Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-24
PARTED By TRIPLES
HONEYMOON QUARRELs SOMETIMES
END IN SEPARATION
Trivial Things That Have Strexr
tue sea OF Matrimony With tn,
Wrecks of Married Iixes psr.
sne Voyage Was Fairly Becun.

1ne only reliable thing in maria re
Is It's uncertainty" Douglas Jerro}d
once remarked in cynical moment
ana, like many sayings to which one
may object this aphorism contains at
least an elementary truth. 1t is a GU
rious fact that while some matrimonial
barks survive fifty or more years of
yoyasin@ ard come safely into harbor
at last c4lzIS are wrecked before they
leave the still N;1J,3s of the honey.
moon.
This was the fate ofa couple known
to the writer who were married a few
years ago Under the brightest of aus
plces and for Whom their friends pre-
Glcted nothing but happiness. The very
| first day CT the honeymoon their we'd
ced lives came to an abrupt and tragic
termination from the simplest Of
| causes.
The bride had brought with her on
| the honeymoon a p;Iasol of a vivid, ag
| gressive red color, to which her hus-
band objected. He begged her not to
| use it, but she persisted The dispute
grew warmer and warmer, heated
words were exchanged, until at last in
an impulse Of anger the bridegroom
snatched the sunshade out of his wife's
hands and threw it into the sea.
Thus ended their life together, for
the indignant young wife took the next
train to her mothers home, and from
7, ,jn
never met.
In another case, known professional
ly to the writer, q dispute as to the
pronunciation of word completely
wrecked the married life Of young
couple and brought their little tragedy
into the light of the law courts.
1t came out in evidence that during
the honeymoon the bridegroom had
ventured to correct the bride, who had
mispronounced word at the breakfast
table. She resented the correction,
maintaining that she was right and her
lord and master wrong. The argument
thus begun ended in a bitter quarrel,
during which each disputant no doubt
said things which had much better
have been left unsaid, with the result
that the silly couple separated, each re-
fusing to yield to the other.
Efforts were made by their friends
and relatives to heal the breach, but to
no purpose, and the little tragedy end
ed in a judicial separation.
1t seems almost incredible that peo-
pie should allow their lives to be wreck
ed by such trivial causes, but in both
these cases actual fact proves stranger
even than fiction.
More ludicrous, If not more trivial,
was the cause that separated a couple
who were united less than year ago.
In a suit by a husband for the restitu-
ton of conjugal rights the wife de-
clared that it was impossible to live
with the plaintiff "because he snored SO
dreadfully."
"But, surely" the judge remarked
"this is not a sufficient reason for stay
ing away from your husbandE You
would think it was, my lord" the lady
replied, ''if you lived with him.
couldn't get q wink Of sleep il any part
of the house, and even the neigl.bors
complained of his snoring. 1t Will XII
me if have to so back
Unreasonable suspicious have con
| tributed as much as any cause to the
undoing Of husbands and wives. In one
domestic tragedy which was unfoldeo
in the law courts a few years ago q
newly married wife had received let
! ter addressed in a masculine hand Ihe
| husband, who was Of jealous temper
ament. demanded to see the letter
which the wife refused to show him.
! High words ensued, and in moment
of uncomfortable passion the husband
struck his wife, with the result that SD
went home to her parents and refusee
to live with him again.
The most tragic and dramatic par
of the story was the lady's statement
in court that the letter which nae
caused all the trouble had been writ
ten by her brother.
A clergyman told the writer that h'
once married "a rustic couple Whos'
matrimonial life terminated at tn
church door at the conclusion OF TN
wedding ceremony.
It appears that the bridegroom ha'
discovered that his bride had sold he
mangle. which had been one OF tn
chief inducements to marry her. ant
she had made an equally disappolntln
discovery that her swain had sold
handsome clock on which she had Sc
her heart. Thus were two lives wrech
ed by a mangle and clock, hoWeve
strange and foolish it may seem.
i In another case young widow VIII
had married an elderly bachelor wh
, was reputed to be wealthy foun
!, | , e4on Nov nc rr;a ra that her ia lSe love