Show van shing po nt of the american family in 1870 the per cent of all mar biages terminated by divorce was 3 in 1880 4 8 per cent in 1888 6 2 per cent while now it seems probable that approximately 10 peri cent of all marriages in the united states are terminate 1 by divorce professor willcox of cornell has calculated that should the i resent rate of in crease of divorce in the united states continue by one fourth of all marriages will be terminated by dl vorce and by 1990 one half charles A ellwood in the february deliea tor |