Show As A Woman Thinks By fly EDITH E. E MORIARTY l In ln England rn lan only men can claim divorce damages es woman has no right to take tako action against a rival accordIng accord accord- ing InS to a recent ruling of or the tho British courts Tho Justice who han handed ed down that ruling ruling- stated that It was waa doubtful a a. wife had bad an any right to bring action against another woman who ha haa enticed her husband awa away the r reason aon b being ing that a a. wife In Inthe the eyes ees of or the la law had no such rl rights righta to her husbands husband's services as he ho had to hers In tn granting the tho justice ar argued two points point should be consid conid- ered tho ered-tho tho actual value aluc of ot the wife to her husband and the blow which his marital honor r received elved when She uhe was tal taken r awa away from froni him hUn 18 It alJ any amie tho the women In ll are re clamoring for or a a. reform of or th tho orce I laws la In that country countr in view w cit such f ideas would not any wom woman n no matter how Jiow sacred she abe considered con con- d the I vows be he an advocate avo- avo cate of divorce In lii America the tho situation is some come what whal different The man mami woman arc are aro treated more n nearly nearly- arb alike and the tho main complaint maln-complaint complaint seems to to bo that there thore are too m many divorces R. R f Some P. P c. P. P lc arc are complaining c that divorce orco laws need not bo be strict but marriage laws should be Others Other sa say that the laxity of ot cli- cli di vorce laws In some some states slates is 18 deplorable and still others SU say that tho the amount of red tape involved ol when two people wish to living tt together Is ab absurd urd And so 50 It H. seems seeing that In England there are not enough h divorces an and in Amer An ica tea there man many an and tho the answer does not seem sc-em to be either cither strict or lax divorce orce laws Jaws A bit of oC fatalities tlc emanating fr from m the I Far ar East however or mal makes clI It Jt look as If Japan had hit upon a aplan plan that regardless o of Its merits or faults was was' working out for tho the good goodof of tho coun coun- try In Japan a divorce ma may be bo ob ob- ob tamed with comparative ease case All that i Is necessary sAry Is tho decision of or either cither party an and that of ot the tho family counsel Either Kither In 11 spite of ot this title tB fact t or because of it the divorce rate rato in Japan Is Is' steadily decreasing in proportion to the m marriage niage rate rate- and Japan leads all other countries In the world in its birth rate And it has lu-is been said that the west always stood for tor progress Surely in I this case cast eastis 15 west cst S j Copyright oP Ir t l 1920 lo O. O |