Evening star., 1924-09-30
MOSCOW DIVORCE
HAD FOR ASKING.
Marriage and Freedom From
1t Made Simple and
Cheap by Reds.
RY MAMMALIAN HARDEN.

Ey Radio to The star.
BERLIN. September 3o.-BolSheviSt
Russia, which still has a childish JOY In
shocking the citizens of the Old and the
New World. has again proved itself
fearlesSly radical. One of their wisest
men, being asked whether certain
apostle OF communism had been mar
ried four or five times, answered that
he was too busy with his own sexual
equilibrium to bother about some ones
else.
In Russia today marriage and divorce
are private matters in which nobody,
not even the state, interfereS.
Want to marry? All right Go to the
peoples commiSSariat for marriages.
Notify the bobbed-hair young lady
there of your decision. tell her where
you will reside in future and the wom-
ans name A girl with nicotined fingers
will inSCribe your remarks in brown
book in the presence of two witnesses.
then you pay ruble and acquire the
holy marriage state" You may even
demand part of YOUR wif"'s earnings in
Case YOU become unemployed.
same Procedure.
Want TO b. divorced? TIL. same com
mi ariat Th,, sam, youu. lady tor au-
other with similar b"bh, Il hair and
brown fingers) will take note Of Your
decision and lrscribe il in the same
brown book. demanding payment Of )
TubieS. HenCeforth YOU are sinGl" again.
If one party opposes separation tn"
matter will be decided lry III" pr"-
pies court Within a week The man
must provide for children born IN
wedlock, giving one-third Of his in
come for this purpose. The state
locks after and brings up all chill
drcn whose fathers cannot he found
Despite the fact that marriag" and
divorce are so easy. no abuse or cor
ruption of family life are remarked
Prostitution, CXtortion and other con-
sequences of what may be called the
fiction Of monagamy are said to be
rare and on the decrease.
In Roman Catholic countries mar
rIage il n sacrament, and a priests :
blessing is necessary. II can b. an
nulled only by dispemsati"n "f thr
Pope, which is neither easier to oh
tain nor more difficult than other IA =
vors from mighty ones.
Gcrmnny's System.
Protestant Germany, which half n
century ago abolished religious mar
Iiagc. now demands that banns be
published in the newspapers Of the
community where the couple reside,
and when no objection is declared is
satisfied with a simple statement by
the registrar that the marriage has
taken place.
Greater patience, however is need
ed by those wishing to cancel intol-
cradle marriage ties. Exclusively
physical attraction can. because it is
termc| adultery. force man TO sep
aratc rom a mentally indiSpenSa hle
Vile and beloved children. But where
th"re has been no unfaithfulnesS and
only incompata bility of character
md opinions turns the marriage into
hell any crafty lawyer goaded to
enthusiasm by the advance of large
PAYNE ntS, can prevent a legal Sepa-
ration or dclay legal verdict for
vars. driving man and woman not
$" we'll off to despair.
SHOULD either during their time
seek comfort in an Illicit liaison with
a beloved person he would be despised
for immoral living and would be pic
turcd to his children as an abomi-
nation.
It might be expected that thf state,
wishing TO break. the power of cap
ital tn church and privileged classes.
and desiring to attain real and not