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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, October 07, 1914, LAST EDITION, Image 14

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the aisle of a courtroom in Hacken
sack, New Jersey, held out his arms
to his mother who was on the wit
ness stand defending herself against
the charge of murdering her husband
and the little fellow's father.
The woman, Alice L. Seaton, de
clared that her husband, Frederick N.
Seaton, an actor, shot himself, but
she said he had been unfaithful to
her almost from the day of their mar
riage, and that they had had many
quarrels about other women, thus
confirming the prosecution's theory
of jealousy which it is alleged
prompted the crime.
"Three months after we were mar
ried I found my husband at a hotel
with another woman seated in his
lap," she said. "At first I thoght I
would leave him, but he seemed so
repentant and I cared so much for
him. Another time I found out that
he had a love affair with a woman
and th&t she was to have a child and
I urged him to let me get a divorce
so that he could marry her. But he
refused. My life with him was a long
nightmare of jealousy but I did not
kill him! I did not kill him! I loved
him so!"
It was at this moment that the
fragile worn little woman's child,
three-year-old George Cohan Seaton,
broke from his aunt's arms and tod
dled towards his mother the woman
who forgave and forgave and found
herself at last on trial for the murder
of the man she loved too much!
For it is possible to love too much
as nearly all women must discover
sooner or later. The love that sur
vives self, respect is a cancerous
growth and the woman who permits
it to remain in her heart is the same
sort of coward as she who fears the
surgeon's knife and dies because of
cowardice!
The truest, most genuine instinct
of a woman's soul is that which calls
for fidelity in'marriage. The wife who
continues to foster a love for a man
despite his infidelity to her commits
a slow suicide of soul.
And men despise the women who
so forgive them. Let no woman
doubt that for a moment They ac
cept forgiveness when it is forthcom
ing, as they do anything else which
makes life easier and more comfort
able for them, but they have no re
spect for the wife who can forgive
the unforgivable sin against the holy J
spirit of love itself.'
We hear, of course, that men are
natural polygamists, that it is impos
sible for a man to be faithful to one
woman all his life. But no man ever
says this to the woman he seeks to
marry. If he did his infidelity would
be less a crime. But he gives a bond
to God before'the altar to be faithful
and a defaulting bank cashier might
just as well ask for forgiveness on
the plea that he is a natural thief.
Of course the highest Christianity
may urge that the bank thief be for
given but it doesn't require that you
shall make him cashier again!
Nor does It exact from a good wo
jnan that because she forgives a sin
against her marriage she should of
fer her husband fresh opportunities
for crime by continuing to be his wife.
If Mrs. Seaton had realized this
fact her little boy's life might never
have been blighted by his mother's
trial for his father's murder.
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HOUSEHOLD HELPS
To clean and brighten carpets and
preserve the color I find it very good
to rub them over lightly with a duster
which has been wrung out from a
pail of cold water to which has been
added a tablespoon of vinegar.
Having found a very satisfactory
way to prevent moths from getting $
into the trunk or drawer where you
pack clothes, I pass it on:. Place a
two-ounce bottle of chloroform in the
drawer or trunk. Have the cork of
the bottle fastened in firmly, but
puncture in two or three places so as
to allow the" fumes to escape. This
is not only a protection from the ma
tured moths, but kills the eggs with
out injuring the fabric.
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