Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-19
MAKE WAR ON DIVORCE.
Catholic Women of High Degree Will
Use Social Ostraeism as Weapon.


New York, June 19.-Roman Catho-
lie women of high degree in New York
have publicly announced crusade "a
gainst divorce. Their weapon will be
social ostracism. They nave banded
together to snub offending women, to
shut their doors in the faces of divor-
Gees who remarry. Their organiza-
ton is known as The Daughters of
the Faith" (Filiae Fide). When the
society was formed the proposition to
use social ostracism as a weapon a.
gainst the divorce evil aroused oppos-
ition. 1t threatened to disrupt the or
ganization, and it did delay the adop-
ton of it's program.
Now the die is cast and the
Daughters are committed to the plan
of campaign. Their manual Is in
print and will be published this week.
It declares unequivocally: THE Cath
olic divorce who remarries must be
socially ostracised."
This drastic rule may work havoc
in Catholic social circles. Not few
society women have already declared
that to fulfill the letter of the rules
they would be forced to ignore social
Iy not only closest friends, but in
many instances relatives, so largely
has divorce thru mixed marriages
made inroads into Catholic circles.
Women Abroad to Aid.
So thoroughly has the field of work
been outlined that there is scarcely a
capital Of Europe that has not one or
more women of title or unquestioned
social position ready to cooperate
with the New York society as soon
as official notification comes that the
hour for action has arrived. Nego-
tiations already are pending for the
manuals translation into French and
italian. The manual also directs
Catholics to invite Protestant women
to work with them.
"Wll1ile "The Daughters of the
Faith" propose variety Of social re-
forms, the crusade aimed at divorce is
the most important and one which
will attract most attention. Here
are some of the rules laid down on
that subject by the manual:
"That Catholic divorce who ren1ar-
ries excommunicates herself. She en-
tiers into what she knows to be sim
full relationship and by that act open
ly sets at naught the teaching OF
the church. 1t is not the church that
has cast her off, it is herself that has
broken the filial tie. The Catholic
divorce who remarries must be So
cially ostracised. She has no excuse.
The Protestant has some. Such UNI
ions (Protestant) as are openly ABDUL
ferrous should be treated in the same
way as the Catholic divorce and sub
iected to the same rule. To neglect
to discourage divorce because of the
divorces who are in good faith is TO
encoura ge it.
Near to Moral Ruin.
"Our own country, the mortality OF
which has not kept pace with its en-
Hghtenment," says the manual, has
thrown off all restraint and allows d1-
yorce for the slightest cause and with
almost unlimited frequency. Society in
consequence is on the verge of moral
ruin, and nothing but the religious and
social recognition of the true horror
of this crime can arrest the evil that
with cyclonic force has within a COM
paratively short time overthrown do
nestle peace and uprooted the safe
guards of purity and honor. To con-
done the sin is to partake of it, and
we should realize it's effects as well
as its nature, for if we so condone it we
become moral participants, not alone
in the sin, but also in the evils that
follow"