Life — December 2, 1909 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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Write us today on your business letterhead. W. E. Wroe & Co., 300 Michigan Boulevard, Chicago less it was much higher than that of the present Mohammedan women. In one respect, however, it seems that custom has been changed very slightly, for mar- riage was essentially an affair of trade between the parents of the bridegroom and those of the bride. This is asce tained from the legal code of Ham murabi, king of Babylon, B. C. 2200 The future husband paid the price of th bride and her father provided her dower and trousseau. Under these circus stances there was no such courtship 2 precedes marriage in accordance with Occidental ideas. Still one may belie: that many a love-letter on papyrus o clay passed secretly between the hand of the bridal pair during the interval 0 their engagement . The newly discovered letter is written in clay and probably dates from 2200 B. Cy Though somewhat formal, th reader can feel the tenderness that lie hidden between its lines, It reads: “To the lady, Kasbuya (little ewe) says Gimil Marduk (the favorite of Morodach) this: ay the Sun God of Marduk afford you eternal life. I write wishing that I may know how your health is. Oh, send me a message about it. I live in Babylon and have not seen you, and for this reason I am very anx- us. Send me a message that will tell me when you will come ton may be happy. Come in Marchesvan May you live long for my sak Cur- rent Literature. The Revolt of Darwin The most remarkable document at the Darwin Exhibition at South Kensington is a letter in which the naturalist sum- niarizes his father’s objections to his go- ing on the Beagle voyage. He notes (Continued on page 781) so that I} ns Are You Literary? 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