The evening world., 1910-12-10

Ill @AA sh ~
~ have an asper.
sion or two cast
at our own most
national institution. But the
spectacle of an Enslishwoman arising
to call anything connected with her
own country aught but biesseo nils us
with respectful but deep establishment.
Yet the words OF Mrs. Ames are not
to be misunderstood.
divorce 10 too easy to obtain
in America" h declares, "and
o difioult to obtain in England.
divorces In this country are So
cured dishonesty.
Marriage should be made more
dificuit both In England and
America.
Fidelity 10 III marriage bond Of
God.
mo marriage exists where either
the man or the woman 10 unfaith-
full.
The lowest thing q woma oan
do 10 to marry for Q home. The
thought OF the number OF women
who do this thing, here and In
England, 0ickonO me.
English noblsmsn are not mo-
blsmsn when they marry Amsrt.
can heirsssss.
"0ne OF the great faults Of both
men n womsn-ons OF the great
causes Of DIVORCES lack Of sdu-
CATION"
10 Student Of Divorce.
But by this tine you are wondering
why Mrs. Ames has such an mex
haustible fund OF information upon a
subject which the average woma COW
ers in a six months course at Reno.
Let me relieve your curiosity.
Mrs. Ames Is a member Of an old fam
lily and has chosen as a vocation the
Of womankind in the civilized
world. To this end she has. for more
than a year. been collecting data for
the English Divorce Commission. and
has written THE Book OF Divorce
shortly to be published. Several OF her
plays. built around the subject most
interesting to her, have excited favor
able comment In London and she Is
the founder Of the order known as
The Golden Key"
Yesterday she spared a few moments
in which TO elucldatc her ideas, before
finishing her packing at the Park Ave-
nue. Hotel preparatory to sailing for
England to-day.
DO you know the women OF this coun-
try bewilder meT" began Mrs. Ames.
They many OF them-so ALB
solutely unth!nking concerning the real
meaning OF life. sometimes l feel dis
couragej. despair of reaching them"
But they do need the education you
are prepared to give them" I prompted.
Need IT." echoed Mrs. Ames, "Do
you realize most OF the unhappiness.
most OF the divorces both hero and In
England are a people have not
been educated to the proper point OF
view? I mean men as well as women
in that.
why, the people OF America do not
even take time to learn the lesson theiI
statistics would teach them. Look
at California, for example, he state
with the worst divorce record In tn
Union. In eight years California doubled
its population, but in eighteen months
It doubled Its divorce record
Awful" ! calculated.
Says We Don't Know Love.
Yes. indeed went on Mrs. Ame'
swiftly, and you call yourselves edu'
Gated. But what Is the emotion you des'
ignate as love? why, most Of you dc
not know true spiritual love, the only
love upon which a man and woman may
safely build their future. when you SCI
II.
what you call Low In America
IL no more than q passional re-
Spouse to temperament. No Won
der everybody divorces everybody
elscl
rs a girl In this country brought u!
to believe her frst kiss should go to he'
husband? OF course not
"Oh, wait a minute" I interrupted
You know. Americans are nothing 4
not practical. Now. do you, yourself
really believe It would. generally speak
ing. he possible for a girls frst kiss d
60 to her husband?'
Well" aid Mrs. Ames, uncertainty
"she should be brought up to believe 1
ought. a girl should believe she has
heen something more than indiscreet II
she has been kissed before her ~
rage"
Thereby adding another iure 10
pastlme sufficiently attractive already
I soliloqulsed. But tell me. how wout
you make our marriages more dificul
to contract"
Our Divorces Q "Farce."
~ think there should bs some pubiica
ton Of a contemplated marriage 70
three weeks In advance" replied Mrs
Ames. much as religious banns ar
published In church. And ! believe tn
parties wishing to contract a marlag
should be residents for at least a weel
In the community where the marriage 1
TO be performed. This would gtvs th'