Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-18
BY WEsTBROOK PEGLER

BY WESTBROOK PEGLER
INVITED to elaborate on her
previous observations on the
state of the nation, Mrs. George
Spelvin. American, appeared be-
fore the committee in Washing
ton and spoke as follows:
Q-(By Senator Nilly, of Indi-
anal - Mrs. Spelvin, I believe
you take the view that in your
view the trouble that causes so
much of our trouble is because
the American home used to be
the foundation of our sacred
heritage, whereas you some
times now find the cause of our
trouble right there when the
parents fail to-
A-(By Mrs. Spelvin)-WelI.
Senator, that all depends, but
we have been married rs years,
and after you have q couple OF
children sometimes you arc
tired, SO you lose your temper,
but II you are going to run down
to some lawyer and get q d.
vorce every time somebody gets
sore. well, pretty soon we
wouldn't have any homes at all,
and then there Is alimOny. and
Mr.. Speivin Is no Clark Gable,
but 1 don't believe In all these
broad-minded ideas and I don't
see how anybody can get n
friendly divorce, because II
ever get divorce I will be good
and sore, and I will make 1t
plenty hot for him
0-Do you mean
W A-WelI, if you put your
self In my place, why after all
these years, and l know l am
not any society beauty around
the expensive cafes like some Of
these Divorces always running
out TO Reno like 50-trip ticket,
so naturally II IL case Of some
thing different when II comes TO
breaking up home II you
aren't good looking md the
children are grown up
Q-So IL Is your view that
A-WeIl. you can't lay down
any fast and loose rules, but II
a woman IL smart she certainly
won't stand for any funny busi-
ness, so the first thing you know
some pretty little thrip with .
nice figure but not a grain OF
sense, and all she wants Is .
good time and n fur coat and IL
makes no difference what hap
pens to the wife II some silly
man will show her q good time
and you just have to realize that
men are fools, especially around
so years old. and a wife doesn't
have to act like a detective,
although otherwise that first
thing you know they don't ever
come home any more with one
excuse after another, so in my
opinion
Q-Then we are TO understand
that
A-WelI, you simply have to
realize that people are not alike,
but II you are going to get .
divorce every time somebody
calls you n damn fool and things
like, "Shut your bazoo and go tn
sleep" or the husband gets tight
and tells the same old story you
have heard for 90 years over and
over. why. nevertheless, the
home Il where you raise your
children and what kind of chill
dren will they be II they know
the mother and father are liv-
ing with somebody else, and
nowadays some parents get mar
ried over and over until IL In
Just like a lot Of chickens on .
farm, and nobody knows who
anybody else is any more.
Q-But in extreme cases, do
you think
AIN n way, yes, but then
again II you know your man IL
seems to me when you get mar
ried. well, your single days are
over. and II the wife can stay
home day and night and some
times the wife likes to see
movie and how does she know
where he Is going when he stays
out late, hut just because you
have little fight IL IL foolish
to think you have to get a d.
yorce at the drop OF your hat.
and I wish you would Just tell
me how people know they are In
love before they get divorced II
they are minding their own busi-
ness while they are still married
to their regular wife or husband
before they even get divorced.
and II that Is what you mean,
why the answer Is positively no.
SENATOR NILLY-On be-
half of the committee, / thank
you, Mrs. Spelvin.
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