Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-06


cesses, crueltics ard grave
injuries" The French OK.
preston "njures graves"
which is roughly translated
US grave injuries" covers
moral and physical injuries.
abusive language and. in
fact. nearly every kind and xsMsss
degree of injury. 1t would 49, n:
cover that vague complaint. 49,: ST
"incompatibiity." which has ~
often been accepted as
ground for divorce in Amer.
lean courts.
French judges have inter.
pre'ed the provisions of -
their code as covering a wide {
variety OF acts. Gambling 81
habits OH the part of a hus- Bs
band and recklessly accusing
wife Of infideity have been
construed as ground for di-
vorce. LES mots grossicrs' Mr.,
stoSs words are held Joseph
TO be sufficient cause a
mutual divorce" may be RJaLe
granted by the French courts Eorn,a.
where each party brings Clarence
similar charges against the P;o,a.,
other and offers proof. In Moya,a.
case where the defendant of. for n
ierS no defence, the divorce
Is pronounced with Quietness
and dispatch.
a singular advantage appears to be
eiiered TO complaining wives in Article 234
81 the French Civil Code There It is
s,a.ed that the Judge will 60 to the home
Df clio t.
gear. This appeals very strongly to re-
nhe" american women, who dislike having
10 appear in dusty old court thronged
"Nh lmpertinent lawyers and rather vul-
gar litigants.
In seeking n divorce in Paris most fash.
!o!iable women would undoubtedly CON
slder mat city more attractive than Reno
d, perhaps, any town in America The
noulevards Of Paris, with their endless
Ineatres ana restaurants, appear more fas.
tha'inE to these fair eXpatriates than tho
SIMPLE delights OF Main street, Reno with
Its one cabaret. its shooting galleries boot.
plack parlors, its motion picture shows
and It's forlorn bars
me historic Rue de la Paix with IT'S
splendid shops, once considered tho most
expensive IN the world, but now consid-
erabiy surpassed in this respect by Fifth
avenue, offers consultations to these rein.
gees awaiting relief from the "cruelties"
Of their husbands.
Drives in the beautiful Champs Elvsees
ana the Bois de Boulognc bring jov 10 the
heart IN the Springtime and chase away
sorrow from these delicate victims OF
masculine brutality. a trip 10 the races at
i.onGchalnps is more distinguished than a
rue 10 me roadhouse where I'm" Jeffries
trained for his historic conflict with "JocI"
Johnson.
one OF the most interesting of these
recent fars divorces is that obtained by
Mrs: Ogden Livingston Mills, Junior, for
merly Margaret Rutherfurd, who is a
daughter OF Mrs. w X Vanderbilt by n
previous marriage. Mrs. Mills is a great
beauty, OF very distinguished tyne. with
hne features and q statuesque figure. She
was only married in 1911 10 Mr. Mills q
grandson Of the mult-millonaire. d o.
NILS, and son OF Mrs. Ogden Mills. who
is noted for her excusiveness in New
York society.
Young Mrs. Mills went to Paris only IN
March, and May she admitted that Che
had obtained Il divorce She declined ito
give details. because her mother, Mrs.
Vanderbilt, might not like It," and would
rot give the name Of her lawyer For a
time 1t was impossible to ascertain in
what court she had sought her divorce. on
what ground she had asked it, or any of
the facts that are necessarily made publc
In America.
Young Mrs. Mills was brought IN In
France, lived there for many years. has