Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-01-06
MARITAL FAILURES
ONE OUT OFT EVERY FOUR PROVES
TO BE UNHAPPY.
lnoreass In Marriages and Divorces
Daring fe1e--oaln In Number Of 81.
voress proportionatsly Larssr-ll-
\ ss,sss to We'd lssusd 20 SO Couples
One hundred One Separated.

= Figures compiled IN the office of the
clerk Of the 'corrts indicate that about
e5 per cent OF the marriages in this
county are unhappy, When the par
son ties the knot 1t Is about four-to-
one shot that the knot will not remain
tied. During the year 1918 there he's
been an increase in marriages and a
proportionate increase N legal sep
arations.
The increase IN marriages was In
some measure due 20 the return OF the
soldiers. taking brides 10 whom they
had been bttrothed before going into
service. The nunber Of marriages in
1918 was smaller than for several years
past, due to the great number Of young
men called into service, An increase
in 1919 naturally was TO be expected.
Licenses Issued Total a1s.
IN 1919 the clerk OF the courts issued
4is marriage licenses. ss against 32s in
1918 ana All IN 1917. SO return was
made on two licenses II sued prior 10
the latter part Of the month OF Nov
ernber, but there has bsen nothing to
indicate that the licenses ware not
used. Many licenses issued late IN
November and turnout the month OF
December snow no returns. but re-
ports from ministers and officials per-
forming the ceremonies are expected
this month.
Conapared with ths number OF l!cens-
es issued 81 1912, only II per cent as
Aa
while IS per cent q the 1919 total was
TIE increase N marriages n 1917 due 20
soldiers cetlsd to service tslSnF brides
before Departing, ths lack Of marriage
able young tnsn IL 1873, and the IN
CREASE In marriages the past year with
the return Of the troops,
Divorces Show Big increase.
But the .sc-eese In divorces has
hsrA pacs with tho increase n mar
r,ases. During tire past year ioi de-
crees OF divorce were entered in dis
t-ct court ecrai 70 s4.i Per cent Of
tie marriages ID The year. This Is an
excessive number as compared with
the past few years. n 1919 the DIS
tr,ct court granted Afty.tvo divorces;
IN rpfs, efghty-one: IN 1916, seventy;
in 1878. s.xty-tour, and IN 1914, eighty
seven.
The divorces Of 1918. compared with
the marriages, represented less than
one TO six, and b percentage OF 1913.
compared with one to Ave n 1917. and
a oercentaee OF ts.T, and per
centage Of zi.i IN 1918. The past year
the divorces. compared to marriages
were almost one TO four.
Women Get Most DEGREES.
Figures compiled by rho cIeTSs ONCE
for the state, covering the fiscal year
closing June so, 1919. show that Ave
women sue for divorce to one action
begun by man, and tpro-thiros OF the
s,,its IN divorce are brought on tbs
grounds of cruel ana Thurman treat
nnent.
In the year ending June 80, 1919, ~:
marriage licences had been Issued, and
in the same period sixty-fvs divorces
were granted FTfry-four Of the SIX.
ty-fve divorces were secured by WON
en-. to eleven by men.
A few years ago a majority OF the
divorces we're secured on the grounds
of habitual drunkenness, but only si1
were secured on the grounds OF tntox'
icat!on in the year from June, 1913, Il
June, 1919. The causes for the di.
vorces granted in that period were
Cruel and tnhunlan treatment, forty
two; desert!on, ten, intoNcation, six
adultery. threes rnistreatment, two
non-support, two.