Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-17
HOME UPHEAVALS
ARE ATTRIBUTED
TO GREAT WAR
Hotels of French Capital
Full of Disseminated
Husbands and Wives.
GALLO VIEW OF SUBJECT
AGREES WITH AMERICAN
Absence of Requirement for
Term of Residence Lures
Many From Abroad.
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Universal Service stan Correspondence.
the greatest uphcaval in the home.
between husband and wife. since the
day Christianity formally dccrced the
ties OF marriage TO Toe binding
throughout a lifetime, overcoming the
customs OF the Greeks and Romans
by which a woman WAS a mans Wife
traCted by her.
To-day We are living In a reversal
ui the ancient custom. for since the
war. II appears that a woman is u
mans wife only as long as she is at
iCactod TO him..
TIL above declaration. spoken SOL
church OF ST. Philip du Rouie, a
stones throw from the fashionable
Ni"rter OF the Champs Elysees. hy
the Abbc Weherle, is borne out start
l.ugly by recent divorce statistics.
hcse make IL clear that Paris has
ccome the worlds divorce clearing
Paris hotels arc fun of husbands
and wives whose sole purpose In com
iHg here has been TO secure a di-
Norcc. In many instances they are
ins,iuting countersuits and are cs :
'ib!ishins residences in hotels i few
y' r., from each either
:wedes, Dutch, Beig ans. Italians,
Danes. SWISS, South Americans and
tneush. hnt by far the greatest
number OF any single nationality are
Vogue Started by Mrs. Mnckuy
The facility OF divorce for foreign
,fS IN Paris FIRST became widely
En"Mn due to the puhl!e!ty given IN
which Mrs. Clarence Maukay, now
Mrs Joseph a. Blake, secured free
band
All sorts Of difficulties arose in
.\merica when Mrs. Mackay tried 10
obtain divorce there. Chief among
these was the m!llIon-dolla counter
affections instituted against her by
Mrs. Catherine kctchum Blake. After
,ntHelY trying To arrange matters In
Maine Mrs. Mackay suddenly moved
~ F2r!s, ana within few months
Then FRANK j. Could applied for
divorce before court In Versailles.
~ appearing in person at the pre-
!um!nary hearings ii was held, that
Mrs. Gould had duly recognized the
Jurisdiction OF the French courts
The one necessary contingent--and
The court thercupon granted the
divorce In Gould's favor. giving only
";"nn francs a month 10 the wife. This
ih% former comedienn.. Edith Kelley.
REUSED Indignantly To accept and
Hfpcaied twice against tho decision,
nut 10 no avail. she is now endeayor-
!"S 10 nave New York court set
"atne the French Judgment and grant
i divorce IN her favor. on the ground
maj she ala NOT recognize the French
,@nrt's jurisdiction, and tina; neither
she nor her husband were legally
huhicItd IN France.
status Of Could Divorce
CHARLES . bpcb. Gou!d'S LAWYER,
VINO has the reputation Of hcing a
Paris divorce wizard" maintains II $
conviction that the decree as graut,.I
IN ParIs IS absolutely sound. and that
framk u Could Is. entitled TO marry
Exactly the seme.yIew is b.ld nv
iormer Prime Minister Rene viv!ani.
WHO'S" ability to rush IA divorce
through the Paris courts in record
I ,ime and secrecy is Well known.
NiViani. however. is rcputed 10 be the
most expensive divorce lawyer in
france, and only m!llionaircs such
as Frank j. Gould can afford TO re-
tain his services
Although II rs only rccentlv Amer
cans NAY" discovered In Paris The
ne" hem" France has been an easy
p in wnerrln TO securr divorces
ny inan and wife could be divorced
ny mutual consent" and which re
n,'sn IN 50 many divorces that the
year. W''s 2;veTst"cked for two
charles ,i.rson Loeb who is CON
',r"tu 70 ID. ihe greatest authority ON
y, l'ah aiN'rce IN Paris, prepared.
zee. sHmmdry Of the French aware.
Nv "a u affects foreigners The
view pf Subject
IN general, the French d., n,
dI.!NSS.r similar to the American.
UHltfS oniy IN !is application and
sncr."y t ,s"i Procedure ana in the
tlt"' lt involves tho Suyer.u,- a,
natr!Mom!hi bonds, ihe !Iguii.tlUI, nj
si'.,' p'on"riy nights and puymeu, ~;
.!th"hE' guardianship Of tnc Oh lidr.n
ana general termination Of IN" ,r,,,
iiasr relations Thus a divorce Oh
,r,', rahCc Is GOOD for every
states. '"''t"
,Jnrisdiciion Is optional w!,l. a.,
IL ~ '.a WIN The persons Tla, J..
n!zancr Of "a divorce proceedinr H..
Sane ~ no t,GpreiHnfrs. and 81 tn,
mas "a RICH; to deny jur!sd!cll5n an.
stop procedures
The pl4.s,:iT. of' course. agrees t,
ne french Jurisdiction by IN. m,t,
iant Of bringing the suit. The 4"
rsnuan ~, may agree explicitly or h,
ne hrSt hearing % the case the de-
i%ndhnt Is taken 10 nav" apnrove,
IN! me Jurlsdlction Of the court tacitly
divorce. This was cstaAllsb,5o - ~.
~ ~ me supreme Courts finding ~,
iidith keliey. Gouid's appeal agtins
by lie Versailles court +. VIVA
!ng 'ouid the Superior Court h.i,
ma. occause Mrs. Could haa appcarc,
~ IN, nin, nearing ana had not de
stand mus
The, grounds for divorce n. mr.,
hcrihGd by the French civil code are
"Excesses. bodily injuries AN,
grave insults. W.
Tie condemnation OF one OF IN,
married couple to q PENALTY I,,vni"
ing imprisonment FOR criminal o.,
fenae.
The fact OF man refusing 10 a.,
low his wife 10 live with him is cnr
sidcTed az It grave injury and. rncIn
= tocaily, The Tact OF a wife refusing /,
live with her husband is cau.lIv
< grave injury
In constituting cruelty and nnrso,a
Insults the French courts take mil
consideration the sociai standing o
not be considered serious insult !,