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A MATRIMONIAL
THEORIST
His Theories Did .Not Work
In Practice
By ESTHER VANDEVEER
In this age of skepticism regard
ing marriage there are those whose
faith In It cannot be shaken. They are
persons who have been happily mar
ried and about whom children have
sprung. To such marriage Is their
whole world. They are not interested
In any oue of the plans which are la
vented for experimental marriage or
easy divorce. To them the loss of a
stngle child Is an Irreparable misfor
tune. and to the family as a whole the
loss of either parent Is the greatest ca
lamity that can befall them.
It Is either those whose married life
has been a failure or those who have
never been married at all who are seek
ing substitutes for the wedlock of the
present day. The former usually take
the Initiative by advancing new Ideas
concerning it: the latter, with a few
exceptions, are ready to Jump Into mat
rimony without consideration.
Among young unmarried persons in
clined to forethought In this matter
were Edward Ellis and Rebecca Sayles.
Neither was disposed to take life, its
joys and its sorrows as they came,
but must plan everything ahead. Being
mutually interested in many problems
that their elders have found Insoluble,
they were drawn together by their dis
cussions, and an attachment sprang up
between thorn. Ellis weighed bachelor
life against married life and found the
advantages and disadvantages of equal
weight. On the oue side there was
something to tie to, on tlie other lone
liness that Increased with old age. He
granted that If a marriage turned out
happily the advantages outweighed the
dlsadvantaees. If it was a falfure It
was unbearable.
This view of it led Ellis Just where It
has led a host of other thinkers on the
subject—first, to guard against injudi
cious marriages: second, to render them
easily dissolved when the parties found
themselves not mated. He spent a
great deal of time ou both these prob
lems aud at last solved them to his sat
isfaction. No couple, he said, should be
married without living for at least a
year in close proximity with each oth
er; no couple should be married with
out a preuuptial agreement that at the
option of either they should live apart
and both assist i'j securing a divorce;
Miss Sayles. whose views on the sub
ject of marriage bad been Influenced
by the .matrimonial troubles of an
aunt rather than a mental bent toward
the discussion of nbstruse problems,
agreed with Mr. Kills as to the pre
cautions. but was "at sea" with regard
to the remedy. She shrank from the
breaking up of a family—something a
woman would be more likely to feel
than a man since the maternal is
stronger thau the paternal instinct She
failed to see bow the damage once
done could be remedied. Anyway, It
would leave a terrible scar.
However, if Ellis did not convert her
to his views as to separation, provided
marriage proved a failure, he finally
persuaded her to consent to his pre
uuptial agreement He was perfectly
satisfied with this, because she was a
girl who \vould never go back on her
promise. They lived near each other,
met frequently and by mutnal agree
ment refrained from trying to convince
each other that they were far better
than they appeared. At least they
tried to appear what they were, but
whether they succeeded or not Is an
open question.
At the end of a year of such inter
course they were married. Ellis' pre
natal agreement us to separation In
ease their marriage proved a failure
was put iu writing. He gave his brido
a ropy ;im] kept a copy for himself.
The Elllses lived together ten years
without any more matrimonial dis
agreements than the average married
couple. During that period four chil
dren came t" them, two boys and two
girls. Ellis remained in accord with
those.eyni< :.l (lings at marriage which
bavn i><vn -o popular of recent years.
Wl»- u lie went to the theater and heard
an actor crack jokes illustrative of
what a husband must endure be would
applaud vociferously. He read a novel
| on the tbeme of domestic unbappiness
and recommended it to a friend. The
| friend handed it back with the com
ment that uelther he nor the world was
I interested iu the subject treated, add
| Ing that what was wanted were stories
of married comfort and family affec
tion. Ellis jooked upon the critic ever
i after as a man of very narrow mental
compass
Twelve years after the man-lag# of
Ellis and Miss Sayles he one day hand
ed her bis copy of their prenuptlal
agreement to a separation In case their
marriage proved a failure. It gave her
the surprise of her life. She had lis
tened to his jokes about what hus
bunds must endure, but considered that
they sprang from a desire to be face
tious.. She was aware of what the wife
must endure, but during the term of
years she had -been married her good
sense bad prevailed over the theories
of inexperienced youth, and she had
':ome to consider tbem on the same
.footing as other necessary evils and
that for the sake of both parents and
-children they must be passed over
with as little disturbance as possible.
Indeed, she realized that it was far
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more Important that they be amootbql
over than other necessary evil*.
