The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-15
CAPPY KICKS
He Discusses the Divorce Problem
Written b. Coming Next Saturday

lpaieh1s aid Cappy Kicks 90
The members 20 the ullErwatsr club.
That soviet Russia "a RUNNING japan
"a mighty close rs01Hd iu Tho matter
10 divorce while 900 wait.
n suppose that's ono thing com.
munism has done for Tho prulsthriat
lfa reduced thr hiHb cost n divorce
10 such un extent that I9wly indeed
n tho muilk that cannot afford ono.
~ be has au argument with his
wife as 20 whether uttlr AisuuitTo.
witch shall o. baptized lu the Greek
Catholic church ar permitted 20 ron
ala own " and Hhsn De- aces ut 90
% 60, that argument constitutes a
religious difference. and n tho old
lady doesn't fhut up when Shea told
the first time. tho fret thing che
knows sho n liable % find herself
sitting out ln Tho snow wondering
hos come
Il dHrcsay," said J, Augustus
Ke'icl, who, Ia the moments he
could spare from the business
81 the West Coast Trading com.
pany, had ilic fatal gift Of breed,
ing pure bred cattle. that the
Russians viii soon have 20 70
sort 10 the use Of a herd book,
somewhat lil,r that Of tho Amer.
lean Iiolstsin.fTirsian associa-
ton.
Every child viii b. subject "a
registration and number provided
application for registration g. Ac.
companiei by a birth certificate and
certified copies Of tho pedigree u
Tho father and mother
The children o. tho Aristocrhfs
win doubtless DO considered scrubs
and ineligible 20 registration.
Thirty years from now. when q
lusty young Russian decides he'll
take unto himself n mate and rear
a large family, he'll have 20 nun
down tho record 10 mako certain
that ha Isn't planning TO marry IFS
maiden aunt
History. like TIE wounded rattle
snake. turns and bites ITSELF" Cap.
ny declared IN philosophical mood.
Human society, emerging from
polyEumy. appears 90 have dlsoov.
cred that tho women are running
hos wild with freedom and no com.
petition. and a. a result man ap'
pearu 20 h. IN fair way OF cor.
rsctinE his mistake and returning
20 polyEamy"
Tho Turks abandoned polyEamy
recently" Eddie smith VOLUNTEERED.
Tho Old Guard dis. but
never surrrndrrA," Cappy quot.
81. Tho Turk may have given
up polyEamy. as YOU say. be.
cause Of late years tho unfor.
iunatc Turk has had 10 give up
good many things, but I'll bet
ripe poarh he's llniocred up
his divorce laws considerably 10
offset tho loss Of his other homo
comforts.
- Turk "a the last man on earth
20 climb out on tho end OF a limit
and then Jaw OF tho limb. 20
wouldn't bo az all surprised 70 learn
tina, tho Turk has modelled his 81,
vorec law after that Of tho Eypay
ladies. who. whenever they grow
weary uf their husbands, merely Get
hH shoes outside tho tent.
a malo FYpsy coming from n
horse trading bout or a pocketpick'
ing expedition and seeing his shoes
outside the door. promptly puts
them on and beats g.
"Aitho. or course" the old gentle.
man added. you wouldn't expect n
Eypsy 90 daily with divorce Law
that preBuppoBtd tho hiring Of a
lawyer and a lot Of other incidental
expense.
Tho japanese arc very sensible In
their marriage and divorce laws,
Ulysses Grubb informed tho com
pany. when they marry tho bridal
couple 20 20 registrar md sign a
little slip. When they decide II was
ali n hldcous mistake they 30 10 the
same registrar and sign another III
Ito sllp. 4 japanese gentleman can
get married and divorced three or
four times Of an afternoon II he can
find enough wives 70 play tho game
with him"
well. wen be In fair way Of
omulatlng them " wo keep on at the
ratio wc'ro going Cnppy declared
Reno f. stIll doing rourishlus
business and. while understand tina,
Reno divorce isn't binding in the
state where the marriage took place,
nobody seems TO set into trouble
over that.
Il suppose they Just stay away
during Old Home week.
Sometimes. when I hear
preacher say: What God hath
Joined together let no man put
asundcr' and I look at the poor
simp Of n bridegroom and the
resoluie bride, ! have my doubts
rs 20 whether God had anything
TO do with Il.
Yes. gentlemen, there are times
when doubt very seriously that
marriages AFRO made in heaven. Most
of them are made because the girls
want 20 get married. / nm OF the
opinion that most men marry the
awful women they do because they
foollshly think It is cheaper to marry
them than commit suicide or live in
foreign land.
Ulysses, do you entertain n very
distinct recollection OF tho occasion
when you proposed 20 your wife, and
do you recall the formula you en-
ployed7"
"T'll be hanged II do Mr..
Grub confessed. while I'm
very happily married, j must nd.
NIT II was none Of my doing.
The first thing l knew somebody
told me was engaged; the next
thing I heard was The Voice
Il