Show Of DIVORCE IS f ASTONISHING i Cardinal Gibbons Declares I It Strikes at the Roots of Our Social System A HALT MUST BE CALLED ALLE I Statistics of of- Census Bur Bureau au Show Shocking Conditi Conditions ri nS in iD inthe inthe the United States REVELATIONS APPALLING APPALLING Divorces Are Multiplying About Three Times as F Fast st as the Population 4 4 4 4 44 4 Baltimore rd Nov Xo 28 r 4 Shocking und anti striking a at the tho 4 Cr very cry roots roote of 01 our social system 4 4 4 were ere the tl terms applied today by 4 f Cardinal Gibbons Gibbon tho timo most em emu f 4 ff f rient nent member of the tho Catholic fc 4 church In America In r rf f 4 4 the tho facts as set forth In hi f 4 the Uto figures that h ho o o Just been bern r 4 given heu out b by the time c census bureau burrou 4 4 1 f Thc tJ show a startling 4 f 4 growth ro in th tIlo tho j divorce oree e evil In the 4 44 4 United States disclosing that one 4 4 A A. A marriage hi In tel t ends cuds In dl dl- dl 4 f vorce Toreo and that divorces arc aro two 4 f nm one halt times a. a iw common 4 s 83 fort forty years curs ago 4 44 4 4 0 O 0 f hH Mm 4 O Mi 4 O 0 Cardinal Car Gibbons who w o Is c Interested In the tho divorce e evil ovll and who l ll Jo h has s for or years preached and written against It ha has studied the statistics I the government has Just given hen out and Is ts de deeply ply Impressed b by them I He believes tho the divorce orco evil e cat can bo ho checked only by a a. deeper regard for tor forth forthe th the teachings of ot of the church and that society should shun shun those who e. are ar divorced or Instead nl of the Jf di divorced dl- dl woman or man an a as an ll It now o doc o Am 22 If it had 1 1 r r CiT v A tl Sti witt 1 r J. J S1 J t t T O 1 1 u. u R S ep Yov are are- nothing Is lets leis a than fh hi iro appalling Ii j I I extent nt of ot time divorce evi II IJ r 1 I as to strike ut at tho vory rp t. t tJ t r I social I h Wr r amid anil speaking cons constantly oil all this this' sUbJect sub subject sub sUb- J ct and J I am m In lii sympathy Uth any movement to chei chock k tile tho growth Ot of ill ill- I 1 orce In tu till country 4 I The Tho government go U reB sho show y that divorces aro are multiplying about times as an fast rast us as tho population The They I disclose that one mar luge e fire In Jn 1 12 enda In divorce The figures ur a B arc are the inoff I striking striking- when considered by by- th side elda J Jot of ot tho the figures ures of ot C Canada Duda for tor In Instance oJ where the number of ot divorces hor Is rl rel- lIvel sm small i Divorce orce i Is becoming so 80 prevalent pre that marriage l Is IH getting to bo be little better than a 3 system of ot free tree love People Pee Peo pIe pic are aro too much bunt bent on pleasure Mon Mea and women enter the marriage state without regard r to tho scored naturu of or the bond they are aro ro undertaking Thoy look too much upon lire life with r reg m only to what pleasure tho they c can n gc got out of ot It 11 1 1 lero does os the fault He lIe I la Is It la in our system of or education T I Opposed d to Divorce J No Xo It Is the result of a a. false Interpretation of or tho the gospel gospe Every Everyone Ever j one of or thA tho gospels gospel Is opposed to di dl- dl vorce If It divorce Is to bo be checked thor there must bo be a 8 stricter rC regard for the truths truth J of oC the Christian religion lon aa as thoy they aro J taught by the Catholic church If It wo profess to bo Christians let us b be Christians Chris ChrIs- I i Another reason retson wh why divorce la is ou on I Ithe the tile Increase Is found round In tho the attitude of ot society toward who are or di divorced dl- dl J orce In former times a woman 1 who was divorced vas was shunned Sho 1 was not received or recognized recognised In f good society nn and was WaB frowned upon I INow Now this Is not the thc case If It divorce l Is to be checked let the tho divorced person person per per- son bo be shunned To what extent la Is the law lw responsible 1 S sible ibl e or Of course the lawn law on th the subject 1 of divorce aro are responsible to some es- es j tent The They should be made mado moro more se severe so- so yore ere As Is well known n they differ i In different st states tes and aro are In many C cases case 9 lax A man forms torms an nn attachment attach m meat ment for a woman or a woman wOm for forman a man and regardless of ot any existing marriage bonds bondt they determine to i marry Under tinder time the we laws they find this easily possible I noticed what tho the tics showed as os to the decrease of ot marriage martlage mar mar- stage r rato In times of ot depression It ItIs ItIs Is 19 natural that this should bo ho the case I Ian an and that people should the tho moro readIly readily readily read read- ily contract marriage when hen times aro ars pr prosperous i ithe Without oU t going Into tho the question o of the time relation of ot economic conditions to J divorce I may say say that I bop that we are ore on tho verge vergo of oC greater Creator proe- proe perlY and better botter times |