The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-24

LQdL OLner woman nus Ddnu. OIl on
1t goes. 1t comes from coveting. Thou
shalt not covet"
Divorce Running
Marriage Status
Cardinal Gibbons in an article not |
so prevalent that marriage is becom- |
ing little better than a system of |
free love-"
People are too much bent on pleas
ure nowadays. The divorce evil 10
called from the false, loose Interpre- |
tations of the gospel. Every one OF !
the gospels are opposed to 1t.
There are times when separation Is
justifiabIe; there are times when sep
aratlon would be necessary, | think,
and even eommendable, but re-mar-
rlage is the radical evil, and the re-
marriage is sought by ninety out Of a
hundred. And wherever somebody Is
mentioned in the divorce proceedings.
that man or woman turns arounds and
marries the correspondent thus named.
Covetousness! That Is one Of the
causes of evil today and the wreck
age OF our homes.
One reason why divorce Is on the
increase is the attitude people take
toward divorced persons. The fam
lily is social unit, and the social
life is a reflection of the family life
and / know what the family life is
by what the social life is, for the
social life simply reflects what the
family life is.
Home Will Sound
Depths of He'll.
Now, then, if by some miracle -ev-
cry unhappy married couple could be
caused to disregard their children
and their claims, think. tens of
, thousands of applications for divorce
would be filed and if the present
ratio. my friends, of the increase of
crime and destrtion and drunkness
and divorce continues, the American
home is going to sound the depths Of
| hell.
:, Over in Virginia, young man had
/, everything that an indulgent father
could give him. In school he chang
ed books for wine, cards and cigar
I cites. He married a beautiful girl. He
shot her in his automobile He died
| in the electric chair in Richmond,
leaving a father in a desolate home,
with the narrowing memories tearing
at his heart. And over the life OF
/ his baby are clouds woven from the
words misfortune. He sent another
woman to wander in painted shame
outside of life's Eden of purity, with
the barb of conscience driven into
her guilty soul, spurned by a pitt
less world, all because he coveted
another mans wife. Thou shalt moi
covet."
Look at Lord Byron. oh, Britain's
brilliant bard, he could have livet
in England's glory! He could have
slept with England's greatest in Yves
minister Abbey, but at the age of g.
when he should have been going on
ward and upward to greater flight
of glory his heart sent out this bit
ter wall:
My days are in the yollow leaf
The flowers and fruit of life are gone
The worm, the canker and the grie
: Are mine alone.
] "Thou shalt not covet the neigh
, boris house" l don't blame anybod
! for wanting a nice house. / hay
looked at the beautiful homes and
have said: "My, I hope they will liv
! for years to enjoy it."
Don't Covet Possessions
: OF Neighbor.
Thou shalt not covet they neigh
y boris house, nor his man servant, no
his maid servant, nor his automobile
nor anything that is thy neighbors'
: Don't do it!
A friend of mine, who died some
time ago, Jack Crawford. the poe
scout, was down in New York year
ago, and one of the New York paper
asked him to write a poem about wha
q he thought about the city.
Do like the city, stranger?
/ 'Tisn't likely that l could,
: 'Tisn't likely that a ranger
: From the borders ever would.
. Get accustomed to the furry,
n The loud, unearthly noise,
:, Everybody in hurry,
r Men, women, gals and boys.
j. Do I. like the city?
g No, | love to wander
:. Mid the wales and mountains gree
a In the borderland out yonder,
n Where the hand of God is seen.
r My idea is, if / ever live to be oil
S I'd like to live out in the countr
am a rube of the rubes, haysee
n of the hayseeds. I'd like to live OF
,r in the country near some cracki
/. good town and listen to the bird
le I'd like to go to heaven out in Il
country somewhere. | don't like
"a live in the city
Thou shalt not covet."
10 Down in North Carolina, a your
le fellow was going to school and
A. kept saying he was dead sure
of would carry off the honors of Il
10 school, The father lived off on {
$. old farm, and he hired an old hor
o. and carriage. The horse seemed
10 have several good points about hi
IS You could hang your hat on any pa
of him without any trouble.
seemed to have perpetual sign han
ing out "Oats Wanted, inquire wit
hit in" The father came 10 town,
le pants stuffed in his boot tops. He car
II to town and his boy stood talkiI
le with a group. and the old fellow shl
ne fled in and the fellow said, 81 wond
Ne who that old duffer is
Id that old duffer is"
Id Ashamed of Father;
If Lost Scholarship.
ed The old father was told about
ty His boy seemed to be ashamed
is him and somebody saw him out unit
e ing his horse. He said, What is t