Show lea 44 hi r ra 1749 mv hn m m of WE D r ENO nev the population tion and social life of reno nev are undergoing a great change where a year or so BO ago the opu mining promoter in his corduroy or khaki and his bla high russet shoes was wont to disport himself today to day may be teen seen men ot of the east flashing dashing by in high powered automobiles where washoe squaws squads would a year ago sit and play cards at the corners ot of the public squares may be seen today to day handsome women in paris gowns sauntering la in tho the afternoon sun bun on the veranda ot the leading hotel where a year ago were tho the silence and desolation that ahe the panic ot of 1907 produced idly sit and fight with ennui groups ot of men mea and women who look forward in mental vision to the time dine when they will be able to forsake this frontier post ot at civilization and whirl an eager flight back to their homes in the east but they are looking for divorces at present pie sent and so they must stay here tor for at least six months from date data ot at arrival to satisfy the tha requirements ot at the nevada divorce laws with regard legard vantages of the town over any other in tho the state nevada la is primarily a mining state and natine usually hides her precious metals in fix dilli cult places reno neno la Is not a mining camp and la Is not only centrally situated from a railroad ralli ond point ot at view but has baa scenic attractions rarely to be found in any american community it la Is located in the heart of a rich agricultural region and through the center of 0 the town rans a beautiful mountain stream at reain the truckee river surrounding the town at a brief distance are snow capped mountains a and nd the winds coming from over their summits keep keel the tha air cool on summer suma nights it Is never very warm in reno ileno on tahe other hand the winters are comparatively mild AD attitude altitude of at leet feet makes the atmosphere somewhat trying on nerves that are not robust to begin with but nervous affections arp are tho the only complaints to which the climate Is unfavorable for the cure of other ailments hot mineral water springs abound in the vicinity of reno twelve miles away are the famous steamboat springs which comstock Co rostock millionaires were wera wont to patronize 40 years ago three milea from ikeno heno to Is moana means springs five miles from reno to tho the west la in another fatuous medicinal resort Laugh tona tons springs the road to which runs along the truckee river making a beautiful driving boulevard halt half way to Laugh tons on this road la Is it a magni magnificent ficen t edifice A W I 1 WHO adf or me SUITS the very near future for tho the next legislature does not meet until january of 1911 there thera are others who point to the experience of south dakota which for 20 vanro ON 00 rh ahm h evils 0 of tax lax divorce laws before a repeal peal was ise curva tj 64 I 1 i 0 o i Mora moralists lists of 0 oviln hv an ann lly jf y stubborn task before them dut no vatia lit is cleaning house in the last laal session ot of the legislature after gam ing being permitted for 40 years with cognizance of law a bill abolishing gambling gambl lne was passed the net act to take effect in november of 1910 and tl it Is 1 believed bel loved that it if that could be done the slack alack divorce lawa can be moro easily repealed in jbf meantime the hotel men and cottage renters of reno and the divorce lawyers will continue to nourish flourish parisian Pa toilettes toi tol lettes and CO 60 horse power automobiles wilt will lash flash and dart through the quiet thoroughfares at all sorts of hours men and women will continue to become citizens at ota I 1 nevada on a six months and leave the state forever the day after securing their divorce decroos decrees frolics of a real queen eliat queens are very human beines ines after nit nil la Is evidenced by their delight in tho the outdoor pleasures which oven even their humblest subjects M known as Ric kR may enjoy the royal lady of a european court to the local no longer sits in regal splendor in her palace abir eu r monte carlo ricks rounded hy by ladles in waiting ready to minister to has all the con her roost most lati languid guid wish but you may moot meet her XA ances for those who motoring in the country or riding horseback jn in destro to make a stay the park it la Is on nn excellent example they are and frequently parties vi etting their country countrywoman countrywomen w 0 o w w acm omen women w who ho go to a ii d devotee or of outdoor t ia mi u jn in a Wh DOM ours for argul gotto to deed she ehe attributes keeping young and enjoy ing good health to ma this fact whoa when p y young g girl aholas avdi fond ot t swimming 7 rowing and driving J and even now NV sho she never permits a day to go by without taking MIMI some exercise it if to residence for reno has succeeded to tho the eminence 2 the weather lei la too toc formerly occupied by sioux falls as the divorce center ot at bad for walking america some farsighted lawyer got into the nevada she eho passes s a i cral legislature several years ago and when ho he got out again hours at billiards there was a divorce law among tho the statutes of nevada sho she Is a wonderfully that tor for length breadth height elasticity and all other skilled with qualities that commend themselves to the seeker after aft r the cue and Is vasy matrimonial freedom c could not be surpassed any anywhere proud of b her er game in the union it was equaled hy by the south dakota dut in nice weather law though and so nevada arid and the nevada lawyer secured her favorite exercise no results from tt it for the time being la is walking a but everything comes to him that watts waits and ewon arr at S a n d r 1 n g when the people of south dakota arose in their ham hain she visits wrath last november and by a referendum vote vota I 1 declared that any one who desired to get a divorce in south dakota would have to live there a year instead of six months as aa had been the requirement qui rement previously the seeker of relief from present matrimonial ties began began to take fake the long journey westward to nevada where it takes but a six months residence to be in a position to go before tho the courts of the state as plaintiff in a divorce suit W 11 schnitzer 0 reno heno divorce specialist has written a treatise on divorce practice and procedure in which he be throws throda an illuminating ray on the wherefore of the popularity of at heno as aa a divorce center ile he says while the laws of the eastern and middle western states generally contain some provi provision sAon tor for the dissolution or oc the tha marriage tie it Is obvious to the reader that in cases where cruelty desertion aad failure to provide 1 form the