Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-29
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.

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MAhhiAdE AND UlfVhCE.
Same Re6ecsious Prompted by Stare Mat.
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o""' Avents IN 0"sse"o-H4traorus
nary Causes for ecvering the Nupfial
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LONDON August 2Q-As for the Grand Old
Man. who at any rime during the last 50 years
mas peen ready to answer any question on
tnings human or divine. there can be no mis-
take ABOUT MS opinion on the plessedness OF
marriage. After half century OF wedded
piiss' ne mas Just celebrated ms golden Wed
olng with all the enthusiasm OF lusty youth.
NO WORDS" he 1oyfully exciaims. would ever
sumce TO express the debt l owe TO her Tor all
sne has done on my behalf and OF those
nearest and dearest to us, during these last
nappy oo years" his words were received py
nunoreds OF hearers as golden saying and
appiauded to- the echo. Doubtless they
sounded IKE words OF good cneer 10 the EAR
VI rHe' VINO on the very next day look 10 wue
royal Princess, who, If she had plain face,
yet brought to him a goodly dowry. If dollars
alone couid insure it and the joys of matri-
monv are NOT To- r,,cb for b;r, he mavIivo IN
,S - - - 80 ~ Luz" ~. nm, ~ 10y ~ "
oeeos.e &c s'1s nis nitietn wedUng Gay an1iversary
% sAenny az tne oio nero oh na"aIuen. VI,
IN tnIee years time, be may incline TO the fatai
IIocslines I Oh mona and shrek Tor dyorce; All
sirit os if o4 ane go1a sense. tne gs anu sane
Sptt ~ tL u wne anu nuspano' Lneir own wlsuom
VI snen own perverseness. PROVIDENCE Will no
utoIe ~ n.eIIefe on tneir oenali tnan on penaH
81 % snIse n aomanIc young i9iots, nee Ionpkn-
se arst ,ass week; 10 mad paroxysm Oh ,3se
ax.r a. nrss So sgnt. Iusned on TO pc maae one lot
johnson on Matrimony.
would YOU advise me To marry p, once said
a youug noodle of a dandy 10 the MIGHTY sage
of Bolt Court. Samuel johnson. "Sir.n replied
the SAGE .l shonld advise NO man To marry
who cannot propoeate understanding Ex.
cellent advice. and potent enough to stay the
banns of marriage in a million or two of daily
cases; but unfortunately nobody acts on IT,
Enter Cupid. exit common sense. Even that
rugged. old. enarled philosopber and historian.
Thomas CarlyIe who worsbiped sam Johnson
next to God. refused to listen to their dictum
of his idol mo. no." saws CARLYLE. "better
marry badly than not at all. Without marriage
life is imperfect And with IL saws Mona
Card. woman,s life Ia insufferable bopdare 1t
was with TINS torch that she set London on fire
last autumn, and the flames threaten to break
the Eoyal marriage set us all agog once more
ABOUT Hymen, and that unanswerable OF all
Questions, us marriage failureT To that
for the simplest and best of reasons-we have
al eaten OF the insane root; all been caught
IN the same net; the happy ones exult in their
it dsny their snare in the foy OF
quit that caused it; while the noodles and the
cold-Dlooded, the crafty. the worthless, and
those @ VINO are without hope, resign thenselves
dlsmally to their fate.
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No chance of escape, The only one at pres.
ent, is divorce about which say most of the
women. I'VE have never been consulted: we.
cord chiefly fall. The laws of divorce in En-
gland are entirely framed for the comfort of
men to make their escape easy and ours impos-
sible." Putting aside-as must be done in this
column-all the religious aspects of the ques-
ton, the issue is simply this: Ought society to
have the power to force two people to liveto-
gether tor life who both wish to be apartr Or,
being once senarated tn be able To forbid
sitber NJ then, 70 nah mt n.-r;..a again IL
o.Snoi VI 'neni w 'osn iiso uiaiiiako asan' Il
tney are mad enough TO wish or dare IL! Inese
l~o, 70 quoee Artemus, arc Teany gooo-slzeo
H ,ari,'r. . eUaS .sna 'e.U.o u,ao 'Ho e,a.. ~.
pn, .h,t t.ras .,e ;ro,,.io .na r.,;.S
laws az divorce NAV he whetber in favor of
Samson or Delilah. Pendita or Loyelace. beyond
all question it is che luxury OF the rich. and
OF tne rlcn only. Inc cost cannot De less tnan
MI SIaee garesan may os Iour, nse, OF even sia.
of il ii this conntTv even If the CONDITION of
the married couple be one of intolerable mis-
cry, unless enough gold can be got to fill the
nav OF sharks, ecclesiastical and civil, and the
ana of tha s pes5s - ieH.I ,;,s E.hsra
indeed II Wouid seem that the process Of
escape is far easier than in this Incompatible
land of John Bull. In France, so statistics
say, marriages In every 1000 are dissolved In
the civil courts; in some few of the United
States as many as ! in go. But everybody
knows what statistics are worth; you can be-
heye everything in them but what they prove.
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