Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 23, Number 32, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 January 1893 — Page 1

Vol. 23.—No.

DIVORCE.

STARTLING ARRAY OF FIGURES CONCERNING IT IN THIS COUNTY.

The Number of Divorce Petitions Filed in

the Court* Last Year was Nearly 0*e-

Thitd of flhe Marriage Licenses Issued

Liquor legislation, Ktc.

It has toeen said that •when things are BO bad as to be intolerable they begin to grow better, and that there is no more likely spot for the birth-place of reform than the very core of the plague spot. For a long time the public mind has been porplexed over the divorce evil, andt/bere Is a growing impression that it is high time for the "star eyed goddess" of reform to heave in sight. Years ago Indiana was notorious throughout the land for the flagrancy of her divorce laws. Then there were about «igbt statutory causes for divorce, winding up with a clause which stated that the J-udge might grant a decree for any other cause which the court deemed sufficient. Those were tho palmy days wbeti seekors after divorce flocked here from all

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of the country when divorces vers procured without unnecessary pub* 'llcity, and divorce lawyers

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ver. In those days this circuit had a judge

always granted a decree when

either of the parties wonld swear that they .could not in the fiature live together happily, giving as his reason that it wasn't right to force a couple to live together against their inclination. Finally the legislature took the matter in hand and modified the law in such a manuor that thore was a marked falling off In the volume of the divorce business, and especially in that portion of it coming from abroa.i. Then Chicago boomed as the divorce market, and is having a largo patronage y©'-* *Rhodo Island, too, achieved considerable notoriety through the luxuriousness of divorces procured wiMnn its borders, but for the past two or three years the

South Dakota divorces

have vied with anything the world lias over known for shameless self-indul-gence and hypocritical masquerading under legal form. -Borne of the wealthy divorcees of Rhode Island really did live at Newport, but the divorce hunters of South Dakota have been to a man or woman birds of passage. And their effrontery has been indescribable.

at South Dakota for tho stench which its divorce laws haye-caused in tho nostrils of the nation it would bo no harm to pause for a moment and look tft hom©. While the Indiana law has pretty effectually barred the foreign element from figuring in divorce proceeding there has boon no scarcity of home material, and it has been steadily increasing Tor some time past.

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perusal of the court dock­

ets in this county affords much interesting information on this subject. In the Circuit court during 1892, no less than 175 petitions for divorce wore filed, of which 85 have been granted, 27 were dismissed and tho other 63 have boon continued from time to time. In the Superior court during the same time 31 petitions woro Mod, wf which 22 were grantod, 0 wore dismissed and .5 were continued. This makes a total of 206 suits for divorce brought in this county during tho year 180:!, of which 107 were granted, 33 were dismissed and the remainder have not boon ried. The county clerk in issued 637 marriage licenses, and in that time a number equalling nearly per cent, of those who were married sought a dissolution of tho marriage tie. The time was when divorce oases were confined principally to tho wealthy, or those »in easy circumstances, but

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T«c causes assigned for divorce vary from desertion to a violation of the «eve»th commandment,, and viewed from any standpoint make a display of marital infelicity which, while ft may possibly bo equalled, certainly cannot be ex c«*llt»d in any other community in the country. In many cases tho charges un doubtless trumped up by the party seeking the divorce in order that he or she may form some other more congenial matrimonial relation, and it occasionally happens that the defendant is a party So the fraud. That there is fraud in most of the applications for divorce there is n» duufet, but HO long as the allegations Arc proven according to law the court-must grant decrees. The law needs reformation, but is will hardly

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it from a legislature whi.h gives serious consideration to a bill which add# insanity to the list of causes for divorce, as recently happened in Indianapolis.

The order of Judge Taylor to prosecute criminally all parties to divorce cases who are amenable to the law, is a move in the right direction, and if enforced to the letter will have a good effect. In South Dakota the church has taken the matter in hand. Bishop Hare has commenced the work by a series of sermons at Sioux Falls, and has announced his intention of going to the legislature in person and demanding a reform of the divorce laws which have for some time disgraced the state. He will continue to preach throughout his stat© and rouse popular sentiment by every means iu his power. That all opponents of divorce regardless of creed, will join in with him, there can bo fto question. The idea should suggest itself to the preachers of this and and every other state. It is a matter of much more importance than Sunday closing of the World's Fair, and if it received tho same attention would end in good results.. There is certainly a large field for improvement in the divorce laws now in existence, and with concerted action everywhere divorce reform would be a reality.

