Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-12-28
FEW vERMONTERS
EVER co TO RENO
New England Women, Now Seek.
ing Divorce There, Number
rs or Less.


oathos. OF low and sadness, OF light
hearted gayety and sombre heartache
among the members of the divorce
colony in Reno. There are here to-day
inward of 800 mismated souls. 80 per cent
of whom are women. here for no other
purpose than to secure legal freedom
from marital bonds and then to hurry
back eastward, northward, southwark
westward to the scenes surrounding their
former hearthstone.
Among these New England is well
represented. the influence of its early
Puritan DAYS not sufficiently pronounced
in this latter age OF unfortunate mar
riages to withstand the divorce courts
no the creu''' n' I'VE, .,,an ~ !. sa,d
toch Sect'o" y. ~ -, CT ao,,o
thh' run t"c . s,,-an,,.o.,,n
'esS Vi '''e soy s,,.a-,. aooroo
men an" "o o,n.r ,,,soona,,o,
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seeheis Conspicuous III "ie
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SHRINK FROM LIMEL1GHT.
However. this does not contemplate by
any means that all Of those from Nav
England are devoting their undivided
time and attention to religious. charit-
able or reformatory work or keeping
themselves entirely within the confines
of their own home cottages, or the four
walls Of their abodes in apartment
houses or hotels. Many of them are
familiar figures in public, on the streets
and in the shops cafes and places of
e'.e, .a'H'''eh''
find occupation quietly with others Of
their family who NAV be here with them
within their modest little homes on n
quiet street of the residential, section ot
the city, others find their diversion IN
the saddle. automobile darcss +ho,.ro,
and cafe dinners, the latter the on,v
places in which to appease their love
for music, outside of the theatres and
churches.
With the thoughts Of Christmas and
the New Year approaching. those COM
PEELED to spend these holidays in Reno
",~o miles from their kindred and tho
scenes OF former home circles. find
themselves confronted with new ex-
perience. strangely unique, in which past
events, which can never be forgotten
loom up before them.
The women especially, as at no other
Time In vain effort to forget, a deter
mined attempt ito make the best OF II all
and be happy" enter into the new life
or the West. vet realizing that not even
the bright, cheerful Nevada sunshine can
penetrate the overhanging cloud of a
broken home nor render the sequel bright
er by contrast
OVER 200 NEW ENc.I.ANnrpS
mi
.oa,,or. ,' ".,' us "esreeauoh or
~ ,'e H'''e pieceS Oh paper winch
."e"' oo'hP'eteiy lot all time
,.,,, '.eS o"1e io'eo ana cher-
ple'e"'S 'o-oay SITUATION I'M
FI1 eu y" ealtn
:" inns some :" new Englanders have
p"Heu part ourine 'he past two years,
"ni'e o'hers are to-day occupying places
vi "'oie vi less prominence IN the continu-
GUS performance or untying marital knots
" ."e ni-Hiateo from other States. Be
hii'o the glamour or assumed content
iheh' one mas scene truly pathetic
Inc Joy-r'dlns IN automobile or behind
spirited team, or galloping with a party
close tho s,orv - sorro,, ~, 49,. ~ $3.50 u's
ing which preceded such annarep, cor.-
free diversion. but A glance into the moth
child does. the recital in tho witness chai,
at the court house OF what rna,Iv through,
her 10 Reno often does tho l,t,,a coma.
dental chat with n syrrat bi,,no non,
found comnarion far from hor,a doas
and tho crlcib,e NJ adyers,tv 60 ,rI, NTH
nen,ories as tho Thonksg,,tr. nossad
,v,tbou, the ohoor =, &c ,ar,r,, ra,,,,o,,
and the tovous chimes of tho Cbr,stroa &c
morn and bannv ringing in a, tho now
wear herald ANYTHING but .neace and han.
nlness
But n those wbo with ennarert ser,
ous thought NJ cors.ouerces ant.,aa tn,
marital relations and with eouaI m,
difference seek re,,e, On tho courts C,hr,s,