Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1895 — Qufte simple. [ARTICLE]

Qufte simple.

When a Burmese husband and wife decide to separate, the woman goes out and buys two little candles of equal length, which are made especially for this use. She brings them home. She and her husband sit down on the floor, placing the candles between them, and light them simultaneously. One caudle stands for him. the other for her. The one whose candle goes out first rises and goes out of the house forever, with nothing but what he or she may* 1 have on. The one whose candle has survived the longest, even by a second, takes everything. So the divorce and division of the property—if you can call that a division—are settled. It looks fair enough, but as I owe heard somebody remark, appearances are deceitful. The wife on her way home with the candle, takes a tiny scraping from the bottoln of one of them. A very little will be enough. If the husband and house are empty of pretty I much everything but children, she takes the shortened candle and walks 'out free and content. But If the house is well furnished and the husband’s possessions are* considerable, he gets tne short candle and does the walking.