The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-30
GET a DIVORCE FOR A DOLLAR
ARAB MEN WHO HAVE MARRIED FIFTY TIMES IN TEN YEARS.

estimated that nine divorces out Of
every ten applied for are granted.
There is a Wonderful scene in his
majestic hall of Justice in Tunis, pre-
sentins a picture which may some day
win a prize for some energetic and
ambitious artist. In this hall. the prin-
cipal furnishings of which are beauti-
is a striking contrast in the .
anoes presented by the gray-bearded
Judges in green robes and gold tur-
bans, the husbands also in t%urhans.
lawyers in ~tarbooshes, and the wives,
closely yelled and hooded. herded like
so many sheep behind an iron grill.
lhese latter take no part in the pro-
ceedlngs. leaving their interests in the
hands of an advocate.
After the judge gives his decision,
which is generally in favor of the hus-
band, and one or the other is discon-
tented, all he or she does is to walk
across the hall and lay the matter be-
fore another Judge. His decision is
final. Even then it does not take more
than an hour for the case to be set
tied. and the cost is never more than
S1.20. often 81 or less.
In Morocco marriages are lightly
made and lightly broken. 1t is. not
unusual for the people to talk of all
the husbands and wives that they had
before they We're 80 years Did. But
then the young folks have no oppor-
tunity to get acquainted before their
marriage. so it is more or less natur-
al that after the novelty of the first
few months have passed, many mari
tai storms result. Besides, the Mo-
roccans take great delight in marriage
festivities and are never disposed to
discourage matrimony. However, the
man VINO marries a divorce must
curtail these ceremonies, which is q
hard blow.
Trial MARRIAGES are often the thing
in AbNssinia. for there a broad dis
tinction is placed between the religious
and the civil ceremony, The latter is
a solemn tie, and cannot be broken.
If a man is doubtful he selects the civ
il ceremony, which is hardly consid-
cred binding. Very few venture to
undergo the religious ceremony first.
Getting a divorce from a Powered
husband Nigh tsound like a riddle,
put this is done among the Kadava
Kumbis tribeswomen. For a girl IA
marry in India for the first time a
man who has not great wealth. if she
belongs to a hig hcaste or class. is
considered a crime; but as in many
other places, wealthy men cannot be
found every day. so to settle the mat
yer tne Slfi is married to a bunch OF
lowers. and she divorces herself by
throwing her beautiful bouquet in a
We'll or hiding it somewhere. that il
won't be easily found. Then it is
easier Tor her to contract a marriage
and she will not have to remain ar
old maid the rest of her days. Other
girls of this same tribe marry men
who already have helpmates, with the
understanding that they will divorce
them. Then cheaper ceremonies arc
performed without the expense and
russ that must accompany first mar.
riages.
In South Africa the men also have
the advantage over the wives, tina,
they have in many cases bought fol
pigs inc goats. The bushmen, for in.
stance, can divorce their wives at thei,
pleasure, but the discarded one cannot
marry. If she should take a fancy tc
another. her former lord and master
can challenge him to a duel, and she
humbly follows the conqueror.
u n Bushmen still observe an an.