Virtues of Polygamy

In Salt Lake City last week three women spoke up in defense of the polygamy they had shared. They were members of the heretical Mormon sect recently prosecuted for polygamy (TIME, March 20). In a joint interview, they unanimously (and anonymously) agreed: "Our husbands are more faithful to several wives than most husbands are to one."

Said one poly-wife of her shared spouse (five wives, a score of children): "I have often observed how many little things I have learned from my sister wives that have added to the joys and comforts I can administer to my...

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