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The Predicted Disappearance Of Marriage - (Found June 29, 2008 )

IN the preceding chapters I have endeavoured to show that the unhappiness which nowadays so frequently embitters married life may be to some extent relieved.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/marriage-8.shtml

Monogamy And Polygamy - (Found June 29, 2008 )

IN expressing my belief in the persistence of marriage I spoke of some form of marriage; I did not say monogamous marriage. Even in the Christian world monogamy has not always been the only form of marriage in the past.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/marriage-9.shtml

The Lure Of Mexico - (Found June 29, 2008 )

FROM boyhood I felt the lure of Mexico. Reared in California, where the romance of early Mexican days still lingers, and where the prodigality of nature and of life are in keeping with Mexican tradition.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/mexico-1.shtml

The Fiesta Covadonga - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Rafael assured me that the Spaniards entered into this Covadonga celebration, the only one they permitted themselves in a foreign land, with the same prodigious energy that characterized their business.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/mexico-10.shtml

Pleasures Of Mexico City - (Found June 29, 2008 )

I lingered on in Mexico, enjoying the pleasures of the capital city.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/mexico-11.shtml

A Night At Hotel Japones - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The night before when he was getting supper I suggested that he cut the plain tamales in strips and fry them in bacon fat, as they had become cold and soggy. I could see that he did n't approve of my scheme.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/mexico-12.shtml

Something About The Peon - (Found June 29, 2008 )

When I first visited a Mexican silver mine, I was amazed at its unpretentious beginnings. A mine that was historical, that had produced countless millions.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/mexico-13.shtml

Swimming The Arroyo - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The mines were on the opposite side of the arroyo from the town, and the workmen were shut off from their supply of tortillas and beans.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/mexico-14.shtml

Free Love - (Found June 29, 2008 )

PRE-MARITAL sexual intercourse is considered to be a desirable prelude to marriage not only when it has the character of a trial union with the future spouse, but also on account of the general erotic experience provided by it.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/marriage-7.shtml

Trial, Companionate, And Temporary Marriage-Concubinage - (Found June 29, 2008 )

NOTHING could be more conducive to harmonious relations between husband and wife than intimate pre-marital experience of each other, with reference to sexual compatibility, mental compatibility and other factors connected with the community of married life, and procreation.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/marriage-6.shtml