New-York tribune., 1899-06-15
AWAY. Dull ALIHONl!
THERE Is A NEW WAY TO AVOID PAIN"
IT FOR THOSE WHO DON'T OBJ
JECT TO JAIL.

The affairs Of the grass widower do seem at last
20 he taking a more hopeful turn. lie mas peeh
harried about from North Dakota 10 HoboKeh'
from Supreme Court 10 jail and bacK 10 SuPP'e-
mentary proceedings and he is tired ana no doup'
deserves a rest. He will still have to pay tor H.
for the course Of untrue love never ran any
smoother than that OF the other kind. though the
poet neglected to mention It and make complete
proposition while he was about II. but his repose
is in sight
Inst AT the moment when North Dakota Is en-
acting new law making it harder to get divorces
there-a law which looks, however, as II II "e'e
intended to promote the real-estate business 'a'''
than TO prevent dlvorces-there comes uecIsi'"
right here in New-York that after you have
stopped paying alimony and have undergone the
penalty for not paying It you cannot be mace 10
pay IL. 49,,
only few days ago attention was called In these
columns TO a new plan for the avoidance OF al
mony By means Of perpetual bankruptcy II was
simply TO file a petition setting forth that the
petitioner had no money and never expected 10
have any and go sought relief from aimony ana
everything else in the shape OF debt But this
nlan good as II ls has a flaw. Many man Is 100
honorable to let the just claims Of his landlord
his grocer. his wine merchant his stableTnah ms
eweller his florist. unpaid just for the sake Oh
escaping alimony. And when a man sWears that
he has no assets of course all these have to share
some show Of reason that a good citizen ought not
10 Weld 10 HIS mere personal wishes TO pay these
or other debts when a regularly constituted court
has said that he should not pay them, but there
are men who have Of honor which II is
hard for those of common mould 10 understand.
But now the man who is Overjealous OF MS
honor and reputation has only to refuse to pay
alirnony 90 70 Jail for contempt Of court, serve
out his time and then come out forever free.
Those who think OF adopting the plan should II
nossble get their case dealt with before they owe
more than 500 in amony When u IL less than
$50 the term OF Imprisonment for contempt Is
three months When II is over 500 the term Is slA
months. Anybody can see that 10 owe more man man
SJ0 is twice as cOntemptuous as 10 owe less tuan
that and ANYBODY can see. too tnat IL Is oeltei
10 be put In jail for a lamb than for sheep. -
All this has been discovered. or redscoVered, IN
a case which has just been decided by Judge
Beach in which he refused to put man IN lhl
already served a term Of three months Tor nom
payment OF some other alimony In me Sam
action So IL is possible now simply Oy gong 70
iai FOR three months-or for six, II you get cauRnt
on the wrong side Of the sj0o-to he done with an
mony forever and to pay other debts If you feel
the courts TO keep you from doing so.
But as nothing is ever perfect. so there IS nav
even here You must look out that you nave no
real estate II YOU have and II you neglect 10 pay
your alImony something IS likely 20 happen 70
your real estate II Is n hard world for the rlch
10 live in anyway Somebody Is always oobbing
up and expecting them to pay what they o.. owe
is little enough The only real comfort Is IN nav
Inc