Show I II I II I 10 v 0 I AS A i WOMAN THEMES i bi o 0 f 11 Marriage arriage and End the Law Lalu Lawin in I i E Some statements made recently b by MIss Peggy Sy Marsh arsh the common law wife wiCe of oC the late Marshall Field Jr are aro Ver very In interesting hu but t ono one wonders if it Miss Marsh would feel feol the same sarno about the marriage laws and mating had the father of her tier child chillI been penniless Miss Marsh holds that there should be no marriage ceremony an and that two people should live lIvo together only so long as love lasted Sho She believes that children are stronger strong bonds than an any marriage c ceremony e re ni on I Of or course Miss lIss Marshs Marsh's baby did not prove pro to be a n very cr stron strong bond and neither are arc the thc man many children whose i real fathers desert them Perhaps If it every even poor wife wIle b by law who vho ho has been deserted and left leCt with little children I Iwas was also left loft several se thousand dollars I for tor the rearing of those children sho she might not care caro much about the tho marriage mar mar- ringo riago la laws las s 's either She might never resort to the protection of or the law She Slit might also be of ot the same mind as as Miss lIss Marsh an and be willing willIng- willIngto to let her husband go his wa way when his love Jovo had died save for the fact that sho must ha have money n ara c for her children rl i. i e h It u 1 U II 5 s lUi out II It all nIl were people highly principled and If all love was Ideal and lofty and lofty and l If it aU nU men hn had enough monc money to support their offspring Tho The juvenile jU courts the humane societies the tho delinquency courts and the divorce courts however will prove even to tho optimistic Miss Marsh tarsh and others who hold hoM her beliefs that the thc world and antI human nature are not yet ct ready rendy for or a n ot things which omits a lawful marriage core care mony There is still a l great demand anti and need for laws and court procedure which will trace deserted husbands whose love has died and bring to justice fathers athers of ot unnamed un babes And these will continue to be he needed d until children become as strong strong- bonds as Miss Marsh tarsh thinks the they now are arc I Copyright 1920 |