The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
MRS. TAFT ON DTvoRCn.s
The Wife of the. Candidate ,yyeala Greek
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the National Evil. s . Washington Herald.
 New York. June 23.--The greatest peril that confronts the. country today. in the opinion of Mrs. William Howard Taft, the wife of the Republican can didate for President. is, the situation arising from the laxity of the divorce laws and the countenancing of divorce by the highest social circles. Mrs. Taft expressed her views on this sub7 Ject very forcibly in ap interview to- day. She said:
 ''Tf 1t were in my power divorce would bs stopped entirely. There are cases. of course. where separation might be granted: but there should be our, divorce laws is a menace to the very moral fibre Of our nation. It, is an appalling evil, and 1t seems to, be on the increase instead of diminishing. 'I remember the time when one read of persons one never knew who obtain ed divorces but nova everyone cornes in contact with divorced people--in every class of society-oTie's own per- sonal friends on every hand. It k is social circles, and it is made light of, and a woman. in many instances, is received with as much favor after she Is divorced as she. was before.
 Conditions are Shocking.
 Such conditions are shocking and are most demoralizing. Wherever and whenever I could do anything to i'm f1uence legislators to make more stringent divorce laws I, would do 1t. and l. believe that every woman in America should feel the same way. E ITO begin with. if divorces are to be granted at all. there should be a uni form divorce law for all the states for the nation-and then there would be no opportunity to evadesit. as is be- ing done at the present time.
 Tt is getting to be a matter of such indifference to people that many per- sons marry with the thought in mind that they easily slip out. of the mat rimonial knot. be freed from the bond age. SO to speak, and in no way lose any social prestige by such step. When country's people--even small percentage of them-go into the most sacred, relations in life with. such a thought as anticipated divorce. then there is grave danger ahead for the home and for the nation Big Navy of No Avail
 We might build up the greatest navy in the world we might have. thu | good will of every ruler of the earth | we might have a credit and cornmerc,
 
 but when within the ahomss of osi country there Is moral laxity and fam l fly ties can be broken up in a twinkl ing, through process of law that | looked upon as a matter of course just as one would file a will or "a deei then there is a greater danger to ou country than could come from a wa with a foreign nation" :
 Mrs. Taft is a thorough believer fl the doctrine that the home is a Vto mans sphere. Although she believe that every woman should. be able t, discuss with her husband the public ,af fairs in which he may be. interest," ed she holds that woman should not med dle-actively-with politics She | not opposed to women's clubs, and doe not share the opinion of some tha these are a menace to home life. bu she herself flnds no. need for club life her home and social duties occupy al her time. She does not believe that 2, woman should choose a business life i she wants to fulfil her greatest useful ness and happiness.
 "A happy marriage" Mrs. Taft saft Ifs the most complete and useful If for any woman" ,ts .-