The Washington herald., 1908-08-20
FROM WOMARS
POINT OF VIEW

After living IN peace for forty years. a
man and woman within hsilI1g distance
Of mortals' allotted span OF ute-three-
score years and rer-have decided 20 part
( through the aid Of the law. Presumably.
they struggled through poverty contenJed-
; Iy enough. and only discovered iaconpat-
ability OF temper after the man was en-
sb.ed 20 retire from business with sUfi3-
cient money TO supply luzuries as weu as
comforts as long as the pair lived
This Is not the first instance where
prosperity has brought restlessness and
unhappiness. Look among the rich in this
country and you viii ind strange domes-
tic JaugIes brought about by too much
money following years Of p-lvation and
struggle. Man and wife do not always
+ grow by the same degree, one or the
other often forges ahead. while the mate
{ pIods along at a gait that leads 70 no.
( where One day the awakening comes.
comes through a --eeri1E with ones men
. tai equal. perhaps. and the past is forgot
. ten Happiness IS 50 rare a thing that
/ almost any means are seized 70 obtain
even promise q IL
At the age Of sixty-fve it seems as Il
60 e-ft-tA taa-- --l -r 4-fa44lts
I There might be a temporary separation.
I lasting as long as both parties pleased.
with financial arrangement fair 70 both
parties There need be no divorce. no
publicity: and q a time should come when
The couple desired 10 renew their domestic
relations Il could 5e quietly done without
embarrassing comment Abroad there are
scores OF brilliant women. powerful fac
Tors q the social world. who have not
seen their husbands for years They are
livNE Up 10 sensible compaCcs which 81
low them the freedom OF widowhood in
all save heart affairs. OF which they want
e-apparently-are well supplied with
money. ana retain their right 70 inherit
/ the property OF the absent husband
Men and women who cannot live TO-
gether amicab-y should not live together
al all, If a reasonable arrangement can be
effected IF there are children. their
claims must be duly recognized Wit
Messing daily wrangles between father
and mother IS certainly not q wholesome
mode Of life, IS hardly better than divorce
/ proceedings and attendant horrors. So.
I since pride viii not help such beings 10
conceal aninOsity and impatience. com
mon sense should suggest a way out OF
/ the difficulty
Possibly magistrates get hardened in
the process Of adjusting domestic difficult
( ties. for il IS only the occasional one who
attempts 10 patch Up the difficulties OF a
/ couple seeking divorce There are a few
cases which were so cleverIy handled IN
| the courtroom that peace was restored
/ and continued without further Interrupt
ton. Troubles which had assumed
[ huge proportions through brooding were
[ stripped 70 their real proportions and ad-
/ justed through cOolness and good sense.
/ Serious trouble grows from Insignificant
causes. usually. Ike the scene I witnessed
I IN house before which I was waiting for
a car Il was the supper hour. and a
/ sooty workman chose to find fault with
+ the food prepared by a tired mother OF
small children They came to blows. and
I doctors and police were both called Il
viii be some time before serenity IS re-
I stored 20 that household.
BETTY BRADEEN.