The state herald., 1899-06-23
CAUSES FOR DIVORCE.

The grounds assigned by some people
for desiring to secure divorce would
in many cases be amusing were It not
for the fact that the subject Is much
more serious one than is generally ac-
cepted. The reason lately put forward
by an old couple In London is among
the strangest on record. The individ-
with this worlds goods. had a grown
up family and were SO circumstanced
that they had everything necessary to
make life comfortable. 1t was now.
though. after years of married bliss,
that the rift occurred. As the woman
was 63 years of age and the man ten
years her senior. 1t was only natural
that they should begin to think Of the
close of life. and ultimately they began
looking around In the cemetery for a
suitable spot for their last resting
place. They could not agree. however.
upon the site for grave. and, quarrel
Ing, decided to seek a divorce. This
took place in America. and 1t seems a
pity that happy married life should
be spoiled by quarreling over death.
Last year woman wanted to get rid
Of her husband simply because he was
a teetotaler. and applied to London
magistrate with that end In view. She
had been married nearly forty years,
and it was certainly rather late in lif.
to want to be single again. This lady
explained that she was accustomed to
taking three half pints of stout day,
and her husband objected to such a
liberal supply. or course. she did not
get what she wanted.
Quite recently, too. Cincinnati man
applied for divorce. assigning the
novel reason that his wife was incom-
plete. 1t appears the lady had glass
eye, but his eyes had not been open
enough to detect the fact during court
ship. or course It is generally held
that love is blind. and possibly this ac-
counts for his failure to notice that
both eyes were not exactly alike.
Somehow. the glass one got broken,
and when bill was sent to the hus-
band for having 1t replaced. he awoke
to the fact that his better half was not
quite all there. He therefore left her
and sued for divorce on account of
the alleged fraud.
Another case is that OF Chicago
man who took action under rather Pc
culiar circumstances. He gradually
became bald after marriage, and when
suing for divorce pleaded that matri-
mony was the cause OF 1t. To support
his contention he produced photo
graph taken before marriage, showing
him to be the proud possessor Of lux
uriant locks, and these had nearly all
disappeared owing to the grasping
characteristics of his wife. She replied
that the badness was natural. and that
much OF the hair had fallen out when
she was absent. Such case afforded
splendid opportunity for advertising
hair restorers, and the unfortunate hus-
band had numerous offers OF speclalties
warranted to make hair grow on the
baldest pate.
Occasionally a lady likes to have a
bathe in the open sea. but California
woman who transgressed In that direc-
ton had to appear in the divorce court
in consequence. By SO doing she had
offended her lord and master. and he
held that there was no necessity for
such n step. seeing that there was an
elegantly furnished bath room at home
quite sufficient for all her ablutions.
She had bathed with others in park
lake. and the thought that she had pad
died around In the water with her bare
feet quite disgusted the poor fellow:
consequently as kind OF consolation
he sued for dissolution OF the mar
riage.