The Washington herald., 1914-10-04

for divorces mean 70 marry again ano
have already chosen the persons they
are 70 take in Wedlock the second urne
or maybe II Is the third or fourth ume'
because most Divorces are repeatefs
When they Love Each Other.
The wish for 4 change OF males. II !
may state II that way. 70 A. the bottom
Of practically ell Of the divorce business
In Kansas City and Of every other large
place. lawyer who has been trying
divorce suits for years tells me thatI re-
marriage occurred In all OF ha cases OUT
one.
II am almost ready to declare that i'm
morality, active or intended. present or
prospective, can be read between the
lines Of 90 per cent Of the divorce peti-
lions which are filed in American courts.
I realize the seriousness Of the charge
am making but make II. The man who
loves his wife, who thinks she Is the
only woman in the world. will never
have TO answer q charge OF immorality
at the bar OF justice. The woman VINO
loves her husband. who thinks he Is the
only man on earth. will never be called
upon TO answer q charge Of inhdelity
either in court or outside OF II.
''As % per cent Of our divorces are
brought about because OF immortality
done or intended to be done. the conclu-
sion is inevitable that there is startling
lack Of love between husbands and wives.
Let me say another thing: The man who
10 faIthless TO his wife loses Interest In
his business and turns out to be inef-
hcient II not a downright failure. The
strong. successful characters in business
and the professions are moral men.
There never was and never will be an
innocent Irritation on the part OF mar
rfed man 0r \ rnarrfad unp1an I ennDlOy
the word innocent and use II without
any shading or qualification. Hope
that is the politest term I can think Of
in this connection-enters into the hir-
tations OF all such persons. There Is
guilt In the heart. II no overt act has
been committed. Il will be II the hirta-
ton continues. The most immoral peo-
pie in a community are the very rich and
the very poor.
Keep Out of ROomInE Houses.
"A woman appears and applies for q
divorce" Mr. Wright went on to- say.
Her name and address are sent to me
fnd that she Is living in a rooming-
house. take occasion right here TO
warn poor. young couples 10 shun room
ing-houses. They see can rushing and
other similar practices and gradually
their characters go to pieces. I ask the
woman 10 tell me the names Of her
acquaintance
~ go to my work earIv In the norn-
ing. and when ] come home at night
mind my own business she says. I
have no acquaintance. Don't go TO my
employer she pleads. because II you do
I shall lose my place learn that the
home she lives in Is not respectable. that
she has been divorced twice or even five
times. and that a man IN the background
Is waiting until she gets her papers
The woman is merely a type and cases
like hers crowd the dockets of our Amer
lean courts.
Again. a man gets a family and has
hard work in keeping his head above
water or his nose OF the grindstone. He
has no pride in his personal appearance
and luckily for him II makes no differ
ence what kind Of clothes his neighbors
wear. II he is a weak character ne may
run away. In that event he ought to be
brought back and locked up. II he beats
his wife he should go to the whipping
post. The strain Of matrimony is too
much for men Of his kind
The strain on a woman comes when
she tries to dress as we'll as the women