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Show The MarriageProblem MarriageProblemBy Marriage MarriageProblem TheProblem Problem ProblemBy By MARGARET ANGLINCelcbrJttd ANGLINCelebrated ANGLIN ANGLINCelcbrsittd Celcbrsittd CelcbrJtt/d CelcbrJtt d Celebrated / Sbikespeareaa ShskcSlIearUD Shakespearean ActressFuture Actiess lIctres Actress ActiessFuture : . Future Marriages tlarriages Will Wll Well , Be Influ Influ- Influenced Influenced . - enced by the Crowing Growmg Growing Power Powerof Powerof 0/ 0 of 0Women / Women IFomen WomenATARRIAGE IFomenARRIAGL A/TARRIAGE A TARRIAGE / ARRIAGL ' ; as an In Institution < ; tltl1t1on has hasbeen haslvi has1VA MARRIAO lvi lvibeen heen been about for a very long longtishlle longwhile tishlle \ \ h lIe and \ when then hen one is asked to tospeculate tospeculate tospeculate speculate on how long It will wl11 con contlnue contlnue continue tlnue to remain about , or rather to toput toput toput put it speclfic speclUcilly speclfic'illy speclficilly ' tlly , , what It will wU1 be bel1l belike belike l1l like e in 100 years ears , one must first of ofall ofall ofall all stop and reflect on how long it ithas Ithas Ithas has been beenAnything beenAnythIng beenAnything Anything which has been , as thIs thIshs thishas thl thlhas has hs . ! been , has strong claim to con con- continued continued continued - tinued longevity , if behind It tbere there tbereIs thereIs thereis Is pure reason reuson . , 1am Iam 7 1 I am of the t1le belief that one hundred5 hundred hundredI hundredyears I years , ears from now nOlu marriage marrrage will w1l1 be some somethmg something som somthing thing thmg ofwhat of what marriage marnage has hQ.j hQj lies . been . To put a span on when it wl11 will wl11change willchange willchange change is not as easy to lay down a achallc achalk achalk challc chalk mark and say , "Tills Tills "This This " Is where wherethe wherethe wherethe the hundred yar yards s end Now run " It / ( has hQ.j hQj . had , of oj course , its IU utilltanan utilitarmn utilltananwages utilitarmnusages utilitarianusages wages usages . It has hcu been used UJed to inherit inheritwealth inheritwealth inheritwealth wealth , , to make ma1.e ma1e . kings , to join etatC estates $ estatesto $ , to reconcile reconclle warring factions factwm and families fam fam- famIlies families - - ilies It has also been used to makemillions make makemllllOm makemillions mllllOm millions of people happy , to make mil mll- mll mul- mul mlllwns mullions millions - lions lwns of oj o f hearth fire fires . glow , to makemillions make makemillIOns makemillions millIOns of oj ojmen ofmen men war uar and trade and go godoun godown godown doun down to thf the sea in . ships .lups lups , and keepmills keep keepnlills keepnulls nlills nulls spinning spmnmg , , andmines and mines busy bUJY . The affection affection , , ties and nnd pride of ofparenthood ofparenthood oparenthood ( parenthood , In it best sense , seem seemto seemto seemto to me the surest argument in fa\or fa or favor favorof faorof favorof \ of matrimony . I cannot conceIve conceiTCexcept , except in Isolated cases-and cases and cases - - and that thathrgely thatlargely thatlargely hrgely largely where the instinct of ot moth moth- motherhood motherhood motherhood - erhood or fatherhood is subnormalor subnormal or completely absent-I absent I absent - I cannot con con- concch concei conceive - cch cei ceive e a new world where the boy or orgirl orgirl orgirl girl should have merely a half In- In Interest interest In Interest - terest in love or love's loves ' protectionWhich protection protectionTFhich TFhich Which parent would 'lay lay .Jay Jay day ' . claim tothe to tothe tothe the childand child andwluch andwhich and which wluch whichclaim claim would be besustained besustasned besustained9 sustained sustasned ? Or would uould uouldIt it be a commu commu- eommu communal communal - nal nalaUalr nalaffair affair aUalr where wlere , no individual mdlVldual mdlVldualsentI individualsentl senti sentl sentiment . ment , paternalor paternal or maternal , should shouldobtain shouldobtain shouldobtain obtain ? Some imagination Imagmatlon , more far far-reaching far reaching - . reaclung reaching than mine , would uould have hflve to topIcture topicture topicture pIcture convincingly a world devoidof devoid 0/ 0 of 0that ofthat ofthat / that sentiment andIts and its demands , whichI which I 1 do not believe ivill will willever ever be unlessblood unless unlessblood unlessblood blood bloodceases ceases tolow to flow /low low / in veins vems . For ror the most part , one can only onlySUI onlysurmise onlysuimlse SUI surmise mise- mise misebu - , , bu but t for the lesser part , one onecan onecan onecan can lay la ; down a most poignant Im- Im Impression Impresslon Im Impression - pression presslon that marriage will be In Insome insome insome some \ way lay ny influenced by growing growingpower growingpower