El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-15
w = HON God hath Joined To-
w gether let no man put
asunder"

asunder'
In the last 20 years more than
million divorces have been granted
in this countrv alone. An average OF
fifty thousand each year. Seven
Uy three divorces for every hundred
thousand people TO have and to hold
till death us do part
Two women TO one man of these
10000 break this VOW The man prln-
cipally charges adultery The woman
rests hers on cruelty. DesertiOn is the
common ground. NUmberless reasons
are given bv these unhappy people,
and they catch at a reason as a drown
ing man grasps at straw.
TemDeramental incompatabiltty would
tell the story TWO hearts that are
supposed to beat as one, "jangle like
sweet bells out Of tune
There is no law on earth, there are
no words OF magistrate or minister,
priest or prelate which can compel a
society.
Neither is there legal force that can
make woman respect her husband
OF find pleasure in his presence. 1t is
the shame of manhood that 1t is pos
sible TO become a bride
In modern marriage all the print
tive traits of the caveman period
appear.
upon age of cultivation, and even the
softening influence Of Christianity have
failed to eliminate the brute in the
male, or the feline in the female In
a wild passion Of anger modern man,
like his cave ancestor, manhandles his
spouse.
The passions of rage. Jealousy. sus-
plciOu. temper and violence burst ike
pillows over the rocks of civilization
and culture, and the man, clad in mod
ern raimcnt. is the brother to the IN
cOuth savage clothed in skins.
Cruelty Play n Part.
Cruelty plays a large part in d.
vorce.
Twenty-seven men in every hundred
have been intOIerably cruel to their
wives. The gentler sex has a better
record, for only ten in one hundred are
AmazOns who have beaten up their
man.
The covenant betwizt them made is
soon forgotten and the reasons for the
severing of tine divine knot are from
reasonable to ridiculous.
Everything is cause from the
shadow Of the seventh commandment
TO the scent of cloves on the breath Of
a lateCOming husband.
Divorce has come to be more than
an evil It is a. plague
Statistics show an appalling COndi-
ton.
Twentyeight wives I'm one hundred
divorces have lost their Wltely honor
and have gone astray. The modern
expressions soul mate and affinity
have Disguised a long suffering public
and have deEeneroted TO become
synonyms Of passion, intatuatlon and
animal desire.
The sages are working on the prob
lem as to which sex is at fault. the
male or the female-the husband or
his wife.
When the Divine Noulder was fash
iOning his 0'-- ofterthOught, his su-
preWe effort was woman. She was a
bit Of the best clay from mans side
that Law close TO his heart. IT is the
shame of her sex that she should stoOp
to conquer There are too many WOm-
en- VINO bank on the natural respect
man has for her sex to impose upon
him 90 double cross" him.
The double cross" is the common
est monument in The cemetery of do
nestle infeucity and marks many
matrimonial grave
4 Civil Contract.
Marriage is. besides being a divine
Institution, a civil contract in which
the party of the first part and the
party of the second part promise and
agree 20 do certain specified things
and TO refrain from doing certain other
things which are reasonable in O con-
tract A within or fancy is not a re
lease, and the only dissolution is
through the door Of legal process
L have married and seen a great
many persons Joined together and
every one of them impressed me at
the time as being duly impressed and
u llE serious and honest IN Lnelr vows
and trOth, each TO the other.
ct the first couple I married were
divorced within q year. Each was
euperamentaly the antipOdes OF the
other, and they were not working 10
give or take, bear or forbeer
The divorce court seemed the only
solution 10 their woes.
Right thinking people deplOre that
the divorce court is q necessit y-its /
good is mixed with a great deal of
harm Tt is too often sought and too
lightly held Like poison, it should
be taken advisedly and in minUUest
quantities.
1t is dearly as well as dangerous.
and the strict stand Of the church and
clergy is its safeguard