Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-29
DOMESTIC PEACEMAKER TEACHES
LOVE EFFICIENCY, SAVING HOMES
chief Probation officer of Relations Court "Womon That
Knocs" Reconciles f20 out of $50 WarY5ng Couples
Every Do1-.Husbands Not As0ays to Blame.

chivalrous country, that man and his
| deviitries generally are responsible TOT
the unceasing grind of the divorce mill,
IL lie Mrs. Rippin's belief that woman Is
as much to blame. For this reason both
the man and the woman who find their
way TO her desk are sure of fair hearings.
ITS the little things of life that keep
the divorce courts busy" said the peace
| maker the other afternoon, after the
| days work Was done, mot the big things.
! particularly where women are concerned.
| Many neurotc woman has come In here
| crying for a divorce because her husband
| dropped plate or something equally
trivial. Her nerves are In such state she
thinks the man did IL on purpose, just
to drive her crazy 30 he could get an
other wife. She thinks she wants TO be
separated from him, but what she really
needs Is only little calming.
In addition to nerves. you'd be sur
prised at the great number Of divorces
caused by the domestic incompetency Of
wives. Many a man beats his spouse of
stays away from home and spends his
money outside because of the slpshod
reprehensible way in which his home Is
run.
"If a woman comes in here and says her
husband is abusing her or getting rid of
his wages in q manner unknown to her,
I always ask why. In many cases | send
IOf inc man ana Juen 4 near n Sdu lble oA
unmade beds, burnt food, unwashed and
lily trained children, and my sympathy
goes out to that man. l have them both
meet in q conference here, and after talk
ing things over do my best to get them
to 60 back and start all over again. often
II Is only this readJustment and not
divorce that they need"
Interfering neighbors, obnoxious IN
laws and unscrupulous lawyers constitute
Df ho in0nnnpeg thnt Mrs.
Rippln has to combat In her work of pre-
venting divorce. If other people would
only keep out and mind their own busi-
ness, she said, not nearly so many couples
would come to grief.
Sometimes. however, Mrs. Rippin does
not advise a reconciliation. These are
when big vital principles are involved and
living together only would entail lifelong
suffering and unhappiness.
III had my way" she said, earnestly,
II would have connected with every high
school a branch where girls who are go
ing to marry could learn the things of
life that are absolutely essential to hap
piness that they should know. Untold
misery is caused by the ignorance of
women in regard to the vital things. They
should know enough to refuse unfit men,
and should also be taught the difference
between sex attraction, which is not last
ing and true love, which is perpetual"
To make of life one grand sweetheart
business, to go on loving throughout life
instead OF for brief period, is what
people ought to do. according to Mrs
Rippin, and it's what she advocates. for
all the troubled ones who cross her daily
path. It's this counsel, too, that is
responsible in a large measure for the
prevention of so per cent. of the divorce
contemplated applications that are made
in Philadelphia.
Past experience has equipped Mrs. Rip
pin well for her present office, Before
coming to Philadelphia she was assistant
principal of a high school in Mechanics
burg, and after resignlng there she has
cleaned much sociological experience in
this city. working in the Seybert Insti-
tute for Boys and Girls, the Burd School
for Orphan Girls and the Society to
Protect Children from Cruelty.