Life — July 5, 1906 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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MAHA, NEB. Lire Peatisuisc Comrasy Dear L entitled “The Candidate that Mr. Read could have felt justified in representing St. Peter with outstretched laa during recent years, particularly on ~The only sermon I read to-day was the one in your issue of June 7 * and I only wish our civilization were so far advanced s welcoming the little dog. You have struck many responsive chords in me is subject—and this time an octave. You not afraid. This supremely important of powerful champions; so slowly moves the crusade Ity to animals that thove who know and keenly feel the suffering of res almost despair. Since the time of Bergh there have been only a few voices which cai envied and loved because you cause limps sorely for wan again: hese crea! y far, and no man of wealth has yet discovered that just ¢ himself immortal. The blows you have struck hich you are blessed by sane people show what you can do in this wide and unoccupied field. Thousands of men and women too poor in time and money to do much creatures from the unspeakable fate I beg t animals, and influencing strongly, as you do, the people of these times, your name shall not perish. While men build temples in which to ask favors of Go who are said to s ness to every living creature here hes the vanity t reforms for w grateful to you for your effort to save these helpless heedless and cruel would visit oa them: 14 will persistently refect in Live your native gentleness toward 4 without the sactuary, will always preach from the text you may one day have for your congregation en of the earth, and in the redemption of the young from cruel impulses you will be shaping the character of the men and women who will make war an impossible crime. Sincerely yours, June 19, 1906 A. Millard. ARTFORD, CONN. Eprror or Li Dear LiJe—As an embryonic minister I have found Lire useful as an antidote to an overloaded theological atmosphere, but your recent exposé of missions has been almost too catastrophic. I now learn that some of my associates who expect, to be missionaries and whom I always considered the noblest and ablest of men a guided mischief-makers.” This revelation has shaken my faith ineverything,and I am suspicious evenof Lirr, to which hitherto I had assigned only the highest motives. Like so many papers, Lirr’s policy, too, seems to be 4 by the advertising m: On the same ship we expo really “mis ager missionaries and rum. The evil of the former scems to weigh heavily on your heart, but when are you roused by the holocaust of the Hquor traffic am home? Our indulgence in missionaries costs us about ten cents per capita, while Liquor costs us over ten dollar: what distorted? And isn't you not affect your finances? P s would advertise in Lire as freely as do the distillers, we might expect an attitude more in keeping with the best judgment f the day Truly yours, June 13. 1906 Albert R. Williams he child races of the world, o¢ for that matter, at Spatially, then, isn’t your moral passion some scent for evils unduly keen on things which do ys if the missionary soc COscorD. S. 1 Lire Pusuisuixe Company Dear LiJe—Some time ago I read an article in your paper wherein a person ed the view you take on the divorce question,and said if you should ever know of a case where the church made allowances on special occasion, they would be glad to have their attention called to same T cannot remember what denomination this person was,but I enclose herewith a clipping which I read in the paper and cut it out to send you Prince Frederick of Waldenburg-Shoenburg has been granted by the congrega tion of the council a decree annulling his marriage with Princess Alice of Bourbon, daughter of Don Carlos. They were marned in Venice by Pius X when the latter ‘was patriarch there. Grounds for the decree are the canonical nan-consummation of the marrage, and its eflectf auch thatthe Princes Alice has already been Sllowed to contract a religious marriage with a retired Italian army officer, Del Prete. ‘This ceremony took place last week at Viareggio, and was performed by the parish priest, through a special authorization from’ the Vatican. It is Teported that the peince, who became a convert from Protestantisin to marry the Bourbon princess, and who is very wealthy, will also marry again, and that this ‘new union will also have the blessing of the church.” T have followed all you have written and all arguments you have used on the divorce question. Am much interested as Tam one of the persecuted ones whom the church did not think ought to marry again, though I was tied to a most brutal person. Happily I did marry again—even against the church's wishes (not Catholic) and am very happy, but my husband is out of the church and we are not considered married by them: Such is religion and Christianity. II remember correctly, when Blaine’s son married a Washington, D. C., belle several years ago, there was a dispensation by the church—be having been divorced. Now, is it right that one should receive dispensations and privileges that another cannot obtain, without having purse and influence ? I think you are right in the views you take and those who are offended by them aly need to have a little experience in their own homes and they would be the first. to change their views on divorce. I also agree with you on the missionary question and admire you for your candor. . June 15, 1906 A Conathnt Reader. Embarassing ies SEEMS to have been reserved to the American woman to import a thirst for distinction into the feminine character, but not to the complete subversion of the love of the beautiful. And so we stand, in some embarrassment, at the parting of the ways, as it were. On the one hand, diamonds are undeniably lovely; but on the other, theyare getting to be no less undeniably common. Already it is impossible to attract any attention to speak of with anything less than a tiara or a dog-collar, and hardly by means of these unless they are worn with a bathing- suit or pajamas, and the day would seem to be not far off when all the diamonds a woman can stagger under will not serve to get her pointed out and stared at. Simplicity has its drawbacks, but where nothing else will confer singularity, what are we to do? The Danger O YOU think yachting is a dangerous game “Dreadfully so. Why, no less than five commodores have died of delirium-tremens.” of our HERE is no phase of conceit more detestable than self- depreciation. THE USUAL RESULT ~