Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1914 — QUEER CAUSE FOR DIVORCE [ARTICLE]

QUEER CAUSE FOR DIVORCE

New York Man Suing for Dissolution of Marriage Tie Because His Wife Put Soap in Soup. Why is divorce? There’s a question capable of puzzling most Of us, don’t you think? Of course some of us can answer it in a single sentence or two. More of us require several large volumes to contain a full reply. And when we get them written some one is sure to supply a fresh cause for divorce. Take the case of that New York man who is demanding the dissolution of the marriage tie because his wife put soap to his soup. He has added somewhat to the literature of divorce. And he has revealed a new form of cruelty. Soap as an article of diet is not to be highly-re-garded. By most persons it is considered not only offensive, but dangerous. And what Is more, the average man probably feels that he nats enough soap in the barber shop to satisfy his needs. Any added by his wife is likely to be regarded as superfluous and to arouse a peevishness that may not easily be stilled. —Detroit Free Press.