Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-28
ORIGINAL. SKELETON
IN THE CLOSET WAS
CAREFULLY GUARDED
Real cause fer Divorces aad D0Eaestic
Trenbles II Majority 81 Cases Re-
sealed 81 Preminent Judges
81 - $50 WmIIAMs

the aist ress Of the house took q No
man friend 10 her bedroom and opened
. closet containing human skeleton
and said II Try To keep MY SORROWS
IL myself. but every night ms has
hand cQmpels me 10 kiss that skeleton
Thar II the skeleton Ut the man giiO
vas once my husbands rival
The other day a newspaper re
porter III Chicago went looking Tor
tho skeleton III The closet He want
To know the causes for AZ many III
vorcea IN Cook county. iii There
wete 4.575 fiji one year, according ta
the last federal report In 1850 there
we're only 4Osl IN the entire United
States
This newspaper man went where the
family skeletons are dragged out into
the divorce courts This ii what Judge
Brothers of the Circuit Court said
Il predict that divorces will de.
crease so OF u per cent when liquor
is prohibited believe that this Is q
fair estimate Desertion and cruelty
arc often the ontgrowih liz drink
man seldom beats his wife when he Is
sober He chases around with lewi
women when he is drunk
LInuor the Skeleton
Judge Thomson of the Appellate
cOnrt had this 10 Say
DO not Imagine that the real causes
for divorces correspond with the
legal causes alleged. for they do not.
Although comparatively small
number 0f eases | heard involved de
crees granting divorces for the legal
cause of drunkenness. HI fully 40 per
cent Of MI The cases ii which there
could be said to be direct under
lying cause that cause was drink
Almost without exception, in tile
case iii which divorce was sought on
the ground of cruelty. liquor was the
skeleton that lurked in the family
closet, and was the direct underlying
cause of the trouble This, In my
Judgment. is the most common direct
cause of the destruction of our homes
through divorce.
Each on these Judges has handled
2.5D0 cases
Other Family Troubles end Drink
Chicago has Court OF Domestic
Rotations. III does not grant divorces.
hut here family troubles are brought
FOR adjustment Judge VIM N Gem
will, painstaking and conscientious
Judge. has kept careful record OF all
the domestic tragedies heard In this
court IN one year. and found that 48
per cent were directly traceahle 10
drink
Judge Sheridan Fry sits In thai
court now,and a few days ago made
this statement from the bench
We are going dry In this country
July first. and know why 1t Is be-
cause one-half OF our people have
taught the other hair how To drink
Before Judge Fry stood Gertrude
TIeitzhanamer. mother Of four chill
dren now scattered she vas brought
into court By her husband. who
charged her with habitual drunken
ness
When did you take yonr first.
drink 7? the Judge asked.
on the eve Of our marriage
Who gave Ii to YOU
My husband He was In the sa,
loon business and our sideboard was
laden with liquor Furthermore, lie
gave IT 10 me constantly, and now you
sec the result z
Judges rs. Cardinal
Some weeks ago the press gave wide
notice to statement Of Cardinal Glib
bons, Iii which ne was quoted lis say
ing Prohibition strikes al the
home. How strange that saying in
the light OF these facts Moreover.
the Prussiana, world-famed drinkers
guzxlars Of beer. ever since the days
when they used the skulls OF their
enemies for aehooners. when they I'M
vaded Belgium revered only one IN
stitution the brewery They de-
stroyed, q profaned. ancient churches.
which were the wonder and pride OF
she whole earth, carried away sacred
vessels and yestments. sweettoned
bells and precious paintings but
spared the breweriess
The Hun raped women from ten
years Of age to three score and ten.