Show COMPANIONATE MARRIAGE IS DISCUSSED BY BRIDE Publishers Publisher's Daughter Asks Why Young People Should Wait Vait For Matrimony Until They Reach Economic Independence Hopes to lo Have Children Later I I i gj 20 JOSEPHINE JULIUS HALDEMAN IS 18 and Aubrey ey Roselle Clay J JOSEPHINE J pictured here have entered Into a companionate marriage at GIr- GIr GIrard ard Kan Han p C GIRARD SHARD Kas Has Nov 25 JosephIne Josephine Haldeman Julius the year old high school girl who has startled the country countr with her companionate mar mar- marriage marriage with a young man wan she has hns known since childhood today told In Inan inho ho hn an exclusive Interview with NEA Ser Ser- Service ServIce vice why she sho believes such a mar mar- marriage marriage nags is superior to the old-fashioned old form The girl Is the daughter of E E. list Hal deman famous book booC publisher of this Kansas Kansa town and In taking tal this ultra modern step she will willbe willbe be testing the naive marriage theory theor of one of her fathers father's closest friends former Conner Judge Ben Den Lindsey of the Denver juvenile Ju court The compan companionate lonate bridegroom Is Aubrey Clay Roselle year old youth who for for- formerly formerly formerly merly was a student In the University of Kansas and Is now employed In Inthe Inthe the editorial department of Halde- Halde man Julius publishing house hou e In the Interview which was ob obtained ob- ob tamed In the presence of her parents Miss Julius Haldeman-Julius reveals an amazing knowledge of life for one v who vho ho has not yet et obtained a high school diploma convinced that com com coIn companionate marriage will tend to de decrease de- de crease the Immorality of ol modem modern youth Miss Julius Intends to continue her school reboot work and event event- eventually eventually eventually hopes to become af a 3 professional dancer NOT A TRIAL MARRIAGE At the outset She emphasized the fact that this marriage Is in no sense a trial trl marriage My most enduring hope Is to make our marriage a lasting one and It I t Is Ismy ismy Ismy my aim as I know is the case with Aubrey Aubre to have ha this tie tic hold bold for lor the tire rest of our lives she said sald At the age of 18 I find myself filled with ideas and Impressions of the emotional life me I see on all sides Why should we young p people ople be be cx- cx Continued on Page Face Two NEW MARRIAGE VIEWS S GIVEN Continued from Page tc One I to wait waft for tor marriage until we weI I have Ime reached economic Independence Why should we e let our best years slip bj by b Why cannot parents help us solve this problem so 50 that we may I avoid the pitfalls that so often cause tragedy trai In In our own case casee Tie we have ha been I moat most fortunate Father and mother I have operated co-operated with us have stud- stud led our heart problems from the view lew- viewpoint point of youth and as a result we weare weare weare are receiving help Instead of discouragement discouragement In n living normal rives lives I Ishall shall ahall though I am married mamed continue with mth my school work and Aubrey will 1 continue his We will meet often often- often as S often as we really desire We will w live e In a healthy love Instead of bear- bear bearIng bearing Ing log the burden of puritanical Inhibitions lions j WILL NILL I FACE ACE TilE THE T E FACTS t We shall sha try to make It last j i but If It doesn't we shall face tace the facts calmly and admit a mistake Instead of ot continuing to live a tie lie When we are ready to 00 make moke our home together like other married people we e shall ll have children hI We f certainly want w children c eventually lua but not until we e are ready for them That Is what companionate mar mu- marriage marriage means menns to me mc and I shall strive to uphold my part of the contract I sincerely ly believe that If many of ot the boys and girls I know were to 00 todo todo do likewise se we should have have- fewer tragedies Companionate marriage to 00 tomy tomy my viewpoint means happiness and the full life not life not In some distant fu future tU- tU future ture when youth Is go I e but now no t when life Is still stUl rosy and filled with I laughter I I know that countless hundreds of thousands of af young people feel as I do but they are arc bewildered beUder I conventions of af an older alder generation Those parents serve their children best I believe c who are willing to take Into consideration the new and great difficulties youth must sur sur- surmount surmount surmount mount before they are able to 00 take their formal places In the ity Life Is short Why postpone hap hap- happiness happiness when one ane may sensibly achieve lifes life's fullness without waiting for youth to 00 pass It Is ridiculous to 00 tell tellus tellus tellus us young people of at 18 and 20 that we weare weare weare are not men and women I am as much a woman waman today tolay as I shall shan be 15 years from nov now This means to 00 tome tome me that the Intelligent and civilized cI thing to do Is so to 00 arrange ones one's life that its best and noblest expressions may be taken before youth is passed LEGALLY MARRIED ot Of Of course we are legally married a a license minister two rings lings and the rest There is 15 no other way while we are waiting for tor changes in our laws Jaws to allow complete companion- companion companionate ate marriages I know that th t this will sound ex ex- extremely ex- ex extremely forward to 00 our more conven conven- minded friends but I can can- cannot cannot not In all an honesty honest take a different position and still st be true to 00 my best b t Ideals I hope my own awn step and the att- att attitude tude of our parents may prove an en encouragement to other young people and their parents to follow tollow our aur ex- ex ex example I ample ampe Copyright right 1927 NEA Service Inc |