The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1879-11-21
The Wicked French.

As matters now stand, the existing
marriage laws of France are simply
seandalous. Not only is the act of get.
ting married fenced around and made
complicated and difficult and expensive
in every way, but it is now an actual
impossibility for any husband or wife who
may possess a. spouse guilty of the
grossest act of immortality to get free
from all responsibility in the matter. In
this respect the DEGREES regarding a sep
aratlon de mensa ct thoro, the nearest
approach to divorce in France, weigh
far heavier On the husband than on the
wife.
The wife does indeed find far more
difficulty than the husband in obtaining a
separation, but if sheoonoo has it and all
ne@u1;ary natters are satisfactorily set
tied, she is free from further molestation.
| Not SO the Iuckless husband of a wicked
wife. After the separation is pronounced
he may go live in Hong Kong while she
remains in Paris, but if five years after
such division of residence she should
give birth to child, that child, by the
laws of france, IS not only entitled to
bear her husbands name, but can claim
support from him duling his life time,
and the share allotted to one Of his legal
heirs after death, Can any more iniquit-
Gus or unjust arrangement be imagined ?
But it is chiefly Of the laws of France re-
tating to the marriage of French citizens
with aliens that would speak. Would
mat my voice could sound trumpet-toned
throughout the length and breadth Of our
land, 10 warn our young girls who may
contemplate marriage with Frenchmen TO
look warily to the ceremony and to their
marriage lines. In the first place my
advice to every American girl who may
think of marrying Frenchman is
Punch's old counsel to those eontempla
ting mat2imony in general, "Don't |"
They are not Gt husbands for American
1oroao rba;r wavs arc NIT onr WAYS :.
their ideas not our ideas. They are almost
invariably jealous. There are indeed
model French husbands, as there are
very bad American ones, but they are
the exception, uot The rule. In fact, the
very training received by the youthful
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