Bar husband said nothing when ha
banded her tba paper, but ahe knew
wbut be meant In his prenuptlal
agreement be bad not thought It necea
i ry to mention children. He had then
not bad cblldren and waa on the aame
plane In thla respect as other bache
lors. Children In a matrimonial separa
tion he had not considered.
Mrs. Ellis bore up wlthoat flinching
under the blow. She said not ft word
as to the separation except what was
necessary for making new plana. The
schools in the town In which she lived
were excellent, the children had al
ways lived In the house they occupied,
and It would be Inconvenient to move
them. She therefore told her husband
that If they were to separate he would
have to do the separating; ahe would
remain at home with the children. He
bad become sufficiently acquainted
with family requirements to realize
that the children would require their
schools and still more their mother. He
bad always left them to her keeping
and did not relish thetr care. So it waa
agreed that he should go to live at a
distance. Not being actively occupied.
It made no difference where he lived
Mrs. Ellis did not ask her husband
the cause of his desire for a separation;
therefore be did uot make It known.
The truth Is that ordinary family Jars
work lug on a man whose brain was
full of matrimonial theories had led
blm to take the course he did.
It was agreed between husband and
wife that I lie fact that be waa to de
part permanently was not to be lm
purted to the children. They were to
be told that tbeir father was going
sway and bis return was left Indefinite.
His wife packed bis belongings, and as
he saw her doing tbe work he won
dered bow lie was to get them un
packed. for to this she had always
attended. and he had become absolute
ly useless In either packing or unpack
ing
When all was ready Kills kissed bla
children, then turned to tjls wife. She
bud turned away and was busying
herself putting some toilet articles in
OtS satcnei no vnuuini Uiai ouo uu
not wish to lie kissed, and It gar® hiin
a pans Uui It must be remembered
that he was not going away on ac
count or a special quarrel or culmina
tion of quarrels, but on general prin
ciples. He kissed all tbe children, and
they noticed that he hugged them rery
close.
"Why. papa." said tittle Ed, "you're
crying." '
The only reply was a closer hug. Aj
goon as tbe father had bidden good
by to them be seized bis satchel and
shot out of the door without looking
behind him, to the wonder of all ex
cept tbe mother.
There Is no fool like the theoretic
fool. He can go over theories that
have grown up in his mind, they be
coming more and more perfect to him
the while, and uot see some glaring
defect that to auother will plainly let
down his whole fabric. Ellis' fabric
was toppling before he left home. He
had no sooner got to his new quarters
and looked about him in a ropm in
which there were furniture and decora
tions, but no living being, when It
collapsed utterly. That night was the
most miserable of his existence. He
did not sleep, but lay awake trying to
form a plan whereby be might go home
»nd save his face at the same time.
First be thought that he would lay
down a series of rules for the guid
ance of himself and bis wife and if
she would agree to abide by them he
would go home and try to live in peace
He even wrote out several of these
rules, but tore tbem up. He thought
of various expedients, but none seemed
practical.
in tiie morning wneu uu um (/••>••<>
were discarded be wrote a note to his
wife admitting bis mistake and asking
whether If he came home he would be
received as before his departure. Mra
GUIs replied that be would be welcome,
adding uo condition or stipulation
whatever. He bad scarcely received
her uote when lie called an automobile
ind told the chauffeur to drive, irre
spective of speed limit, to bis home.
His wife met bim at the door and
threw her arms about his neck. To
gether they went into the dining room,
where the children were Just finishing
their morning meal. All rose and
lumped upon him The older ones had
suspected that something was wrong
(n the father's going and were much
moved at hi.® sudden return When
the greetings were over and the chil
dren on their way to school Ellis "said
ro bis wife:
"Where are those copies o' our pre
nuptial agreement?
Mrs. Ellis disappeared and soon r*
turned wltb the articles Inquired for.
Seizing thetn. her husband tore them
Into bits and threw them Into the fire
burning on the hearth.
"Wife." he said with animation, "It
is my opinion that these newfangled
plans for trial marriages and easy di
vorces are for persona who either can't
get on together or have never been
married For you and me tbey are ri
dlculous
"They will not help those who are
happily married, and, as for thos« who
are unhappily marriei God help them!"
That was the end of Ellis' matrimo
nial theories. When after that h« and
bis wife bad a spat, according to an
agreement they made after his return,
they made It up before going to sleep
that night This they found to bo a
greot advantage in many ways. First,
It ended the spat; second. It got them
used to cutting short their differ
ences; third, they soon became used
to considering euch disagreements as
mere explosions of nervous irritation
and not worth explaining. At any rate,
they grew closer each year, and today
Ellis wonders bow be could baYe been
such e tooL ,
The Thinking K
Power
By WILLIAM BLAKEMAN
Something over a hundred years ago,
when Europe was making one of those
advances in new lines of thought
which have marked different stages of
intellectual development, when a cro;)
of great French thinkers—Voltaire and
others—were attracting attention, a
wealthy Parisian lady conceived in
some degree those ideas intended for
the amelioration of women that are in
vogue during the present day.
