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Show HOME-OWMVC; VS. DIVORCES Th" contention that homeowning makes for good citizenship and higher high-er living ideals is corroborated by a recent study of divorce cases in Chicago, Chi-cago, where out of 3577 suits for divorce di-vorce filed in a recent year only seventy sev-enty couples owned their own homes Tn 2,171 ca-es there were no children. chil-dren. Records show that in Chiraero in 7.919 there were 37.583 marriages and between 5,000 nd 6.000 divorces, divorc-es, an increase in divorces of I'O per cent since 1911. The growth of the apartment habit and exl-' vaganoe are given as two prominent causes for this increase. |