m THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1913 EVENING EDITION. "MY VIEWS" A Running Record of In dividual Opinion by a Quiet Obserrer. Editor Times: There la one subject that never crows old. That Is, "the evils of our dlvorco lawB," Now, before wo ko any further, 1 want to say that the evil Is not in our dlvorco laws any moro than the crlnio of larceny grows out of the statutes on that subject. Our dlvorco laws wero made by the brainiest men wo could Bcaro up. They aro the result of huri dreds of yoars of research, and the experience of our loglBlutors, many of whom have tried the law tlicin solvcs. Thoy aro tlio cpltonio of wisdom, as all laws ought to be (this Is not slurring the legisla tors, either.) "Tho ovIIh of our dlvorco laws" la a mine tnat has been worked by the press and pulpit for ages. It turns out about tho same kind of uuggots year In and year out. When ever thero Is a scarcity of news a reporter Id sont over to tho court houfio to dig up tho number of dl vorco sultB granted or filed within a given tlmo. Usually this Is ac companied by extracts from some or the most salacious petitions all good reading' matter. Then tlioro la tho moral lesson drawn by tho editor, which Is a real mental rest to write. Tho conclusion Is always the same: Something wrong with our dlvorco laws. About over so often tho ministers of tho gospel, as a sort of holiday for themselves, and as n treat for tho congregation will deliver n stir ring sermon on "Tho Evils of Our Dlvorco Laws." These sormons are always well received, hecauso tho congregation feels "tills Isn't meant for me." I bollove that marrlngo Is a sa cred Institution nnd that dlvorco Is a godsend. That doesn't sound Just right. Under our laws, whon a foreign er comes to this country, ho must declare his intention to becomo u a citizen: then ho must wnlt flvo years or more. After that, ho 1st trlod, as you might say, and If ho is found worthy ho Ib permitted to voto and help mako divorce laws. Why does It take so long for him to becomo u citizen? That hu may mako himself acquainted with our laws and our plan of government. Thon, this government wants tho time to satisfy Itsolf that our frlond Is worthy to becomo a citizen. It tu a good theory, anyhow. Hut, on tho other hand, now, "lookoy." Gladys moots Harold down at tho restaurant about 11 o'clock p. m. for tho first tlmo. Tho chances are thero aro a couplo of other IdlotB In tho bunch. Thoy destroy a quanti ty of beer or chnmpugno; thon thoy will begin to talk about mnrrlago that Is tho chosen subject for idiots and champagne Hnrold will dare Gladys to got marriod; Gladys is gamoy and won't tako n daro. Thon, tho next morning before Harold and Gladys becomo duly so ber, wo aro able to road In tho pa per In big head llncB, about n "pret ty llttlo romanco;" "A Marrlngo as tho Result of u Daro." Maybo ono couplo will hot tho othor thoy will bo married first. Thoro Is n rush for tho dork's of fice. Thon wo havo two crimes com mitted Instead of only ono, two mar riages that aro bound to result In dlvorco. Tho papors glvo a half column to tho "Jolly llttlo romunco." Every body rends It because it 1b good stuff. In a fow weeks or months two pe titions for dlvorco nro filed. Then tho howl Is mndo In tho press that our dlvorco laws aro rotten. Instead of a mnrrlneo llconso. Hnr old and his man frlond should have been' given Hlxty days U Jail, nnd tho girls sont home. If thoy hud homos; nnd If thoy hnd nono well, 1 wouldn't know what to do with them. A rnarrlago llko ono of these ought to bo nnnullod by tho Judgo tho next morning without taking a bit of evi dence. Tho trouble is not with the dlvorco laws, but with tho mnrrlago laws. I was born in tho country und a dlvorco was so rare u thing thnt It caused almost ns much comment as a lynching. You boo, It was usually llko this: Tom nnd "Sary" wore horn, If not on tho saino section, In tho snmo township and range. Thoy nttonded tho snmo school; nt noon they played "button, button, button, who's got the button?" nnd when Tom got It ho gavo it to Sary, This was tho first open dcclnrntlnn of lovo. When snow ennio, Tom washed Snry's face in it. Sary luughod nnd trlod to wash Tom's. He Invariably lot nor. This was a mu tual acknowledgment of tho divine passion. Tom rurrled hor books for her to tho corner whoro ho turned south and she wont on east. Finally one night tit spoiling school or prnyor mooting ho won the Car neglo medal for heroism by asking Sary If ho might "seo her homo." After that It was smooth sailing. Later on tho UBual thing happened- theywero married. Tom know Sary nnd Sary knew Tom and there wob never any divorce. Too ninny marriages aro "pot luck" transactions. Thero Is about tho same chance of their turning out right ns