Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-30

D Aalt ENtlAAs ''f.A
throllgb the revolving slums Of the
low London press. It may be an eX-
/ ca|lent method-but II does not tend
10 elevate q man in his v eyes. n
II certainly does not do much to re-
store his lost dignity 1t has one ad-
! yantage-h enables the criminal par
ties to have their way without further
,rtarferapce-the wronged husband is
set free-left out in the cold-and
laughed at by those who wrOnged him.
Al admirable arrangement no doubt
but one that would not suit ne.
Chacun a son go0t' 1t would be cur
inns to know In matters of this kind
whether divorced persons are really
satisfied when they have got their Ill
vorce-whether the amount of red tape
and parchment expended in their IN
terest has done them good and really
relieved their feelings, Whether, TOR
Instance. the betrayed husband Is
glad to have got rid Of his unfaithful
wife by throwing her with the full
authority and permission of the law
into his rivals arms? | almost doubt
IL. j heard of a strange case in Eng
land once. A man, moving in good
society, having more than suspicious
OF his wife's fidelity, divorced her-the
law pronounced her guilty. Some
years afterward, he, being free, met
her again, fell in love with her for the
second time and remarked her. She
was (n%aturally!) delighted at his max
ing such a fool of himself-tor hence
forth. whatever she chose to do. he
could not reasonably complain without
running the risk of being laughed at.
So now the number and variety of her
lovers Is notorious in the particular
social circle where she moyes-While
he. poor wretch, is perforce tongue
tied, and dare not consider himself
wronged. There is no more pitiable
object in the world than such a man
secretly derided and jeered at by his
/ fellows. he occupies an almost worse
position than that Of a galley slave,
while in his own esteem he has sunk
SO low chat he dare not, ever in secret
try 10 fatham the depth 20 which he
has fallen Some may assert that to
be divorced is a social stigma. 1t
used to be so perhaps, but society has
grown very lenient nowadays. Di-
vurced women hold their in the
best and most brilliant circles. and
what is strange is that they are very
generally petted and pitied.
Poor thingl" says society, putting
up 1t eyegluss to sean admiringly the
hc1ntiful heroine Of the latest aristo-
cratic scandals had such a brute
of a husband, No wonder she liked
that dear Lord So-aud-So, Very
wrong OF her, OF course, but she is so
youngl She was married at sixteen
quite a childi-could not have known
her own mind"
The husband alluded to might have
been tho best aud most chiyalrous Of
men-auytEing but q "brute"-yet he
always figures as such somehow, and
Gets no sympathy. And, by the way,
fl is rather a notable fact that all the
beautiful, famous, or notorious women
we're married at sixteen" How is
This managed? l can account for il in
southern climates, where girls are full
erCwn at sixteen and old n ~,hirty-but
I can not understand its being the
case ir England, where a miss OF
sixteen is q most Objectionable and
awkward ]Instnue, without any OF the
charms whcrewith TO charm and
whose conversation is always vapid
and silly 70 the point Of absolute eX-