Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-04

misfortune overtake the most willing
but 4 sound, able-bodied man who
Is not afraid Of work can always find
something to do Is he is satisfied to
take whatever employment comes to
hanu For this reason II man should
be forced to provide for his children.
Poor little things. sometimes worse
off than orphans. they are not to blame
Tor the family discofd, and ought not
to be made TO suffer for II. In the
average case they have lost the pro-
tectiCn of IL happy home and the ben.
|eflt of n fathers love. Little hearts
can ache as much as bigger ones, and
these deserted little tots feel their
loss keenly when they see their com.
panions enjoying all they themselves
are deprived OF.
Meet on the Same Level.
Money, dress or social position
makes very little difference when II
comes to an affair OF this kind. A
woman is woman, no matter how she
may be dressed. BE she a lady of
leisure or Woodworking washerwo,
man, she has the same emotions and
heartaches. the same craving for sym.
pathy, the same feeling of wounded
pride when the man she loves for.
sakes or abuses her. The courtroom
is one of the places where social bar.
riers are broken down and women can
meet on an equal footing, from the
most exclusive to the lowliest for
all are nursing a common sorrow, and
in Il mute way sympathize with one
another.
No difference is shown In the hand
ling of the cases. Rich and poor re-
ceive the same consideration at the
hands of the Judge. The wealthy wo-
man may be able to secure more
eloquent lawyer than her less fortu.
nate companion, but that counts little
Ill n divorce case of the usual type.
Facts are taken by the Judge, and on
these alone the decision is reached. It'll
is harder for the society woman to
secure witnesses than for any one
else. because people within soclety's
circles do not like to gain notorlety
in cases of this character, whereas the
poor woman's friends need not care
Tor public opinion, and are. therefore.
willing to stand up and tell all they
know that would have any bearing
upon her case. Absolutely no nor.
tiality is shown the Weather woman
She must prove that her case is wor.
thy the same as any one else before
she can obtain her coveted decree.
Tic afternoon session is always n
busy one, as there are always many
more cases to be tried than In the
morning. The early session Is not
compulsory, and those who find II In.
convenient to appear at it can have
their cases called in the afternoon,
except on Saturday, when no court is
held after the luncheon hour.
Few Cases Excite Attention.
Very few cases that como IN I'm
these courts attract much attention or
are given much notoriety. 1t becomes
matter-of-fact routine to the court
officials as much as the dctation of
his daily letters to the average bust
ness man. Cases OF exceptional i'm.
portance are usually carried to the
higher courts.
The granting of decree Is not as
easy a matter for Judge ms the av.
erage person probably thinks. There
are many things to be taken into con.
sideraticn, as this Is very serious
question. To grant legal separation
means the breaking up of home. and
often the parting Of children from
one or the other parent. There IRE
many times when people act on a
hasty impulse and in fit of passion
apply for q divorce. In cases of this
Kind the cool judgment and tact of
the judge in the cnse often bring
about reconciliation and an AMIGA
BILE adjustment of affairs, where other.
wise the result would have been an.
ether broken-up home added to tho