Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1915 — Tendency Toward Easy Divorce Indecent and Immoral [ARTICLE]

Tendency Toward Easy Divorce Indecent and Immoral

By Rev, Dr, W, T,

MANNING, Rector

of Trinity Church, New York

DIVORCE is the shameful luxury of the rich and well tc do. Reliable statistics show •that there is one divorce to every twelve marriages. These statistics misrepresent the situation. It is really far worse. The poor man can’t afford divorce, and so he simply follows the example of the illustrious names he reads about in the papers and deserts Ids home. THAT IS HIS WAY OF ACCOMPLISHING THE SAME THING THE RICH MAN CAN ACCOMPLISH BY LAW. I’ll E STATISTICS SHOW ONLY THE PERCENTAGE OF WEALTHY PEO§ I’LEWHO ARE DIVORCED. The tendefu?y toward easy divorces is due to the trend of modeni literature, drama and so called reform movements disguised under the names of progress and advancement. Indecency is no more respectable when it comes to- us in flic garb of intellectual cleverness than in the garb of the gutter, and it is infinitely more dangerous. THIS SO CALLED PROGRESS AND ADVANCEMENT SHOULD BE STRIPPED OF ITS MASK AND CALLED WHAT IT IS—INDECENCY AND PLAIN IMMORALITY.