Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-22

The marriage ia IndIE1niVnnie m tnt
wife becomes the mother Of a son.
hut The husband can cast on the wife
T thoy dia1T ef. providing lhnt there
Is no son horn 60 them The Red
karens I'm lndoChina allow souara
tiun II there are no children. but FORE
BID &c otherwise IN western Victoria
q man can divorce a chiidlcss woman.
but only after a hearing before the
chiefs OF his and her tribes. Among
che santala the consent qf the bus
bands Clanam0g must nfocedc aona-
ration. Among certain lower rucca.
according ID Woatermarck. the con
sent Of the womea - necessary 10
PREPARATION.
The Chinese code gives seven Just
causes for divorce. including loquac-
~. inaitontion 20 parentsln-law and
iiltenipof One OF the old Chinese
books declares when q woman has
any quality that "a not good, q ia
bui Just and reasonable 90 turn her
out Uf doors Among the anCicuis
a wife was turned away " she allow
od ihp house 40 be fuil Of smoke or
IL She frightened the dog with her
diaanfofahl4 Noise" hOlhwthnlaud
ing this. Wegiormarck declares that
divorce On rare an China.
while Mohnmmod forbade the ca
PRECIOUS population of wife yet,
practically o MOhRmmodan may when
ever he plnaHoa. without assigning
any reason. say 20 hts wife. Thou art
divorced" and she must return 90 hor
parents Tho Laws OF Manu-" permit'
ted divorce ~ she wife n she drank
was waatefui. or Quarrolsomo.
nuf the sncicnt customs among
many oi the savage and somicivillzed
peoples gave the woman. as well a.
the husband. the right 10 sever un-
satisfactory marriage trials In NADIA.
rascar q wife can divorce herself for
several causes. and this o. iruo Of
many of the lover races Among
the ColumbianH. according % Ban
croft. either party can dissolve the
tie at will Az that Is necessary for
l30uak wife 90 DO iH 90 leave her
/ husband. and be mas no further
claim upon her Among tue NnVaiqf,
when q woman married she becomes
free and may leave her husband
| Tor any sufficient cause.
In the Hawaiian islands "a man and
q woman live together nE long aa they
/ please and may nc any gimc separate
and mako choice OF ether partners.
IN Tahlto and New Guinea marriage
can bo dissolved whenever either ni
the parties desires g. Among the
( ShOns GOloQuuhu says, should the
husband take 90 drinking or otherwise
miaconducting himself the woman has
/ tho right 20 turn him adr.lt and "a
retain all the goods and money % the
i partnership" In Burmah. II one oi
/ the parties o. unwilling 20 separate
The other Is tree 10 90, providing all
| the property except the clothes ID
wear "a left behind. The lrulaE' Gus
tom gives tho woman the right "a
decide whether the matrimonial union
~ to be maintained According "a
Kandh custom. q wife can return "a
her fathers house within six mOnihe
after marriage, and " chlldlcss che
can at any time quit her husband,
In eastern Central Africa. II the
husband neglocts TO rev his wilo's
clothes, she may leave him. and
among the 0aronganzo a vito mas
leave her husband any timo she cares
10 DO &c.
Among tho more advanced nations
fhc wife. as la ancient Mexico. could
sue for separation as well as the hhs
band In Guatemala the wife could
end the matrimonial venture upon
even al slight grounds as could the
| husband China refuses the wife q
legal separation. out the Talmudic laV
nf the Hebrews gave her certain
causes upon which she could secure
divorce The ancient HiuduH ant
Teutons would allow the wife TO leave
her husband only Ia certain cxcep
iionai circumstances. but among tht
Saxnns ana Danes In England, accord
/ Ing to WlesleFmnrck, marfIngo might
be- dissolved al the pleasure Of either
/ party; the wife. however being nhllg
Cd 10 return the price paid for her u
she left her husband without his con
sent In most OF the Christian stated
Of Europe today the wife IA given The
same rights as her husband, hut N
England other charges ~ addition, q
lnhdelity must be proved against th'
huband and similar conditions err
found 10 italy, Spain. aud Portugal
Among many savage tribes Il D. IN,
custom TO cast on the hrst wife wheI
she becomes old and ugly This q
true of the Tanitlnns. When an Aleu-
wife ceases 90 possess attractions q
value In tho eyes OF the husband 81,
Is sent hack 90 her iriends' Malsl
| frequently turns away bis wife al
soon ms ahn becomes urln from hare
/ work and maternal cares The Oval
husband dismissed hls helpmeci whei
she o. too lazy or too weak CD work
and among .ho Sinalcso sickness L
a common reason Tor the repudiatlol
of q wife