thero Is in drawing tho big prize in a lottery In which you aro not a stockholder. This talk against tho dlvorco ovll; this advocating "make divorces hard to get," gives mo that wan, tired reeling. Somo people seem to think that divorces aro llko a contagious diseaso thnt thoy nro "catching," and if something Isn't done to stop it, you and I nro liable to tako down with It. Then thoro aro somo peoplo also who think that It Is a crlmo to get a dlvorco and that tho Dertlllion meth od ought to bo brought into vogue. Of caurso thoro nro times whon a dlvorco is granted on porjurod testi mony, but the only difference It mnkes Is, the wrong party secured tho dlvorco. If a man fools a women into bo Ilovlng thnt ho Is ono of tho few chosen ones, nnd ho turns out to bo a good-for-nothing loafer, nnd won't work to support his wife, sho ought to bo given n dlvorco. And yot "non-support'' is no lcgnl grounds for n dlvorco. Tho law tolU a woman that if her husband is too lazy to work and won't support her, alio will havo to tako her modlclno and support him, or words to that effect. Tho only way for a woman to got rid of that kind of a man is to got him In range somo tlmo when sho Is splitting kindling wood and let tho axo slip. Tho ldoa of making a woman Hvo with n drunkon bruto; making it hard for hor to get n dlvorco; mak ing It n mnttor of such oxpenso that sho cannot afford It; all seems to mo to bo utterly dovold of good senso. Whon n man has a wlfo who thinks that the chlof duty of a married wo man Is to dress up nnd go to purtlcB and "who loves her hUBband dcnrly. hut another man twlco as well," I can seo no reason In asking him to llvo with hor. Tho main troublo nbout divorces Is tho unnecessary notoriety. Nineteen out of twenty nro secured without any opposition. Thero ought to bu nothing In tho petitions to attract tho attention of the public. Hut entor prlslug nttornoys enn't resist work ing In harrowing details. Just why thoy do It, I cannot understand, un less It Is for tho sake of tho frco advertising thoy got or an aversion to seeing their stenographers Idle. Kv ory dlvorco petition Is rubborod over by tho roportors nnd, If thoro Is suf ficient nasty slop In it, It npponrs that evening und tho next morning In tho papers. Thero nro things that happen In every family If they wore paraded bo foro tho public would mnko tho mar ital rotations of tho wholo world look llko a dead failure What Ib the uso of charging drunkonnos, Infidelity, desertion nnd cruol and tnhumnn troatmont nil In n petition nnd go ing In to tho hnrrowtng dotulls of each when nny ono of thorn Is good? Thoro Is no occasion fur It oxcopt the anticipated column wrltoup in tho papers. You wll notlco that by way of appreciation for tho "good story" on tho pnrt of tho reporter, tho namo of tho ontorprlslng lnwycr Ib usually given. Tho other dny I road almost n col umn In n Portland papor, taken from a potltlon Just filed, whoro n drunk en father camo homo in a perfectly awful condition; tried to mnko the 2-year-old Infant drink whlskoy from n bottlo and when tho heroic mothor objected, tho fnthor promptly knock ed her down with a club, bent hor into Insensibility, tore tho hnlr from her scalp, thon choked her until sho was ns black In tho faro ns a Stet son hat. After that, ho spent tho rst of tho tlmo until breakfast was ready In kicking, cursing nnd calling hor vJlo nnmos, to-wlt: Thon thoro followed something tho papers Just had to loavo out. At breakfast he told her that tho coffco tustod llko it had been doctor ed with something to cure tho liquor habit, and thnt hor tea wns Just Hwoetonod wind. Ho told hor thnt tho only redeeming featuro about hor biscuits was that thoro was no stom ach strong enough to throw them up. After bronkfnst, Instead of giving H for liousohold expenses nnd kiss ing hor good-byo, ns n loving nnd provident husbnnd ought,, he squirt od tobneco Julro In hor car. And sho had been Buffering theso Indignities for yoars. Tho hiiBbnnd promptly nccepted sorvleo, waived tlmo, and tho cauo was advanced on tho doekot, und sho hud hor dlvorco In twenty-four hours. All of which wns right and proper. Hut why nil that stuff? I do not mean to say that tho abovo Is exactly literal, but It will remind you of something you hnvo read. It Is hard enough to get n dlvorco, but It Is too easy to get mnrrlod. DIXIT. A COLD. LA GIUITK, THEN PNEUMONIA. Is too often tho fatal sequence. La grippe coughs hang on, weaken the system, and lower the vital resist ence. R. O. Collins, Postmaster, Par negat, N. J., says:- "I was troubled with a Bovoro La Grlppo cough which completely oxhnusted me. Foloy's Honey and Tar Compound soon stop ped tho coughing spoils entirely. It can't bo boat." 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