New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-27
TECHNICAL CAUSE FOR
DIVORCE RARELY REAL
somIeI w. Dixie Says Influence
Of Property Is a Factor of
Much Importance.
FRYING PAN 0VERW0RKED
planned for Much of Disease on
American Farms-Dr. Nor
ton, of New York, Tells Of
Working Girls Ills.
- - T.lbune Bureau.

.Trum The Tribune Bureau
Washington, sept. 9o.-l1vils Of divorce,
yrsanitary conditions on American farms,
housing problems, the education of fami-
hos BY nurses and several other subjects
xere discussed AT the sessions OF the
Fifteenth International Congress on NY
siepe and Demography to-day.
Marr.agc and the causes leading TO the
,apidly increasing number of divorces
every year were subjects discussed by
samuel w.. Dixie. of Auburndale. Mass.
and Joseph \. Hill, statistician of the
Federal Census Bureau.
The technical cause on which divorces
sre granted are far from being the real
canse. said Mr. Dixie. "Unwillngness TO
have children. OF even TO accept the du-
ties Of a sex, the actions OF selfish men
and the diseases Of sex are We lind. upon
careful Investigation. to be causes of very
considerable frequency. Especially does
,hs influence of vices Of the sex demand
Investigation The influence of property
ia in all probability a factor Of much i'm
portance. Inadequate wages, innutritious
food. ambition for dress and social pleas
ures auarrels over the distribution OF
property in later married life are lead
ing features.
DR. ]. \. Hurry, the Health Commits
sIoner Of Indiana, condemned sanitary
conditions on American farms. Or. Hurry
said:
The frying pan Is overworked Hard
cooked foods and grease are too abundant
Tor good health. Too much smoked,
Nckled and sailed meats are eaten and
vinegar and pickles are abused.
/ believe II Is the bad air, the polluted
drinking water. the neglect Of the bath.
tie poor bread. the fried embalmed meats
and oyerestius which cause the farmer
70 buy 50 largely Of patent medicines. He
knows he is hit. he feels hurt, and not
MOVING hrs Ills are self-iuflcted and not
knowing low 20 remedy them by obeying
the laws Of his we'll being he flies to
alcohol and other drugs in the form OF
patent medicines. II you 90 into MS
cellar the empty patent medicine bottles
are heaped in the corners; If you go
INTO bis bedroom they are there. IN me
kitchen they are on the shelves and IN
he cupboards; the ash heap IS topped
vith them. the barn harbors them. and
II YOU 20 into the voodshed and smoke
house, 10. they are there.
New York Woman Speaks.
Or. RosaUe Slaughter Morton. one Of
the several women physicians asked 10
represent New York as speakers before
the congress. addressed the section on
hygiene % occupation yesterday after
noon. sex Problems in Industrial Hy-
rene" was the topic for the meeting at
FtH har
dealt with the effects of industrial strain
On the health Of working women.
ignoring the opportunity for sentimen-
TALKING and touching but lightly upon
The SOCIOLOGICAL aspect Of tho question,
Dr.. Morton approached her subject from
the medical point Of view. With the cour-
age OF her convictions strong enough 10
NV emphatically and sweepingly what
she had found in her experience TO be
tue she contradicted some existing the
,res
Most Of the women who break down
nom work DO so from causes which are
In no way related 10 sex" she said. In
three OF New Yorks department stores
found that the average temporary illnesses
show that the number Of employees who
ask relief in the hospitals located In the
Hores is divided between men and WON
en- in about equal ratio TO those en-
ployed."
Dr. Morton added that very small
proportion out Of the total number Of
women employees in the stores she invesu-
gated had any plevlc trouble brought on
by their work She emphasizes the fact
that not only the nature OF the woman's
work IL important but also tho surround
ings She said.
in one store which lie situated at the
junction OF several surface and elevated
slreet car lines the daily attendance on
TIE store hospital Is double that or a
store In more quiet location. the VEN
ulation 81 the former store IS also poorer
point which IL often overlooked when
statements are made regarding the en-
qurance Of women as class IL that their
lover wages do not enable them 10 pur-
chase as sustaining food az men Gus
lomsrily have. for Instance, the average
amount paid by women In shops. factories
ana clerical positions for their Iunch
Y cents; the average paid by men IN
ule same line Of work Is ~ cents Inc
resulting lack Of nutrition naturally IN
very short time lessons the endurance OF
women workers.
Luncheon Furnished Employees.
Dr. Morton cited the case OF large
New York corporation which provides
substantial luncheon for It's employees, with
he result that the number OF absences on
account Of illness have been consciously
reduced DR.. Morton continued:
= On the general subject Of hygiene in re-
Au0n 20 industry many significant de-
auctions may be made which apply TO
women workers in their homes, In col
..sges, In professions, I'm shops and fac
sones, showing that their endurance, ca
paety and output are Influenced by men
"a ana physical hygiene rather than by
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