Show f II I I I The Divorce Anti-Divorce Decalogue By Marguerite Mooers Marshall Marshal BI Eight ht commandments to prevent di divorce dl- dl vorce have o Just Jul been IS Issued lIed b by a volunteer volunteer vol vol- Moses loses of oC matrimony the Re Rev Kev Geor George e J. J L L. Halo of oC St. St Louis As Aa If IC he considered the wife primarily rc responsible ponil- ponil hl lie ble for tor c conjugal Dr Dt Hales Hale's commandments arc are I addressed ex exclusively ex- ex ely to her ice Here they are shall not nol love man I Ko No 1 1 Thou Thou any but hut thy husband neither shall thou flirt with another No o. 2 Thou 2 Thou shall not neglect thy husband and th thy children for Cor the tho club picture show or dance Xo No 3 3 Thou Thou shall not k keep ep thy husbands husband's husbands husband's husbands husband's hus hus- bands band's nose none to the grindstone b by buyIng buyIng buy- buy In Ing 75 hats while he buys socks pocks at six pairs for Cor a quarter I Xo No Thou rhou shall not nag at thy husband for tor verily thou reap leap what thou sow eth th Xo No f. f Thou r. Thou not neglect to pra pray for th thy children neither thou neglect to spank them when the I occasion demands No C Thou G Thou not rear thy children children children chil chil- dren b by pro proxy No 7 7 Thou Thou not dress afternoons afternoons after after- I and evenings In a kimono but butu butuso u use uso o paint and powder as al freely after aeter ma marriage e as aA before before- No 8 8 Thou Thou love lo the Lord th thy God GOll with thy heart henrt for verily the salvation salvation sal sal- allon of ot the world worM depends N upon uon the thee Yet Yel If it ll It takes take two Uvo to lo make malc a 11 quarrel quarrel rel Tl It H assuredly takes two Iwo to make a divorce Believing ln that lIl the wife la is JI the sole oll guardian nor the sole I disturber of domestic peace that of offenses ot- ot fences Censes against the enmity comity of marriage arc are h by no means confined to one s XI X I I suggest the following orce decalogue ue for husbands No 1 Thou I-Thou Thou hhall not forget or he be I afraid to lo b be loo too lIus busy to say say un un- un I prompted and antI at least once a n week I l love JO you There Is no Income tax on nn these thee three words and the time most woman never ner quite takes lakes them for Cor granted r Nor docs does the most prosaic woman tire fire of hearing them Xo No Th Thou u hall show discrimination dil tion lion In th thy burnt offerings not offerings not presenting presenting pre pre- a wrist t watch to her who the obvious nor a barbaric sil silver sliver sliver sli- sli ver necklace to the wife who shiny furniture glad plays plas and wholesome love lov stories I lorl R. R Xo No 3 Thou 3 Thou take lake thy wife to lunch at least st twice or thrice a month and alit as much oftener a as th thy purse parse and anil thine office hours permit Ono One rca reason on wh why marriage tails alls Is because breakfast and dinner are arc the tine only meals which the modern husband and wife eat to together In the Iho morning morning morn morn- ing th they are arl sleepy and anil cross At night the they aro o n nervous and tired tired- At lunch time each Is h per cent awake amusing sympathetic No o. o Thou 4 4 Thou shall be h. the Iho k keeper of oC thine own mind and thIne own con con- science A woman loses respect not only for fora a henpecked man roan but for one who Is f employer pecked or who i is afraid of what vhal what the the- fellows will ia say No S 5 Thou 5 Thou ne ds not bf lp p nn n neat n at but hul V ut thou shall pick up thine own No 6 6 Thou shull not thy th- wife If to censor her story of thin tho days day's s events r or nr r blue blut p pencil nril thin the frank frnnk expression express sion slon of or her Inmost thoughts Thou shall haft like her hr yell well enough not to be shocked lI by her No Xo 7 Thou i Thou shall halt not object to thy Ihy wife's having having- a conventional on acquaintance acquaint acquaint- ance with other oilier men She will but hut appreciate theo the more I J wanted to 10 meet meN m my hu husband hand at atthe the tho station with a brass s band a wife wiCe vehemently me after describing describing In ing a da day spent In entertaining the themen themen men engaged en-aled to lecture at her club No 8 Thou S-Thou Thou shall always sa say thou kc J t thy wife's clothes even clothes even If thou lest lIest No 10 9 Thou I-Thou Thou shall not snort at thy wife's enthusiasms though thou mast not share shaie them No o. o 10 Thou 10 Thou remember al always always al- al ways was that the la last t and greatest invention In- In of civilization Is manners and anti that manners 1110 charity begin at home |