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Show I IThe The Marriage MarriageProblem MarriageProblem MarriageProblem MarriageProblemBy Problem ProblemBy By INEZ HAYNES IRWINAuthor IRW1N IRWIN IRW1NAuthor Author of 0/ 0 0Phoebe / Phoebe Ernest and Cupid ' ' ' ' . Happy .IIjPPY IIjPPY ; Years etc jtc etcThe ! etcThe The Stale State Will Wall Set by Law the theAmount theAmount Amount o of f Her tier Ilusband's Ilusbands husband's husbands husband'sSalary Husband'sSalary HusbandsSalary ' ' Salary Due a Wife WifeT WifeI I'r Ir I T ' T 1\ 1 \ 1ILL \ ILL all be vcrv very vcr ( different (1ilTerent 1ilTerent nhundred ahundred a n - hundred scars years ears from now-this now this nowthism nowthismatter now - thismatter m matter tter of marriage marrlage It will wllJ not notI notbe notbe notbe I be the poet poets s or the 10\ 10 loner's loners 10er's \ er's ers ' dream dreamot dreamof dreamof ot of happiness happmess ; on the other hand , It It1ll itsill Itwill \\1ll 1ll sill \ not be a bugbear hugbear . Of course , . the possibility pos.Iblllty posIblllty pos.lblllty poslblllty : . of mal mak makIn makIn . InJ In , ; perminent perm'1nent perm1nent permanent ' tlio the dreim dre'1m dre1m dream ' of ot h'lp hlp hap h'lpplness happhmess hippiness ' plness phmess of the poet and anll the 10\ 10 10er loner lonerhis loverhis \ er erh'ls h'ls hls his ' never existed e.lsted elsted : ' ! . That h'1pplne h1pplne happiness happinesshas hipplnebShas ' s shas has alvvivs always alw 1) 1 ) s 8bo shown shorn " n the swlftncss swiftness swlftncssand swiftnessand swiftnessand and brevity of the lI lightning liihtning ; htnlng 11'1sh 111sh flush flushFor dishFor ' For ! < 'or or ' present precent prevent : diy d"lY dlY dip " conditions condltlons It Is Ie ; R a Rmlrage amirage amirage mlrag-e mlrag e mirage - , a fata morgim morg'1n'l morg1nl morgina ' ' , an I ignis ignisfatuus Ignisfatuus nls nlsfatuus fatuus There Is no reason to sup suppose suppose suppose pose , \ whatever hatever the conditions , , that thatwe thatwe thatwe we shall ever achieve that kind kmd of ofhappiness ofhappiness ofhappiness happiness permanently , . least of all allthrough allthrough allthrough through so complicited comphc'1ted comphc1ted complicated ' . , so perple perplex perplexing perplexing Ing so Irritating a human re1'1t1on re11t1on relation relitlonas re1'1t1onas relationas ' as marriage marrtage But another . kind b.mc1 bmc1 of ofhappIness ofhappiness ofhappiness happIness , n a permanent one , does doeselst doeseeistthat doesexist elst eeist-that eeist that " , - thit th'1t th1t ' sober serenity which whichcomps whichcomps whichcomps comps from trom happily happlI ) occupied heads headshearts , l1eart hearts < ; , , handsIn hands handsIn In a Jiundred lUndred hundred ! years , perhaps , weshall tee we teeshall weshall shall hat haic hate e learned better than to expcct ex cx expect cxpect pect an eternal eternalecstasy ecstasy from marriageAt marriage marriageAt marriageAt At that future time , , also , ue shall hate have hatelearned havelearned hatelearned learned learnedo o 0 make ma1.e ma1e mate . bolhmarTage bothmarriage both bolh marriage marT/age marT age / and dl dm dmtorte dltorce ditorce torce torte as easy as possible . To marry you \ will sill III have only onlv to togo togo togo go w \ with lth ltli your partner in the m'ltrl mltrl matri m'ltrlmonl'll matrimonlal mitnmonlil ' monl'll monlll monlal ' scheme to the locil local ] 011 ( ' ' citylull Clt city cityhull 11'111 11111 hull ' and register your ) vour our intention IOtention ot of otbecommg ofbecoming ofbecoming becommg becoming mirried m'lrrled mlrrled marrled ' 1o 10 20 ' divorce you yousill youwill sill \ III h:1\ h:1 h1 have h:1e : \ e only to go to the same samephce sameplace sameplice phce place and re register lster 3 sour our Intention Intentionof of becoming bccomlng divorced dlorced dnorced dl\ dl divorcedIn dnorcedin \ orced In a hundred llundred years ) ears from now oclal social socialprogress socialprogress oclalprogress progress mil mvill U III have automatically remated re remot rentoied mot ntoied ntoiedcertain cd cdcertam certain certam inetitable meutable uwtmtable bunkers bunters In Inthe inthe inthe the ma'rimonial marimonial mCI'nmonzal mCInmonzal ma'rtmontal martmontal ' ' gameThere game gameThere There ' ire 1re minv m'1.nv m1.nv m1nv manv ' . of these bunk bunkers bunkers bunkers ers ruonev mone money moneyparticularly , } pirticularly p'utlcul.1rly putlcul.1rly putlcul1rly -particularly particularly - ' . money- money moneyfor moneyfor money moneyfor - for monev mone mone3 ) is not onlv onl3 onl the root hut but hutthe butthe hutthe the trunk bnnch br'1.nch br1.nch br1nch branch ' . le'l lel leif ' ! , 110\\ 110 flower 110er tloser \ \ er and andf1 andUtllt andf Utllt f1 uit ult of all e\ e evil eII \ II ; chlldrcn-for chlldrcn for children-for children children - for chll chit chlldren chitdren chlldren dren sometimes push their p'1.rents p1.rents p1rents parents p'1.rents'part parentsapart pirentsipart ' . 