The farmer and mechanic., 1906-03-20
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B1 DOROTHY DIN,

weak. an dat derc amt no pop.llar
| ci&m9F To strengthen ~ De laws in FL.
subject, for mos folks is either got a
dlFC-.ce, o. think dat dey might want
| 10 GIT divorce some time. and dev
| doHt want to cut off hone i'm case Of
| trouble. Yassum. r.. let dgt dere.x
mo folks DAT knows bout De climate
- Dakota, an de population Of Sioux
CITY, an what sort OF golf links dey's
got, an d. line Of dry goods dey car
ries IN dc stores, dan dcy does bout
any other place on dc map.
'Cose divorce is a mighty bad thing
put 50 IS a Sciappin marriage. Hits
eNli day Tor a woman To forsake dc
man dat she has sworn. 10 love an
honor an taken for better or wuss
but hit amt no millennium for de wo-
man what's married to 4 brute dat
comes home an beats hcr, am draes
her down to d. gutter
Il specs hits wrong for man to
leave de woman dat he has promised
to cherish an protect. bat hits wrong,
too, for Il woman to nag an Scold
man an gossip an drink. outcH he
thinks dat he struck de bad place bcfo'
his time.
Hit sho'Iy is hard on de po' little
chllien dat has DER home broke UP by
divorce an dcir Ma go one way. an
deid Pa another but whedder hit is
better for a child to be a half orphan
in peace dan to have both parents
roWin together an ningin' things IT
each others heads, hit'n take a Phila-
delphy lawyer TO settle. l dunno.
AS for me, I'm a-settin' straddIe
on de- fence in dc divorce question.
ready to jump accordin' to de way dat
Ike treats me. De nights he brings
home his pay envelope Widout openin
hit, I'm ready to jinc lie Antis, heart
an soul, bat de days ! spicicns dat de
reason he don't sit home tell late from
MS Wuk IS bccaZe he acgasuated by dar
Sally Ann Jones' house | begins to
kinder pack nay trunk fortde West
''Dey didn't AK me to raise my voice
in dat conference in Washington. but
f dey had ] could a told 'em how to
stop de divorce business.
In de fust place I'd stop hit befo'
mt begins. I'd make hit SO hard to
git marriel dat only dem dat had
-ooken de thirty-third degree. an dat
tould prove dat dey had lovely dispo-
atIons, an no parents nor near rela-
ions to visit 'em. and dat had
Aealth certificate. an a good business,
IN dat deN was SO near-sighted dat
ley couldn't see no other Iaan or Wo-
man but de one dat was right under
DER nose, could git a license to tie up
wild another Dusson, an. dat knot
would stay tied.
De only way to make people quit
Sittin divorces is 10 make 'em quit
Wantin' 'em. Yassum, dat's SO.
Den I'd cut out de alimony for de |
women. an de second marriage for de |
men, an dat would finish up de bus |
mess.
Eff q woman FnoWed dat she would |
have to go out an support herself as |
soon as she got her divorce, she'd |
stand lot of back talk from man |
lat she don't put up Wid now. becaze |
she fggers hit out dat de law viii |
make him support her an she won't |
have to listen to his remarks on de |
way she cooks pork chops.
F'An' de same rule would Wuk wild |
m dey would stay married. becaze |
hits mighty seldom dat man finds |
)ut dat he can't stand de partner of |
his bosom ontell he gifts his eye on i |
lkeller an spryer young woman.
'ShoO. de divorce question amt got |
10 call to bother nobody. | could set |
lie hit wid one hand tied behind me-"