The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-15
KISSES DEADLY TO |
+. DIVORCE BUG, SAYS.
< CALIFORNIA JUDGE.
Judge Graham, of San Franz
cisco, Noted as the ''Great
ReConCiIer," Says kiss
and Make Up."
by JUDGE THOMAS r. GRAHAM.
written for the international News
Service.)

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. IS
Kisses-not those fluffy CONNECTIONS
you buy at the bakery, but the soul
exhilarating touch of lips-are the
natural enemies of "divorcitis."
Given and received in moderate
quantities, and with a degree of reg
ularity based only upon ones hours
of work and play, kisses will usually
vanquish whatever divorce germs
that may be prowling through the
system of husband or wife, and re-
establish a state of marital health.
For instance: You and your mate
may have quarreled over some COM
paratively trivial matter the night
before. You have argued yourself off
to sleep and in the mind of one or
the other of you the maggot of
"divorcitis" has begun to propagate.
You awake in the morning slightly
ashamed of yourselves for rowing"
but too proud or stubborn to admit
It. Breakfast is a glum affair.
Now! Just before leaving for work
what If you slipped over to where
your wife was YEARLY "redding" the
table, or your husband silently clam
bering into his coat, and relieved the
strain with a kiss?
Not just perfunctory peck, you
understandable a real, honest to
gracious kiss, preferably accompany
ing it with your arm around her
/ waist or his shoulder.
Pouff! The life of that nasty little
divorce bug, which will surely cause
you untold suffering and misery if he
is allowed to endure, will be eXtin-
guished in a flash.
Explanations, apologies and COM
n 70 cfoy
band finally will go down the street
whistling on his way to work. and
wife, with new joy and a kind re-
solve in her heart, will whisk the
dishes into the kitchen to the Tilt of
song.
No Convalescence is more rapid nor
ecstatic than that following such
/ cleansing of the soul.
l once wrote a little jingle singing
\ She praises of that morning kiss"
which was printed somewhat widely
throughout the United States. l re-
4 ceived many letters thanking me for
the suggestion. l also received a
few which pooh-poohed the idea.
1t went something like this:
When you and wife fall out
Don't strut about and shout.
arms and kiss her.
Youth find it doesn't pay.
Try your luck another way.
Just take her in your arms and
gently kiss her
When your wife and you must fight,
Make her think she's in the right.
Don't rush away and leave for you
will miss her.
Should fight with WHEY start,
You will play the big mans part,
If you take her in your arms and
gently kiss her.
\ "A Married Woman Who Knows"
( sent me the following query:
When Henry comes home at half past
CHenry my darling hubby.
Smelling Of garlic and cloves again
my, but his beard is stubbyD
And says he was out to see a sick
Friend who would surely miss him,
That stall is as old as arithmetic
What should I do, Judge, kiss him?
When Henry comes home at half past
two
Henry, my darling hubbyD
Alter SpeuulllS llle LlSll Will Col 10
and brew
Down at his cozy chubby
When he trips with a thump over
seven chairs
Never been known to miss 'em);
What should l do when he gets up
stairs
Fall on his neck and kiss him?
I'll admit that is somewhat of a
stumper. Oscillations possibly might
not be in order that night. Quietly
getting the ''old man" to bed and ap-
plying a few cold cloths to his aCh
ing brow would probably be much
more efficacious, although prohibi-
ton has pretty well solved that prob
lem.
But the morning kiss is going to
do much more good than tongue
flashing Henry" if he is worth hay
ing at all, is already so overwhelmed
with remorse for his conduct that a
tongue flashing only makes him ad-
ditionally unhappy or positively re-
I, 3ellious.
Kiss him, stubby beard and all, and
let him see that you still have faith
in him and love him. Later on talk
to him sincerely about his actions.
Take my word for it. he will appre-
ciate your self restraint and there
will be no case of "divorcitis" fol-
lowing his misstep.
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