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Friday, May 14, 1920.
MARRIAGE IN
THE LABORATORY
Tose conventional souls who have
feared that experimenting with maiT-iorro
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and morality will do well to read the
pronunciamento of Miss Fannie
Hurst in announcing her marriage-'
on-the-quiet. Fannie Hurst, the high-^
est paid short story writer in America
recently announced her marriage
five years ago to Jacques S. Danielson,
pianist, at Lakewood, N. J. For
a year it was a trial marriage. "But
now, after an acid test which has
lasted five years," said Miss Hurst j
"the dust is still on the butterfly
wings of our adventure and the dew
is on the rose." I
The marriage was kept abso-'
lute secret to everybody except the
, parents of Miss Hurst and one mutual
friend of the coupfe, Hi
Davis, editor of Munsev's Magazine.
Mr. and Mrs. Danielson parted thirty
minutes after the marriage cere-j
mony and since they have maintained
separate homes, so as not to interfere
with each other's artistic
'achievements. Since the public announcement
they will continue to
live apart. * j
' Miss llU'rst declared to a reporter
of one of the New York dailies that
she and her husband are very much
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Ill 1UVC. l ncii 1/iautoi unu..hv...<
are a result of very definite theorie
concerning marriage which were
' . cherished by each. They {have put
their theories into practice?and with
success, it seems. They have breakfast
together twice ''a week, instead
of every day. In the event a child is
born it will take the paternal name
until reaching the age of discretion,
at which time it will be allowed to
choose the name it prefers. J
% Miss Hurst in further defense of
be unusual theories of marriage'
savs. "Beine firmly of the opinion
that nine out of ten of the alliances
I saw about me were merely sordid
endurance tests, evergreen with the
fungi of familiarity and contempt;
convinced that too often that most
sacred relationship wears off like a
piece of high sheen damask and in a
few months becomes as a breakfast
cloth, stale with soft boiled egg
stain, I made certain resolutions concerning
what my marriage should
not be.
"We decided that the antediluvian
custom of a woman casting aside the
name that had become as much a
part of her personality as the color
of her eyes, had neither rhyme nor
reason. I was born Fannie Hurst and
I expect to die Fannie Hurst.
"We believe in love, but not free
love. Rather, we are willing to pay
the price in mutual sacrifices toward
the preservation of one another's Individuality."
"If I had the marriage to do over
again," said Mr. Danielson, the man
in the case, "I would do it all in the
\ .
same way.
"The manner in which I and my
wife live is entirely agreeable to
both ol us. we wui continue vu uvc
as we have been living?for the preservation
of each other's individuality."
Even the most critical connoisseurs
of Puritanical modesty can
find nothing in the announcement of
either of the above parties to offend
the most delicate senses, much less
Much nf shame to the
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cheeks. It is truly a vicUrian alliance
of two young hearts.
The free love propaganda which
I sloshed about the country several
, years ago has all but disappeared,
j some traces being discernible about
I Greenwich village. The sociological
i alchemists soon found that the finej
sounding phrase "free love" involved
| an essential contradiction a proof of
; which was recently to be found in
j the statement of an English radical ,
j that if it's free it isn't love, and if
j it's love it isn't free. j
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If we didn't have marriage, /Mr.! I
j Bernard Shaw notwithstanding, wc
1 would have to invent something very '
j similar. The details of the relation- '
ship might be amended in more ways 5
, than Miss Hurst has done, and the
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j habits of life involved in it might be1
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I far more elastic so as to suit a vari-,
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i ety of joint necessities, as one writ-j (
j er puts it, "marriage has survived s
'the twin-bed?seems even to thrive j
on it. It may, for some,! do very t
cheerfully without breakfasts andjc
' separate homes." 11
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So long as the contracting parties
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are faithful to the heart of the re-!
lationship it is hard to see how they v
can do much to anybody.
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TAXATION AND EDUCATION ! D
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In the May number of S. C. Edu- j?
cation Gov. R. A. Cooper has the fol ! C(
lowing to say of taxation and educa-'g.
tion in South Carolina: j y(
"The greatest obstacle, at pres j f<
ent, in the way of a rapidly expand- e<
ing educational system in South Car ol
olina is our system oft taxation. The is
people of the State, speaking through e:
the General Assembly and in othei*; o:
ways, have clearly demonstrated'
their interest in education. It Is no Vl
longer necessary to preach educa-1 e{
ticn, per se. We have all, or practi- U]
cally all, agreed as to the necessity st
for enlightment. The question that jt
confronts us is one of means. In go- jrj
ing over the State I seldom, i? ever. c|,
find a community, or even an indi- a
vidual citizen, \vho does not positive- c?
ly favor education. Just a few years ^
ago it was quite easy to find parents 0i
who were extremely careless about m
?
the education of their children* Hap'
pily such parents are rapidly de?'
creasing in number, ^the specie? IS(
almost extinct-. But, while I do not
find people who are indifferent on v
this question, I often find communi- tl
ties which have inadequate school fa- n
cilities; often find parents who have
difficulty in procuring for their chil- ^
dren the kind of education they wish
them to have. The school buildings S
are frequently poorly equipped, and
almost always the school teachers E
are poorly paid. This lack of facilities
is not only found in the primary IS
schools, but extends to the high E
schools and colleges. I
"Having created the sentiment for! G
education the next step is to provide
the means. It is often unpleasant to
come face to face with the cold fact C
that money is necessary for the pro- ^
pagation of ideals. That's a fact we ^
must see, however, before we can go
much further along the road of edu- P
cational progress. The present State a!
levy is about all the people will bear, w
and yet we must have more money a'
for all degrees of education. What tl
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is to ue uune; xue ausnci, gucu iu
general terms, is easy: Revise the
tax laws. The process of revision is ^
far from easy, though, and we are
called upon to give it our best M
thought. I wish all schools would give C(
this question more attention; In- S1
deed, it has always seemed to me
that problems of government do not ^
receive their due proportion of study sa
in our schools. Taxation underlies all w
governmental undertakings.- Money w
must provide the physical equipment \
and pay for the intellectual instruc- ft
tion. Is it not illogical to pass by this b?
fundamenjtal question of taxation
with just a lick and a promise sort of M
consideration?
