Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-16
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YOUTHFUL Lives ARE WRECKED
by BITTER BATTLES OF PARENTS
AND BECOME HARD AND CYNICAL
written by MARGERY REN for ih'
International News SerNlceD

written by MAIGERY REX for the
International News ScrviceJ
NEW YORK. April i2.--"Thc Woman
Pays" according To the tcar.soakcd
dramas aud novels which tell us that
she pays and pays and pays"
Bu, does she? Apparently the wo'
man" IN many of the stories In real life.
which We read In the columns II o,r
dallios. gets off scot free. and never
pays
P.rusal of divorce eases In which In
nocnnt children are involved cannot hut
impress Upon any thinking person tina,
/, Il IL more often the children who pay"
True, the parents who are divorced
have their share ~ suffering. the break
ing up ~ their family life and old mem
cries. hut In cases where married life
has been a repetition 81 wranglings and
unpioaanincss generally freedom IN n
blessing to them. They feel relieved as
from u fearful burden.
AZ least these guilty ones may say
10 themselves that they have had tn"
pleasure OF their attachments. and that
their suffering has not becn without its
compensation.
But there Is none ~ this for the chill
dren. innocent byslandcrs who are hit
when the martial collision occurs.
Some Compensation for Parents.
For woman who has divorced an nn'
faithful husband. n man II whom she
has tired and with whom she Is dis
gustcd. a large money settlement will
90 n LONG ksay toward healing the splr
iItual wo,ln1L IL her life. She can forget
and live NEW.
The man whose wife has divorced him
for unsceinly conduct may. by reason
81 our prevalent double standard" Of
morals. 20 his way unmolostcd. he well
received IN society and business and
easily wed charming woman wh'
likes him just as much as though h.
were not morally soiled.
Those adults who have married and
IN the early years ~ their marriage
lived happily. nj least have known some
measure az domestic felicity. no matter
how the union has turned out later.
Tho wounds that come after youth I
well gone on It's way are easier to heal
than the blows that smiic youth hcfor'
Il flowers into adult understanding.
Fortitudc. seifreliancc. rcsourceful
ness. financial independence. travel
and the opportunities To forget afforded
by new scenes and new acquaintances
All these create recompcnse for the
grown.up.
But none 81 these are at the disposal
NJ thfat most sensitive ~ all humans
the child upon whom rests stigma
the innocent bysiander who was crush
od In the marital collision.
When Children Can't Understand.
In divorce decisions the custody 81
little children frequently In awarded ID
one or the other parent. These little
one. too young 10 reason why. must
accept their fate without questlonlng
the decree that shuts them off from the
daily companionship ~ a beloved father
or mother In whom they could see ne
wrong.
II is hard To understand why father
can bc seen only at intervals: why
mother goes into her room when he
calls. shuts the door and will not come
uut go greet the pleasant man who has
brought them presents and embraces
What has father done? Mother
shakes her head: won't tell them. The
queer shadow that hangs over child
hood grows into a storm cloud Later
lin school days. other children. more
lprecocious perhaps. having picked ur
gossip from their parents concerning
the nclghboring divorced woman.
may enlighten their little schoolmatcs
Jas To the truth.
Jibcs may he hurled. horrid names
called at little hoy or girl who has
always been good and always minded
mother. What does II mean Mother
must tell at last.
And the next visit ~ the father; then
doubt shows In their young eyes. Sides
are taken. one for father. one agRinS',
Years later. The children are Older,
Young men and women. Then they un'
icrstand the gravity ~ charges their
mother made years ago against their
father. They may sce their father some
DAY with another woman. pcrhans rev
wife. tnconsciously they 'omlrre her
with their mother.
Bound 10 Cause Dlsirust.
They notice that father and this We
man s"en to H. received "vrry"her"
Could h. then have bccn w'ons. Pso
ris n'ty ttEtr. ur'tSs she mlrrisd vel
again. Then their opinion 81 her i
b;t,cf. Why is this soF thu o"iIht'
wcnh,r.
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