Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-11-26
THE HUnoR OF DIVORCE SUITS

THE HUh0R OF DIVORCE SUITS !
While some people are insisting on
return 10 but one cause for a d.
vorce. and that the scriptural one.
the real causes for a divorce under
the American system OF legalized
polygamy are ceaselessly multiply
ing. Almost every day one reads in
the Northern or Western papers
some new. novel and frequently
laughable, even while pitiable. reason
advanced why the marital ties should
be completely severed and the parties
set free to engage in other matrimon-
iaI ventures
In some of the Western states the
general term Of cruelty has been ex-
panded to include mental torture"
Under this Interpretation a husband
who was so base as to remark to
his wife that She was not a beauty,
by any means found himself desert
ed and divorced, the mental agony
resulting from such a harsh remark
having been far more than the lady's
tender sensibIities could stand.
Out in California last week a man
secured an unlimited release from
his spouse because Of her laziness. He
testified that she was too indolent to
properly battle their offspring, and
4 contented herself with wiping them
OF with a rag saturated with gaso-
line. The gasoline. she explained, cut
the dirt of without too much exertion
on her part Another husband. this
time in Brooklyn. cut the knot that
bound him, but not for life. to the
woman of his choice, because she
persisted in having her pet dog sleep
with her. Three in a bed was too
much for the husband, and as the
wife preferred the dog to hubby he
was sent on his way rejoicing to
find another consort who was not
too fond Of such pess.
But the women have their COM
plants as well as the man. Many
will have a sneaking sympathy for
the one who has just freed herself
from an unbearable bondage on a
new and unique ground. Her hus-
band. she stated to the court, expend-
ed one third of his income on
churches, leaving her without the
usual spring and fall bonnets. Such
objectionable cruelty was not suffi-
cient for such a monster He added
injury to injury by kneeling every
night by her side of the bed and
praying Heavens forgiveness upon
the sinful soul of his beloved wife.
And Judge" said the angry wife to
the Court, I'm as good as he is :"
And some how or other we are con
strained to believe that this hus-
band was trifle oter Jealous in his
deyotions. and mis- manner of ex-
pending his earnings was not alto
gether above criticism.
/ A New York woman is now su-
ing her husband, a physician. on the
ground that he used her as an ex-
perimental ground The doctor be-
lieyed that bread and water INDUCED
in for days at a time was an excellent
diet for the health and general
beauty. and practiced his remedy on
her. If she does not get a complete sep
aration we will be very much sur
prised. She is clearly entitled to it.
The man who would keep a scrap
book for year of all the divorce
suits that came under his attention
in the newspapers would have a won
derfully weird collection at the enc
of year. 1t would be ten times as
interesting as the average novel
full of tragedy, of comedy, of farcica
humor, with a caste of characters un
excelled in any drama that was ever
staged. And when the years work
was completed he would have nc
trouble in convincing anyone that it
is just as easy to get unmarried as
it is to get married, even in this day
of cheap licenses and parsons who
don't expect fees.