Show Divorces Increasing Q r I. I CURRENT CURRE T figures are tre to be regarded regard d as asI I nn an indication 42 per cent of the marriages ched here end in divorce In other ids ds the number of ot divorces granted in li hird district court since January 1 tare are arc per er cent of the number of marriage licenses ed d 0 during the same period The number e C lis js S surprisingly high and is vaguely sug- sug rye fre of the changes coming over one of oldest institutions institution's in the world he divorce problem m has grown upon us js is not something peculiar of the ag age or ethin which h has Ins come to us overnights overnight s S likely to to stay with us so long tong as human gigs make mistakes and err in their judg- judg t t. t Perhaps a few of these matrimonial lures tures ures might be saved from the shoals of ster ister by bya t a t more humane handling of their in the early earty stages of their union fen en a man and a a. a woman simply cannot c-annot ree ec e when they make each other miserable particular good comes of keeping keepin them ether ither So in the main divorce becomes a evil il the only relief for couples who have luve ed into hasty or ill advised marriages divorces are not always ys based on momen- momen problems Often they are the result of 1 IL misunderstandings s which might be away by gentle and sympathetic adl ad- ad l isha tion n in which all the angles of the were understood and determined 9 competent referee One of the troubles b 11 divorce procedure today is that it con- con ms to the d desire sire of one or the other of the except in contested actions which rare rare c f More ore into the divorce deceptions go rec- rec into any other branch of American Most divorces are granted by fault C which means that the husband or orf jfe f accused of wrongdoing can see seb no ad- ad in contesting the charge The pro- pro jor of ones one's reputation in these cases erey means that the grounds for divorce uld b be dissipated in which event the de- de dant merely compels the plaintiff to con- con Jue a relation which has proved offensive iere can be no harmony in this It is f unfair for a husband or a wife to r. r 1 el the character of his or her mate malte but laws demand grounds for action and f There these are arc are lacking d deceptions ce tons are for the relief of the individuals affected r teen n if they do make one or the other of the theArties Arties appear as something which which- he or or she snot not The divorce problem must be solved be- be Ore marriage More mature judgment and r reater reiter ter understanding of the responsibilities of l on the part of young people would elp After the union is established it is ore bore or less dependent upon the ability of lie e couple to make adjustments In some c aces cs s dom domestic relations courts investigating which do not act upon parte ex-parte testimony I mony nony but examine all angles of the marital blem help warrin warring couples over the first falls Their success however is limited 1 ore pre or orless less to those cases where the desire desirer I r divorce is nothing more than a passing eve Where here the mating is fundamentally iong on they can do nothing and divorce ceases cease o bc be an evil J |