Show The J Japanese ap nese Girl t I Her Daily Life Amusements Work and Ambitions 1 I BY MOCK JOYA f HI Is hr Th r c n ITh t r Tt WnM I DIVORCE IN JAPAN A the majority of at the A f ALTHOUGH Japanese wives arc are happy happ Japan has the distinction of having the largest number of or divorces in the tho world After Japan comes the tho United States in the number of or divorces However the tho reason and cause for tor divorce Is ts entirely different In tn these two O countries In Japan there is no divorce on the tho ground of or cruelty or non Most cases of oC the Japanese Japan Japan- ese divorce orce are on account of ot disagreement disagreement dis dis- agreement between husbands and wives or b between the two families The rhe family and not the tho Individual Is tho the standard In Japanese In order to keep un unstained the tile name and reputation tion of ot the family Individual comforts and peculiarities are lre sacrificed Wives 1 must conform to the customs and manners man man- ners of or tho house and when It happens happens happens hap hap- pens that they cannot and where there Is no way vay of settling the matter r. r di divorce divorce divorce di- di vorce Is su suggested as the sole solo means of or solving tho the problem This Inability on the tho part of ot tho the bride to conform to the customs of ot her new homo home Is the thc main reason of most Japanese di divorces dl- dl In Japan wives never divorce orce their husbands It is always the husbands who divorce horce their wives wiveR However a Japanese husband can divorce his wife b by his own will alone Whenever 1 the divorce orco is contemplated the family of or tho tile wife wite Is alwa always a consulted consulted con con- suited as as' as asto to tho the best wa way to straighten the matter maUer And In tn such cases the middle man who vho Is ts selected at the time Ume of ot the tho wedding to solve an any and andall andall all nIl difficulties between them Is la the theman theman theman man who has hns the tho entire matter In his hand Often Orten this man mon proves a messenger messenger messenger messen messen- I ger of ot peace pence and by his diplomatic tactics all difficulties aro are removed and tho the couple Is as happy as ever But Bitt wh when m ho falls fails to adjust the tho matter dl- dl oree Is the tile step that Is b agreed upon b by all concerned When tho the divorce Is agreed upon the wife wIte takes her effects and returns to her parents or brother In Japanese c divorces dl the court has no hand at nt all and the divorce Is ts only tho the annulment n w wI I of the thc marriage agreed upon bY byall brall all con con- There Is no alimony In r Japanese pane e di divorce dr dl- I vorce orce Tile The word alimony has no lie corresponding Japanese word and Its Us meaning is not known to the Japa Japa- nese To the tho Japanese mind alimony sounds too absurd to be true In Ja Japan Japan Japan Ja- Ja I pan pan- it is understood that wIves are di divorced divorced divorced di- di on account of or their faults and those who have hac faults enough to be divorced should not receive any more mor consideration than tho the annulment oC ot their marriage When a a. Japanese wita I la to divorced she returns to tober her parent parents and the divorce Is recorded in the official of ot- tidal books of oC th the city That Is Ie t the o end of ot the matter and th there re Is la nothing else to do on either side There Is no such thing aa as legal separation in Japan and there la Is no record of ot an any Japanese court granting i such a separation When the couple wants to be separated they arc are di dl- dl And divorce Is a e personal af affair affair af- af fair in Japan Court and public has nothing to say a about out It The divorced dl women have ha very UtU chance of marrying marring again although widows wido have ha as ns many chances chanc e of or re- re re-i re marr marrying as have American widows The Tile Japanese think that a a. woman wb who could not conform to the tho peculiarities peculiarities' o of one family and make malee her ber married life happy can never nc be accustomed to those of oC another family and able to be bea a good wife to anybody By Ey the Japanese custom all children remain with the husbands when th the tha wives are arc divorced unless the husband does docs not care to keep them And often otten the mothers aro arc not allowed to se eel j their children after thc they are aro divorced |