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Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 May 1914, Page 2

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Ik the May number of Everylad y s Jojirual, just out- we find upwards of a dozen prominent peo. ■a pie expressing- various opinions I on the subject. And they are 'J people of widely different station *l and profession.. Men as far apart M as Mr Bernard O'Dowd, the wellHi known Australian poet, and Mr II Paris Si'sbit, K.C.; men so ejosely by their laughter—as Harry Lander (coniodialtj'aiid'iSir , Alexander Peacock (politician): and stage favourites like Miss Ada lleove and Miss Daisy Jerome, all differ more or less on this important topic. Even champions of Women's Riyhts like Miss ViMa Goldstein and Miss Adela Pankhurst are not <]uite at one about it. Harry Lander, who is at pre. sent visiting Australia looked ' very serious as lie said. "But women won't obey if they don't want U)! No, not even if they have promised in twenty marriage services. " "Anyway," he added, "in any well-regulated household, a certain amount .of argument is necessary; it stimulates the intellect, you know, and makes the wheels go round." The visiting militant suffragette was unexpectedly diffident, but the local eham- _ pion was emphatic to the point of enthusiasm. "Certainly no woman should be asked to obey," de«y dared Miss Goldstein. "The inclusion the words in the marriage service is a relic of barbarism, There should be no talk of obeyance between husband -and wife if both wish to retain their self-respect. It is a word more fitted for use between a master and slave!" Miss ATIa Reeve has been married since she visited Australia last, and when she was married the service was evidently not abbreviated in any May.. Standing with her arm linked through her husband's—and they looked the personification of good comradeship—she said with a. /smile: "I obey my husband -perhaps be- \ cause he never wants me to do > anything I dislike, and because \ we think alike on ail subjects— v but I should not obey him if I did not respect him. ,, ( We cannot find space to quote from any more of these interesting interviews, but add the words of the poet Bernard O'Dowd in conclusion: "Marriage should be a of two individuals who allow their personalities to merge. There should be no question of one side demanding more than the other. If there is understanding between husband and wife, there will be no question as to who should obey and who should be obeyed. It will all follow 'as the night, the day.' That, anj'how, has been the result of my personal experience and I must add that it has been a very happy one. In our home we regard ourselves as two consuls in one republic. The power is equal, even if it be expended in different departments." In addition to the aforementioned there is a Jively interview with Miss Adela "Pankhurst, in which she explains the position and the aims of the fighting , suffragettes. There is also a talk with Lady Helen Munro-Ferguson, in which she discusses her position as the wife of Australia's new GovernorGeneral: and a chat with Lady Baden-Powell on the subject of Boy Scouts, with particular reference to the youngest Bov Scout, who is her baby son. Ellen Terry, who is now in Australia, contributes an article on the "Art of Dress." A new serial story begins, and tliere is another of the "What- Happened to Mary?" stories.