The action of tho city council last Tuesday night In declaring the office of city engineer vacant had that breezy air about it which reminded one of the latter end of tho Republican council when it was sought to put Engineer Cooper on tho rack. According to the proceedings at that time those of Tuesday evening were decidedly irregular. The charter provides that any city oflicor, whether elected or appointed, may be romovedby^ a two-thirds vote of the whole number of councilmen, and the same section provides that "the common council shall make provision in their by-laws or ordinances, as tQ,th© mode in which charges shall be preferred, and a hearing of the same had." The ordinance provides that no charges against any officer of the city, as provided in the charter, shall be made, except the same be in writing, subscribed and Hworn to by a person competent to make an affidavit. Tho chaage must contain a statement of the facts, constituting the cause of the charge iu plain and concise language, witheut repetition, and In such mauner as to make a person of common understanding to know what is intended, aud it must be filed with the city clerk. The ordinance then provides how the papers shall be served, and that the trial shall be by the council, and

bio, of the Yigo Circuit court. At the trial the mayor is presiding officer, and decides ail questions of law and evidence. In the case of Captain Fitch thoro were no charges filed, nor was any unnecessary time occupied in the formality of a trial. It was

simply '-Resolved,

that the office of city civil engineer be and is hereby declared vaoant," and vacant it wa$ for a few minutes by a strict party vote, until Assistant City Engineer Bosler was elevated" to the position. Thus far Engineer Fitch has had nothing to sa3T, aud will probably say nothing, so it Is probable that the action of the council will be allowed to stand without any further question.

The saloonkeepers of the state havo a strong lobby at Indianapolis which is trying to accomplish two things. One of these is an amendment to the present law so as to allow them to keep their places open till midnight, and the other to tax drugstores which sell liquor by the drink as saloons are taxed for doing the same thing. As the saloons uow regulate the hour for closing or opening to suit their own sweet will the proposi tion to close at midnight is one of doubt ful utility, unless it is intended as an enabling act which will allow them to go through the formality of locking tho do*ir when the clock commences to strike midnight, and opeu them for another day when tho striking ceases. Tho move to tax the drug stores which soil whisky by the drink is, however, a step in the right direction. It is asserted that in overv town th«re are drug stores which dispose of as much whisky by the drink as is sold by the saloons that they are patronized by asetof hypocrites who would not bo seen in saloons and take this method of satisfying their craving for drink, aud by young men to whom it is a preparatory course to fit them for entering the saloon, just as the club room frequently prepares young men for poker with professional gamblers. It is true that to soil whisky by the drink is a violation of the present law by the drug stores, but the law seems to be unable to reach them except in a few isolated cases. It is true there are drug stores which do not sell liquor by the drink, but they are said to be as scarce and far between as angels' visits. Many of them violate the law by selling whisky by the drink, and violate it with impunity, as they always, or nearly always, escape punishment. The drtig stores are opposed to the law, but the argument remains that if a drug store conducts its business with a bar attachment it should pay a license and conduct its business in regular saloon business manner.

At its meeting ibis weak Tammany Tribe, I. O. R. M., took into camp Dr. W. E. Bel!, Charles Barnurn, George White and John Vermillion.

WOMAN'S WAYS.

A SAYING MADE BY WOMEN WHICH IS OFTEN MISCONSTRUED.

