The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-04-02
SMILIN' THRU
But THEY KEEP RIGHT ON
BY GEE SEE

ut lHE1 hEEF RlOHI ON
Calamity howlers deplore the fact
That marriages turn out bad;
They say that our martial life is
doomed
To degenerate into a fad.
They point out that wives are kill
ing their men
And husbands have no moral
code;
Divorces destroy our family life
By the wild oats now being SOW
ed.
They say that fappers and cake
eaters have
10 sense of decency left;
II 2ir necking and cuddling are so
lewd
Our morals will soon be bereft.
But I notice that marriages keep
right on
That boys and girls still have
the nerve
To try double harness and start
home
In the love and the trust they
serve.
If you believe all the scandal you
read in the newspapers you will
soon believe that there is no more
virtue in the World.
f%&sns
Blu remember that what man
and woman say about each other in
the divorce court is largely what
they dream and hope are So"
&%s**%
There is no hate like love turned
to scorn. Hate fosters an imagin-
alton so Shiny that the rottenest
sewer would appear like a perfume
bottle in contrast.
s&&***
The best of men and women have
inhibitioas, CHATS a psychoanalysis
word that's worth a dollar!) which,
if allow ed to run riot, would land
them in prison or the insane asy-
lum.
Castles in the air with some
people prove to be mud houses. And
when they have built them they
tear them up to throw at their
wives and husbands.
ssR#s+
But don't be discouraged The in
stincts of love and purity are as
strong today as they ever were.
s***a+
And the redeeming truth of the
whole business is that for every
divorce scandal there are hundreds
of marriages of genuine love.
The laws of nature are too strong
to be broken down by the morbid
ness of the few husbands and wives
who are temporarily insane.
%a#*#*
Not saying that l condemn di-
vorce--far from it!
*&&*%*
There is no greater sin than
legalized adultry. And that is just
what is gong on in many mar
riages.
Children raised in homes where no
love exists grow up to be loveless
themselves. That means that they
will have criminal tendencies.
*%****
The present divorce laws may be
imperfect but out of the welter of
scandal and mud-slinging there is
bound to develop a more perfect
understanding whereby just and
sensible divorces may result
s&s*+%
The main vice lies in the fact
that newspapers reproduce all this
filth that is stopped over in the di-
vorce courts.
The newspaper that can't exist
without publishing the filth of the
divorce courts should go out of
business.
"Oh, the people demand It'll" they
say. BUT NOT PUBLICLYl The
average man and woman would be
ashamed to admit that they crave
such reading. And if it is eliminat-
ed from the newspapers they will
be ashamed to deplore the fact.
p#S~%s
Just as wars cannot be abol-
ished as long as war is glorified,
just so divorce scandals cannot be
abolished as long as they are
glorifed by front page space in
the newspapers.
When people want to air their
bedroom clothing they take it to
the roof or the back yard.
&&&AA%
When people want to air their
bedroom scandal they should be
be made to do it behind closed doors.
Many divorce is tried in the pa
pers before it is tried in the courts.
s%&ss~