growingpower power on the part of the womanpower woman , PO\\ PO POer power \ er bora born of po\\ po power poer poser \ er , power po\ver po ver \ born bornof bornof bomof of intellectual right to po pow power " er or , that thatwill thatwill will ' \ III have no mean menn part In the so- so sociologic soclologic so-ciologic so ciologic - - ciologic clologic scheme . . . TTomen Women have always allt-ays allt ays allays - had power oj ojet o ofcicry f fevery et every ery hind hl1ld ktind but llllnow tillnow till llll now have exercued exercised exercisedit exercuedIt It only sporadically . I\ow I ow Aouv \ ow , woman u uspreading uspreading uspreading spreading her knowledge 1.nowledge 1nowledge . of how to bea be bea bea a woman with withall all her power . It is my personal belief that withtfiat with withtllOt withthat tllOt that growing gTOwmg power ofwoman of woman she ivilldemand IVIII will IVIIIdemand willdemand demand demandIncreasmg demandincreasing increasing Increasmg protecllon-or protecllon or protection-for protection for protection - ! for her herprogeny herprogeny herprogeny progeny . I do not h hclipxu hehene < , II < ' \ e man lIIan will wl11 e\ e ever eer \ er relinquish re reJlnqulsh rellnquish Jlnqulsh linquish his llls 11 piidt- piidt piidtof piid } hit . < . - of race and so- so soror soror so soFor - - For ror the sake saIe , of aigument mgument argument , , , dIsmIss dIsmIssthe dismissthe dismissthe the id&a ida Idea & of marriage being a sacra sacra- sacrament sacrament sacrament - - ment , dismiss the Idea that it was wasouhlned wasordained wasOldalned ouhlned ordained , that It was predestined predestinedtint , th1t that Itas It \ was \\as as born on the Duphrates Euphrates EuphratesIn DuphratesIn In its Initial and Indispensable es essence es- es essence essence - - sence , it Is two people bound to together together together gether as us an Institution InstItutlon In any anyInstitution an anyinstitution InstitutIon things may go wrong wrongfrequently , frequently do as U'I UI ' a m1tt matter 1 of fact factbut , but if the Institution Is solid soUd soild , break break- breakage breakage breakage - age can be repaired or ignored as astdvl11 astrlvial astrivial tdvl11 trlvial Panoply of church churcb or sanc sane sanc1Ion sanetion sanetion 1Ion tion of state cannot cannot , , never did and andnever andnever andnever never never111 will \\111 111 \ change tlie tlle the fact thatmaniage that thatDlarllage thatmarriage Dlarllage marriage lq h is something t\\ t two t0 \ 0 people peoplengree peopleagree peopleagree ngree agree upon lhat Zhat 1 ' hat I belIe\ belIe believe belIee belietie \ e \ will ill goou goon go ou on . I / think thm1 . , without even knowing 1.lIowmg 1lIowmg . whatthe what whatthe whatthe the actualword actual word wordmarnage wordmarriage marriage marnage means meam , thatalways that thatallays tliatalways allays always ( , two people pt.ople ptople . will findeach find eachorh eachoth each olher orh oth orher other er , keep heep eachother each other , andalwas andalways and always alwas ) , whilethere Ithlle uhile Ithllethere uhilethere there are men andwomen and women , that no nomatter nomatter nomatter matter what Idat uhat , the texture te-ture te ture - . : or quality qualzty orquantity or orqualltlty orquantity qualltlty quantity of the tIe , word uord cord uordwe cordwe we call"mar call"near call "marnagc marnagc "mar mar "near near "marrlage "nearriage " rlage riage , " marriage marrrage will ulll be . 0 a Public Publlo Publio Ledcer Ledger IncWNU Inc -WNU WNU - WNU ServiceBiography Service ServiceB Serviceraphy Blo Biography B raphy of Casanova CasanovaGJoannl CasanovaGiosannl CasanovaGlovannl GJo\annl GJo annl Giosannl \ , or Jacopo Casanova Casano\a Casano a \ de deScIngalt deSeingalt deSolngalt Sc-Ingalt Sc Ingalt Seingalt - , , Italian Itallan adventurer and au- au author au author - - author thors thor , was \\\s s \ ' ' \ born In 172 1725 . " He studIed studIedfor studiedfor studiedfor for the cnurch church , was rejected , andentered and andentered andentered entered the army . Arrested for tor 1m im 1mpiety impiety 1mpiety piety , the practice of magic and andwitchcraft andwitchcraft andwitchcraft witchcraft , his life Hfe thereafter was wasa wasa wasa a tissue of roguery and amorou amorous amorousahentures amorousadventures nd\ nd ndentures ahentures \ entures . . He was tas " as a man oflearning of oflearning oflearning learning and taste , n npoet a n ' poet , , a n math m\th- m th m'tth- m'tth mtth mthemll.tlclnn m'tthematician mathematician ' ' \ - ematician emll.tlclnn emlltlclnn critic.His criticHis . , ' , ' theologian tbeologl'tn tbeologltn ' and critic . His librarian last years \ were sere ere spent as libra lIbra- lIbrarIan librarian - DuxBohemia rian to Count Waldstein Waldsteln Naldstein at Dux Dux . , Bohemia His memoirs , written In rrcDch rrench InFrench InrrcDch inrrench , are world famous . |