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Funeral services will be held to- morrow Afternoon at the Christian church nt Cabool. Buriai will be in . the Cabool cemetery.
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GRAVELY ILL AS SHE NEARS 101 YEARS OF LIFE
Last Centenarian of This Vi- cinity Seized With Influenza.
BIRTHDAY SUNDAY
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Quiet Celebration, if Any, to Contrast With Colorful One Last Year.
Mra. Nancy Ann Price, pioneer woman of the Ozarks, who will be 101 years old Sunday, may never reach bar birthday.
Suffering from an attack of influ- enta, Mrs. Price's condition le prate. A special nurm is attending ber. On bar 100th birthday last year one thousand beiped her celebrate. There min not be a crowd this year ewa if she Lives until Sunday.
Only Centenarian
probably from bor bedstde with only tumedlate relatives attendine. . . Death of "Uncle Job" Newton to- cathy left Mr. Price the only con- tenarian in this vicinity.
Mra. Price came to Springfield when
the recalls Incidente that forge chain of events in the Ozarks. Son Attende Mother.
When her parents passed through Springfield her father was forced to ; Fulde his oxen around stumpe where the public square now is. There was only two stores here then, bot rudely constructed log cabins. typical of the pioneer dayı
The fully settled
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Mr. Price, 10 years old, until recently cared for the . centenacien .. Mr. Bummer's health failed recently .. It became necessary to get a . nurme. Many of the events which played so great & part in Mrs. Price's Life also were experienced by Mrs. Sumner.
Mr. Price was born in East, Tenn .. Mellan county. November 27, 1826. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Bimms. Her father trav- eled extensively throughout the un- settled country.
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Back In 1833 Mry Price thought her Ume had come when the heavens vir- :urly rubed s'e's.
LICENSED TO WED.
Six marriage licenses were issued yesterday at the office of Jack W. Mo- Kee. recorder. as follows: Frank Law- yer. 28. Wentworth, and Vesta Dod- He Held; Edward J. Bobo-
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tha V. Jones, 10, Opringfiod; Trak Smith, 50, and Flora Oldeon, 47, both of Springfield; Leonard Walker, $1. and Leons Towers. 21. both of Au- rora; Isaac M. Lauts. 57, Osceola, and Allce Roberta, 39. Fayetteville, Ark .. Quy L. Bufford, 22. Marshfield, ' and Helen Jaco. 18. Springfield.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1927 -- DAILY NEWS
Page 1: D. P. Gates committed suicide .**
Marriage licenses issued .**
Page 4: Mr. and Mrs. Richaard W. Mannon have been married 60 years .**
Page 5: Miss Vail Smith and Mr. John Cox were married .**
Page 8: Mrs. J. M. Cunningham died.
Ernest F. Neumann died .**
Joe Gorman and Mary Quick, both of Monett, were married yesterday in Springfield.
Page 12: Clara Opal Moore sues to divorce Harold L. Moore. They were married June 25, 1922.
Page 16: Millard Brady and Lucy Gainer, both of Phenix, were married yesterday in Springfield.
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Cor will be matron. of
Mares J.F.Cox
ST. JOHN'S Episcopal church - the scene of one of the pre
weddings of the season yesterday at 1 o'clock when Miss Vall Smith, only daughter of Df. and Mrs. Wilbur Smith, 502 South National avenue, became the bride of Mr. John Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Cox of St. Louis.
The church, beautiful in its natural appolotments, was unusual- Jy attractive with Its profuelon of flowers and greenery. Vases of white chrysanthemums were placed about the altar. and baskets of huge golden and bronze chrysanthe- mums tied with tulle of golden and bronzo huca were placed on either side of the entrance to the chancel. while overhanging baskets of ferns were suspended along the walls of the church. About two hundred friends and relatives of the couple were In attendance.
Before the entrance of the bridal party Miss Suslo Dillard played "The Bride's Song" ( Strelezki) nnd "O Perfect Love" ( Barnby). The bride entered on the arm of her father, who gave here In marriage. to the straina of "Nuptial March" (Gullmant) and she was preceded by her cousin. Miss Mabel Smith of Little Rock, Ark., as maid of honor. The ring service was read by the Reverend Lewis R. Anchutz. rector of St. John's, during which Miles Dillard softly played "Lichestraum" (Liszt) and Loret's "Marche Nuptiale" was used for the recens. sionni. Mr. ( hr who attended by Mr. Ernest Konze of St. Louis.
