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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1966)
A Bachelors Point of View Marriage First Step to Divorce Editor's Note: The point-of view is strictly that of Mr. Green. No responsibility for the ideas Is claimed by the editors. By STEVE GREEN There are probably those who will say an article on divorce has no place in the Spring Bridal Edition but when you consider that Oregon and California have the highest divorce rates in the nation, any prospective bride should consider herself a prospec tive divorcee, too, and plan her first marriage accordingly. First of all. a girl should con sider exactly why she's getting married. If you were to ask one ot the unfair or opposing sex her reason, she most likely would re spond with three classical reasons —love, happiness, and duty. The latter of the three could more appropriately be termed security, but like nationalism, that's a word that we like to find substitutes for. So we'll call it duty. Now. let's consider these three factors a little more closely and see how they could ultimately lead to divorce. Practically all prospective bride divorcees (in this sense, the two words are almost interchangeable) think they're in love. Ambrose Bierce defines the word love as "a temporary insanity, cureable by marriage.” Bierce goes on to say that this disease, like gout, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; bar barous nations breathing pure air and eating simple foods enjoy immunity from its revenges. Headed for the Rocks So we can readily see that any marriage based on love—espe cially those that spring from a University community — are headed for the rocks. For what is more artificial than the atmos phere that surrounds a university community? (and Oregon slab burners and pulp mills certainly are not very conducive to pure air). Once married, half the battle is lost already for the the new bride moves out of the artificial university into the reality of dirty diapers, no more monthly checks from home, a disagreeable part ner . . . and more dirty diapers. Before she knows it, the love dis ■ ease is cured. The only thing re ! mainihg is the polluted atmos . phere. The second factor as you re I member, was happiness. Bierce | defines this as “an agreeable sen sation arising from contemplating the misery of another.” The prospective bride-divorcee can take consolation in the fact that her friends who don't marry ' are really more miserable than she, for they will never know the joy of supporting a husband while he finishes school. They won t have the opportunity of coming home to a cozy "love-nest” after putting in an eight-hour . shift as a waitress and being greeted by dirty dishes, laundry, and a husband who can’t wait to get out of the house so that she can take care of the brat. And then there’s always the possibility that she will have another little one to support—an ulcer. Sees ‘‘Misery’ The more she sees the "misery” of her independent friends, the more she might be inclined to think the g^ass is greener else where. And that’s a require ment for a prospective divorcee. Thirdly is the tacior that really does make for a successful mar riage. Security, or duty as we call it, in this case, is that which impels us in the direction of profit i along the line of desire. A marriage that is founded on j duty is usually successful if the prospective bride divorcee has the foresight to choose a rich hus band, for when everything else fails, money can practically al ways keep two people together. Hut if the husband gets wise to the fact that all he is is a meal ticket, this could lead to a di vorcec too. Presuming, of course, that it is the husband, not the wife, who has tht money. From this, it is easy to see why the prospective bride-divorcee is practically headed down the aisle of the divorce court as soon as a ring is clamped on to her finger So during her first or "exeri mental" marriage, she should plan for the second and the interim period between them. In choosing an area to live, the prospective bride-divorcee should pick a state which has strict di vorce laws (alimony, child sup port, etc ). There is no reason why she should have to go to work during the interim period When acquiring household good and furniture, buy things of good lasting quality. Chances are the bride-divorcee will get most of it in the divorce settlement. Don't Buy Anything Engraved Of course, the cardinal rule is don’t buy anything engraved' If the divorcee's initials were C.H. in her first marriage, for instance, it would be very awkward to use silverware with those initials en graved on it in the second mar riage. Someone might think she lifted it from a hotel. Besides, it will be worth more if she wants to pawn it. If you must have children, it might be best not to have them until you are sure that the experimental marriage will work Children always complicate a divorce and you might have trou ble trapping a husband if you have an established family. But above all. remember the poor .slob has ii 1(’H»I nhli'"iHon *o support you, the bride-divorcee, i and when you decide to tinload him. don’t let him net out of it cheap If he has to work harder to pay alimony it will probably be ftood for him. besides it miuht even help to stimulate the econ omy. To the fellows who may b* reading this, don’t be too (Iis appointed no matter wnai nap pens, you don't have a chance anyway. There are only two kinds of women: plain women in u wicked league with the devil, and attractive women with wick edness, a league beyond the devil. When it comes to marriage, lie inn draft-exempt is the only place where men are going to win any way. Buttons Set Style In Mens Clothes Clothes may make the man, but buttons set the style this season in this fashion game of "button, j button, who’s got the button’’’ the sleeve and pocket buttons on men’s clothing olfer the clue as to just how high-style his suit is. The fewer the buttons, the newer and more fashionable the suit. The buttonless trend began about three years ago, according to an authority on the disappear ing button, as a natural step in the evolution of a slimmer, trim mer, leaner look to clothing. This trend gained impetus from its espousal by the late Presi dent Kennedy Today, two years since its introduction in moderate priced clothing, the two-button "fashion" suit comprises 50 per cent of the sales of big clothing firms. The conservative, whether he is the natural shoulder type or not, still finds three buttons on his suit jacket. Hut the man with two buttons on his jacket is one step up the fashion ladder. The fashion-minded lad sporting a single button on his jacket sleeve is wearing the newest suit of all. The current trend of stvline. i with its trimming (town or elimi nating all unnecessary touches, giving a clean, trim look to the clothing, may possibly indicate a movement towards the elimina (ion of buttons entirely in the future. Today's one-button suit has ‘other distinguishing marks In ad dition to the lost buttons, it has no jacket vents, no breast pocket and no (laps The trousers have side tabs, no cuffs, and are trim and narrow. The one-button suit also sports high, square shoulders and newly shaped lapels The button trend also applies to sport jackets, with the one . button sport jacket the newest fashion entry for "after-hours" : leisure wear. Hand in hand with the disap pearing button are the vanishing trouser pleats. Men have dis covered, like women did much earlier, that less hulk means a trimmer look Today the majority of trousers produced are without pleats. Buttons and pleats may be van ishing from the fashion scene, but their absence may spell new fashion excitement for the “stronger" sex." CHERYL GHILARDI, a senior in speech therapy, is shown here con templating the unseasonable (lor Oregon, anyway) sunshine in a turquoise and white checked bikini—while not generally accepted as proper a few years ago—can now be seen on almost any beach.
