The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-10
Shown 10 Have Periodic Variations Like
Tides and Weather.
FOURTH YEAR THB HIGHEST MARK.
ouoer Causes for which Divorces Have
Been Granted-what Constitutes
DCrueIty"- Some Interests
ing Figures

hand. couples may live together haPpny,
! FOR twenty-One years anu lNgio, aa' S,snt
| ia. does NOT preclude the maj aaNens
| az the demo-, OF divorce. 1t IS a matter OF
| record that there are as Ha ,s ,ncosSer
/ Granted Ia those who have lVed tosStHei
! for score OF yea rs, as 10 nus WV
been married only nye years. -, 81
/ The United states Government mas COZ,
| lectef statistics showing the duration oi
] marriage before divorce, thesS ~ '' ~,
covering a period OF {% we dySvo yeh have
| been granted IN the United states. lhs
| fgures FOR The last ten years nave not yel
b3en published but for the nineteen yeas
| from 1867 to 1856 statistics snow thdI w
| divorce high-water mark belongs 10 those
| who have been married four years.
HIGH-WATER MARK.
beginning with the one-year married
| people the total IL. roundiy' lyvvy. rVs
| the fOur-years married the total mounts
| mn nearly double q COO. Then II slides on
| but until the figures for those who nave
| been married nine years are fedSheu' we
| one-year figure IS not loucheu, ~ uo
creasos steadily until 1he twenty-year
married number 1900. Those VINO nave
been married twenty-one years are lump-
| ed with those who have peeh inaIIltu "
| longer time, and still ma u necessaIS ~
! dissolve the bonds that unite, and thc
enormous total OF 5000 is reached. ENi-
! IDENTIFY compatibility need not increase as
The years fly BY. IN THIS class move
reversal or endurance hsutc -
ried Nfe FOR the husbands IS Al, wbHe
for the wives II Is only $40.
D. While divorce aside, the average pll .I-
ton Of married life IS from twenty-ons ~
twenty-six years, the average durailon
of married life to the divorced rs only tli
Years being g2I for the wife ana esi Tor
the husband. This difference between
husband and wife suggests tnat the Vel
ar sex really is the stronger IN bearing
the woes of the married. These hBures
are for tho country at large.
New York State owing probably 70 us
rigid law. shows up a little better, men
holding out 952 years and the women lVbz
years But though the wives do endure
longer nearly twice as many WON as
men get divorces. This proportion IS
preserved pretty evenly all through the
table. wlgsthor the couples have been
married two years or twenty. Upward
Of 5000 divorces have been granted IN
New York State in thirty years. a thlrd
OF them coming from the New YORK CITY
CAUSES FOR DIVORCE.
The general charge Of cruelty gives the
widest scope for the play OF humol, a7
well as some other Things IN 9sslsH
ing causes for din orce. When the charges
are brought by the husband, the case Is
apt to be particularly pathetic. one man
got a divorce because MS VIC kept IN
ssting that he was no man M an a
brow beaten farmer moved ms grass ln
August which dlsHeascd his vile so
much that she threw all of the table
dishes out Of the window
one mans wife was member or the
brotherhood of the New Life. The chief
Of the sect wouldn't give tho husband
permit 10 live with his wife, and set
"a time three years distant when they
might meet Another mans wife refus-
ed 10 cook for him or 20 sew on his
buttons. His nclghhOrs testified az the
trial that they often had seen him with
only one button on his waistc0at This
wife wouldn't let her husband go 10 fires
at night and when Dc did sneak away
she kept him awake til o'clock In the
morning scolding him
After being married twenty-five years
the wife embraced q spirit-rapping doc
trine. which so hurt the feelings OF her
spouse that he got his decree of divorce.
Another pair were legally separated be-
cause the wife regularly threw scaldlng
tea at the husband.
on the first morning after certain
marriage tho bride bcat her husband
with her shoe heel Tie began suit as
soon as no got on his feet. and won II
In one case the husband cut of his
wife's hangs. Another woman's husband
wouldn't work nj an during the week.
hut every Sunday he put on his ole
clothes and worked like a niger"
Still another husband threw a boot nj
his wife. II didn't hit her, but u did
hif some one else. aud this the judge
thought was sufficiently aggravatlng
one husband -ricd 20 starve his vie.
To be enabled 10 prove by the grocery
bills that he had bought food he car
ricd 70 in 10y The front door, but ne took
It out Of tho back door and threw it in
tho sewer.
If husbands want day or they
should choose some dry other than The
one following the wedding. One who
hadFf learned this lesson got drunA
tho day af'e~. which so oisgusted Tie
bride that she lost not an hour in he
ginning suit. qa2e;5 tti7s filed thar very
day.
one husband complained not because
his wife made his shirts, but because
she bought him dollar shirts. Another
insisted on smoking tobacco when his
wife was subject TO sick headaches. One
avaricious fellow kent teasing his wife
To- deed him her property until he lost
both a husband who wouldn't support
his wife announced that he wouldn't
work his toenalls of for any woman.
and she divorced him. A Judge has
given a divorce to q woman because her
husband never offered 10 take her out
ridn@
HUSBAND QUOTED SCRIPTURE.
Husbands who quote TO their wives
the IIlDle verse, fAhf'H 'hN1 AtAi NUS
bands" had better beware. one hus-
band added TO this o1ense the greater
one Of telling his wife, when she was
sick that tho Lord commanded her 10
work. and actually forced her % get up
and labor.
several years ago an Englishman. who
was somewhat older iran his wife. zen
into religious ways. had long prayers
morning and night. with extra long grace
before meat one day the blessing he
asked ran into a Free Methodist exhorta-
ton to his audience Of one 70 repent and
be saved.
An this the wife could have STOOD but
his delaying dinner was too much. The
dishes got cold and uupaatable with such
prolonged preludes When she remonstra-
ted with him that he was al dinner and
not al church. he began a high-tempered
TRADE against her worldiness and hank
erlnr for the heshpots OF Egypt Instead
Of DENYING the accusations she sued. net
for \ divorce but for O judicial separation
on the ground o. intolerable cruelty
she got her decree The husband carried
Tho matter to the House Of Lords. but
It did him no good, i9r .ne decision OF
CHARLES w. DoBBINS.