Show I Booth Exonerated I IM M RS ns S. S wife of the distinguished novelist and playwright has just been heen granted grante divorce from him bim because of It a cruelty As one of the mildest-mannered mildest j hat ever left that state because he wasn't appreciated it was difficult difficult difficult dif dif- for friends to understand how such a charge could obtain Mrs 15 who can afford to be generous now that she has her freedom freedom free free- dom om has exonerated her husband in a formal statement statement state state- ment in which she her of says charge o cruelty cruelly originated originated in the fact that they were unable to It come cometo come cometo to the same viewpoint of life In other words it was impossible fo for Mr 1 and Mrs to agree as to many thin things Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps she preferred dancing to bridge or wished to togo togo too go o to the theatre when hen ton wanted to don on his slippers fill his pipe and sit before the fire it is possible that bacon and e eggs filled fined the bill for him himat himat himat at breakfast while she wished something more soul soul- ful What That a sordid condition matrimony becomes when differences in taste and temperament will send one of those whom God hath bath joined together to the divorce court to seek separation in spite of the thc injunction let no man put asunder Men and women members of families whose en environments environments environments en- en arc are totally different whose tastes a and d ideals spring from widely divergent training whose whoso viewpoints arc what their former life has made mala them them for for as the twig is bent the tree will be inclined in in- meet dined meet and marry S Sa often orten they are surprised surprised surprised sur sur- that the other has a mind of his ids own O that the other other for for the female of the species is no more deadly than the male in this is regard is regard not ready to toC C sink ink her identity totally in that of her partner in life How Row ridiculous it seems in view of the thc theory that marriages are arc made in heaven that one should I expect the other othel to change in the twinkling of an eye the habits hobits of a lifetime and create new pleasures c new hopes new ambitions Love and affection on the one hand ma may in induce uce an un attempt at such action but hut love and aff affection on the other will recognize nize the thc impossibility of or success and aurl will accept with calm charity an and love that which it cannot change Mrs did id a courageous s thing thong when she made that statement she exonerated her bel husband in the eyes e of the world but hut she established her own lack lack of conception of marital responsibilities |