Show ABANDONED WAIFS the ogden herald of the ad discourses at langta upon less babes and brings to its aid a long statement from the chicago which paper asks the important ques lan of what shall bo done with the babi esthe homeless helpless waife waifs etc which are being forced upon tho chantiles chan ties of chicago hospitality tho herald has undertaken task of recommending a remedy for this growing evil tensly if marcazo was made honorable in all dpn and eairy wo man allowed to have or not he had already one or moie the crime of illegitimacy would cease the crime of prostitution would be lessened every mother would have a home and a father for her off ring and infanticide would soon cease to be committed in the land will I 1 aid have the kindness to tell us what constitutes an honorable marriage either in min or woman to make a marriage honorable in the light that most people recoe nizo it is for the contract to ba made according to law and in the presence of competent witnesses A ceremony performed in this manner legalizes the union and the opong marriage performed in any other manner is deemed illegal ind tho offspring are in a legal sense when a minister justice of the peace or judge performs record is made a marriage ceremony a of tha transaction and a certificate of marriage riven if desired how is t in utah among the cormons mormons Mor mons every marriage ceremony performed 10 the endowment house whether the first info or tho twelfth no record is kept either of names or aites why is it so simply because the leaders of the church know that polygamy is unlawful and they are shrewd enough to er up their unlawful practices and baffle the administrators of justice V hen a woman passes through tho endowment house she does not know if she be a plural wife whether she will be a ifo or a slave ibis fact does not dawn upon her until sho finds heisele at the head of a family of child renand their support depending upon the fifita of her labors for elisten e alen is ehe looks around and enquires of lawyers whether she has no rights to property belonging to her husband or whether he 13 not compelled comiel led 10 support her and her family she learns that her husband can support her and her children if he chooses and if ho feels so disposed can leavo her some of his property hen he dies there 13 no hw in utah compelling him to do either in what respect or how is made honorable in cases of this kind the herald editor need only go with us to salt lake whore ho can bo introduced into more than one household chere the polygamous wives arc toiling daily to keep their supplied with food and clothing while the father calls occasionally tosea tho folks this is why there are no fondling homes in utah and it is chuel to malto such a boast at the expense cf the toil and labor of women it is a deplorable fact that manner of disposing of offspring is becoming unpleasantly corn mon but the remedy does not lie at the booi of polygamy babes haab been found on the door step of moio than one house in salt lake but the editor carefully shuns this fact and all other dark features of polygamy |