The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-07
END FREE LOVE
With CHILDREN,
WARNS AUTHOR
Marriage Gets Stuffy, Needs
Emotion Outlet, Says
Bertrand Russell.
BY GLADYS CRAIG,

Marriage is apt to become stuffy,
like closed room, after we become
accustomed to each other. A strange
person furnishes new stimulus to the
imagination. 1t is not a good thing
to close up the imagination" de-
clared Bertrand Russell, English
author, whose writings about love
and marriage have startled two con-
tinentS.
He was in indianapolis, Sunday, to
talk at the Kirschbaum community
center. Earlier in the day he dis
cusSed freely his views with a re-
porter at the Columbia Club.
Discusses Free Love
Recently the press described the
distinguished English author and
educator as tall, with iron gray
hair, and piercing black eyes," Elk
cept for the iron gray hair, the de-
Scription is inaccurate.
His iconoclastic ideas stand out
in strange contrast with the gentle
simplicity of his personality. Asked
whether we dare practiceSfree love in
the face Of present social pressure,
he said:
Just In so far as it is compati-
BILE with not starving to death. Ec-
onomic reasons force us to lead sur
reptitious lives. But we should be-
come holder and holder, and talk the
matter over with our personal
friends. This will help to spread
enlightenment. 1t took a long time
to build sex morality into the race,
and it will take a long time to get
it out again"
The cure of jealousy, Russell said,
was a very difficult matter, and he
admitted that he had not been able
to eradicate it from his own life
Jealousy comes from a feeling of
outraged rights. We must realize
that we have no rights whatever in
any other person. The economic in
dependence of women will help to
control jealousy. Unless man sup
ports her, he can not help what she
does. He will have to put up with
it,"
Regrets Lindsey Custer
Russell said that he is in thorough
accord with Judge Ben Lindseys
plan of comparionate marriage. Il
think that it would be very good
thing for America to adopt" he
said. Il was sorry to see Lindsey
ousted."
The creation of children, Russell
thinks, is a different matter alto
gether. AS soon as a child is on the
way, the parents ought to marry, for
if they do not the child will resent
it. And where children are in
volved, the union should be per-
manent, if possible. thought not nee
essarily exclusive of other affairs.
1.-The constant shuffling of parents
is very bad for children"
Russell spoke a good word for
nursery schools, and said that the
responsibility for children should be
divided between parents and eX-
pertS. parents have Such silly
emotions about their children. They
everestimate them and make them
nervous. Parents exist to see that
their children come to no harm,
but other than that they should
let them alone. Children need the
society of other children"
Too Many Women Teachers
In regard to turning over the care
of children to the State, he said
that at present the State is worse
than the worst parents. "The Safe
brings its sons and daughters up to
fight each other. I can conceive of
a State in the future which could
care for children more intelligently
than parents. But not now"
Russell said that we have too
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