The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-30
FezO Women
HaUeRight
tOAHn1Ony
BY MARTHA LEE

seem that malignsd wives ana tnelr
woes have been holding the spot
light just ABOUT long enough. Wom-
en-, especially wives and mothers. do
have their trials. but so do men,
and especially scnse husbands.
What lot Of women want is
matrimony with a platinum lining.
Marriage means 10 too many Of
them days OF leisure for bridge.
golf. shopping. iuncheons downtown
and all the little things that de-
light a woman's heart we're told.
The metamorphosis from a cat
erpiIlsr to a butterfly is not painful.
In fact It is pure delight. A girl.
budding into wi'ehood, is sometimes
Just that. q caterpillar changing
into a butterfly. All that furry and
bustls OF being a bride gives a
girl a pretty lorsided idea of what
marriage is really going to be like.
Sues for Divorce
She is shoWered, luncheoned,
bridged and dinnered 10 death. She
hardly has time to Try on her trous-
seau.
And somehow when the honey
moon is over and she finds mar
rage pretty slow proposition Of
three meals a day, housevork. and
an occasional movie, she feels she
has been gypped fearfully. Why,
marriage isn't lined with platinum
at all It's just plain tin. Chang
ing from a butterfly back 70 a cater
Pillar is what hurts most marriages.
Now many a woman. upon finding
herself in such a disillusioned state.
Immediately sues for divorce, be-
cause after all she might as well.
She's still young, and surely deserves
what happiness she can get out Of
life And the divorce usually has
an alimony hinged on.
Few Deserve Alimony
Alimony is ovcrworked anyway.
There are very few women who
really deserve alimony, when you
figure it all out. The only ones
who do are those who have children
20 rear.
Marriage is a business proposition.
It's a contract between two people
who have resolved to pool their in
terests, their lives for further sue
cess and happiness.
When the marriage fails il these
things it means a diSSolving Of the
partnership. And surely when one
partner quits the business the other
partner is not duty bound TO sup
port the other throughout the re-
msinder Of his life.
Ailmony Club Formed
Men are beginning. to resent this
parasite. the divorced wife who de-
mands alimony-and gets it. They
have stormed around among them
selves for a long time about it. But
until a few days ago it was just
storming.
The other day three Chicago men,
who have been either cited for con-
tempt or committed to Jail for fall
ure to pay slimony sought incorpo-
ration Of the Alimony Club of
America.
The articles Of incorporation limit
membership to men who are di-
vorced, have been sued for divorce
or are suing for divorce. Among
others, the articles set out the fol-
lowing purposes:
Test Federal Laws
To obtain more deliberative &C
ton in divorce cases and a more
just and equitable adjustment.
TO test the constitutionslity in
all state and federal courts of laws
under which nep are imprisoned for
failure TO pay alimony.
TO advocate the enactment of
laws requiring courts to examine
the merits of 4 divorce case before
allowing temporary alimony.
To produce the establishment of
a court of domestic arbitration in
which ordinary domestic Difficult
ties may be arbitrated by judge
in private.
To protect men and society gen.
orally against the so-called modern
woman. who considers marriage a
mere step incident to a suit for
divorce that she may engage in the
business Of collecting alimony"
Divorce More Profitable
That's not a bad idea at all. For
although there are plenty of women
who have grounds for divorce that
would cover the area of the United
States, Indiana Territory included,
there are also plenty who make
grounds because they find that di-
vorce and subsequent alimony is so
much more pleasant and profitable
than marriage
1 do hope the men who are vic
tins Of breach of promise suits band
themselves together for the same
protection. The Tilted Juliets have
made a clean sweep Of mems bank
accounts this year.