Another Pica for the Abolition of Hats a* the Theater—Women Should Read and Keep Up with the Times—Petty Quarrels

—Idleness and Visiting. There is no saying so misconstrued or that gets a woman into so many financial difficulties as the one which she continually quotes regarding the keeping ing up of appearances. If she goes out shopping, and is cajoled either through her own inclinations or the persuasions of the clerk into buying something which she Knows to be far beyond her means, she will argue it out with her conscience and her husband that it was done solely for the sake of appearances. Iu order to deceive the world into be lieving that they have more means than they actually possess a young couple will start out in life about three pegs ahead of where they belong, and when they are obliged to*lie awake nights thinking out ways and means to meet the avalanche of bills soon coming due they maintain that they must keep up appearances, and therefore go on with their mental arithmetic trying to make three go into two, instead of retrenching and living within their means in less style but moro oomfort. No, in order to keep up with the procession they fret their life away for the sake of making a how that fails to give any satisfaction to themselves or to those for whom it is intended. If every one would live according to their income, the little boats avoiding the deep waters where larger, vessels can successfully ride, yet which soomer or later must engulf the weaker craft, life would not become the treadmill that wears out the heart and brain of those weary strugglers, who under the false notion that keeping up appearances necessitates an expenditure far beyond their resources, get deeper and deeper into the mire of debt until a day comes when the great crash occurs and all the world learns of the volcano over which they have been llv-' ing in fear and trembling.

A woman dislikes to be called stubborn, and a woman dislikes to,be oalled disobliging, yet every day there are lovely, sweet-disposltioned creatures Who receive such oplthoti and moreover deserve them, though they of course pretend not to see it in that light. Of course we refer to the hat question in the theaters. It is a subject which cannot be too frequently brought before the feminine public, until at last perhaps the drip, drip, drip of adverse criticism will make the desired impression on the minds of the pretty creatures who so persistently cling to their colossal forms of millinery. If there were auy good reason for the wearing of the hat, then, indeed, would the stubborness be forgivon, but it is an unnecessary bit of apparel as useless as a waterproof. A woman's beauty may be enhanced by picturesque headgear worn at an appropriate time and place, but every man concedes that ahead adorned by nature's own covering is far more beautiful in the theater than the most magnificent bit of millinry ever fashioned. Women also, if they will tell the truth, know how very trying it is to sit behind bobbing feathers, nodding roses or upright spikes of ribbon or velvet that completely Interfere with their view of the doings on the stage. Many a feminine temper has been ruffled by such a fashionable screen interposed between herself and the stage, yet she does not take into consideration the fact that her own bat is quite as much of an annoyance to those back of her. How can we make an appeal strong enough to bring about a reform that will add more to the comfort of audiences in general than the introduction of automatic fans in summer or daught destroyers in winter? Women, old and young, make this a personal matter and call down the blessings of the world upon the head that is not topped by a bit of fashionable aggravation in the shape of a hat.

A woman'* first duty is always to her family, yet she need not make herself a social nonentity in consequetrce of fulfilling to the veiy highest degree the exactions of her office. It is in this that many loving, devoted mothers make a sad mistake. They see no farther than the childhood of the little folks given to their care, and in performing the manifold dutias incident to the earlier years of their sons' and daughter^' lives they forget that the babies will soon blossom out into observant young people, who will be much happier if their mother proves a congenial companion instead of having deteriorated into a domestic cypher. It is as much the duty of mothers to keep well informed as it is for them to *ee that their Little ones are properly fed and clothed. In keeping pace with the doings of the outside world they are but laying up for themselves a store of future delight, for when that day comes when the nursery no longer claims the greater part of their time and attention instead of realizing that they have been left behind in the dark they will be able to prove an in

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teresting companion to both husband and children, who have kept pace day by day with the progress of the world. So many women are willing victims on the altar of household duties, merging their lives into a hum-drum round which at its end leaves them in the dark while those for whom they have sacrificed so much forge far ahead. Neglect of household duties is not the price to pay for mental enlargement, but a judicious sifting of the necessary from the unnessary items will save many an hour that can be put to greater advantage. Keep up your music, keep up your dress, invite people to the house and let them realize that instead of being the social nonentity that too many mothers become, you are a bright, companionable woman, who is a delightful friend to both husband and children, as well as a loving wifo and devoted mother.

