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Show I A CHAPTER ON EX-HUSBANDS. I BY ELLA K. DEARBORN. The present status of marriage and divorce bring up some queer questions, and one of them is, shall a divorced couple, remarry each other? Our writers on etiquette should give a chapter on this subject, for it is puz-illng puz-illng to know the exact degree of warmth or frigidity, that should be accorded ac-corded the ex-husband or wife, when meeting socially or by chance. A woman receives some other woman's wo-man's ex-husband, apparently ignoring his past, though undoubtedly each DOES weigh the other's past as much as possible. But now, won't the social authorities please tell us If a woman should discriminate dis-criminate against her OWN ex-husband. Unless you have been surprised Dy the remarrying of a divorced couple, you have probably never given the question a thought. It would seem that a couple who had endured enough unhappiness to land them in the divorce court would be only too glade to remain apart forever, and yet this strange fact remains no matter how cruelly a man has treated his wife, nor how bitterly they may have upbraided each other, in many cases, after the divorce he declares his undying love, and seeks to marry her again. It speaks well for the Intelligence of the average divorcee, that she refuses to listen to his wooing, and makes the would-be double husband understand that she considers it less risky to marry some other woman's ex-husband. It would be at least a variation in misery. ELLA K, DEARBORN. and the unknown has strong attractions. attrac-tions. But when a couple are divorced, and he wins her to be his bride a second time, what happens? Is this woman's second husband any better than her first? Probably not, but she. for shame, must keep silent, and endure as best she may, all Indignities shown her. A divorce will not make a man over, nor extract the triple meanness from his nature; nor will It change her, and a couple who take the second risk have more faith in themselves than their friends have in them. Ponder or a Scotchman's wisdom Who cheats me once; shame on him. Who cheats me twice shame on ME. |