South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-06
JUDGES DIFFER ON
DIVORCE PROBLEM
Sh. ld Marriage Laws be
Loosened or frightened?
Jurists Disagree.

N 81 DEhfhr aidiIA a---ltld met
RIGA ly opposite views AS 20 the best
I way of remedying or solving the
T problem Of the axe "-marriage-
ere held BY two modern SOlomons OF
f tie New York bench.
/ Judge Alfred J. Tally Of the court
I OF general sessions. holds that more
stringent marriage laws viii result
IN fewer divorces. Senior Justice
7 Leopold Prince, OF the eighth district
municipal court. IN answer 10 Judge
+ Tally. holds that strcter marriage
laws would result in a deluse OF d.
+ ve-ces. and that easier divorce laws
would result in a far happier cOndi-
+ tior Of life and living
Did taxation without fermenta-
ton make for a prohibition that pro-
hibited ?" asked Justice Prince
Make Man Jump Over
Barriers Of any Kind only want
20 make man jump over them he
explained. Make marriage laws
stricter and YOU win have a similar
effect 20 that produced by prohib-
ticn. Everyone knows that there
have been more hip-bOttles and more
than ever before.
People want 10 be free TO do as
they choose. Legislative restraint
imposed upon them that deprives
them Of their rights makes Thorn
want all the more TO DO thing they
are told that they cannot.
Before "a man and woman are
married both wear their best clothes.
as IT, were Both are on their best
behavior. Neither shows his or her
real self 20 the other. They cannot
+ foresee what the other may turn out
10 be like after married life. And
just as they themselves cannot fore
see. neither can any law. For that
reason. therefore. canot see how
stricter marriage laws would accom-
plish anything.
Laughs at DOCksmlths."
Love laughs at locksmiths. and
f 81 certainly will laugh at laws If a
tcOuple have made up their minds 10
lie married they VIII accomplish
their marriage somehow
/ There have always been runaway
/ marriages, and there always will be.
often they turn out to be happier
K marriages than those where the two
Rave kept company for years before
marrying.
What 1 advocate, then, is not
stricter marriage laws but easier di-
urce laws. In the beginning Of civ
il lzation. in the days of Moses, a man
could divorce his wife on the grounds
of incOmpatibilfty. In those DAYS.
of course. a woman was a mere
chayttel Today, when woman IS the
equal OF man. the law of Moses
sho uld work both ways. Either d
man, or a woman should be allowed
10 ivorce the other on the grounds
Of ncompatibility.
Divorce Laws Good"
'T am convinced that the divorce
laws OF Nevada are good laws. There.
after six months residence, a di-
vorce Cpn be obtained on the grounds
I OF des,ertion or non-support or in
compatibility.
+ unfortunately, the divorce laws
] in Reno benefit the rich and not the
poor The poor suffer here just as
they suffer with prohibition Tie
rich man has his cellar stocked. bus
j the poor man cannot buy even "A
|courle of glasses of beer a week.
! the rich can go to Reno and stay
+ at an expe nsive hotel for six months.
1 bur no poor person can afford 10
go there TO obtain a divorce
Il am in favor of uniform di-
vorce law that will bring about di-
vo~ce on the simple grounds OF in
conn Daffbi1tfv If for no other reason
than for The sake of the children.
How can any children grow up TO
live useful happy lives when their
. parents are continually fighting at
homee"