New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1930, Page 31

Lz o e Petite and Lovely Josephine Haldemann-Julius on the Day She Became the “Companionate” Mate of Aubrey Roselle. She was 17, He 19. “If we don’t have a baby in two years our marriage will be a failure.” “We've been married two years, we have no baby, and our marriage is a success. Keep working. Cultivate mutual interests. Be your own judge as to whether or ot you want to have children. Make sure of physical compatibility Practice candor. ed p vas because of one d youngsters—t would e of them But because they said their mating was ‘‘companionate” they have face# ever since, a ceaseless b of questions from newspaper repox COMPANIONS’ NEST. Thir Babyess Mariag =7 T i $40 A MONTH, FURNISHED These Three Exclusive Photographs Reproduced Above Show the Entire Little “Dream Home' of tthe Haldemann-Julius-Roselle Companionate Mates. At Left Is a Cozy Corner with It's One Bed; in Center Is Mrs. Roselle in Her “Living” Half of the Room, and at Right, the Tiny Kitchenette. After Two Years---Principals in the Famous Kansas “Test Mating” Answer the Implied Challenge of a Newfangled “Offspring Contract” Union L m “RADICAL REACTION- ARIES” Taken Just After the Wedding — William Kenneth Moyer and the Bride He Took with the Stipulation Duly Signed by Both (Shown at Right) That If There Was No Child i Two Years Soa They Might e Divorce. magazine editors, their friends and the simply curi- ous, They moved to Chicago to es- cape the glare of publicity. And now once more the daughter of the Kansas publisher and her extraor lin greement—which was really a direct slap at the philosophy of the Chicago “baby companionates” — and so Josephine and Aubrey have felt compelled to answer, contradistinction to the babyless marriage of the “baby compani g we now have the “baby-or-bust” t contract of 1 cer, who hails from Souderton, lvania, and his ‘‘contract” bride Ethel Olyette Amelia Oen, of Sun ie, Wisconsin, with the mutually d upon proviso that they are free rce after two years if no child arrived to bless the union signed and swérn document ove effect was attached to the certificate when the pair ited in Souderton, Pa. The t out immediately for Green- lage in New York City, “where e as we e contract itself was astounding pointed enough in re | of the “companionate idea’’ to rise” from Mr. and Mrs But the Moyers went even aking clear their disap- e Roselles’ marital arrange Moyer said: acquainted n Chicago and we feel that a parody on marriage. Their to avoid children. Ours is the opposite. There is no excuse for e except children.” y st as the Moyers were eettling n in Greenwich Village, after a “MR. AND MRS.” Here Are the Youthful Roselles Enjoying Them- selves at a Costume Ball—A Rare Occasion for Them Because They Both Work Very Hard, and Are Conventional Even While Companionate. What we are and the way ell the story.” hat a story! A story entirely different from the imaginative concept in most people’s ds of what com- panionate marriage is. The Roselle al- liance is no impudently gilded lark of | fl apartment 1. about ¥ In the first place Joseph- e live k] ine was quite co t th 3 Moyers shouls the spotlight for a while. tired of being referred to as “‘the com panionate bride’—with the lifting of eyebrows that conveys som j a wee bit devilish But Josephir he idle rich. e parents of both young Sroves | Deo do, the Roselles sup- mselves. They live in about as -room and kitchenette g couple struggling to 0 g city. Both of them work and a combined in- Sdenit o th o come of about $50 a weel the Haldemann-Juliu 1l 8 Most remarkable of al love birds in their modest one-room “We don't really goes into the bank t, she says can be done. For two years 's been a and who were fil tion for the daring “b. Concession to “The Mo n Note”’—A Doer Card With Separate Names. soung husband’s name. There's little comfort there for Lucy Stoners or exponents of the new independence among wives. Again Josephine and Aubrey don’t have separate circles of friends or separate latchkeys. And they don’t separate from time to time to test their com- panionate qualities. To cap the climax they are as frowning in their attitude toward free love the most militantly conserva- tive old folks. The only “mod- ern” note in their home is the door—bearing both their nam They have, it is true, one u standing: that there are to be no chil- dren until the husband has attained sufficient financial success to support them properly. Which is certainly neither unique nor astonishing as an understanding for a young couple. Indeed, the amazing part about the internationally famous companionate pair is that there is really nothing at all amazing about their relationship. From Girard, Kansas, they moved to Chicago after Aubrey had dropped out of the University of Kansas and worked briefly in his father’s creamery business. They wanted to escape the fanfare of pros and cons that their marriage had provoked. In Chicago Aubrey entered North- western University as a night student. Josephine, demure and serious-eyed, got a job in the book section of a big Loop department store, while the hus- band’s daytime occupation is clerk in the telephone company offices. Their furnished room costs them $40 a month. Other necessities run to $80 more. Thirty dollars is allotted to an occasional theatre, dinner away from home and incidentals. They try to save $50 a month. ' The room is furnished with a bed, a dresser, a library table and a couple of easy chairs. There are drawings and prints on the walls, some of them by Josephine, who has talent as an artist and intends to develop her gift in school later on. “It's unfortunate our marriage has been dubbed ‘companionate’,” Joseph- ine told the interviewer. “It's really like any other marriage. But Judge Lindsay declared that for any marriage to be a success the parties to it must be companions. We liked the idea It has been misconstrued so much—" Here Aubrey interrupted. “We don't have children because we aren’t ready for them yet. We're living sensibly. It's silly to think I should have sup ported Josephine from the first. 1 couldn’t have. So we did the next best thing; we lived apart until I left ht have been saven do without eac! Our parents didn't see we are.” Won—"The Second Battle of Long Island"—in Words | HE second Battle of Long between the S THELANY FURCHIAMNT WPIELY Ry Sons claimed that the tablet king the site of the Four Chimneys Washington's headquarters during the Long Island engagement, was wrong They said he didn’t hold his council of war there August 29, 1776, but in the Philip Livingston House, on what is now Hicks street, Brooklyn. 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