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Show j . j The two causes of tho ,.-r growing divorce evil aro ItetHit Marriage ihnt u ia cnB o married and that it is , (f nick Suture C. 5 " tho country are too lax Dy MOSES N. SALE, n Jud. St. Loul. Circuit Court. " Ul 8l,1)JCCt f (llVOrCO in all but two states, New York and South Carolina. Caro-lina. In these two states there is but ono causo of divorco j infidelity, while in tho other stales thero arc any number : of causes that may bo advanced. Uccauso of this strict law in New York state thero aro fowcr divorces granted in Now York city, which has a population greater than that of tho state of Missouri, than thero aro in ' ne city of St. Louis alone. In South Carolina divorces aro rare. 1 It is easy to get married very easy, in fact. All tho man needs is .It 6, $:i.50 in St. Louis. IIo needs $1.50 for a license and $2 for tho justico V" v of tho peace, and, for that matter, $1 will buIIIco in tho hitter case if need he. Thero is no solemnity and no publicity given marriages. mar-riages. It is just as easy to get a divorce. The cost is I - but little more than it ib to get married. """"Sli When a thing is easy to get into and cosy to got ff f.i out of tho persons concerned are not apt to look at II C)j it seriously. It is like harnessing up a pair of green w J horses to work. In all probability thoy will not work S?ff well together at first. Tho samo applies to a pair who ,f nNM I" are not woll acquainted with each other. Thoy do not WV work woll together nt first and when it is ao ousy io a- Sk ""coco V |