The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-17

T wonder" said Kitty. pursing up her lips and wrinking her forehead thoughtfully.g. .g. -what were the real grounds for that divorce?" K
 "Coffce grounds, e-haps,' hazardeti, Tor burnt chops, or cold omelet.s9 beam bursting from the clouds of thought. E H
 "or cold kisses she added. '.or hot words or luke-warm compliments"
 We had been reading of the Malt land versus Maitland" affair. which began with big wedding in Manhat,an and ended with big scanda.--in la.
 .,rhe real grounds for a divorce.' sighed Kitty, gazing into the fire "are always. like the grounds in the coffee. at the bottom, where you cant see them. On top and the court register they're clear enough---descrtlon. incom- patibility or non support. but
 That's for tho public to swollow." | remarked. We get our version of the affair in one big, sugar-coated pill: but the manT or woman who got the divorce has been getting his or hers in hundreds of bitter little doses
 Like the bitter little grounds at the bottom of the coffe not.'' rejoined Kitty appreciatively.
 "or the little stiring gna.s on the beach," agreed.
 'or the nasty lit.le homeopathic pellets that you have to swallow every hour and Kitty shuddered
 shuddercd myself.
 T wish" I said, lighting a cigarette, and gazing reproachfully at Kitty. that you would choose a more cheer ful topic. A girl really shouldn't
 "Every girl" retorted Kitty. with her nose Ip the air. should know enough. not to marry man for his big virtues and then divorce hlm for his little failings!f
 You don't mean" I cried. putting down my cigarette in astonishment. that she ought to marry, him for his little failings and
 "Of course!p interrupted Kitty promptly; that is, she should find out all his little failings before marriage and then make up her mind whether she will put up with them or not. 1t isn't enough to know that man is handsome and brave and honest and clever. What you really want to find outyB whether or not he has a good digestion or is afflicted with curiosity. or corns, or enlargement of the ego or acute contraction of the pocketbook. or the out-at-night habit. or the .Cnnn:' habit. And 1t isn't enough to know that a girl Is fascinating and tender and accompllshed---"
 What you really want to find out" l interrupted, lis whether she has sense of humor and whether she gets her figure from her mother or the dressmaker. or is afflicted with the- ories. or new thought or the where have you-been' habit. or the curl-pa- per habit. or headaches. or tantrums. or iiereves. or the blues
 And yet,Y said Kitty, with sigh,, whenever anybody divorces anybody else, we always say horrid things about 1t: when, as matter of fact. we never can know what sort of daily. hourly inquisition that poor soul has been going through. We SCOT. wo- man who divorces her husband for desertion, when we know that she her self packed his grip and made him get out of the house: but we don't know tho tortues she endured before she did it; the days she spent making frocks that he never saw and conversation that he never heard and plans that he never agreed to and buildings that he never complimented."
 And the hours HE spent" l added. making jokes that she never laughed at and money that she never saved and friends that she never approved of and suggestions that she never notic- cd"
 And the only thing either of them Is to blame for,'l finished Kitty. em- phatically. "is that they didn't find 1t all out beforehand"
 ';Haw on. earth could they?" I de- manded. "A man isn't going to say, 'Arabella. I'm a worm and a dyspeptic and brute around the house and curse in the kitchen and can pick flaw or a quarrel with my eyes shut, but I love you and want you to come ana be be my doormat.' And a girl