The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-27

There are more orthodox church
marriages than ever before. Mar.
riage Is on a higher moral plane.
DIVORCE MADE EASY;
MARRIAGES INCREASE
Divorce Is easy. IL coupl. want
a divorce they 30 before tho city
clerk and he witnesses their divorce
agreement. You just sign up" that
you are divorced
Nobody butts In and asks your
reasons for getting divorced II
either one--hushnnd or wife-doennt
consent to the divorce. he or sho has
to give good reasons. Then there II
an adjustment"
You may think this all sounds
funny. But tho fact In church mar.
rhgcs have Increased. and divorces
have decreased.
Marriages have increassed because
they are based on love and MOI on
economic reasons
The soviet marriage ceremony IL
mere signing OF an agreement.
Formerly brides were given rs
yards OF cloth. but II was found
that too many people weru getting
married Just 90 set To cloth
Now the only economic lure In that
married persons set more space for
living quarters The reason more
set married under the orthodox
church ceremony Is that they fcnr.
II something happens to the govern.
ment. soviet records may DO de.
stroycd. There Il less likelihood OF
church records being lost or de.
stroyed and thus casting future
doubt upon the legality OF marriage.
ABSENCE or CRIME
IN ZIG CITIES
I was astoninhed ut the absence
OF crime In big cities such as Mos
COW and Pctrograd. was In Mos.
COW for months and often walked
thru the streets at night and after
midnight I was never held up. And
| never heard OF a hold.up.
There IL no money worth stealing
OF course. But bandit would have
clothes 10 steal Off his victims back
or food 10 steal out OF n house.
A thief. caught In the act. Is shot
without trial. No matter whether
he steals potato or whole truck
load.
as this. Alexander Rcrkman. soon
after his departure from America.
was held up IN tho streets of Kicv
and his clothes were stolen from
him. Tho thieves left him In his
underwear. srwed In tho lining OF
his trousers. ncrkman told me. wns
81 900 In American money. Prob
ably the thief doesn't know IL to
this day.
sam Emma Goldman. too. She.
like Berkman. IL having rather n
hard time Of II. because their creed
Is anarchism- The soviet trust.iiks
system OF Capitalization doesn't jlbc
with anarchlsn.
PLENTY or GRATING
EXISTS. HOWEVER
When I say vice and crime are
| minirnixed. don't mean noyietism
has cured such evils. I'm not a
bolshcvik sympathixrr. raw plenty
OF grating. know that IL exists.
But there is no open wholesale loot.
/ Ing by those In power. They have
TO be cicverer than that For n
thief or a CRATER Il shot---usuaiiy
without trial. Yes. there Is . lot OF
shooting.
LILO under the deadly monotony
OF a no.work .noeat system seemed
rather drab 10 me. could plainly
sec people were not happy. But
there is a certain gaicty. Theatres
and operas are open. and well at.
tended
Everything has been systematircd.
centralized. standardized. But things
like fashions and styles survive.
saw some surprising styles Ia WON.
ems dress.
They have 10 produce everything
emselves--nothing comes from
outside Russia styles are rather
topsy.turvy. because everything IL
rationeti--like issue" equipment ut
an army auartermaster's depot
SILK stockings are worn--by some
A supply depot gets n bit OF fincry
from the central warehouse the
first girl that comes In with her
clothing ration card grabs the
finery, II may be peasant or n
proud daughter Of tho former arts.
tocracy. The former may get the
silk stockings and the latter the cot
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