Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-19

Ridiculous Causes That Have Led to
Separations.


Marriage should be the most solemn,
the most sacred Of all things. hut
strange to say the marital relations
give greater ground for hunor and
funny situations than anything else in
the world. Sorrow and laughter. tears
and Joy often 20 hand IN hand and the
tragedies OF married life are followed
so closely by the homogeneous aud the
funny side that one side Of the face
Is sometimes grinning while the other
Is crying, says a writer IN the Pitts
burg Gazette
History. both ancient and modern, is
full OF romances that went wrong. one
Western lady refused to marry the
swain OF her choice because Of a Hnan-
cial discrepancy. She consented 10 be
his bride on the day he had saved up
$500. At last he said he was ready.
When the cash was counted the even
ing before the happy day. his pile to-
tailed but $40 and the ceremony was
declared OF. Out in 81. Louis man
lost a bride because the license con-
tanned the fatal number 10. Now, IL
IL had been p" said the groom. 4
would have expected the skidoo sign"
Another near-wedding was that Of a
man named Spencer. In Menominee,
Mich. The house had been selected.
the furniture bought and everything
arranged.
What kind Of piano shall We
buy" said the prospective bride.
Il guess we con get along without n
plano for a time said the happy
groom.
The brides cxast words are not re-
corded. but in substance she said,
NO piano, no wife" And az the man
IN the case remained firm, there was
no wedding.
Another peculiar case u that. al
ready widely reported one Of the
woman who sued her husband for d.
yorce because he was 100 good natured.
The wife was violent In temperament,
aggressive In nature. and the husband
just the opposite. When she went into
tantrum he tried 10 soothe her in
stead Of fighting back and the result
was that she didn't have one really
good battle during the entire i've years
Of married life. The mOnotony wa9 too
much for her and she began action for
separation.
Many absurd causes have led TO tho
separation III husbands and wives.
One man and woman quarreIed 50 yio-
iently over the color Of hat worn BY
a mutual friend that they left each
other. The wife said II Was green, the
husband maintained II was red.
Investigation proved that the wife
was right, but az she knew her hus-
band was coIorblind. II does seem
that she might have yielded the point
FOR the sake OF harmony.
once there was a man who Insisted
that his wife should address him as
MY Llege Lord" The woman had too
much American pride 10 do this. lie
beat her. Result-divorce. Another
man quarreled with his wife because
she had fondness for chewing gum.
Their troubles became 80 severe that
the case finally found It's way into
court-onIy to be settled. One woman
had her husband arrested because he
insisted on spending his Sundays and
holidays up in the attic, shooting
putty balls through peabIower, out Of
the window at people in the street be-
low, much to their annoyance-andh her
own. Perhaps the most absurd case
ever on record Is one that actually hap
pcned in South Dakota. A woman from
an eastern state applied for divarce on
the ground that her husband vas a
carpenter and that. she feared. il she
ever had children they would inherit
tendency to pound and make noise.
And, continuing the petition read:
said petitioner, being Of an ex-
tremely nervous and irritable nature,
it is feared that such noise and pound
ing would seriously affect her mental
and moral welfare, shatter her health
the cause Of her untold anguish
never heard whether or not she
obtained the desired decree.
And then there IS tn mothr-in-law
questionable question that is respon-
sIble for nearly all the trouble and
much of the humor in married life.
SO far as have been able to learn only
one country in the world has settled
the mother-in-law question. That Is
Upotos, subdivision Of the Congo
country, where man is fined heavily
II he even 80 much as looks at his
brides mother after they have been
married. and she Is likewise fined IL
she looks at her daughters husband.