The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-01-14


should a1l despair that have fceolicl
ltcs iic icpth ~ mhukini would
hang themselves
'"1hai distinguished French classical
scholar. Mfs. Anne DaCcf, wrote. II
ls iu vain for man 20 hc hofu fofnu.
/ ate. N be be- unfortunate in his uar
/ riacc Anchor writer adds, 'Oh. how
many tnrments De in the small circle
Of wedding fiugi'
Z" As a result Of this state OF a1airs
/ in many homes the divorce court legal.
" separates man aud wife. And. often
times. this separation is not only JUST
/ fable but very desirable not simply for
the sake Of the parties involved but
for the sake of society ns whole. hi
vorcc may be as iustifahlc in the sight
of God And man as marriage and fire.
quontly il is certainly more iustifahlc.
/ have lust ns much respect for one
iusti6ably and lawfully divorced as
have for one lawfully married.
Divorce Is seourge,
''Having said this, | desire TO make
my position very clear in reference 20
wholesale divorce | find right here a
national scourge and disgrace great
J many, possibly q majority of divorces
are iustifable in the sight of God and
all high minded men. | have no excuse
to offer for the man or woman who
seeks divorce for the express purpose
of marrying someone else, or to escape
the lawful responsibilities of welded
. life. or to satisfy petty spite OF
, grudge, or to attain some selfish end, or
/ who seeks divorce on any other
t ground which is not rational. 1t is n
burning national shame and n travesty
of American jurisprudence that large
numbers of divorces have been granted
on mere pretexts that would make an
angel blush with shame. ln'my judg
,ment divorces are obtained too e6sily
in this Territory
"Last year there were 1898 mar
riages in this country and 2l7 di
, vorces: thus there was one divorce 10
, every eleven marriages. In the United
States there were IS divorces per 100,
! 900 population. This island has a pop
, ulation of about $4,000. 1t will thus
! be seen that our record is about 22C
! divorces per 100000 of our population
, which is three times as large as the
average for our entire country. Often
times some common sense, with iudicia
advice, might check divorce seekers ant
lead to n reconciliation. Greater car,
: should be exercised in the granting OF
divorces because wholesale divorce
strikes at the very vitals of the State
Doctor Scudder of our city has wei
said, 1T has always been an axiom il
: political science that the family is tn,
5 foundation stone of the State If tn,
/ family fails to perform its functions
g properly, society disrupts. The TWEEN
0 tieth century thus far has discovered N,
e flaw in the teaching of history that tn,
: disintegration of the family means tn
a disintegration of society.
L "When man goes into the from
+ door of the courthouse married. out o
n the back door divorced, and then turn
his footsteps to the nearest agent VIII
grants marriage licenses, he is n gray
menace to society and should be isolat
= ed to some lonely spot where the di
) vorce mill grindeth not and where tn
voice of woman is not heard. Whole
sale divorce is another term for free
% love, and both are alike abominable.
r !; Too Many Divorce Courts.
% fIn most of the States divorce
a, granted on any of the followin
= grounds adultery, conviction of felon.
u cruel and inhuman treatment, wifi
desertion for periods varying from on
to three years, habitual drunkenness
impotency, or neglect to support TIL
q wife. In New York the only caus
. is adultery. In South Carolina divorC
is not granted on any grounds wha
ever. One reason why wholesale d
X vorce has become so prevalent in I'll
!. United States is found in the larg
!. number of courts which are permitte
y to grant divorces. There are about 800
\ courts in the United States which hay
X the power of granting divorces. Thel
y is only one divorce court in Englan
\ twenty-eight in Germany, and seyent.
y nine in France. Canada grants fe
y divorces. In the twenty-one years en-
y ing with 1883, ninety-four divorces Ina
=. been granted in Nova Scotia and Ne
\, Brunswick together, and forty-one
y all the rest of the Dominion of Canad
i. The great question of the hour is no
X to stem this awful tide of wholesa
X divorce which is sweeping our cOuntI
j: from end to end.
X "There is a crying need for nation
X divorce laws. This would prevent mar
X of the present abuses connected wit
X the granting of divorces. / am ava
X that the constitution would have to
X changed in order to secure such a la
X but this can be done and ought to
X done. Uniform divorce laws in evel
X State would make divorce more di
X ficult to secure.
X "Divorce colonies are foul blots {
X the pages of American history al
X should be abolished by national legi
X lation. Some States have sold the
x state birthright for mess of divor
X pottage and have literally put pr
X MUM upon the disintegration of ma
riage.
Is Women should stop making Il
u fatal mistake of marrying men to 7
IN form them. This is prolific sour
D. of wholesale divorce. 1t would
ne wiser and better for woman to er
81 brace a n-eating tiger or to engai
in the gentle pastime OF fondling ra
'o tlsnakes than TO marry man to T
" form him, 1t would be better, becau
a. her misery would soon be over instei
We of being endured day after day wee
on after week, month after month, al
he year after year. No wonder that til
W hourly anguish and daily misery even
81 ually leads many a wretched wOmi
~ IA find relief i'm the divorea cnttrt III