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ibitiotmlnlls bi
Plurality of Wives is
Advocated by a Princess.
Princess Charlotte, tho sister of
the Kaiser, has created a sensa
tion in Europe by publishing s
book in which she advocates radi
cal ehanges in the laws relating to
martial affairs. In fact, she pro
poses “reform” whioh her good
old grandmother, the late Queen
Victoria of England, if alive
would regard as down right im
moral and shocking.
The princess, who is described
as being “sprightly,” has investi
gated several hundred social caseB
with the aid of a divorce lawyer,
and she concludes that between
forty and fifty years of age “nine
men out of ten” undergo “a
change of tasteB and habits, and
crave new ideals.” She declares
that the man, after the first flush
of yonthfnl vigor, and when his
wife begins to fade, “sees every
day a dozen women whom he pre
fers to his own wife, with whom
he would like to begin life anew
to his own and the world’s profit.
Blit it cannot be done without
robbing the woman he once loved
of home, position aud friends
sometimes. So he establishes
second household, leads a double
life, and we all know what that
means. Above all, disgrace for
the woman of hie second choice
and her children, likewise days of
anguish, storm and stress for the
first wife. In cases of this kind
we advocate legalized plurality of
wives on the ground of morality,
decency, legitimacy and common
sense." She thinks two wives
will do and she advocates the le
galizing of the second marriage
while the first wife is still living;
beoause such a law, besides eradi
cating (more or less) the divorce
habit, is desirable for the protec-
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from Athens, Ga., to Baltimore, Md., and return account of the
above occasion, fare from Athens, Ga.,
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For the round trip. Tickets on sale September 10th, 11th and
12th, 1904. Final limit September 19th, 1904. An extension
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near Howard street, Baltimore, Md. For further information
call or phone R. W. SIZER, General Agent.
* 106 Clayton Street, Phone 81.
Purses. j tion of the wife that has become
obsolete, is intended to protect the
rights of all the children and
would be an aid to morality be
cause abolishing, in the upper
olasses at least, the bar sinister of
illigitimaoy.”
As might have been expected
she goes into the early history of
the Jewish ohuroh and points to
the polygamous habits of Abra
ham, Jacob, David, Solomon and
others of that early period. She
declares that it is significant that
the Ten Commandments do not
forbid a plurality of wives, and
that the seventh applies “seem
ingly to women only.”
As a corrector of the social
evils under which women and
children are suffering nowadays,”
continues the authoress, “divorce
is wholly inadequate. The Cath
olic cannot get a divorce under
any circumstances, and there are
hundreds and thousands of good-
natured Protestants and Jews who
cannot bring themselves to divorce
tho woman who proved a beloved
companion while young and beau
tiful.” The princess argues that
the proposed law ‘.‘does not
threaten over-population,” point
ing to Turkey, “though it might
do away with Freneh race sui-
cido.” She says only right or
well-to-do men, “able to take care
of two wives and their children,
shall be allowed to take a second
one, while women might be privi
leged to guard against the intro
duction of a second wife during
their lifetime by inserting a clause
to that effect in their marriage
eontract. Permission to take a
second wife would largely reduce
tho surplus of unmarried but de
sirable women; at the same time
it wonld help the working olasses
by removing competition from
women, who are now denied mat
rimony because there are not
enough men to go around." Fi
nally her royal highness suggests
that “if being permissable to take
second wife,” wieked men
wouldn’t care to avail themselves
of the privilege, the incentive of
“forbidden fruit" lacking.
That the idle are the vioioue
applies to royalty and position as
well as to the vagrant. This wo
man has no doubt been brooding
over certain social evils until her
head is turned—the wrong way.
If she were not one of high sta
tion, if her book were the product
of an obscure person, it could be
best ignored and consigned to the
dusty recesses of oblivion; but it
will he circulated aud read, aud
will taint farther the moral tone
of an already diseased social at
mosphere.
In the first place she is too
doping in her conclusions about
busiSanUa ‘between forty and
fifty.” She should not judge the
world, wlSth is full of men devo
ted to tneir wivos, by the testi
mony oi a dacres lawyer, or by
the suAmndings of a Enropean
There is enough of misery
appineBs among married
pajgb but there is yet Balt in the
earth, and laven enough to save
thcJnmp.
