Show FRENCH DIVORCES DIVORCES I DOUBLE SINCE 1913 I PARIS May B 12 12 By By The Asso- Asso Asso Associated dated Press Divorces have hae doll dOU- dou doubled bled In 1 ranee rance since Ince the war nar ar ac- ac ac according cording to figures made public ru- ru ru lv A general divorce law was first passed In In 1884 1 and lu In that ear ear there were nere 1657 divorces divorce In 1913 the tho number of dl nas as In 1919 when alien the u-mies u were nero being disbanded an ant I people were nere ere free Cree to put their houses In order this number reached 19 19 In 1920 It reached In 1921 the number was as sas an the pest sear car The Tue causes of or this increase of o dl- dl di divorces orres are arc not tabulated due to tha secrecy of oC court proceedings rela- rela In ins to family affairs el the general causes are desertion and the tho ho slow breaking up lip of th the family tie tic duo du- duIng Ing du Ing the war nr with nith the great greater free free- freedora tree dom dora dom that has hag como corno to women who ho ho d AL A u vba w u 0 a athe the war sar Both zees seus it Is aall sal I hao ha lost in some conic measure their I sense of o moral responsibility An- An Another An Another other given Is nen I gro out of ot the war nar boot sexes less able to bear boar the r- r r re restraints I and trials of ot married life lite Yet another cause couse I Is the tolerance of oC the courts and the ho ease with Uh dt- dt divorces ma may be e o obtained one factor ot of o which is the cheap cheap- cheapness cheapness cheapness ness of the decree obtained through lawyers who In recent years hove have begun to advertise Divorce In three months on credit and no 1 payment unless decree obtained |