Mme. Drivaux did not follow the
lines of the present movement, where
in women contend for equality with
men. Her idea was that women were
capable of higher intellectual develop
ment than men from the fact that they
are made of finer texture. Her plan
was to utilize the brute force of men '
by making It subservient to the supe- '
rlor intellectual faculties of women.
Mme. Drivaux, who possessed an
enormous fortune, purchased an island
In the Mediterranean sea. upon which
she proposed to carry out her Idea. She
had no difficulty in founding her col
ony. Some of her-colonists were of
noble birth; others were commoners,
but all were intellectual. She called
for men volunteers who must join with
a full understanding that the women
were to do the thinking, the men to
serve as protectors.
Mme. Drlvaux's idea iu_ separating
her colonists from the rest of the world
was that she might make an absolutely
fresh start, untraintneled by existing
institutions, laws, customs. But a per
fect shaking off of the present in order
to Inaugurate a new future is very dif- jj
flcult. A weak spot in tbe founder's 2
purpose was that among the hundred |
women she took with her there were /■
three each of whom was loved by a |
man. These men, unwilling to part >
with those they loved, enrolled tnern- i
selves anions the masculine force who \
were to do the fighting and laborers, i
Thus at the very outset did the canker- J
worm get Into the roots of the tree that |
Muie. Drivaux had planted with so jj
much thought, trouble and expense. S
Mme. Drivaux had enlisted every 5
man colonist herself, talcing care that 2
he was not opposed to her scheme or 5
unwilling to accept the direction of the j
women, looking to his muscles rather
than his brain for his share of the .
work. But these three "misbegotten
knaves," who had joined for the pur- «
pose of getting possession of the worn- |
eu they loved, deceived her by being |
the loudest In their advocacy of her |
plan and their promises to be obedient r,
and patient laborers and soldiers. jj
Marriage was not forbidden in the 5
colony, but every man -who married |
was obliged to promise that he would jj
obey his wife. Moreover, he was j
obliged to agree to be a hewer of wood ;
and a dr-awer of water, looking to his 5
wife for guidance like an obedient hus- j
band.
Now. the three marplots who had [
joined the colony were much put out at
having to leave Paris for a consider- j
able time in order to save for them
selves the women they loved. Even j
on the voyage they put their heads to- •
gether to devise a plan for being re- {
venged on the colonists for the sacri- ;
flee they were obliged to make. Nat- .
urally It was easy for tbem to get con
trol of the other men colonists, for the
latter being content to let the women
do their thinking were not disposed
to think for themselves; consequently,
associating with men who were dis
posed to lead them, they naturally fol
lowed.
Now, it so happened tnai ran mici
the colony was established a ship stop
ped at the island loaded with a fierce
hand of Arabs from the African coast,
bent on plunder. Mme. Drivaux called
upon the men to attack the Invaders
and drive them away. Jules Champi
nois, one of the three men who had
been plotting against the success of
the colonial saheme, said:
"We are ready to drive these men
away, but we would be pleased if you
would give us a plan of attack. It is
our part to do the fighting, but your
part to tell us how. Shall we take the
offensive or act upon the defensive?
Shall we use guns or shall we rely on
our bayonets?"
Mine, Drivaux looked scornfully on
M. Champinois. stamped her foot and
told hirfi to drive the rascals away
without asking any further questions.
The women who were about their
chief were much frightened.
"This colony is organized," continued
the men's spokesman, "on the plan that
you women do the thinking and we
men the work and the fighting. Our
portion of the good things we have is
for doing these alone. It is not just
that we should be called upon to think
and fight. If we must do both we can't
see wherein you are superior to us, and
we call upon you to surrender the lead
ership in our favor."
The Arabs were stealing up on these
poor women while the men were stand
ing idle.
"We shall be murdered!" "Cowards!
Do your duty!"
These expressions on the further ap
proach of the enemy gave place to "For
heaven's sake save us and you may
have everything!"
"Resign Mie thinking power or per
ish!" ccied Champinois.
"We resign!" replied a hundred voices.
"Follow me!" and, turning, he led
the men against the enemy, who ran to
their ships and sailed away.
The next day after a triple wedding
the colony broke up and returned to
France.
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