A COURT OF'DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 339, 28 October 1908, Page 3

A COURT OF'D OMESTIC RELATIONS

«. One tfoiild bo interested to learn New York has anything'like the Wellington Society for ; tho. Protection of "Womenand Children,.a,-society that- acts as mediator n domestic-difficulties qnd takes the initiative in cases that call for outsido intervention stronger than family remonstrance, and not so drastic, as ordinary police action. If not it has something that may well take the place ot tho S.P.n . and C. m exaggerated disputes, bays an American journal, among the manv wniqno institutions of New York city's East bide is. a court, maintained' by. the Educational Alliance, for the settlement of matrimonial disputes and the reconciling of domestic differences. Among the Jewish people who maintain it and have recourse to it it is known .as " tho court of . tears," or tho, "court of 'broken hearts." The accounts which reach the world outside indicate that.it supplies a need.among these simple folk,'and is doing good. Though'the court has no power to hale men and women into its prtsen.ee or to eiiforco its decisions, it is seldom -that.' the rccrcant "husband who is summoned—it is usually tho husband—fails to aurv-ar. Sr> , .l>e l n f, i.!'!ias this rourt proven that tho E'in.-.-rVir.al Alliance asks the legislature to '■■■■ ' i- » ri.urt of domestic relations, to <!■ y ki;;.' ily ;n"a judicial capacity with T!.-e complete success of the cli'l in several cities points toW;>\ '. like usi fiilncßs for the one proposed. 'ii'.'if. is now 110 human agency —not even tin- ph.V sician, nor the pastor—which sasi intervene in cases of serious disagreenv-' 1 Wtv/w'n husband and wife. . A "court or u-.rs,-- presided over by a judge,possosse<l of a hip heart and a wisdom akin to that of the Imilder of tho great temple, would find a place for itself at once in our largo cities, and, perhaps, later in other districts, and ease the strain of domestic relations a great deal. Its very cxistenco should provo a soothing influence in a community. The right judge could - advise many, a burdened and anxious wife or husband without a public hearing.