If anything beyond the prompt
ings of a pare heart was needed to
ooDdemu her proposed “reform,"
the suggestion that the privilege
of s second living wife shoald be
re\ricted to the rich is sufficient
tooetray the utter weakness and
immorality of her contention.
That which is truly beautiful is
true. That which is wholly imj
practical is wrong. She sees that
it is whollr impractical for a poor
man to maintain two houses with
a mistress and children in each;
but the rich man can stand the
expense. Her law would attempt
the absurd task of making im
moral the one, and moral the
other. Trained in the school
where the divine right of kings is
taught she too easily falls into
the idea of moral privileges for
the rich which would be sinful for
the podr. It may be just to say,
however, of this misguided prin
cess, that she may have a woman
perception of the fact that the
class with whioh qhe is most fa-
miliar, “men of means,” that is
court gentlemen are more unhap
py-- with their wives “between
forty and fifty,” than the com
mon herd of humanity, and that
her “reform” is not so needed
among the latter class.
Certain things one must handle
with tongs if .handled at all; but
such a suggestion as we have be
fore us, coming from a source so
near a powerful throne, should be
handled with a pitchfork.
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She Was Wise.
“F^-ed, dear,” said Mrs. Deli
cate, “Mrs. Neighbor was talking
about you the other day, and she avenue
saiA she thought you didn’t look
well. Do you know. I’m get
ting to be quite anxious about-
you?"
“What are you anxious about,
I’d Ijke.to know? Don’t I eat and
sleep well?” he asked.
Veil", yon sleep fairly well,
aud your appetite is not so bad,
but "
But what? Am I bent and
stoop shouldered aud bald, or
what ia it yon mean?”
“Why, dear, i thought that pos
sibly you ought to get your life
insured. You know wo nave very
little saved up, and if you were
to ’’
“Mary Jane, what on earth are
you talking about? To listen to
you one would think that I was in
the last stages of a galloping con
sumption. I am as healthy aud
as strong as I ever was in my life.
There isn’t any sort of hard work
which I oanuot do.”
"Oh, 'I’m so glad to hear that,
Fred.” Mrs. Delicato gave a lit
tle gasp of joy and threw her arms
around his neck. “I’m so glad to
hear yo* say you are well aud
strong, beoause the lawu needs
mowing so badly, and I was dread
fully afraid that you were too ill
to run the lawn mower."
Whereupon, says the New York
Press, Mr. Delioate went out and
•hared the grass on the lawn.
AGENTS.
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i Oconee street. \
Two vacant lota on Baxter street.
Three very desirable lots in Prince
Four lots on Boulevard, close in.
Gin house in East Athens to be sold
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Two 2 room houses on Pope street,
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standing on the platform between
two coaches when the train par
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oan and was ground to death.
Announcements.
FOB JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date for Justice of the Peace. 216th Dis
trict G. M., subject to the democratic
primary. C. T. YOUNG.
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
I hereby announce myself a condidate
for Justice of the Peace for the 216th
district, subject to the action of the
democratic primary.
G. T. MURRELL.
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for re-election as Justice of the Peace for
the 2ifith district, subject to the action
of the democratic partv,
JAS. F. FOSTER.
FOR ALDERMAN FIRST WARD.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for Alderman from the’First ward, sub
ject to the action cf the democratic pri-
maty. A. W. VESS.
FOR ADDSRMAN SECOND WARD.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for re-election as Alderman from the
Second ward, subject to the action of
the democratic primary.
J. H. DOOTSON.
FOR AI-DERMAN THIRD WARD.
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date for Alderman from the Third ward
subject to the action of the Democratic
Primary. EDWARD BANCROFT
FOR ALDERMAN THIRD WARD.
I hereby announce mvself a candidate
for Alderman from the Third Ward, sub
ject to the.democratic primary.
C. M. SNELLING.
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FOR ALDERMAN FOURTH WARD.
I hereby announce myself as a candl -
date tor Alderman from the Fourth ward
subject to the action of the Democratic
Primary. B. Y. HARRIS.
FOR ALDERMAN FOURTH WARD
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for alderman of the Fourth Ward, sub*
ject to the action of the democratic pri*
mary. JNO. N. BOOTH.
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