The Washington times., 1908-12-20
MAN CATCHING, PLOT
OF SOCIETY MOTHER
Love and SacredneSS of Mari
tai Tie Not Considered,
Says Preacher.
GIRLS EDUCATION
LEADS TO DIVORCE
Hope of Social Evil Rests in He
roic Attitude OF
Women.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Dec. 2O.-Dr.
Joseph Krausk1pf discussed this morn
ing. in the Eeneseth Israel Temple.
that side of the divorce statistics
wherein the husband sought relief from
tire marriage tie. Last Sunday he dis
cussed mems responsibility for the un-
happiness which is shown by the number
OF divorces annually granted in this
country.
This morning he showed that frivol-
iry. love OF pleasure, and the Sinking
OF the duties Of the marriage life by
women resulted many times In the
breaking up Of the home and more or
less scandaIous cases I'm the divorce
court. He said in part:
Purge Marital State.
In our discussion thus far Of the
causes Of the many divorces in the
United States we have seen the inde-
pendent spirit of the American woman
asserting itself, rebeIling against the
tyrannies or infdelities in which far
100 many husbands still indulge And
we expressed our belief that this heroic
attitude Of woman will eventually purge
marital state Of much OF its wrongs
and polutions; will increase the rev.
erence for the sancuty Of the marriage
bond, will lift man to the moral heighth
which woman has attained.
But man is not the only transgreSsor
against the sacredness of marriage.
Woman, too, bears large share OF the
responsibility for the present day fire.
Quency OF marital separations. We were
told that twO-thirds OF our annual di-
VorCes are granted To wives What OF
the one-third that is granted 10 hus-
bands? What of the desecration of the
marital tie by women? Considering the
nature OF WOmanhOOd. its greater secIu-
sion and protection, its larger and long
er training in modesty and self-control.
considering all this. is not the charge
against woman as great as that against
man?
"The preparation which all too many
parents give their daughters is but a
training calculated to lead in the short
est time possible from the marriage
altar to the divorce court. From the
day the daughter enters young woman
hood the sole thought of such homes is
man-CatChing. To that end no expense
IS spared no extravaganza denied. no
field barred, no artihce Stunned, that
shall enable the gcrgeously decked out
huntress quickest to entrap her victim
and to bring him conquered TO her feet.
Will Not Listen.
There is little willingness to enter
r house of God. or any other place of
instruction, where the first PRINCIPLES
of happy married life are frequently
discussed, where the vital truths are
pointed out upon which happy homes
are built and maintained. With most
young women Of the so-caIIed fashion
able set their debut I'm society means
their exit from the church.
Days and nights are taken ND Will,
cNcitements and dissipations, feast fol-
lows upon feast. s-Iow upon show. on
tertainment upon entertainment, dress
parade upon dress parade. the excessps
or which give a false view OF life a
false conception Of woman's place ia
society, Of mans purpose In acquiring
means.
There is probably no thought which
occupies a young society woman more
than that of being married. there i
PROBABLY no thought which occupies her
less than that Of being happy when mar
ried, or making Il husband happv
Judging from what we read and bea
ana see, and from what the divorce
courts reveal, love seems to have litt1a
or no part in the marriage Of MANY y
Young society woman. II the y,,arita1
candidate she encounters has u,oDe,-
SHe viii endeavor to land him; she wiz
pay little or no heed to his past history
or present principles, 10 his education.
culture or temperament.
Must Get Married.
The satisfaction of being married. Of
outstrpping a rival, Of relieving the mind
oi an anxious mamma. or the pocket
hook OF an overworked papa, OF snort
ing the title Mrs. I'm front Of her nau,a
OF escaping under that title the re-
which parents and society i'm,
pose exercise wonderful power in tbe
way of binding the eyes to the bIar-
lsheS or a Sultor, or deafeninC the ears
10 warnings against the acceptance oF
him. We have read Of a young woman
Who when speaking TO a friend of her
engagement referred to her fance as
follows:
have YOU seen my chrome? ugly as
a mud fence, coarse as a bear. but a.
Chrome in d golden frame
Many are the reforms that are ho-
ing advocated for the purpose of cheek
ing the present-dey divorce evil. and
some OF the remedies proposed are
very rigorous, even drastic.
None Of these measures will s1ic-
ceed- Society suffers far less from per-
hitting those to separate legally. whom |
hatred. violence, infidelitv. has rent /
nopelessly aSunder. than from comneII- |
Ing those TO stay in a nominal we'd |
lock who detest each other. Those /
whom marital outrage has separated /
no law can keep together. They viii /