"If all property in South Carolina
were returned for taxation at its
true value, and if we had in opera- r(
tion laws which would place a tax s
upon inheritances, incomes, fran- a*
chises, and so on, our levy would be
exceedingly small. One mill now
mis<?s atmroximatelv four hundred th
thousand dollars. If all property were
returned at its true value, one mill o:
would raise from three to four times s:
that much, conservatively estimated, w
And, moreover, if property were re-( a
turned at its full value, the glaring
inequalities which now exist would P
disappear. Our present system?we d
call it a "system,'' though it hardly T
deserves that name?is fuT! of In- g
equalities. In order to remeffy the o
defects, a re-valuation plan of one
cind or another, is needed. Just so
ong as we cling to the present way
)C taxing our people, we shall coninue
to have all manner of injustice.
\djiining city lots, of equal size
ind value, are not infrequently returned
for different amounts, and,
;herefore, are not taxed alike. The
>ame is true of adjoining farms and
3f houses.
"Through the tax commission and
in other ways we have made a start,
but we have a long: way yet to go. If
ive are to succeed quickly, it is essential
that our schools give the mater
careful thought. There is no reason
for any one to object to a re- i:
valuation plan, for its purpose and jp
its effect would in no wise be to |
isuse unjust taxation. Just the op- "
^osite would be its purpose and its jj
iffect. Men have nearly always "i
hied off from any proposed change J
n tax laws for fear that taxes would S
>e increased. It seems to me we pro- W.
eed on the theory, in this State, at g
east, that it is best to let bad enough H
lone. 11
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"Now we are rapidly approaching, |
f, indeed, we have no? actually j
eached the point where -we can =
lake but little more progress until |
^e have taken hold of the difficult I
rdblem of taxation, considered it in-1 ?
.dligently, and acted upon it fearissly.
As our social organization bejmes
more complex, demanding m
reater public expenditures every' ?
ear, the need for arranging a firm Jj
mnuatiun uei'uuies more pronuunci.
Public opinion is the foundation
f all public undertakings; taxation!E
the means by which me public can'B
<press itself through varying kinds H
f institutions and agencies. Iff
"Yes, I know that taxation is
ither dull subject; there is nothing H
specially romantic about it. But it lb
nderlies the organization of our'it
>cial fabric, and we must consider K
. The sooner this consideration is B;
iven, the sooner will unequal bur- raj
ens be re-distributed ?u to work ||
hardship on none, and the sooner Jg
an we proceed with our pian for Q
taking South Carolina a State sec-.,P
nd to none in genera 1 enlighten-. fi
lent." ^ S
U D. C.'S MEET
T\V0 local chapter U. D. C. held its
rr.ilar meeting Tuesday afternoon,
nis being the day following Mclovial
Day. The following program
ra.s carried out,. with Miss Mae
'obertson in charge:
My Old Kentucky Home?Graded:
chool Chorus.
Reading?"Sleep Soldier Sleep' j
lllen Nabers.
Reading?Margaret Penney. Mary
forwood Perrin, Sarah Cowan,
iachel Minshall.
Song?Tenting on the Old Camp IB
round, Graded School Chorus. |jj
Song?Mrs. Fulp. fife
Reading?True Story of Four I
Country Boys, written oy Mrs
rank W. Wilson and read by Miss 5
[ae Robertson. . . ^
A committeo Was appointed to E
lace this chapter's name on record I
* protesting against .the manner in R
hich the names of Southern gener- B
Is have been spoken of in regard to
le controversy over the placing of
lese names on the Arlington Ceme:ry
monument and demanding that
lese names be placed thereon.
Plans for Memorial exercises on
'ay 15 are in the hands of various
>mmittees and it is promised that a
jlendid program will be carried out.
Miss May Robertson,, hostess of i
le afternon served a most elaboratej
ilad course with iced tea. Her home
as made lovely for the occasion
ith red and white roses.
Mrs. W. C. Sherard, who has been
>r some time, added much pleasure
j being able to attend this meeting.
RS. COLEMAN THANKS
PEOPLE FOR HELP
My resignation as Executive-Sec?tary
of the Home Service Section
sveral weeks ago, and its acceptance'
t a meeting of the Abbeville Chapsr
last Monday, terminated for mej
n exceedingly pleasant service for
le Red Cross.
I am indebted to a large number
f people in the county for interest,
empathy, and co-operation, without'
hich the work could not have lived,
nd for which I heartily thank them. J
During my term ?f office it was my
rivilege to assist many of the spleii^
id young men who served us in the.
(forld War, and I shall always reard
that privilege the highest honor
? 1:4.
i my uxv. m
Hannah Hemphill Coleman. !
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lingly. Thit i? the big idea
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