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The bride's frock of rose taupe transparent velvet, trimmed in heavy lace and gold ribbon, and with It she wore a large hat of the same shade. ller bouquet was of Ophelia romeu. Her maid of honor wore a tan velvet frock with malı ! close fitting hat of tan and black - -
And she carrled yellow and bronze pompons.
Following the service a reception
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Mr. and Mrs. Cox left on the. afternoon train for Kansas City |
Find's most prominent families, h popular in society circles, and has been honored at many parties. Juncheons and dinners. She m. celved her education at St. de Chantel academy here. Tudor hall. at Indianapolis. Ind., the I'niversity of Illinois at Champaign. Ill. and Drury college here. receiving her A R. degree from the letter Instl- tuflon Inst June. She Is a member of Tau Alpha Lambda and Tan Phl Gamma High school serockies atil of PI Reta Phi sorority. MIr. C'os, is a graduate of the University of illinois and is affiliated with Kapp "Irma fraternity. It wa. while both were students at the Cham- ! palen school that their friendship argan. Mr. fox la connected with 'he Phillipe & Son Insurance com- .yחני:
MARRIAGE LICENSES
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INac M. Lantz, 3 ;. Osceola, and Alice Roberts. 39. Fayetteville, Arh .: Russell Roe. 23, and Maris Murdock, 21. both of Springfield: Allllard Brady, 21, and Lucy Gainer. 17. both of Phenlx; Joe Gorman, 35. and Mary Quick. 24. both of Monett.
MARRIED 60 years, and celebrat- ing with the justice of the peace who married them, is the unusual occasion enjoyed at Unionville by Richard W. Mannon and his wife, who were married in Missouri No- vember 20. 1867.
Nr: Jleon B. Abbott, the justice, was the honor guest. The former Justice is also a resident of Union- ville.
Mannon is 81 years old, and his wife is 1 year his junior. Both are enjoying splendid her'th.
Joe Gorman and Mary Quick, both of Monett, were married at. the court house yesterday. The cere- mony . war said by the Reverend Thomas H. Wlles.
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FARMER EXPIRES
IFTER WIFE DIES
Grief for Mate and. Ul Health Blamed for Act: Son Finds Aged Man Dying in Barn On His Place
D. P. GATES, 65-year-old farmer who" Hres ; six - miles northwest of Springfield, died in a local hos- Ital yesterday. as a result of a bullet wound 'in his head, belleved hy his son, George Gates, to have been self inflicted.
An Inquest will be held. probably this afternoon, It was announced last night by Coroner Windle.
SON FINDS BODY
Gates was found carly yesterday morning. lying in the barn, blood streaming from a wound In hla head, caused by a .22 calibre bullet which was found to have pene- trated his skull and lodged In his brain.
Advised by a tenant that a light was visible ' inf the barn, the son hurried to the building where he made the discovery. A small rifle ! was lying by the body.
A J. W. Klingner .ambulance took the Injured man to a hospital here. X-ray photographs were made in orer to determine the position of the bullet and every effort was made by attending physicians to save the -
life of the patient.
GRIEVED FOR WIFE
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"My father had been in ill health for sonie tline and had grieved a great deal over the death of my mother Jast July. He had on several occasions expressed the Intention of ending it all." explained the son.
Mr. Gates Is survived by three sons and slx daughters. Hle hind lived on the same farm for the past 25 years.
Funeral arrangements lad not been made last night.
DEATHS
MR& J. M. CUNNINGHAM
Funeral services for Mrs. J. M Cunnioghat, " years old, who died at her home at Cahool yesterday. will be held this afternoon at the Christian church In that city with burial in the cemetery there. She is aurvived by ihree sons, Tom C. James I'. and S. L. Cunningham. all of Cabool and by three daugli- ters. Mrs. Margaret Ward of Bar- :lesvile, Okla .. Mrs. Bea Neff of Cabool and Mrs. J. J. Nestor Of Sringfield.
