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

90 a few days or weeks and marriage
lB sometimes only an Uxru@o Cor the
foasts and festivals 30 dear % the
hearts of the plcaaureiovlng natives.
In the lndian archipelago q "a a
common practice for formal marriages
to be- nmNod--aomciim for only
month and at others for q period OF
several years. g. John says that
among thn Dyaks thcre are few mid
dlo aged men who have not had Sow
arai wives, and instances have been
known Of ybung women Of seventeen
on eighteen who have already had
three or four husbands Ia portions
of lndo-China. II % said 70 BE :
rare occurrence for any woman 70
arrive at middle ngo without having
family hy two or more husbands
The Maidavians are 20 capricious
that ID often happens that a man mar
rles and divorces the same woman
ibreo or four times in che course OF
Ne ne. The Sinhhloac are oven more
dimcuit 10 please in chuoaing part
nara Knox says: Both men ana
women have frequently 90 marry four
or ave times before they can aeiiie
down contonted." Among the Man.
traa. In the Malay peninsula, y b. hot
unroumnr 10 meet individuals VINO
have boon married forty OF cry
iimos. Tho neaoulna are equally criti'
cal aud men foriy-hvo years old nave
bptn known 10 have had more than
Hnv Wives in succession. which ~
nrobablv the high- water mark In TIE
record OF probationary matrimony.
The trial marriage idea is firmly es-
tab shod IN parts Of Persia, where
"a hslshs" wife may be tafOn in mnt
riaro for a legally stipulated period.
which may vary from Que hour 70
ninofv.nluc wears The Egyptians ara
aiso weddod 20 t&o probation Idea
which In the valley OF old Nilua prob
ably A more ancient tnan the silent
sphinx and the pyramids Of oiHen'
Lone b. authority for the stntoment
THAI there are not many persons VINO
hive not separated from a. least one
wife N they have been married any
length OF time. and he asserts thar
many Egyptians have in the course OF
two wears married as many as twelve
thirty. or cyon more Wives which it
eoing some TO say tho lcast. Ihele
are many Egyptian women, 9hh
young. who have been wives Co q dof
en- on more mcn in auccfasion before
discovering che desired haven of mat
rimuulul happiness, az possibly gt
ing up the quest. disillusloncd ",
is also authority for the statement
that some men have a now wife every
month for years before discovering
"A satisfactory life partner
Morocco ia another country where
marriage on trial u a fiousiahing ~
stitutiou On the slightest provOca
ton n man may repudintc his wife
and try again. Or. Churcher men
lions one Of hia servats. middle aged
man. who had taken nineteen wives ~
trial succession so his bosom. In
deed. according 20 Rcade, among the
Moors OF the Sahara - II considered
unfaahlOnable and vulgar TO live toe
long together tie says The lead
ora Of fashion are those who are
oiinest divorced"
What q blow al the bOastod social
supremacy of Chicago and Newport
In Abyasnia marriage Is generally
entered into for q period OF years
and throughout Africa Il q tho cua
tom Of many OK the tribes TO marrS
on trial for limited time Among the
Bondos IL Is the privilege Of the hus
band to send away hla wife as often
ne he likes This custom Is so wide
spread that tho paternity of the chill.
dron 10 goneraily unknown.
The laws "a the ancient Peraiana
Greeks. Hebrews, Tomona. and Ro
mans made separations easy AZ The
close OF the Roman republic ana d
the palmy days Of the republic al
vorce was a scandal OF colossal pro
portions Dislike was often considered
sufficient grounds Tor divorce. which
was regarded ns merely a private
act Tho Alouts used 90 exchaug,
their wives for food. and IN Tonga &
/ husband divorces his wife when die
satisfied with her by simply telilnf
her TO 90 IN Yucaian n man might
divorce his wife Tor the mnresi
tribe
Among some peoples custom ha'
limited the rlght 90 separation aftol
trial marriages. Among the Kukil