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Show DIVORCES. The Herald-Republican, in an editorial, tells where divorces are in abundance, also rare. Mark the contrast and the reason. "Out' of every hundred thousand of population in the United States seventy-three divorces are granted every, year. "Out of every hundred thousand of population in Ireland, one is granted. "Religion has a good deal to do with the difference. differ-ence. Ireland is a strong Roman Catholic country, coun-try, and the sentiment of that church has always been strong against divorce; strong for the keeping keep-ing of the matrimonial pact. "And the difference in accessory fact is just as impressive as that of the result. The Roman Catholic Cath-olic church is very careful about the entering into the marriage relation. It is a solemn ceremony, not to be carelessly contracted. There is just enough of preliminary consultation, to make the espousal serious, and carefully considered. The result is that the contracting parties understand they are making a permanent arrangement, when they wed. Nothing but the very best reasons in the world will operate to permit a dissolving of those bonds. And we probably have the Catholic church to thank for that better view of the case. "In the United States the people generally look with lighter view on the whole matter of marriage. The contracting parties more quickly and with less knowledge of each other pledge themselves to each other. They are accountable to no one. They do not even reflect that they are accountable to each other in the days that are to come. And they make so many bad matches, as a consequence, that, they have to get seventy-three times as many divorces in a year as do the people of Ireland." |