The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-21

the sorrow held by every shabbv
"hlte hearse that winds ity way thru
not and unnoticing street. She had
chung TO husband and sons with the
userish tenacity that is the rightfui
dover OF wife and mother: she had
thought the world well lost in hold.
ing them ~
And then the sordid. selfish mast
rose Ike an ugly mist before her.
ana she found at her lips the bitter
cup she had filled herself. She was
not SO safe now. behind her barrier
OF love. but that the terrible ma.
ehihery she had set in motion might
bring its grinding wheels TO bear
upon the lives she guarded. She had
hung her solemn promise aside. once:
what defense could she make for a
second solemn promise now? The
world. divorce mad. spun biindly on.
ana the echo OF her own complacens
ono IN IL came family. sickly back
10 her after the happy years.
Divorce has actually no place in
our laws. it isn't either wron. or
right Rachael said one autumn day
when they were walking slowly to
the beach. over their heads the trees
were turning scarlet: the DAYS were
suli soft and warm. but twilight fell
earlier now. and in the air at MORN
ing and evening was the intoxicating
sharpness, the thin blue and clear
steel color that mark the dying sum
mer. Alico's three younger children
were in school. and the family came
to Clark's Hills only for the week.
ends. but Rachael and her boys
stayed on and on. enjoying the rare
warmth and beauty OF the Indian
summer. and comfortable in the Old
house that had weathered so au-
tumns and would weather so more.
In some states it is absolutely H.
legal" Rachael continued. lin others.
It's permissible. In some IL is a
real source Of revenue. Now fancy
treating any other offense that way,
Imagine states in which stealing was
only regrettable incident. or where
murder was tolerated, In South Car.
DINA you can not get divorce on
any grounds In Washington the
courts can give IL TO YOU for any
cause they consider sufficient. There
was case: man and his wife OBJ
tanned divorce and both remarked.
Now they find they are both biga.
mists, because IL was shown that the
wife went West. with her husbands
knowledge and consent. TO establish
her residence there for the explicit
nIlrpASa pf usftipp a .lix.z~.o
we'll established law that il a hus-
band or wife seek the Jurisdiction
OF another state for the sole object
OF obtaining divorce. without any
real intent OF living there. making
their home there, goes. in other
words. just for divorce purposes.
then the decree having been fraudu-
lently obtained win not be recognized
anywhores'
but thousands do Il. Rachaelr'
but thousands don't seem to real
ize--I never did before-that that is
Illegal. You can't deliberately move
to Reno or Seattle or San Francisco
for such a purpose. All marriages
following a divorce procured under
these conditions are Illegal. Besides
this. the divorce laws as they exist
In Washington, California, or Nevada
are not recognized by other states.
and so because couple are separated
upon the grounds OF cruelty or In.
in some Western state.
they are still legally man and wife
IN New York or Massachusetts. An
sorts OF hideous complications are
going on--blacl<mail and perjuryr
CONTINUED T'omorrow)