Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-12-18
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Miss Marie Rose
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Nv attention has been called 70
the number OF divorces granted re
Gently in our County. some peopl
are clamoring fox more stringent law
on the subject and others com
plain that judges N too willing
to grant divorces. II We stop and
think a minute we might find othe
reasons
Divorces are the results OF wnhap
py and unwise marriages. Women ar
now allowed to assert thadr rights
and ask for justice. The emancipat
ton of women is the boast Of mod
ern civilization. She has progressei
beyond the state of homage to a mas
ter. May it not be that the indie
Dendence of thought that is being
cultivated in the present-day womn
often proyokes her to rebellion, and
may IL not be that the divorce evn
Is a necessary outgrowth OF this mod
ern idea? Every sort Of progress Is
undoubtedly one of the evils that &C
companies the emancipation OF wome
from the dominion Of mar. Where
there are children II Is especially I'm
~portant that the law come forward
and assist in unrayeHng the thread
OF domestic discord for Is It right for
innocent eyes to look upon the veil.
ed tragedy OF love turned TO bitter
discord? I have known cases often
where the law divorces a couple Of
incompatible temperaments and each
lived a life OF usefulness
and Of comparative happi.
ness where, If they had con
tlnued to dwell together in discord
their lives and that of their chill
dren would have been wrecked.
Away with your antidiluyian no.
ton that a married couple must live
together, regardless OF everything.
Mrs. M. R. Wise can buy her own
Christmas present now and therefore
relieve her husband Of that duty. She
wrote a criticism in a magazine, "The
Criterion of Fashion, and In a list
Of fifty prizes she won third prize,
a ten-dollar bill. OF course, she is
very happy over It ais any woman
would be. My, I don't know what I
would do with so much money as
that. stN
Mrs. C. D. Rodgers had as her d.
ner guests Sunday Miss Nina Pear
son and Mrs. Leila Mitchell.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Lee YER hosts
for the evening $500" Club Thursday
The guests other than Club menu
bers were Messrs and Mesdames
Hamilton Mckinley, VIM. West, Geo
Kemp, Oscar Poisson and Misses
Susie and Mayme Ringo. Nj. McKin
ley and Miss Forman won the prizes
Mrs. Lee served a dainty luncheon.
Mrs. Buckner Holiday and son,
Shannon Holiday, were guests thi
,aweek Of E. A. Shannon and wife.
One of the most delightful quail
~suppers given in this city for som
time was Saturday evening. Dec. 8,
t. at the fine country home OF Mr.. an
Mr.. Sterl. Carter, north Of this
lr- city. It was given by the young me
ra to the ladies present and was ser
to ed by the gentlemen they having XII
ed the birds. The boys waited u
IN. on the table with the ease and gra'
~ Of real walters and the innovation
/ made a great hit. Those who dit
ks the shooting and serving were: Ma
a. vim Carter, Sterling Carter, r
ha. Woods, Roy Barnes, Wesley VIM
Ben VIM, Virgil Stuart, Wheelei
Phillip Meyer, Gid Powell, {
~. Clair Emmons, and Joe Hazer
Those of the fair sex who grace
the occasion were: Mrs. Wheele
=Gantt, Misses Ellen Carter, OlVii
Carter. Mary Carter, Mabel Cox
COOK, May anu HANS
ell, Ruth Woods, Lola Heller, MI
tha johnson, Blanche Day and Bes'
Day. The table decorations wer'
chrysanthemums.
The South End Sewing Circle n
Monday evening with Miss Ha
tie Brown. A dozen members we
present making pretty gifts for Chr
mas. A delectable lunch was Sc
ed by the hostess.
Mrs. L. II. Hannah was hostess
the Young Married Ladies' SEWN
IClub Thursday. The guests OF t
Club we're Mesdames Cortez Edmoi
ston, Rolla Mcintyre. w. r. Kohi
and guest Mrs. Heilman. A deliciou
salad course lunch was served a
Mrs. Heilman poured coffee at I
dining o table.
The first Of the usual Christina
dinner parties was given on Thu
day evening by Mr.. and Mrs. J
Wilkins. The guests were Messrs
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