South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-18
Unchecked Craze for Divorce Will Rock Nation to
it's Foundation and Turn World Into Turkish Harem


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his wife What hurts wife hurts husband and what
brings Joy TO husband rejoices wife 1t because
this sacredness only Bible recog-
nizes worthy of divorce adultery. If the
would take little of this teaching their
decisions and make it little harder obtain di-
It would help very much. No should be
allowed marry two years after a divorce Even
moving picture artists ought to be compelled OBJ
such a law And when they disgrace the Amer
home done recently a state.
they ought be Kissed the screen by decent
and home hOnoring people. Another help would be
universal state laws. or similar law in all the
states ought allowed to annu what
New York enacts. At any the home pre-
served the nation
EXTRAVAGANCE A CONTRIBUTING CAUSE
George Sands thinks extravaganza and war-ronanoes
mainly 10 blame
Divorce like crime" he says we have always
with Human nature has fraites and its vices
However. litigation increased rapidly
in the past few years It may safely said that
applications for divorce have increased
past three four years. only but throughout
the country This is due to things
"Extravagance is one. We have many luxuries
too many anusements too little home life A
young couple marry. Furniture is bought on credit
The furniture and furnishings probably better than
they Then sickness comes The debts
grow. The husband grows worried and irritable and
then violent quarrel divorce court
Extravaganza is national man has the
right to a $4,000 automobile unless he has ac-
cumulated $4,000 free from debt Surely 10 per
cent Of mans fortune enough have tied up
in luxury.
"The in-laws another mother-n-
law and all the other-in-aws attend strictly to your
own business if you want that couple be happy
RESULT OF WAR MARRIAGES.
Fully one-third of divorces being filed
the result of marriages When the men of our
and navy called into service they under
went peculiar psychological change The entire
order of their lives changed. Going out.
ing not whether they would return, serious thoughts
and reflections in their minds They longed for
closer tie binding them to their home. Some tie
that all their be remembered
that the uniform has always been magnet to the
feminine AS result thousands of marriages
were entered into on short acquaintance. Neither
party others temperament habits or char
acter. After rehabilitation they attempted to take
their home life, only to find each her totally
unSuted and uncongeniaI Again the man travelled
strange lands cities women and forgot
his wife The wife sometimes grew lonely sought
the company of sackers remembered her hero
husband only when she received her monthly alot-
check. These the contributing causes The
underlying is lack Of the marriage
Don't blame the law. The not a teacher
The law does say you shall do but says
what you shall not do You can't make people hon
est moral righteous by law Religion is the bull
wark of civilization and society. A vast number of
people have religious connection or convictions
They have had little moral religious training They
not look upon marriage a a sacred status Mar
riage is the foundation of sate-t is sacramento
in character A vast number Of people do not so
regard it. Hence the many divorces"
FROM A LAWYERS POIST OF VIEW
Taking the legal aspect of tho question. George
Schock deputy prosecuting attorney has the follow
ing 10 say:
From what have heard Of domestic troubles
the result Of Investigations conditions that sur
round hundreds of homes in the county. believe
that patience OF the greatest virtues
practiced by both husband wife The lack OF
ity which exists in many homes
The lack Of patience by the husband with the
tired wife who has continued through the mouotony
Of her domestic duties for weeks months and years.
the sudden awakening OF the wife perhap,