Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-12-28
JrTE8 TRIVIAL, SAYS EXPERT
ANTS HAVE ARGUMENT.
SHAVED OFF HIS BEARD"
So on Down List are Given the Pleas
of Men and Women who Tire Of
Welded Life and Seek to Rend
Matrimonial Ties - Remarkable
Breach of Promise Verdict in Utah.

New York Dec. 26-"If the socie.
ties which are fighting the divorce
eyil would go to the trouble OF col
! lecting the Interpretation OF legal
crumbs for divorce, as worked out by
judges in various parts of the coun'
try" said a New York attorney who
receives the greater part OF gener-
| Gus income from marital inf6licities,
They would strike a most telling blow
for their cause. The trivial, ridicu-
lous causes on which men and women
ask for absolute divorce from their
other halves is almost beyond belief.
The extent to which some of these
causes pass muster before the courts
is even more surprising. | wish some
body would figure out the method in
which the legal divorce grounds are
interpreted"
He had Just heard that the inter
denominational committee on concert
ed action of the church regarding di-
vorce was to mold a session in this
city on December -. He remem-
DCIGu llIdi tIlNpC lllooN N'I nus II Saii'
ers against the divorce evil had paid
little attention TO the argument of
trivial causes. He continued;
"On,y a few days ago a little wOm-
an came to my Office and demanded a
divorce from her husband, to whom
she had been married five years. She
had about as much idea of the way in
which divorces are granted as she had
of the causes which will secure a di-
yorce in this state. think she fully
expected ,lat | would write out her
divorce papers as soon as she handed
over her fee, and that she would re.
turn uptown under her maiden name
And what do yoU suppose her reason
was?
Shaved Off His Beard
The horrid thing has shaved off
his beard, that's what he has done,
she returned, to my great surprise.
'He looks too young without a beard;
he has not enough dignity TO pass as
my husband unless his weak little
chin is covered up and hidden away
behind a beard. I've told him so
time and again, but he came home
last night with clean face. | told
him if he would ever let the barber
cut it off I'd get a divorce, and now
ii is all over
Every lawyer in New York who
takes divorce cases has had some
such experience, and, while shaving
and going without shaving are not
grounds for divorce, the women seem
to think any opposition to their de-
sire to this or other trivial matters is
ground enough for a permanent sepa-
ration. There are states in which III
vorces would actually be granted on
such grounds, # one can believe the
court reports, which, as a matter Of
fact are beyond question.
One of the "Trivial" Grounds.
A woman of Is years living in
Coheyyil,e, Kan, actually obtained
a divorce because her husband, who
was So years old chewed tobacco.
The judge told him to choose, and he
decided to stay by his chaw o. tobac'
err"
An east side woman who caught
her husband buying kisses from the
wife of The janitor of the tenement
house in which they lived at the rate
of 80 cents kiss, and who applied
for a divorce on that ground had a
much stronger case. according to the
lay mind.
Many will have sympathy with a
Methodist minister who cited this
cause in his plea for absolute divorce:
Every time | undertake family
prayers my wife curses profanely"
He got the legal relief he craved
A Chicago man recently applied for
and received a divorce on the ground
that he could not stand "the jokes of