Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-09-21

far from the time when our courts will
have to set apart whole days for appica-
ton, and all you will have to prove
against man will be that he left his
slippers in the middle of the floor, and
all you will have to prove against
woman will be that her husbands over.
coat was buttonless. Causes of divorce
doubled in few years, doubled in France,
doubled in England and doubled in the
United States. To show how very easy
it is, | have to tell you that in Western
Reserve, Ohio, the proportion OF divorces
to marriages celebrated was in one year
1 to II in Rhode Island, / to 49, in Yer
mont, ] to Ia. Is not that easy enough2
/ want you to notice that frequency Of
divorce always goes along with the dis
soluteness Of society. Rome for 500 years
had not one case Of divorce. Those were
her days Of glory and virtue. Then the
reign Of vice began, and divorce became
epidemic. If you want to know how
rapidly the empire went down, ask Glib
bon. Do you know how the reign of ter
ror was introduced in France? BY 90
600 cases Of divorce in one year in Paris.
What we want in this country and in all
lands Is that divorce be made more and
more difficult. Then people before they
enter that relation will be persuaded that
'here VIII prooaoly ne no escape from IL
eNcep' ,nlouBu 'ne uoo' vi 'ie sepuie"er.
men ,heS WIN pnuse On we verge D.
.ha' rei".ioi UNI" my are iuhs s"''sneu
that IL Is ocst' anu that II Is rlgni,
anu th". IL 10 nupp'e'', men We enah
~ inoie M, IA ~ 'noI ,ren
with the idea il is only trial trip and IL
/ they do not like il they can get out at
| the first landing then this whole question
WIN DE ,aheh on, vi tlle ir,SoiouS ip'o tne
anu "'n NC nv nl0'e
itoh.hx aoo1t ,h. piossolns N oalue
Uniform Law Desired.
| What we want is that the congress of
the United States move for the changing
of the national constitution so that law
can be passed which shall be uniform all
over the country and what shall be right
in one state shnll be right in all the
states and what is wrong in one state
Will be wrong in all the states. How is it
now! III party in the marriage relation
gets dissatisfied, it is only necessary to
move to another state to achieve liberia
ton from the domestic tie, and divorce
is effected SO easily that the hrst one
party knows OF 1t is by seeing 1t in the
newspaper that Kew. DR.. somebody a
Few days or weeks afterward introduced
INTO new marriage relation member
OF the household who went off on
pleasure excursion to Newport or bust
ness excursion to Chicago. Married at
the brides house; no cards There are
states of the Union which practically put
premium upon the disintegration of the
marriage relation, while there are other
states, like the state of New York, which
has the pre-eminent idiocy of making
marriage lawful at II and IA years of
age.
The congress OF the United States
needs to move for a change of the ma
tional constitution and then to appoint
a committeeman made up of single gen
tlemen, but of men of families, and their
families in Washington-who shall pre-
pare a good. honest, righteous, compre-
hensive, uniform law that will control
everything from Sandy Hook to the
Golden Gate That will put an end to
broksrages in marriage. That will send
divorce lawyers into decent business
That will set people agitated for many
years on the question of how they shall
get away from each other to planning
how they can adjust themselves to the
more or less unfavorable circumstances
More difficult divorce will put an estop-
pal to a great extent upon marriage as a
financial speculation. There are men
who go into the relation just as they go
into Wall street to purchase shares. The
female to be invited into the partnership
or wedlock Is utterly unattractlve and IN
ulsposl'ioh suppressed NesuVius' EN-
erybody knows II, but TINS masculine can
dloate Tor matrimonial ORDERS through
the commercial agency or through the
county RECORDS mas OUT now much estate
Is 10 be inherited ana ne calculates H.
lie thlnks OUT now long II WAL De before
the ola man VIII ole ana whether ne can
STAND the refractory temper uhtll he
does de- and then ne enters the relauon'
TOT ne says II cannot stanu IT, tneii
lhrough the uiVorce law VIII PACK out
mat process Is gong on an the tlthe' ana
men enter INTO the relation without any
moral prlhclp'e' without any uuection'
anu II Is as hlucn matter OF STOCK spec,
ulation as anything tnat was transacted
yesterday III Ohion racine "apaSh
ana delaware ana Lachawanha. NOW
suppose man nhnerstood' as ne ought
10 uhuers'ahu' tnat IL ne goes INTO tha'
relation there Is no possipihty OF ms get
ting out or no propaolllty. lie would De
more slow TO put MS neck IN the yoke
lie shouid say TO hiniset, hather than
Cariooean Whlri"lhu with "hoie nee'
OF shipping IN It's arms give me zephvi
Oh utluS OI Sullsulue anu SdIuenS VI