MRS CREIGHTON ON MARRIAGE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 66, 11 December 1907, Page 3

MRS CREIGHTON ON MARRIAGE.

.as n pSs-io ?. tig oriptibrT At thp" 101 ' 6 ser , iousl y socia l "tiesoription. At the ■ women's meetings tne most sensible views have been aired by woSarl ln ffi the : A n S'icaii communion, lowards one of the coming discussions Mrs Fnnin ' 0f tho late Bish °p' of London, contributes some thoughtful ideas on marriage and divorce. Naturally Mrs Creighton takes (he orthodox view of on P nS nf al Ji, marrla ! e ' a ', ld ( ' e P' orfis divorce as one of the worst evils which can befall a human being in the social' relationship. At that 5 ?!^"' 0 ? He b ? kl > states her opinion that romantic love before marriage is not riot rfftpn f°li a PRV uniou ' " for >° ve u °<* not often follow on a marriage which began : Lrl C ? lmCr fecli "S s - Where mutual aspect, the same views on essentials, 'and some similarity of tastes exist, persons of certain temperaments at least, need not wait rm A n Celmgs I ,n order t0 bo willing to Jnuo l'il- f re , no n t ma^e to be artists in 1W JI V, nl Bro f'!","S and his wife. Ui F » 1? wl" L- g ,cleal of marriago in itself. It is this high ideal which easy divorce docs so much to destroy. Mrs Creighton truly says that the only wav to maintain this high ideal is to live it. Tho living witness of married people" will do more as an example either for good or evil, than any amount of theory. One great defect of English marriages, even in happy ones, is that tho husband never looks for intellectual companionship in his wife So little does he desire this, indeed, that many of the best educated women are found among the unmarried. b