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powerless fo'stoptt.-1 None who pre end- "States hhs had to bear the
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ndipledge of ;the subject, prpfess to see theij gar ding - the siared tnstu.
end'.of 'the movement' away fromlthe time-: ' tution of marriage, of
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' hind' until death' doef'the part', although' portunitiesnay, of most lavishlyiprofier--. )
every class of tritics'has some remedy of ; tng invitations-for divorce. : I f '
its1 oiin ' , ' '7. But Europe's figures are now showing - 1
ThS' one' thin r l'that is - indisputable is a similar" tendency, even within the Woun- t.V '
, that divorces are more ana mure numtivm, uum yj . i,4,r"f v
M'thntth tinmen are- more and more, : nd'ever: and; always, the, staves-, are con- .'
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4 i the Jiihedrawng near when mar- '.the divorce courts. Vva-v '
rHETHEK or iiot they are justified in ' During tho twenty. years between" 188; and 'k' ,
claiming their freedom w a question" 1908 the working population Of JbTance haa'.inore
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parently hastening toward a unanimous condu- advantage of the legal privilege of suin'g'as.palu- T" s
ioa to endure no more in marriage than pleases perg 8ometllin(r wtich they take to'like;di?cka ,to . '
them, be it trmal or grave. , V' water, especially as-the average eipenses for tie '
More than ampk evidence has been adduced "bourgeois" divorce amount to $400. ? ':, - '
n the, worlds divorce " From 2009 diyorMMwiW.twenty '
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upwara. -in Koumaniatbe percentage-is 2Va; in
.Denmark, 2 ia, Prussia and Sweden, 1 per cent
each; in England, V2 of 1 per cent, with strong
popular agitation for increased divorce facilities
and much evidence to show that, the small num.
n "twenty ' xoor9 diagustei enougL to m'ake the parting a some change of the laws which would give the her of divorces is "due mainly to the expense and
'w",mZ, ' mere natter, 'of collusion. The girl is, madame, ' English poor divorce facilities somewhat like 'difficulty of procuring them. , :
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have 'drawn, the.;veU of-: instituted throughout Europe,, covering the gen- the legal status of tho married woman, in both
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struggle on
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It'may be that, with the universal crash of of the figures promptly inaugurated show.i
jjuj. i..a; ' r.t a. . tli6 larger number of divorces was,! to' so
eri civilisation the whole moral fabric, founded bepl
! vears constitutes a rise far more Alarm
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honor and obey.' But the inexorable "Statistics , than elsewhere, because France possesses, a popu- , it ,flnd the woprietie3
s show especially 'in the United States, that hus- Ution more nearly stationary than doesy other tdecncvi nvr -..jw 1a
likely, iJXhJraiS SiSSSSS ' ' -The women usually have one of -two reasons ' ; There ii.' no legal divorce iniltaly, which d for -independent, status. . In Ireland, as .
to the last ditch 01 marital misery riages is more nearly. representative 'or ine, . . l- , . ,4 Ja l 1 , . A , it R A, V. in RnQaia - Tiowprfnfc wlnnniw mflnraees eo so
md. who has imagined that, in takme a Euro, but. w thm th ftv vphrs fliA number of iar xo preserve me sanctuy 01 we mrnno
ii 1 ' v,iie he Wfl8 securing a source of permanent in- i - legal separations has doubled- ' - that .tno percentage of '.divorces is -trivial,- the
L ' come "that L wouldn't have to work for. Tine , Austria, which permits both separation and primitive - condition Jf the Russian populace
mr: - morsls 'to speak of and prefer to be entirely t ree . doubled its separations. . ' . against marital unhappiness. .
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in. the union of one man with one woman only, : ' a, iu.Li.i C reyiunuuw. - - in iiouana tne separations nave increased 10 ,,.,0 iUO m-jvuv, .
shall'beirin to -swar and topple in the very di-' uuV, r 0 .T-Vi A ut? ' - It is complete divorce that is nowadays ap.' triple the number of a generation ago, whi e the ' pucants . ior divorce are women,-notwunsiana.
, snau pegin to WV .nu Pi u vt,ry di t operat6 hke 80me vaccination that doesaV take: th hn Kot t,0 -tv,a ;.nM.- fi.- iha- th fact that tbn law irpnpra v nrovides for
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, reconciliation wherever ; it is , possible iha
doubled, average of. the applicants is well . represented
by five. m the two 'great capitals Fans and ;ierlm.
gone up ey j 111 raris ine , women represent po per. cent 01
have been tne applicants; in liernu trjey. constitute w
)t ranee, , which has led Unpeoples in national , 1 The newly Meseedpair o,Uiem'arC'.lMiiSe.,,-ioeiiie8:of. ahamea-.whifih iifit1,'''iiiffUliiki? i 'rtul'Yiim r:AivnTcim innrr, in tinw ' A marked influence 'in the preservation of
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v. auv jjonuuwuj ay uaw,ut, outtiru. montfls quarrels as inviai.or jealousies aswen nage an
amongthe ;very popxr who constitute so great a - founded! bring the bride into the divorce" courC Awhile i Great
proportion of any. population. . ' . ' , jniiig si the expense of the state, twith the; bride- i taking .tosti
.w!i v - go mgn tnat an Europe is anxious over tne uwuwuo-provwi iw w w. prrtwiuw m i uumich.
io i.ne anxious. anaLysea oIrech.mar-TTchangeTZ the highest proportion, -.... ?na ncr,c, again, i ans, ana ucr;m auora tjpiCai
ri It9vcsttil,c nsra in nrnnraai , tnH (nut ititrnviul Uin f n amra TIHl nn. limtanf-PS.' In T,nA r rPTIPh fSnifSt tUfTB flfrt TOllP
'.Britain's 'divorce' commission' was Iriages. -The percentages of France and Greece times as; many, f,divorce .secured by chiMb
testimony, under ; popular pressure, for are somewhat less, but manifest' a steady trend
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