Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1916 — Richmond Judge Is Strong For Divorce. [ARTICLE]

Richmond Judge Is Strong For Divorce.

“The increase in the number of divorces in the last five years is a sign that the world is becoming more civilized,” declared Judge Henry C. Fox of the Wayne circuit court Friday after he had examined the divorce record of the county, which is one of the largest in Indiana. During tfieTast four niunths hardly a day has passed without the filing of a divorce case. “Men realize that there , is no moral law which can make them live with women who will not cook their meals and keep their houses clean,” said Judge Fox. “The world is justified in laying aside some of its traditions about divorce. Women are coming into the rights which naturally are theirs and will no longer tolerate mistreatment from husbands. There is no reason why a fifivorce should not be granted a couple that can not live together happily.”