[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mrs. Prudence Montagu-Pollock states
that " most men are by nature polygamous," and that " although a
successful marriage is usually monogamous, an occasional departure from the rule ought to be understood by a wife who trusts her husband."
These, of course, being the indubitable facts, I would sug- gest an immediate revision of the antiquated Marriage Service of the Church of England somewhat on these lines, although I am not a stickler for details :
" Wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife, to live together more or less, according to God's ordinance (as revised in 1934), in the physical estate of Matrimony ? Wilt thou love her, off and on, comfort her, honour her (except on occasions), and keep her in sickness and in health, not forsaking others as the manner of some is, so long as ye both shall live ?
The question to the woman had better be left as it is ; we don't want to be burdened with another man's offspring. There
must be reason in all things.—I am, Sir, dr.c., FRANK STONE,
Rural Dean of Bootle.
Christ Church Vicarage, Waterloo, Liverpool.
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