The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-28

when he gip. with a tss~p over seven
What should do when he sets upstsirsf
FAN on his neck and kiss hint
III admit that 10 somewhat OF
stumper. Oscillations, possibly. might
not be In order that night quietly
getting the ''old man" TO bed and APP
plying few cold cloths TO his aching
enicAcious. although pproh ibition has
pretty well solved that problem.
Better TIA. T-as~s Ls~Aass.
But the morning kiss IL going TO do
much moro good than q tonsue-lssh-
ing. Henry" IL he ia worth having
at all, is already so overwhs lmod
with remorse for his conduct that a
| tonsue-lashinE only makes him addi-
tionAiiy unhappy or positively rebel
lious. -li
Kiss him. stubby beard and all.
and let him see that you stili have
faith In him and love him. Later on.
talk to him sincerely about his sc-
lions. Take my word for II he will
| appreciate your self-restrsint, and
there viii be no case of ',divorcitls"
following his misstep.
Morning kisses WIN cut the work
OF the divorce courts in half and
double your portion OF welded bliss.
Try theml -
The divorce bug" Ia like all other
disease germs In this respect: IL Is
routed by cleanliness.
Absence OF NTH and untidiness-
mental. physical or otherwise-spells
death to the germ. On the other
hand, a slovenly state OF mind. body
ma a nd
grow fat
Broomstraws are the bayonets of
| cleanliness. They not only clean the
moor. but sweep the dark, pestilential
| corners of the mind.
Have you a family OF divorce bugs
| In your home? II SO. by all means
get yourselves a broom and get busyl
Maybe that's all you need to put
| your house in order.
| recently had a case before me-
young couple who had been mar
! ried scarcely a year-in which the
husband alleged that his home was
"a regular rat hole and that his
love for his wife could find no room
for expression in such surroundings
Reuts Divorce Geras-
| sent for her and we had a talk.
| Result: She went home and gave that
| apartment such a scrubbing and tidy
| ing up as II hadn't had since the
couple moved in. Broomstraws. aided
by soap and water and the dust rag.
fairly ran those divorce germs OF
their legs.
From latest reports they are still
on the run.
| On another occasion ii was the per-
sonal slovenliness OF the husband
which brought a Disguised wife into
court. The couple were in good, mid
| dIe-class circumstances and the man
of the house was a steady. faithful
workman: but he began to neglect
his personal appearance.
There are thousands OF such cases
Clean linen, or cotton, increases
your own self-respect and the pride
your spouse has In you. So do clean
shoes and well-brushed clothes tho
matter how threadbare) and stock
Iings without holes.
| A clean shave or a trimmed beard
are also important---every husband
owes that to his wife and himself.
Every wife's pride should tell her
that ten minutes spent in arranging
her hair each day Is duty.
You cannot afford to ignore the
call OF the shoe brush. the clothes
brush, the toothbrush, the hairbrush,
or the washboard any more than you
lean ignore the call OF the stomach for
food or the lungs for air.
But II may be that both your home
and your body il clean and the d.
ivorce bug is still present. In that
case probe your mind before rushing
to a lawyer. Is your brain house in
order? Have you applied broom to
your think factory, or used any sort
of psychological Sapolio on your idea
shop?
Your mind is just as much OF
structure as your body or your nome.
and stands in just the same need OF
an occasional house-cleaning.
This is especially true when you
begin to think of divorce. Take
yourself out into a patch of mental
sunshine and give your brain good
scrubbing. Then go back. throw open
the windows Of your soul and think
it over!
Consult Lawyer Last.
If there are any divorce bugs left
when you've cleaned up your home,
and mind, and body-consult law
yer! But only then!
We now come to one of the most
difficult problems of the Divorce
Court-the pay envelope! In practi-
cally every suit 1 have heard during
the past decade-and I'd hate to tell
you how many there were-Hubbys
income and what he did with 1t hg-
ured more or less prominently.
| 1t doesn't always appear in the
complaint, answer or testimony-but
one will usually find, upon close In
vestigation, that money is the root
Of the divorce evil.
| mot Sufficient Funds" All too
!, frequently have been those three
words sounded the death knell OF
romance.
| Not sufficient funds for what?
] For the husband to carouse and
gamble with. at the same time try