Show l j 5 f. f J W Without Charity I t c CHARACTER can withstand the scrutiny of the contested divorce is unassailable Nowhere No- No where is the deficiency of the human ele element ent inu more mope e apparent In no other place do the virtues of of f the individual find less room than in the biti bit- bit t J y i terly fought divorce I action f n- n When couples come to the crossroads of the he divorce f divorce court the story is a burden of grief l fj The ills itIs of wedded life are arc pressed forward into w the limelight The happier moments of the union i iare are buried under the wreckage of domestic strife f. f in all her viciousness qualifies herself herself- herself herself- i Gossip 15 4 ives just a wee bit of ground oun to to her victim v t occasionally es sounding a oa virtue if but to tear it r to to pieces There is is' is no such charity in the modern di divor di- di vor vorce e. e I Two stories are told and each is unconcern unconcerned unconcerned cern ed with the virtue or strength of the other k y tt Complaints ints and cross-complaints cross deal solely with r f 4 If the sins of the opponent The worst there is in the individual is paraded before the public gaze I the batt battle e for fre freedom dom progresses r The TheL L charges are are either confirmed or shattered and y v on n this verdict the principals are bound to stand j Y v There I There is no nb counterbalance to character as a's asis vs-i vs s it t is is reflected in the divorce court N No virtue fi V t offsets sets a vice and no one can lay claim to a i orce without u assailing one once once lov loved d. d T There ere eret t r j IS is no giving the opponent a just deal before the p public for the courts are not concerned with th the measurement of the individual as it applies to 1 the balancing of human happiness The courts cannot annot be expected expect d under existing procedure to review the domestic life of the country as a aJ ai J i whole They can only deal with specific indI ind- ind x y I which constitute grounds grounds' for divorce but butr r i. i often the establishment of these charges damns iri r i men n and nd women of of many virtues f The e difficult difficulty y that some divorce char charges es are launched sole solely for the effect the ther they r j will Vill h have ve on the public mind 1 In n these instances 7 1 there are actually two sets of circumstances one oner r Jor for the newspapers and one for the courts I re H Tirades es are loaded into divorce complaints which could have no standing in court ourt The These se are 5 t meant for the newspapers and t o often the they Y are c-are are re given wide circulation when the subsequent I rz V t trial rial fails fait s to substantiate them in any degree decree r r Peggy Joyce and her husband are examples J I v of the divorce action fought in the news columns 0 y Peggy's Peggys Pe s 's husband in his complaint recites that J. J was not a very good actress either in the S point of morals or ability No court is going w i fo pass upon her qualifications as an actress in f determining t d the husbands husband's right to a divorce I V t W t On the other hand Peggy drags out an 4 1 le war record which she claims is t the e possession y 1 of her husband These charges and slid counter jV Z charges harges are principally for public consumption p I They h y will not figure prominently when th the case f go goes s to trial r J 1 And so it is in m many ny cases case s the consuming ire desire desire seeming to be to wreck the prospects Jf Df the mate who is no longer desired L |