Middlebury Register

Second Marriages.

Mrs. Williams, who is principal of the New York training school for teachers, is a believer in second marriages. In an interview on this subject she said: "I believe the matrimonial state, once entered into, should be continued in, if possible, and that a man or woman left alone should seek to renew ties. I don't mean by this that they should rashly jump at the first offer, but do know that eligible husbands and wives will meet congenial spirits soon enough always, and when they do they should not shirk their fate-I really think I should say their duty.

Man's and woman's sphere is immensely widened by marriage. They fall into a single state again and their sphere contracts and their social influence is diminished. The world holds too many narrow lives, too many that will never leave any moral impress behind. Then don't you think when people have learned to wisely fulfill the duties of marriage, which we all know is a blessing, that they ought to assume the responsibilities happily a second time?-Chicago Post."