basis of ahe grievance the law in u ach states of fers fera no substantial relief to the aggrieved party because the requirements of proof duration of offense offen sc corroboration of plaintiff and procedure under court rules are so exacting and irksome that the desired relief sought by the applicant Is rendered impossible of attainment summing up the situation as aa it exists in the eastern states respecting the domestic relation law tho the client when consulting local counsel is almost invariably advised that upon the tha facts submitted he or she sha to Is without remedy here in nevada the applicant cant without deception or fraud upon almost auy any charge from which lack of harmonious re lallona may be rea reasonably inferred may apply to our courts and acure prompt results by do creo cree of absolute divorce valid and binding in law I 1 while there are about 64 caus now on the docket of the district court there are in reno ileno today over no individuals establishing establish ink a residence for divorce purposes a major lv y of whom are women tho the charms of nevada its as a divorce venter center have only just begun began to percolate into the tha consciousness ness of the outside world reno ileno has fin aa objection to tho the present status of affairs it la Is estimated that tho the revenue of tho the own from the divorce colony at present Is close to ta a year and that it will increase from this on to a community ol of but IS population this Is no small why benr Is prefer preferred rud to any other com commiel ty ly in the ate as a place of residence by jacso faw lac king liing divorces divorcee ta 13 4 0 of the manifold fid h 4 come back tor for several days it might be mentioned in this connection that the divorce colony lias bas brought to reno over motor cars cara the leading hotels are always crowded and the rents rente for cottages cott agea have appreciated on the average to the extent of 50 per cent in tho the last six alx months in instances tho the increase has boen been much greater cottage that rented for 60 a mouth month in fa january januari last now cow returns Us its owner a rental of amonte amon tb perhaps the one inq thing that endears ateno to tho the visiting divorcee more than anything else la Is I 1 its ta ty to san francisco one may board a train rain in reno ileno and be la in the pacific coast metropolis oil in ten hours despite its manifold eions llona life in reno Is likely to wear irksome upon those who hive have been used to existence in larger centers and tho the visitors to a great extent nooner or later during their stay take a trip or halt a dozen trips tripe over the sierras to tho the city by the he golden rate gate such visits while affording relief from the ina monotony ot at life in reno do not impair the residence qualifications necessary to tho the obtaining of a divorce to again quote h divorce authority already mentioned under the provisions of section 22 of the marriage and divorce act the plaintiff must reside in n the state for a period of at least six rix months this Is not construed to mean that in order to fully comply with the statute the party must remain here continuously fur for said eald per period liDd so it if a party comes to nevada and in good faith takes up a residence the party may leave the tha state at any time after real residence dence may so go and travel when and wherever the party chooser choose and may return to the state whenever vh enever inclination clIn cli prompts and yet such ouch temporary abonce would riot not in any any wise affect the legality of the tea reside residence established but the party would be entitled crA tItled under the law to bring suit any time after the lapse of six months from the date residence was originally established notwithstanding the absente absence from tle state during said per period lod aused somewhat by the financial seductions reductions ot of the situation and yet to learn atio lesson that such nuch a state of affairs can only result in tho the morat moral degradation of tho the of the community a lessor lesson which caused south dakota to reform her divorce laws avia reno Ileno 1 appears to bo be pcr contented with things up tta they bey are 11 dut but reno is burvy engaged in and it t la Is felt by tho jaoin the divorced lawa JiwA A tat bolo 11 ati 1 1 all parts of her farm at least once A day athla la Is more of a pleasure than a task because she usually amuses herself on the way by taking snapshots with her camera or playing with one or moro more dogs doga pond fond though the tha queen la Is of outdoor life she avoids hard exercise yachting and daiv ing she enjoys but she never has played golf or put a ba ball llover over a tennis net persistent she cho believes bel levea offers the the quickest means known tor for getting rid of a nice bice complexion and gaining wrinkles queen alexandra aleandra believes bel levea so BO much in fre shair and exercise out of doors that she has ha sometimes slept in a tent she had put up for her at san ban once onca asked how she managed to kepp keep young she said bald areah air and exercise are the tha best beat elixirs of youth queen Alexin dras particular hobby la Is photos arid and that takes her bar out of doors a great deal she ts to said bald now to possess albums containing over photographs all al taken by jerown her own hands representing royal arid and important person ages places and festivals in all parts of europe for a period of 16 years now dow the queen has haa bied been a devotee of the camera sho be possesses five cam eras I 1 ita 1 I wherever the be it a cruise la in the royal yacht to her dionio in denmark or a ald ride across country in the highlands she Js is never without her camera that the she uses it well la Is evlin dent when it to Is stated that dur during g 0 one n a of her med I 1 cruises sho she secured 1400 photograph n t in six elx weeks then it ii is very seldom too that the queen throws out a picture or destroys a lieg allye because the subject Is not up tip to th the ma mark rk in her bor way of going to work sho she to la roost most methodical iler her photographs nil fill many albums and under each her majesty liae has written a description of the picture ana the date data when laken they include a great variety of subjects subject a from the tha klingm kings stud horses taken in n the old days at the annual sole auto at Wol torton to portraits alts of her grandchildren on an the lawn at and the rulus of the parthenon the photographs photograph a of tier her grandchildren ill fall thre v albums alone rind and now amount to several thousand they depict them at gagneu romping with each other and one that made the king roar with laughter when he saw it has haa caught two of the younger of walea each once right to a g |