Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-19

4o,ISl DEGREES issued TO wives against the
husband for cruelty, while only 6,122 were
Issued to the husband for cruel and inhuman
treatment by the wife. The causes for divorce
are summarized as follows; my wife refused
70 keep my clothing in repair. She even re-
fused to cook, and never sewed ON my but
| tons. witness testified that he had seen plain
| tin with only one button on his vest Plaintiff
further alleged that his wife would not allow
| him to 90 to fires at night; that il he went she
would keep him awake until o'clock quarrel
ing"
defendant took all the covering off the bed,
leaving plaintiff to SILVER until morning"
Defendant struck plaintiff a violent blow
with her hustle"
Defendant keeps this plaintiff awake most
OF the night quarreling and trying to get him
to convey his property to her. She adopts all
manner of inconsistent conduct for the purpose
OF prosecuting plaintiff and has succeeded so
well that he Is almost run crazy"
"lhe morning after their marriage the de-
PENDANT came into the room where the plaintiff
was lying In bed and beat him with her shoe
heel, badly backing both his eyes, Suit for
divorce was begun morning after marriage"
600 De1endant Is powerful woman, weighing
iS pounds; she struck plaintiff with stove
I'D and broke one Of his ribs; on another occa-
sion she knocked plaintiff down with a chair"
On tneir bridal trip from New York de-
PENDANT fell in love with a German man on the
cars. She sat on the same seat with the said
German man. kissing him and entwined in his
arms. Plaintiff demonstrated. but to no effect
1hls conduct OF defendant caused plaintiff
great mental suffering, wherefore" &c.
HOW LONG THEY LIVE TOGETHER.
table Is given showing the duration of
married life before divorce, and it is found that
the duration of married life on the average in
the United States before divorce was granted
was SS years for the husband and 927 for The
wife. Considering both together the average
period was 9.17 years. In almost all cases the
period was greater, SO far as causes are con-
cerned, for the wife than for the husband.
The totals for each year of duration Of mar
rled life before divorce are very interesting
The largest number in the whole course is
2I,sO9. who lived together four years before
seeking divorce. The next largest number,
80 thz.o were able to bear their burdens but
three years before seeking divorce, while the
exceedingly large number Of q, 525 sought a
dissolution OF marriage after two years ex-
perience, and still 1852 preferred to live as
strangers after one year of welded life
1t is surprising to find that 1881 couples,
after living together twenty-one years or more,
we're obliged to seek divorce. It becomes in
teresting to know the average duration of mar
rage before divorce of that body of parties
who had been married twenty-one years and
over. The range of duration in the whole
country Is from twentv-one years to forty years
The average of this class for the whole United
States Is 27.47 years for husbands 26. 70 years
for wives, and &c. IS years when both are con-
sdered
The report states that there are no statistics
showing the average duration of married life
without regard to divorce, but from the best
sources OF information il is concluded 'that
the average duration of married lite ranges be-
tween twenty-five and twenty-six years. For
the purposes of philosophical consideration it
may De assumed that the average duration of
married life is twenty-four years in a country
where the conditions are as varied as in our
own. If this is the fact then the average dura-
ton Of married life of divorced persons is equal
to two-ffths of the average duration in gen.
erai of married life"