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ERNEST F. NEUMANN
Funeral "services . for Ernest . F. Neumann, 45 years old, who died Sunday at his home In Cincinnati. Ohio, will be held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Neu- mann, 642 South Main avenue, with burial In Maple l'ark cemetery un- der direction of W. J .. Starne, un- dertaker. The Reverend IL Specht. pastor of the Evangelical church here. will officiate. Pallbearers will include Walter Edwarda, St. Louis; Alfred D'auly, Jullus Dingeldein, 1. .N. Mack, A. D. Milla, William Ip- Ben, William Isom and Ralph Culp. all of Springfield. He is survived by his widow. his parents and one sister, Mrs. Karl Baxter of Spring- field.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1927 -- LEADER
Page 1: Walter Quitard died .**
Oscar Roberts died .**
Page 8: John H. Turner sues to divorce Nora Turner. Clara O. Moore sues to divorce Harold L. Moore.
Mrs. J. M. Cunningham died .**
Ernest F. Neumann died .**
D. F. Gates died .** Millard Brady and Lucy Gainer were married .**
Page 13: Miss Vail Smith and John F. Cox were married .**
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MISS VAIL SMITH IS WED TO JOHN F. COX.
The marriage of Miss Vall Smith. only daughter of Dr. and Mra. Wilbur Smith, 502 South National avenue. to John F. Cox. son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Cox of St. Louis, was cele- brated Tuesday at 1 o'clock in 8t. John's Episcopal church. The dec- orations, in which bronze and gold chrysanthemums predominated. were very effective. At the foot of the chancel were large baskets of white chrysanthemums and tall white lapera against a background of palms. The pews were marked with amall
bouquets of yellow and bronze chrysanthemums tied with gold and bronze tulle. Bronze chrysanthe- mums in tiny pots bordered the path to the altar. The windows held palms and ferns and hanging baskets of ferns were suspended from the beams of the church. About two hundred :rlends aud relativce of the young couple witnessed the ceremony. Be- fore the entrance of the bridal party MISS Suste Dillard played "The Bride's Song" iStrelezki) and "O Per- fect Love" (Barnbyl. The bride en- tered on the arin of her father. who gave her in marriage. to the strains of "Nuptial March" (Gullmani). She was preceded by her cousin Miss Mable Smith of Little Rock. Arkan- Jas, who was her mald of honor. Reverend Lewis R. Auchutz, rector of St. John's Episcopal church read the ring service. while Miss Dillard softly played "Liebestraumn" ( Liszt). Ernest Konze of St. Louis acted as best inan for M: Cov. 'M155 Dillard played 'Marche Nuptiale" (Loret) for the
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The brides' dress was of rose taupe transparent vervet. trlinined with real Lace anu gold ribbon. She wore a large hat of the same shade and car- rled a bouquet of Ophella roocs. The maid of honor wole a tan velvet dress with a email hat of tan and black and carried yellow and bronze wrysanthemumns.
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After the ceremony a reception was given at the home of the brides' parenta for a few close friends and relativce. Bllosa Marian Berry of St. Louis caught the brides bouquet "then she threw it from the stairway. Refreshments were served in the dining room where the same color note was used in the decorations as was used lu the church. A huge bow of the bronze meline was tied on the chandcher and drooped almost to the table. The center of the table held the brides cake which was sur- founded by a lovely wreath of flow- ors in several varieties in the pastel
shudes. The place cards held Hilles o ithe valley and small baga of rice.
Mr. and Mrs. Cox left for a motor trip to Kansas City where Mrs. Cox will be imation of honor at the wed- ving of her cousin. Miss Nella Vall. .A.u will be married Thanksgiving Day to S. K. Helstey.
The bride is a popular member of Springfield society and many social ; affaire have been given in her honor silice the announcement of her en- gagement. She has attended St. de Chantel academy here. Tudor hall st Indian .. pois. Indiana, the University " Illinois at Chan.puign. Illinois, and . Drury college here where she recchia .e. A B cocice She IN a inember of lau Phi Gamma and Tau Alpha Lambda high school sororities and Pi Be'a P .: ): En. Mr Cox Is & grad- of hitnols university And n r'. ber of Kappa Sigma fraternity.
