Seward daily gateway., 1925-05-27
'1F WINTER COMES" DEALS WITH
 SOCIOLOGICAL PROGRAM THAT
 HAS PUZZLED WORLD FOR AGES

What would you do if an unwed mother came to your door asking shelter for herself and her baby?
 The problem is sociological and one of the most complex with which stud ents of the science of society have to deal.
 Mark Sabre in A. s. M. Hutchin- sons eff Winter Comes," the film yer sion of which has been created by William Fox brought upon himself the wrath of community because he dared to give shelter to little Fife Bright and her child.
 In England, during the period des cribed in the early part of Mir. Hutch inson's novel the accepted thing to do, though Sabre considered it lack ing in the human element, was to close the door in the girls face, and then shun her if you chanced to meet her on the street. But, to go little beyond the time embraced in If Win ter Comes," this attitude toward the unwed mother was softened consider ably in England. Abnormal conditions women together under unusual cir cumstances. There were love unions with every other element of sancity but the religious or civil rite, and from these unions there were child ren. It was condition that prevail ed in most countries that were thrown into the trying circumstances of war. It was natural by-product of war and England, like other countries, eventually saw the necessity of pro- tecting these mothers and legitimatiz- ling the children, which was their birth. right. AS the result of publicity giv- en to the subject in the press and thru , other mediums, the trend of opinion in England changed gradually until at the end of the war, if Fife Bright , and her little one had sought a home it is likely that hundreds of them would have been thrown open to her Mark Sabre's attitude in If Win ter Comes," which brought him to the bar of justice, charged with murder reflected man whose first rule ot : life was justice. He was too big for the slaves of convention to under stand, although these same persons who were drugged with the fear of criticism readjusted their vision later after the period of the Hutchinson tale-and swayed with public opin ion to tolerant, even generous atti tude toward the war bride.
 After all, the question of morals is but one of geography. The concubine is an established part of society in China Every Chinese, when he reaches theposition of financial af fluence where he can support more than one woman, brings another into his home as his paramour. She re mains there upon an equal footins with his wife, if she is not ever more favored by the master. II Turkey for centuries monogamy was an absurd, unheard of thing. Recen social developments in Russia show that that nation of millions of peo Die, led by a strong group of radi calls, threw to the winds all forms of social conventions which had beer accepted for years.
 Then, again, look into history Some of the most prominent figure. in the events of politics and the arts were love-children of common law unions. Carterini Medici, a daughter of the house that ruled Italy fol centuries, and who became the wife of Henry II, was reputed to be tn, natural child of one of the many lov, affairs in which Lorenzino dei Med lcl engaged. Lorenzino, who killed his son and heir, paid with his owr life to the avengers.
 Consima Wagner, second wife o Richard Wagner, the great compos CT, was one of three daughters o Franz Liszt, though Liszt legally nev CT had wife. Cosima's mother wa. Madame laComtesse d'Agoult, a writ CT, who spent five years in Switzer land with Liszt.
 The views of the divine Saral Bernhardt upon the subject were vel } known. She was a love child an, her son, Maurice, whom the great a( tress loved more than life itself, wa the son of a true love match
 Scores of such instances in histor could be set down, yet the innocent were not condemned. And. who ca tell but what these were crowde < into the puzzled mind of Mark Sabr when he threw defiance into the face of critics and took in Bright Fife.
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