Show DIVORCE FOR EVERY SIX MARRIAGES MARRIAGE INDICATED BY OFFICIAL RECORDS I 4 M ff f ff 4 44 f 4 4 4 1 Divorces asked for since June 1 1903 1908 f Complaints filed by husbands 22 4 4 f Complaints filed by b wives 62 4 Total new divorce cases caseR st 54 4 4 Marriage licenses Issued 4 Ratio of ot divorces to marriages 15 4 4 per cent 4 MM MM MM 4 There is one divorce asked for Sto lio to every six marriage licenses Issued In Salt Lake county count If the record from June 1 to date may ma be relied upon The above table shows the comparison in detail This is the season when more mar licenses are Issued than any an other and also the season of ot few fen divorces as the courts are not constantly in session It would be conservative to say that tak ing ng the record for the entire entile year one oneIl di vorce is asked for each five Ie marriage li it licenses I censes Issued An examination of at the tIne records also aso shows that 60 GO per cent ot of those who ap ply Py for divorces were married in Salt Lake county count and approximately 75 per percent percent percent cent In Utah Of Or course courSe the number of wives seeking separation from their husbands Is much greaten tItan than the number of husbands ask asb askIng asking Ing to be divorced from froh their wives In Inthe Inthe Inthe the record for Cor the summer lUmmer as shown hown above 22 2 husbands and 62 wives applied An Interesting feature is the fact that seven of the 22 husbands have filed flied their suits within the past five days showing that there must ba be an epidemic of deser desertion desertion desertion tion among wives as all the seven suits are brought on that ground alone atone The Tile complaints show that husbands seem to rely on desertion charges and seldom make any more serious accusations accusations accusations On the other hand wives charge all manner of things the most common being desertion nonsupport drunk nese ner cruelty and infidelity According ot the tile Judges who have made madea a study stud of the divorce problem It tt often orten happens that a husband consents to his lila securing a divorce rather than gO so into court and secure one himself on grounds which might make things embar embarrassing embarrassing embarrassing rassing for all concerned In these cases the tile wives as ns a rule say their husbands have hae deserted them or failed tailed to support I them v |