Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1915 — MARRIAGE AS A VOCATION [ARTICLE]

MARRIAGE AS A VOCATION

Writer Thinks, However, That Preparation Should Be Made for It by Both Parties. Marriage should be looked upon as a vocation and not a mere avocation, argues one who signß herself "Feminist” in an open letter to one of the daily papers. The writer, who had been a teacher, but who is now a mother, has been surprised that being a wife and mother is a “profession, the successful performance of whose duties requires all my effort find all my time,” "Feminist," thinks that women generally do not realize this or refuse to face it, that young women contemplating matrimony should be made to realize that they are choosing a profession quite as Important as medicine, law or business, and that, if possible, a preparatory course should be required before granting the certificate to practice the profession of wife and mother. This sounds very well and would be admirable if it could be carried through. But as there are ,two paths in marriage It would be very one-sided If the woman received all the training. A good, stiff preparatory course for the young man contemplating the profession of husband and father would be quite as much in order. If we have one, let us have the other, also.— Francis Frear in Leslie’s Weekly.