South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-21
Deceit's Cost
By Winifred" Black


JUDGE Graham Of san Francisco
says that deceit Is the chief
y cause for divorce.
Judge Graham ought 20 know
they call him The Divorce Judge"
out in San Francisco.
wonder II he's right.
OF course. courtship Is a good deal
OF a csmoufiage-there's no denying
that.
Young Edward is getting $40 a
week az the bank, some day he'll
get more-maybe.
He has TO dress well and look
prosperous and he manages to do II
somehow.
He meets Mabel and makes up his
mind that he can't live without her.
Does he tell her he's poor and
not very energetic and not particu-
larry clever?
Not he lie acts as II he had a
million dollars hidden away some
where.
Such a srender-so Renerous-so
free in mis- ways. Flowers for Mabel
and candy, too-tips for everybody
and not a word about the bills that
are going TO come in some day.
Mabel hates homework - she
can't bear 10 stay at home after
moons and as for EVENING" she
thought she was going 20 be shut
up in a stuffy fat ali evening at least
six nights a week. she'd be IN ter
rible state OF revolt.
Does she tell all this 10 Edward ?
! Does she let him know that she
never made a biscuit in her life and
can't bear the thought OF making
one?
Does she tell him how much she
pays for her clothes and how little
she knows about dressmaking? Does
she ever let Edward see the milliner's
bill her father has 10 pay? Not
/ Mabel-she never thinks OF such a
thing
40. 7 don't suppose either Edward
or Mabel is deliberately deceitful.
They both just shut their eyes ana
walk right straight into trouble.
That's all.
And when they're married. and
/ Edward begins 10 worry about thu
bills. and Mabel gets tired OF wash
ing dishes, they don't say anything
about these thing=not they
Mabel accuses Edward OF fiirtinI
with one of the girls at the bank
] And Edward suspects Mabel Of
thinking too much about one OF hel
old admirers. Edwards hungry and
Mabel is bored and before they
know it, they're in the div orce court.
Then there's Jane and George.
James really rather a darling
almost every one thinks so-but
George.
George used 10 think so, too, but
now. sometimes Jane worries him.
She isn't always AZ home when he
gets there and the other day. che
had a new waist and she told him
II cost Sand he happened 70 see
the tag and il cost $17-and he
wondered why she's deceiving him
about it-and he begins 70 suspeCi
her
And everything she does looks
queer and mysterious 70 him.
And all that's the matter with
poor Jane IS that her mother gave
her the waist and she's afraid 20 tell
George. because George and Mama
have had quarrel-and George
thinks she never sees her mother at
all any more.
Jane suspects George. too. He
acts so queer and secret sometimes.
Always afraid she'll listen when
he's talking over the phone and
every once in a while. when he's
talking he almost says something
and then stops himself And what
can Il be-but another woman or
something dreadful like that?
And Jane cries and George sulks
and one quarrel leads 70 another
and before the wedding silver has
lost its shine Jane and George are
thinking they wished they had
never married
George isn't in love with another
woman at all. He's in love with
Jane.
But Jane IS Jealous OF an old pal
of his. She never did ike Jim and
she simply won't have him around
and Jims in trouble. His mother
has just died and his sweetheart has
eloped with another fellow-and
George would like 70 give poor old
{ Jim a lift And It's Jim's name that
ne bites back every once in a while
and not a woman's az all
SO it's all about nothing-the
whole miserable tragic business.
! I shouldn't wonder II Judge era
ham was about right n his idea
that deceit Is one OF the chic
causes for divorce.
. Deceit never helped anyone real
". FOR any length Of time. under any
! ordinary circumstances II Jane and
George would have a good plain
sensi Bile falkland tell each other
the truth-the whole eky would
, clear in no time
II Mabel would only tell Edward
= how she hates homework. but how
hard shes going 70 try 70 Ike It.
p and II Edward would only tell Mabe'
, how ne feels about those bills Il
3 might not all come back again-the
moonlight and the glamour % the
courtshir days-but an honest
cIear-eyed. true-hearted affection
would come back and that's worth
: all the glamour that ever cleaned
r in all the moonshine on earth.
; Try H. Mabel-try u. Jane Have
p a trial OF il. Edward-see what YOU
can do about Il. George.
Wed ali like 20 know the results
i Sometimes. Il would seem kinder
i u a man would only XIII a woman
J love BY some big. cruel act instead
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