Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-11-12

ment Takes Active Part in the Dis
cussion - Some 100000 spinsters
Must Emigrate to Find Mates
Marriage and divorce are two topics
of unusually lively debate Ia England
Just now To discover the reason IL Is
only necessary 10 90 back 10 the war.
whore many haSty marriages were
made and many others wrecked The
war, which changed political bound
aries ana unsettled financial and eco
nomic conditions. gave the British So
cial system several nasty i"lts. writes
Arthur ;. Draper IN the New York
Tribune
In the first three months of this
year there were 1887 weddings In
Great Britain This number Is smaller
than the record for the last quarter
of last year sun there are some
two million SpinstrrS in these isles
who see little hope of finding n nate
unless they emisratc 10 New Zealand
Australia or Canadu. where the male
IS IN the majority
Parliament has been taking an ac-
tive part In the discussion of marriage
and divorce. Two important measures
have been under discussion at various
times IN the last wear one would
make divorce easier and the other
would protect the minor maiden. Nei-
ther has become law At first glance
II would seem there was only one side
TO ia" questions. but actually they are
as many sided rs human nature itself
Play Arouses Protest
There Is play in London called "A
Bin Of enforcement, wherein wom
an is divorced from her unatic huS-
band, falls in love with another man
and then is fuccd with the return of
her husband. who has become sane.
This Is Il So-caIled propaganda divorce
play, and incidentally il has aroused
many churchm"u 10 protest. Aproi.o>
says the Rev. Clarence May
when you talk about lunacy as Il
ground for divorce. have you ever
thought of the cruelty to the ones left
behind in the lunatic asylum | have
been in many lunatic asylums and
many of the inmates are aS sane rs
you and | are for fiye-sixlhS of the
day. Often ii happens that the one
thing Il man in an asylum is not mad
about is the woman he lOVcS--and that
Is the one comfort and consolation In
life left 10 him Ii We are Ia divorce
for madness. why not for consumption
and cancer So-called easier divorce
will never get rid OF the hard eases
Perhaps If Il mans whole soul ana
mind were mad and nothing really re-
manned but his body. YOU would have
II case for divorce. But how are you
Ia tell when lunatic can never re-.
cover when patients are often released
from aSylumS after spending ten 10
twenty wears inside
Incidentally the discussion is fur
thcr involved by the appearance OF a
book written by Il prominent English
doctor IN which he urges The conSld-
Grafton Of cuthnuaSia for The hopeless
~ insane. II" wouhi place the lunatic
husband or wife in lcihal chamber
But thr ink Is hardly drA IN his book
before an equally prominent lawyer
offers violent 0ppoSitiou asking peril
ncntly who is tu hc he final Judge uf
those who are TO be put 10 death. and
what standard is to be- set
The Rev. Basil 6. Bourchcr, vicar
OF the fashionable 81. Iudc-oii thc-Illll
In The Hampstead Garden suburb is
cousin Of the Wcl-knuwn actor Arthur
Bourchi"r. uud no les dramatic.
though he speaks from the pulpit He
has been preaching u series of sun.
day evening sermons on marriage ana
divorce and his large church has been
crowded 70 the doors In frankneSS
hc asks no odd~ Of Billy sunday
though he does not share the cx-hasc-
ball players views on the evils of
alcoholic beverages Says the vicar Of
81 .Iudc's
Make Marriage Harder.