'part part apart ' insteid lDstc'1.d lDstc1.d lDstc1d Instead ' . ot of holding holdmg them thcm to together together together gether . A hundred lulnclred years from now noUl . K .t t it uillbe ulII uill ulIIbe uillbe be established by law exactly uhntproportion u uhat uhatproportion hat hatproportion proportion of la his salary the titfe lufe utfe . , , as asIlls ashis ashis Ills his partner in the matrimonial matrrmonzal matrrmonzalunder matrimonialunder undertaking under undertal.mg undertalking tal.mg talmg talking . , may demandof demand of her husband husbandA A hundredears hundred years ) ears from now it milbe ull ttrll ttrllbe ( ullbe be established establtshed by law exactly nhatpension uhat tthat uhatpensIOn tthatpension pensIOn the mother mother-as mother as - - as the tile partner inpopulation In InpopulatIOn inpopulation populatIOn production itit/i itit i uzrh uitlr / the statemay statenray state -may may -nray nray - may demand of that state for eachchild each eachduld eachchild duld child duldshe childshe she bearsA bearsA bears bearsA A hundred years 5 ) ears from now society societyuill societyroll societyHill uill roll hat hate e changed , or at least modified modi mods modified modsfled fied fled fiedIts fledits its attitude touard toward the nomonpartner 11.0man 110man ivoman 11.0manpartner ivomanpartner . partner in marriage . In these times the wife receIves receIves"hat receivesshat receiveswhat "hat hat shat " compensation compensatlon her bus husband husbandchooses husbandcliooses band bandchooses chooses to give gwe her for her servIces servicesas as wife and mother-and mother and mother - and that only onlydurIng onlyduring onlyduring durIng good behavior In these theseumes thesetimes thesetimes umes times , . the husband keeps for 111m him 111mself himself himself self \ whitevcr h'ltever hltever whatever ' share he wants of ofthe ofthe ofthe the fimlly f'lmlly flmlly family ' Income-and Income and Income - - and thit th'1 th1 that ' durIng durInggood duringgood duringgood good bel11.VIOr-or bel11.VIOror bel11.VIOr bel11VIOr or behavior-or behavior behivior . - - or badA bad badA A hundred years from now note theui/c'i theui c'i ci tTle the tTleIule's themule's Iule's Iules mule's mules / ' share in the tTe , family lamzly income and anda a pension from the tTae state being beang settled settledby settledby settledby by law , the question of her behaLlor behavior behaLlort behavioruill bchatiormil t ( uill III lie between herselfand herself and her Cod God CodTake GodTake Take the matter of economic re responslblhty responsibility responslbility sponslblhty sponsibility of the husband . Just as a hundred years from fromnow fromnow fromnow now the wife's wifes life's lifes \ Ife's Ifes ' lot will wllI be light light- lightened lightened lightened - ened , so will 1lI the husband's husbands ' - for formuch formuch formuch much of the flnincial fin'lnc1al finlnc1al financial ' burden wlll will wlllbe willbe willbe be taken ta"en taen ] " from the mm's mms m1n.s m1ns man's mans ' . sboul shoul sboulders shoulders shoulders ders dersThe 7 The he state has Taas come economically tohis to tohu tohis hu his rescue reJClle in IU um pensioning his uifc ulfe wife for forbeaTIng forbearing forbearing beaTIng bearing children chzldren That pension , plus plusthe plusthe plusthe the salary ubich uhlch which the law compels TlITn burn TlITnto burnto himto to pay Ins Ius his wife , has turned her from froma a drudge to a comrade . There remains only one factor to tocrc1tc tocreate tocrcito crc1tc create unhapplness unhappiness In the matri matn- matn matri- matnmonlal matrimonial matrimonial - monial monlal situation - the tbe well J.nown Jnown known J.nownhuman knownhuman . knownhuman human emotion , good old 10 love lobe ' e ! It Itset Itself t tself set self ] . La\ La Love Lae Lome \ e his h'1s h1s has ' nlwavs allays al\\ al ala \ a , } s made a agreat agreat agreat great deal deaf of ot trouble and a great greatmany greatrunny greatmany many runny varieties of trouble No rule rulegoverns rulegoverns rulegoverns governs it It . . It ! 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