The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14

companionship and love and atten-
tion of parents, but still we find
many virtual orphans, children
who have been deserted by either or
both parents because of family trou-
BILE, left alone in big world to seek
their own. 1t is not right to bring
child into the world and then for
sake It,
The imbeciles and illiterates that
we gaze upon today are descendants
Of parents who had title or no
thoughts of their future. They were
so taken up with themselves and
their troubles, which really were
"inole- hills" but were regarded in
the chancery courts as mountains,
that they lost all interest in. their
children. 1t IS not stretching point
to say that these parents are greedy.
A child is practically helpless un-
till it is mature. The growing brain
can little reason with the great
tn ngs in this world and either dir
ectly or indirectly even the greatest
III ngs in life concern the child, who
must confront them when he is
grown.
The marriage laws have been kept
reasonably strict, although there are
yet discrepancies VIII 'ch might be re-
medied or altered. The age limit has
been placed low; too low, perhaps. 1t
is a question whether q boy of 18 and
girl of l6 are mentally or physically
fit to enter wedlock. However, there
seems to be laxity in the matter of
divorces that deserves change.
In the last few years there has
been much said by wise sages who
desire to look upon marriage as
partnership. That is the only true
light in which it may be respected.
Marriage should be a partnership,
with love. finance. hope, truth, hap
piness, all intermingled and given
due cons deration The less friction
during marriage the less desire for
divorce. Happier homes, brighter
tentment and fuller prosperity will
do much to live down the divorce
evil. Hatred can never enter the
minds and hearts of persons who have
great love. for Love is foremost, once
TO have very little to do in the mat
ter of successful marriages" for
every one of us are human and should
perhaps our mate, disturb us any
more than we should wish our own
disposition to be taken too seriously
by another.
If records were established to ver-
ify this statement that when there is
normal prosperity there is likewise
"dull divorce court" then much
good would have been said. However
even though statistics have not been
made to prove this assertion, it
sounds only logical, and if it is then
what we need is prosperity to safe
guard matrimony.
The world has even become so de-
graded in these days that movie
stars and famous actors and other
notables are seeking free publicity
at the expense of matrimonial bliss
Homes have been ruined and lives
wrecked on the front pages of daily
in order to announce the
of new play or movie COM
pany. This is wholly unsolicited and
is very detrimental, not to the prin-
cipals in the recent scandals, as
the casual reader would first expect,
but to the reader himself who cones
to think that when publicity is want
ed a divorce must be effected The
press agent who would perpetrate
such sensation" is .yellower than
the paper that prints it, and man
who is wise enough to publish met
ropolitan newspaper today should be
wise CROUCH to regard marriage with
more solemnity and think more. Of
ten Of the closeness of the waste
basket.
A little education is all that is
needed and when all have been made
to believe that no member of the
bench will be so willing to grant a
divorce on trivial grounds then we
will view with CONSERVATION the only
divorce that is being
sought.