El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-27
Judge Says 1t Is Cruelty To Sue For
Divorce And Then Drop The Case
Disseminating Suit for Lack Of Proof May Afford
Basis for Defendant to Bring Counter
suit, Alleging Cruelty.
suit, Alleging Cruelty.
ny BEATRICE FAIRFAI.

I'D justice Benedict Of the supreme
l. court, Brooklyn, think we are too
strongly inclined TO run to the divorce
court without sufficient justification
when he handed down a momentous
decision the other dayf
He declared It cruelty" to sue for
divorce and then discontinue the ac-
ton for lack Of proof
The justice decided that such ae-
tion, by a Brooklyn man, was suffi-
cient cause for the wife to sue for
separation. alleging cruel and inhu-
man treatment Justice Benedict
granted the woman a decree Of sepa-
ration with alimony.
Let those restless spirits who re-
gard a change OF life partners as
only a little more complicated than
a change OF residence mark, learn
and inwardly digest" this latest rul-
ing OF the supreme court
It would seem to point to the pass
Ing OF what for lack Of a better name,
might be called the crumpled rose
leaf, as grounds for divorce.
Marriage a Serious Matter.
divorce is an excellent thing, when
there are vital reasons for demand
ing one Just as dynamite, revolvers,
razors, cyanide Of potassium are un-
rivaled in their own particular
spheres But they are fatal if they
get mixed up with the fiat, the fur
niture and the preparations for din
ner.
Divorce. drugs and weapons are for
fire emergencies-EOt a refuge from
sulks, disappointment and insuffi-
Client spending money.
In rushing to the divorce court
without due reflection. IL might be
Yell n nnHnEHHHnHa 80
old Virginia nanny: Oars uothin'
IN dish yere quittins de torment you
leave wild one IS jest sittin' dar watt
ing TO you wild de mex"
There is an old prOverb to the ef-
Iect that when poverty looks fin at
the door love flies out at the win
uoW- But glance at the divorce
proceedings in the daily papers would
leau one 10 distrust this platitude
j or the poor do not get divorces as
frequently as the rich. Nor is this
due TO lack Of money. as one at first
glance might imagine.
Inc poor Ike genuinely busy peo-
pie. are too actively engaged to take
their little difference seriously. Oc-
cupation is the greatest promoar OF
successful marriage
Too Busy for Trouble.
IL Is the prosperous idlers who
make the rich harvests for lawyers
u
ence Of taste in regard TO ueckties,
Jokes, movies OF breakfast foods as
sumes proportions that justify the
word -lucompatibility." And Web
SLer's dictionary U.s. authority for this
definition Of the word. Incapable OF
harmoniout association"
And hav ng once established such
imposing words TO express their case,
they naturally have recourse TO the
law The evidence Of cruelty given
IN divorce case mentioned IN the
papers a week or so ago, turned on
the keeping Of a dog. one "adored"
dogs, the other -abhorred" DOGS
hence cruelty.
The poor and the busy escape these
crumpled rose leaves Of domestic life. /
II they do crop up, matters Of greater ]
Importance crowd them out But TO
the idle they become insurmountable
barriers TO happiness.
No sympathy at Home.
Another fruitful source Of income
to the .put-asunder' specialist, is that
venerable excuse Of the egoist: NO
sympathy at home" Two thoroughly
self conferred people not vitality In
terested in much besides eat drink
and the merry, are apt TO discover a /
lack Of sympathy at home.
Very probably their grievance I
means nothing more than that both
are looking for new audience for
old jokes.
Their little Characteristic conceits
evoke no further raptures at home. .
hence the following dialogue which
may be picked up at almost any res
taurant:
I can tell you this. but my wife