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Show MARRIAGE ON I'KOBATIOV. A writer in the Fi'VtniijMly Bcineir, disensa-1ne: disensa-1ne: tlie Rrowit j frequency of divorce, urges a sehesM v hi -ii he terms limited or experimental experi-mental marriage. Twlffltfl of for life, the weriod shouid be stated as one, two or more year, as sl'reed upon, the lime to be cx-tend'-j if desired hy both parties. Since this phm is advanced in all seriousjiess. and not in any satirica! or facetious way, and in a publication of pood standing, it shows to what lengths some otherwise rational people ViU ?o tc solve the vexed divorce problem. A ureat deal is said nowadays about the evils Of divorce, and ripht here in Salt Lake the ca?e with which lejral separations may te obtained has been made the butt of inuy a poor joke and the theme of more eei ions discussion. And yet whenever the Subject comes up one cannot refrain from thinking of a remark made by Mrs. Eliza-Beth Eliza-Beth Cadt Stantox that it is better to be divorced than to be wishing that ones partner part-ner in the matrimonial yoke would die. Like ali other laws the divorce laws r I the outgrowth of a practical need. In a country ISfcs this, where a Jivlehood is easily obtained and sustained early and foolish marriages will be consummated. Domestic infelicity is often the natural result and it is to correct this that our lax divorce laws exist. New York may pa3s stringent laws, as she did, but ! then sonic other state like South Dakota will provide relief and New Yorkers will i leave home to take advantage of it. Before the divorce problem is settled tbe I miirriatre problem must be adjusted. This j will come slowly bat r.urely as the country j is occupied, permanent homes become more general and the responsibilities of wedded j life better appreciated. j |