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OSCAR ROBERTS KILLED IN DETROIT STREET
Injuries suffered th an automobile accident yesterday in Detroit, proved fatal a few hours later for Oscar Rob- eris. 54. formerly of Springfield.
Roberts was run down by an auto- mobile while crossing a street. De- talla of the accident were not con- tained in the message received by his wife bere.
Roberta Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Viola Roberts, of Springfield: four cons. Ro; and Floyd of Pittsburgh. Pa., Jobn of Hugo, Okla., and Jess of Detroit: and two dat ghters. Miss Nannie Roberta of Detroit, and Mrs. Iva Kirkman. 'of Dallas Center. IL. Burlal will b at Detrott.
CARTHAGE YOUTH DIES IN ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL
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ST. LOUIS. Nov. 23 .- (A. P.)- Walter Quitard. 15-year-old school boy of Carthage. Mo., died of tetanus at the St. Luke 's hospital here last night. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Quitard of Carthage.
The youth. while visiting at Auxvasse. Mo. accidentally shot himself In the hand with a platol. | and was taken to the St. Luke's hospital here November 21. after ' tetanus infection had set in.
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BULLET IN.HEAD. FATAL TO FARMER
Funeral services for D. P. Gatos. 65. & farmer, who died In a local hospital yesterday as a result of a bullet wound In his head. belleved by his son, George: Oates, to have tieen self- inflicted, ' will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at Belleview church. . The body is being held at the home of a daughter, Mrs. W. D. Pricc, 2133 Ram- Bey avenue.
MARRIED HER ..
Miljard Brady. 21, and Lucy/Gainer, 17, both of Phoenix. Mo., were mar- ried yesterday afternoon by Rev. Thomas H. Wlles, pastor of the Grant Avenue Baptist church: The cere- mony was performed at the office of Jack W. Mckee. recorder of deeds. where the couple were granted a mar- riage license.
A license was Issued to Russell Roc. 25, and Mario Murdock, 21,' both of Springfield.
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DEATHS
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MRS. J. M. CUNNINGHAM.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Christian church at Cabool for Mre. J. M. Cunningham, 79. who died at her home in Cabool yesterday. Burisi was made in the cemetery there. She is survived by three sons. Tom C., James P., and 8. L. Cunningham. all of · Cabool.
garet Ward of Bartlesville. Okla .. Mrs. Ben Neff of Cabool. and Mrs. J. J. Nester of Springfield.
E. F. NEUMANN.
1 Funeral services for Ernest F. Neu- : mann. 45, who died Sunday at bis i home in Cincinnati. O., were held ---- at 2:30 p. m. today at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. August Neumann. 642 South Main avenue. Burial was in Maple Park cemetery - under direction of W. L. Starne. undertaker. -
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1927 -- DAILY NEWS
Page 1: Marriage licenses issued .**
Page 2: G. P. Gammon sues to divorce Lota Gammon. They were married January 27, 1926.
Page 3: Inquest held in the death of D. P. Gates, 65, who died Tuesday of self inflicted rifle wounds. His son George Gates testified .**
lola Duke sues to divorce Rowland Sell. They were married January 25, 1926. Luke Harvey Smith died .**
Madge Mckinney sues to divorce Homer Mckinney. They were married October 25, 1925.
MARRIAGE LICENSES Dennis : A · Bernhardt. 46, Kansas City, and Clara Heenan. 40. Noville. Inwa; Edwin E Minor. 24. and Nelle -- Medlin. 21. both of Springfield; Al- vin B. Chism. 40. Tulaa. Okfa .. and Arna May Cooper. 34. Springfield. Gedney A. Harvey. 27. Springfield. and Nan Robertson. 22. Wheatland: i WIlHam B. Tipps. 28. Chicago, and) Ethyl F. Tangner. 27. Springfield. -
: FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR WEST PLAINS MAN
Special Dispatch to The News
WEST PLAINS. MO .. Nov. 23 .- Funeral services were held for Luke Harvey Smith, 81, who died - a: his home here following a lin- gering Illness. Mr. Smith was born in England but came to America when 17 years old.
