
ly symptom Of a glasy2s 'ssoF'
and social situation.
The only way to remedy the situ''