Happiness and Marriage by Elizabeth (Jones) Towne
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marries; but he will not make a lasting sacrifice of his own and the
other woman's happiness simply to please a selfish girl. If daughter and parent are not sensible, well trained and loving, it will be a case of frying pan or fire either way. The recognition of individual rights to the pursuit of happiness according to individual desire, is the only basis of happiness in family relations. The daughter who _helps_ her father do as he desires will find _him_ ready to help _her_ do as _she_ desires. And _vice versa_. The daughter who "opposes" her father's marriage is quite apt to be the daughter who has _been opposed by her father_; he reaps as he has sown. Or else she is the daughter who has been brought up with the idea that parents are a mere convenience for her use. The way out of the Family Jar is often labyrinthine; but the Loving Individual can always thread it. CHAPTER XIII. THE TRUTH ABOUT DIVORCE. In January _Psychic and Occult Views and Reviews_ the editor, M.T.C. Wing, presents a view of "Wives and Work" which is anything but an _occult_ view of the subject. He evidently still clings to the old |
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