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SUICIDE VERDICT ENDS GATES PROBE
Coroner Satisfied Aged Farm- er Ended Own Life With .22 Calibre Rifle
Statements of George Gales, tho man's son, yesterday made it un- cecemary .to call an Inquest Into the death of D. P. Gates, 65-year old fartrer living six miles north- west of Springfield, who expired in & hospital here Tuesday of bullet wonnds apparently self Inflicted."
This was announced by Coroner Jewell E. Windie after George Gates had signed a formal .state- ment In wi.Ich he expressed Que be> lief that his father had ended own life. He recalled that the farm er had grieved much over the re- cent death of his wife, and had longed at times to live apart from his son and begin farming again
"on his own." Several times, the son's atatement sald, Mr. Gates had threatened to kill himself, but these threats never ware .taken seriously
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Used Small Rifle
Gates way found carly Tuesday morning lying in the barn at the home of hia son, blood streaming from a head wound caused by a .22 calibre bullet. A rifle of Alınllar callbro, " belonging to. the famuy. was found at his side.
Coroner Windle scouted tho be- Hef that Gates might have been slain when he went to Investigate a disturbance In the barn. Should his attention have been attracted to the harn by n disturbance, his son declared, his aged father would have .called upon his before ven- turing out.
Funeral Services Today
Funeral services will be conduct ed at 2 o'clock this afternoon a. Belleview church, and Interment will be in Belleview cemetery un- der direction of the Klingner fun- eral home. Mr. Gates 1s . rvived by nine children, J. W. Gates of Carrington, N. D., W. C. Gates of Alberta, Canada, G. D. Gates, Mrs. J. W. Price. Mra. W. D. Price. Mrs. Ralph Stockstill, Mrs. Winifred Gnt. m. Miss Mavis Gates and Miss Florence Gales, all of Springfield.
THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1927 -- LEADER
Page 1: Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Stutzman celebrate their 67th wedding anniversary .** Josephine Haldeman Julius and Aubrey Clay Roselle entered into a "companionate marriage." **
Page 4: There is an item about the early settlers of Howell county .**
Page 8: Marriage licenses issued .**
Page 10: Mary Sue Tuttle died .**
Page 14: D. P. Gates died .**
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90 AND 86 WED 67 YEARS
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Stutzman, 90 and 86 years old. respectively. who will celebrate their elxty-seventh wedding anniversary soon. They live at 1060 Blaine street, still happy in the companionship of each other, and deplore the frequency of divorco suits. They have been married so long they scarcely remember details of their wed- uit.r. sid Mrs. Stulithan
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Early Bettlers.
The first settler within the present limite of Howell county was a hunter named Adams, who settled at the "town spring." in the summer of 1839. Hle nearest neighbor ww twenty miles away. Adams cold bis Improve- mente to Joslah Howell, who may be called the first permanent settler in the county which now bears his name.
In 1840 El! L. Tabor settled on Spring Creek. He was, so far as can be learned the only wettler of that year. In 1841 Nathan McCammon settled three miles east of West Plains, and about the same time a man named Hutton located on the valley. He was one of that class of ploneers. now extinct, who could not bear to be crowded, and finding that be had neighbors within eighteen or twenty miles, he left his valley india- rust and plunged still deeper Into the western wilderness.
DEATHS
MARY SUE TUTTLE.
Funeral services were held Monday for Mary Bue Tuttle. the three-year- old daughter of Mr. end Mrs. Beth Tuttle of Crane, Mo., who died Bat- urday at the home after a lingering Illness. Burial was in the family cemetery near Crane. The child is survived by her parents and two brothers, James and Robert Tuttle. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle formerly lived in Bpringfield.
LICENSED TO WED.
William B. Lipps, 28. Chicago, and Ethyl Tanger. 27. Springfield, were Issued a marriage license here today. -
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: Licensee were Issued yesterday to Dennis A. Bernhardt. 46. Kansas City. . and Cinta Heenan, 40. Noville, lowa: Edwin K. Minor. . 24. and Nellie Med- ilIn. 21, both of Springfield; Alvin B. Chism. 40. Tulas. Okia., and Anna May Cooper, 34, Springfield: Gedney A. Harvey, 27. Springfield, and Nan Robertson, 22. Wheatland.
