San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14
'1Marriage, a Sort ofSlaoery"
Brings Out Sarcastic Replies

ginning TO appreciate the worth OF
wives aside from their kitchen service
and dust cloth artistry"
1t was "loose talk" asserts the New
Haven Journal Courier. but "this lady
is not competent TO speak to the young
womanhood OF America on the serious
and sacred topic Of marriage. She
has all her life trained with the ex-
tremely rich and the feverish world OF
fashion. She knows all that hectic
crowd and their woes. bred OF idleness
in large part, and lack of earnest mo-
tive. In a careless and bored mood,
familiar enough TO her stated class. she
takes fling Mt marriage which must
do a good deal of harm. She is col
Letting full measure for her contribu-
ton TO the noisy and arrogant wing
OF suffrage"
Saws Married Men slaves.
1t is the opinion of the Jersey City
Journal that mo doubt as equally
strong case could be made out for the
proposition that married men also are
slaves 1t. all depends on the point
of view That likewise is very much
the opinion of the Detroit Free Press,
which points out there are millions
of average men in the world who are
lust about able to make ends meet.
They are conscientious persons. feeling
the usual affection for their families.
and having n strong regard for the OBJ
legations which they assumed when
they married and became fathers. They
have. in a sense. been the slaves OF
marriage quite as much as their bet
ter halves. but il has not been OBJ
served that the outlook for hard work
and small returns ever discourages
the youth OF either sex when marry
ing time comes. They seem TO think
the game is worth the candle and
something over. Perhaps. notwith-
standing Mrs. Belmont's doubts, they
are right about it,
1t is case Of slaves ALL" as the
Lansing State Journal sees it, re-
calling that from the cradle TO the
grave" we are more or less in a sort
of slavery to our environment, but the
State Journal is convinced "the state
ments by, Mrs. Belmont might he
termed as of the 'bunkum class The
more we hear from some suffrage lead
ers the more We wonder how the cause
was able to triumph so easily in the
face of its champions
Times Is Caustic.
Agreeing there are married slaves,
but that does not prove Mrs. Bel
mont's case" the Worcester Gazette
points out marriage is neither fail
IRE nor form Of slavery. Some mar
ried folks are failures. though, and
some are slaves, not partners. But
human weakness, not marriage, must
carry the blame for this" Although
Mrs. Belmont insists "among the mon
who oppose her views only are TO be
found the small town man, and the
henighted church organization, the
Cincinnati Enquirer Insists, there
still continues to be, even i'll this So
phisticated world, youths and maids
who dream dreams and see visions
which include the haven Of home
where baby feet patter and baby
laughter rings" 1t is pretty hard to
"see Mrs. Belmont's girl" the Grand
RAPIDS Press suggests. or TO find her
"ycarning for the good old days spent
in freedom before the sewing machine
or in the glove factory" yet 1t IS en-
tirely possible. in the. opinion of the
Chattanooga Times that "Mrs. Bel
mont is ahead of her times. but who
will say that she is not blazing the
way along which she and her kind are
going to drive cowardly and spineless
politicians just as she and the suf.
frage-hunting feminists did in forcing
through the nineteenth amendment.