Show i 11 li j Group Marriages s 1 i HUMORISTS and other lightsome folk have 1 fays f ays agreed that marriage marriage-i i more or orf I i r f 4 gamble And yet their remarks I I ir ife flyr i. i r be taken seriously s so marriage in the he het to hold an exalted place t S Sp jt t is that the disclosures being I d' d t. t th grand jury investigation of th the j t lor ot D Dvid d now v under wa way in Michigan calculated J to arouse the disgust of the j ep Q public i J k C T lJ m marriages have been performed t. t l of this cult with n no the welfare of t the e principals t il rig girl found the boy of her choice tt f r fee J another and so was compelled compell d to t t J Perhaps this same state ofin of ofin in matrimonial more regular j Ia since the woman in ordinary society r U until she is asked If her her- choice fUS to ask her she naturally must mate make the theof J st of the proposals which are offered offered ci Jr The situation might be different if it con- con tion permitted the woman to propose t V i This situation however differs from that it in the House of David in I that the oung people arrange their own matches In Ine Jle e e. House of David they are more or less 1 je o the fhe direction ion of their leaders and sinister influence has always been altz a m menace nace to happy marriages Group marriages are arc repugnant and calculated to destroy the institution n on which the American home is fb buIt They are not far removed from the theM I M i. i t of free love and should be quickly I l J sed In the House of David the t l IL a further disgrace because it s sub sub- bI b- b I children children to an offense against society themselves the import of which they ot realize in their tender years T e grand jury probe may not ot show sho that h he e leaders of the fhe cult have been guilty of practises but it has already revealed contempt for ideals and conventions which Ij little tittle short of imm immoral ral and which merits m. m sort of f punishment of those responsible |