Arizona republican., 1922-05-06
LARDNER WEEKLY LETTER
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DIVORCES IN THE DISUNITINC STATES

To the Editor:
Vile the number or divorces now
being applied for and rendered in the
Z. S. is viewed with alarm by pillows
of the church and etc. still | believe
/ am safe in saying that it amt moth
ing compared TO what 1t would be If
the big majority of husbands and
wifeS did not have a mistaken idear
in regards to the difficulty of obtains
ing same and instead of one marriage
in every ending up in the divorce
court like at present, why If the OPP
ponents knowed what a cinch 1t was
to get loose from each other the per-
centage would be more in the neigh
borhood of or smash ups in every
10 trips.
/ been reading the world almanac
and found out that the whole thing
is a matter Of geography as the diff
ferent states has different laws to fit
every occasion and all a person has
the law which suits them best and
then go there and register their
squawk and get receipt which
makes them free agent.
This applies to every state in the
union except South Carolina though
some states is a whole lot tougher
than others and would best be avoid
ed by parties that like ease and COM
fort with their divorces. AS for South
Carolina it don't grant no DEGREES on
no grounds whatever and have
nicknamed it the holy state of matri-
mony.
Maybe my readers will say yes but
It is hard to keep a divorce out OF
the papers and what we are scared
of is the scandal which is generally
a ltx-.l NyS m ixpd IN N
Wen friends theys a good many
states where they don't no scandal
enter into it or at least not enough
for the papers to think it was worth
printing and it is some of these states
which l will now call your attention
to them SO that IL you are a married
man or woman and wished you
wasn't why you can't say 1t is my
fault that you amt.
"lndignties" Enough in Missouri
OF course everybody knows about
Nevada and that is the trouble with
it because the minute they print the
item that so and SO has left town 10
spend a few months in Reno why the
friends and neighbors all begins mug
ging each other and makeing all
kinds Of nasty remarks.
But I doubt if many people knows
that in the state of Wyoming you
can get a divorce on the grounds
that your husband is a yagrant and
as the 1st. definition of yagrant is
a man that strolls from place to
place, why it looks to me like all you
half to do is prove to the judge that
your old man once walked from 42nd
st. to 34th st. or that he rambled out
to the kitchen one night after a cork
screw
I~.,.z - - ca,,araI stafas
where you can get divorce on the
grounds of fraud and maybe this is
the softest proposition of all as you
would just rent a rm. in Hutchinson
or Wichita or somewheres and then
go UP and call on the judge and when
he asked you what Swas the matter
you Ncould say my husband is old
fraud
Missouri grants divorces on the
grounds of indignities which | don't
suppose they's husband or wife in
the world that amt obliged to suffer
from same and I should think it would
only be necessary to tell the court
that you was playing partners with
your husband or wife in a bridge
game and they bawled you out in
front of Mr.. and Mrs. Cahill or that
YOU made the remark that you had
a headache and the person you was
married to went on reading the funny
page.
In Pennsylvania you can get a de-
cree for conduct rendering life bur-
densome" like for inst. your husband
asked for another cup of coffee or
your wife accepted an invitation 10 a
party where they was going to wear
dress suits.
Oh, Here's "Want Of Understanding
New Hampshire cuts the holy
bands for treatment which endan-
gers health or reason" So If you
live in the east you can take run
UP to Concord and tell the judge YOU
want to get loose from Charley and
he will ask you why and you say
because he not only makes me sick
but drives me crazy.
Idaho frees you on the grounds Of
neglect for / yr Well, neglect means
not to attend to with due care or at
tention so you can tell the judge al
Boise that for a whole VI. your wife
amt cut your hair or listened vile
you was telling the story about the
Swede and the Welshman.
Still another soft spot is Wisconsin
where they sever the combatants OF
acct. Of want of understanding a
husband or wife that can't prove that
grounds deserves all the married iltC
that is comeing to them.
Kentucky loosens the knot for ''un.
governable temper" and if a persor
has got any temper at all Why whai
other kinds is they?
Rhode Island gives YOU a diploma