The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-05-30
PARTED BY TRIPLES
HONEYMOON QUARRELS SOMETIMES
END IN SEPARATION.


the sea of MntrimOny With th,.
wrecks of Married Lives Before
the Voyage Was Fairly begun.
The only reliable thing in marriage
Is Its uncertainty" Douglas JerrolI
once remarked in cynical moment
and, like many sayings to which en-.
may object, this aphorism contains n.
least an elementary truth 1t is a Gu
rlous fact that while some matrimonial
barks survive fifty or more years Of
voyaging and come safely into barber
at last Others are wrecked before they
leave the still waters of the honey
moon.
This was the fate of a couple known
to the writer who were married a few
years ago under the brightest of aus
plces and for whom their friends pre-
dlcted nothing but happiness. The VERY
first day of the honeymoon their wed
ded lives came to an abrupt and tragic
termination from the simplest Of
causes.
The bride had brought with her 0
the honeymoon parasol of a vivid. a..
gressive red color, to which her huS
band objected He begged her not t.
use it, but she persisted. The dispute
grew warmer and warmer, heated
words We're exchanged, until at last in
an impulse Of anger the bridegroom
SnOtelnI tln Il Q
hands and threw it into the sea.
Thus ended their life together. fol
the indignant young wife took the neNi
train to her mothers home, and from
that day to this the foolish people have
never met.
In another case, known professional
ly to the writer, a dispute as to the
pronunciation of word completely
wrecked the married life of a youn.
couple and brought their little TRACED.
into the light of the law courts.
1t came out in evidence that durin-
the honeymoon the bridegroom had
ventured to correct the bride, who had
mispronounced a word at the breakf;S.
table. She resented the correction
maintaining that she was right and hcl
lord and master wrong. The argument
thus begun ended in Il bitter quarrel
during which each disputant no doulN
said things which had much better
have been left unsaid with the resui'
that the silly couple separated, each re-
fusing to yield to the other.
Efforts were made by their frienG>
and relatives to heal the breach, but e.
no purpose, and the little tragedy end
ed in judicial separation.
1t seems almost incredible that reo
pie should allow their lives to be wreck
ed by such trivial causes, but in bOgh
these cases actual fact proves stranger
even than fiction.
More ludicrous, if not more trivia
was the cause that separated COUP,
who were united less than year age
In a suit by husband for the resti.u
ton of conjugal rights the wife de
clared that it was impossible to live
with the plaintiff because he snored
dreadfully"
But, surely" the judge remarked
'this is not a sufficient reason for sta!
ing away from your husbandT' "Io,
would think it was, my lord" the lad!
replied, 'if you lived with him
couldn't get a wink of sleep in any par
of the house. and even the neighbor'
complained of his snoring. 1t will Kill
me if have to so back"
Unreasonable suspicious have cor
tributed as much as any cause to tEt
undoing of husbands and wives. In o"'
domestic tragedy which was unfoldc,
in the law courts a few years ago Il
newly married wife had received Les
ter addressed in masculine hand. The
husband, who was of a jealous temper
ament, demanded to see the letter
which the wife refused to show him
High words ensued, and in Il momenI
of uncomfortable passion the husband
struck his wife. with the result that sE'
went home to her parents and refusco
to live with him again.
The most tragic and dramatic part
of the story was the lady's statement
in court that the letter which mad
caused all the trouble had been writ
ten by her brother.
A clergyman told the writer that h,
once married a rustic couple WHO'S
matrimonial life terminated at lae
church door at the conclusion of the
wedding ceremony.
1t appears that the bridegroom had
discovered that his bride had sold her
mangle. which had been one of the
chief inducements to marry her. and
she had made an equally disappointing
discovery that her swain had sold -
handsome clock on which she had sat
her heart. Thus were two lives wreck
ed by mangle and clock, however
strange and foolish it may seem.
In another case a young widow who
had married an elderly bachelor who
was reputed to be wealthy found
after her marriage that her false lover
had parted with every penny of his
fortune in purchasing an annuity fol
his own life and was so Disguised
with his meanness that she left him
to the undisturbed enjoyment of his
annuity.
One recreant husband gave as a rca
son for declining to live with his wife
the discovery that the hair which had
constituted her chief charm in his py, :
was false ard that he could no longer
either love or respect a wife who had