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BULLET VICTIM BURIED.
No inquest will be held for D. P. Gatan, 68-year-old farmer, who died in a hospital here Tudday of bullet wouride, Apparently soif inflicted. '
Oates was found early Tuesday morning lying in the barn at his home, blood streaming trotu a head wound caused by a 22-dlibre bullet, : Funeral services were bald at 2 p. m. today at Belleview church. Burial was sender direction of the Klingner ¡Turgu home,
OUR LOVE WILL LAST,' SAY PAIR TO LIVE APART
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Companionate Marriage Couple at Joplin Reveal Fu- ture Plans Which Have Shocked Their "S t a id Friends."
Josephine Haldeman- Julius, the 18- started the country to toaste marriage With' a young the has known since childhood, today told in an Interview at Joplin why she belleves auch « marriage is su- perlor to the old-fashioned form.
The girl is the daughter of E. Haldeman-Julius, famous book pub- lisher of Girard. Kan., and in taking this ultra-modern step,, she is testing the naive marriage theory .of one of her father's closest friends-former Judge Ben Lindsey of the Denver ju- vonile court. The "companionats bridegroom" le Aubrey Clay Rotelle. 20-year-old youth, who formerly was a student In the University of Kansas and is now employed in the editorial department of Haldeman-Julius' publishing house.
Mr. and Mrs. Romelle were in Jop- llu, where they went directly after leaving Girard, where they were mar- ried. A Leader representative learned from Mra. Roselle why she believes companionate marriage superior to
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the old-fashioned form. "A Puritanical Love."
At the outset, the emphasised the fact that this marriage is in no sense a "trial marriage."
"My most enduring hope is to make our marriage a lasting one, and it Le my alm, as I know is the case with Aubrey, to have this tle hold for the rest of our lives." she mid.
"At the age of 16 I find myself filled with Ideas and impressions of the emotional lue I me on all aides. Why should we young people be ex- pected to wait for marriage until we have reached economic Independence? Why should we let our best years slip hy? Wby capnot parents help us solve this problem so that we may avoid the pitfalls that so often cause tragedy ?
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"In our own case we have been most fortunate. Father and mother have co-operated With us, have atud- led our heart problems from the veiw- point of youth, and as a result we are receiving help instead of discour- agement in living normal lives. 1 i shall, though I am married. continue ; with my school work aud Aubrey will continue his. We will meet often-as often as we really desire. Wo will live in a healthy love instead of bear- Ing the burden of puritanical In- bibitiona.
WILL Voce the Facts.
"We shall try to make it last, but. If it doesn't we shall face the facts calmly and admit a mistake Instead of continuing to liw a lle.
"When we are ready to make our home together like other married pro- ple, we shad have children. 'We cer- tainly want children eventually, but not until we are ready for them.
"That is what companionate mar- mlage means to me, and I shall strive to uphold my part of the contract. I sincerely believe that If many of the boys and girls I know were to do
İtewise we should have fewer tags- dies. Companionste murtinga, to my viewpoint . means happiness and.the full life-not in some distant future. -
when youth is gone, but now when life is still rosy and filled with laugh- ter.
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"I know that countless hundreds of - thousands of young people feel as I do, but they are bewildered by the conventions of an older generation. Those parents serve their children best. I believe. who are willing to take Into consideration the new and great difficultten youth must sur- mount before they are able to take their formal places in the community. "Life is short. Why postpone hap- piness when one may sensibly achieve lue's fullness without walling for youth to pass? It is ridiculous to tell us young people of 18 and 20 that we are not men and women. I am as much a woman today as I shall be 15 years from now. This means, to me. that the intelligent and civiliz- 'ed thing to do is so to arrange one's ; le that its best and noblest er- . pressions may be taken before youth is passed.
Legally Married.
"Of course. we are legally married -a license. minister, two rings and the rest. There is no other way while we are waiting for changes in our 'hus to allow complete companionate .
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