AMERICA'S DIVORCE HABIT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 244, 15 October 1925, Page 19

AMERICA'S DIVORCE HABIT.

EQUALITY OF THE SEXES. 1 ALIMONY HL-NTKIW LOXDEMXED. j J iFrnm C'lir uwn fr>rrci»rond-ent.) > \X FR \MlM'fi. September 22. ] <i l> in'i',l' i■■' it" , '' i-hanielesa has bpeome thc 'lr:,'tli •.v «-..mi-ii in America of sookine alini"iiy fr"in li".«lmiuls whom they onif'-clv i-.i-t a-Me shortly af'.ci m ",»"»f ill* lMdinp judicial gutlioriti.- -t tii- ■ 'try. Justice i>elah B Sir"'!-.'. Hi tin- Siipri-Mio Court, has •mimini-H i" N'- w Y '"" k l,,nt he ,loes not intoii.l tn 1.-ii-l i:if par' "« I- 1 " , Supreme t ,,, ir; in u>,,'i in' to be presid- . l 0 , i:i . -!■•:,-me ni n .liililk'ss woman n> fiin-f .l!i:i-."iiy from liii" husband. In t his day ..,•,.,-,.;;:.>• ot «:... eoxe> .hesaid, j their i-ii" ri'ii-"ii wliy ilivirced husbands, slidiiltl i»' I'liir-pi'MiM ;■' (■■iiurihute to the \ sll pi>i>ri i>l wivi'.- who had L>orne them: no c-l.ililnMi. I ■in :ar-i' ■ 1 a>"- ■>'. O'l'inl rights there is iin ica.-''ii wliy ,i wuiiian should be: [Hvardp.l iiiiiiK.iiy." he said, -except: where there arc i-liil'lri'ii. If a woman (loe» lint I ,,N >' '"' r hti-timnil, or cannot; stand hi* tri'UtniiMit. lot her separate from him." ?"'•! ■ l,;,1 ~ p Strong. "There: :. „,, |;nv wliicii fduipt'l.* a woman to remain in hm , home. She is at liberty ;■■ Uμvo whenever ?)ie wants, to do 0l r.'iii>p. where there are : children tho lm.-baml must expect to ■ support them, and the law forces him ! to do so. lii'iiprally. it is the mother j of the children who is the Inst person in ' tlie world tn appear in the divorce court. ; "When ;> woinnii -tarts a separation' action i-he i< either 'hot under the collar.' I or she is lillitl with a desire for revenge. I X man i-- nlmu<t jtowerlecs, and she knnws it. Wlli'll -lie get? her temporary ' award she i« inilppctident. She is mis-, tres? of the situation. ••I have studied Court records, and j have found that there are twenty separa- i tion suits started to every divorce. ] Women ulily wan; alimony. They tire i of their husbands and get rid of them, but still hold their hands out for the cash. This ,ines not reflect on the great mass of pood, noble women who. fortu- , natelv. are independent of charity. "Imagine the predicament of a man who is* 7 compelled to pay temporary alimony for five years to- a woman who hates him. but who will not divorce him." It is nothing short of shivery. "In this enlightened day, when the sexes are supposed to be equal, I do not J believe that childless wives should : receive alimony. Women to-day err as j much, and in many cases, more than men-' .