Part and parcel of schoolgirl life appears to be the little quarrels that are occurring from day to day, and which in many cases blow over in a few hours to leave the disputants better friends than ever, yet, notwithstanding this happy termination, a war of words is not the best fuel to use in building up the sacred fires of friendship. If the continual bickering does no more harm than to make you more prone to take offense, that is quite sufficient reason for nipping the habit in the bud. You may have right on your side, but what good will it do you |o stubbornly insist that you know you are not in error, while your temper rises with the assertions to the contrary made by the other party in the dispute? You will not be able to convince them any sooner, and if you keep quiet and let time prove the aocuracy of your statements you will feel ever so much better than if you stop PO quarrel about something which is after all of little moment in comparison with the VI-will you engender. Remember it ta.:«s two to make a quarrel, and if you can only bite your lips and jjceep back the bitter retort, your rexvard will be far greater than you could ever obtain by any angry discussions. If it did any one the least bit of good to wrangle, then we would say go ahead and enjoy your wordy war, but it doesn't. You feel mean and small and awfully sorry for the words which may be forgiven, but which have left their sting nevertheless. Can we not all of us remember some especially bitter speech tfcfat weswnr ttways regret, yet which once past our lips can never be recalled. Remeinber this'and watch your tongue as you would some dangerous animal whose escape means the destruction of life and property. Under control the •tongue is a most able helper, but once the curb is removed it makes deep wounds on many a tender heart, that may in time heal oyer, yet which will always leavo ugly and unsightly scars as the reminder of a time when temper got the best of reason.

There is no greater terror to the busy woman than tb© visits of her idle sister. The latter is so situated that she has nothing whatever to do from the time her husband leaves for his office in the morning until his return at night, and she therefore determines to put in some of the time that bangs so heavily on her hands by visiting a friend who, it is to be regretted, cannot drop all her duties and give herself up to the pleasure of entertaining every casual visitor. As her home or room is set in order by 10 o'clock, the idle party is very much amazed when she walks into her friends' house to find that individual either en gaged in the kitchen or going about picking up here and there, setting things to rights after tho little folks have left for school. The first time Mrs. Idler calls, the housekeeper takes her hands out of the dough and assuming a sweet smile enters the room where the visitor awaits her. As one hour goes by aud there is no suggestion of departure in the friend's attitude the hostess begins to feel just a bit nervous, there is so much to do and every minute now is precious, the marketing is delayed, the rooms upstairs have yet to be set in order, the mending waita and goodness only knows what that cake will be like left standing in its embryotic state so long. Finally when she sees no other way out of it she asks her visitor to remain to luncheon, though in her heart she .knows that will mean a hurried scramble for extras, as she had intended to us© up the left overs for herself and the children. At first Mrs. Idler demurs, but not so enthusiastically as her friend wonld like and soon romoves her hat and settles down for the eutire day, as to kill time is her one object in life. When night comes she returns home to dilate on the good time she has had, while the poor woman whose unwilling duty it has been to act as hostess, sighs over the amount of necessary things left nndone and general disarrangement of the household machinery that her visitor has occasioned. The next time my lady calls she is either informed that Mrs. Housekeeper is not

at

home or is receiv­

ed with such scant cordiality that the fact that she is not welcome pierces even the density of hear selfish brain and she goes away thinking all sorts of things about the busy little woman who has been compelled by her own unthinking actions to pursue the very course she so harshly condemns

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THE COMING SHOW.

ARRAY OF GREAT ATTRACTIONS TO COME IN THE NEAR FUTURE,

A Performance To-night, Followed by Four

Good Attractions Next week, Including Comedy, Pantomime, Spiritualism, Burlesque,

etc.—Clara

Morris Coming.

To-night the theatre goers of Terre tfaute will be presented with a play which has not been produced in this city before. It is that in -which Mr. Richard Mansfield took the part of Humpy Logan, and is undoubtedly one of the best and most powerful and sensational comedy drama on tho staeo. It is the production. of Simms and Pettit, entitled, "Master and Man." The play this season under the management of Mr. Charles McCaull, has undergone a wonderful change, the scones and situations are startling and effective and will entertain tho most critical audience. Especial attention may be called to the great Iron Works in full operation. The farm scene, village green and illuminated chapel are also very effective. The musical and terpsichorean specialties have not been neglected aud the best talent will take part therein. "Master and Mau," will entertain any man and his family for two hours.

PEOPLE'S NIGHT.

Manager Hay man has taken a ne\V departure in theatricals in this city, and it is one which will make him popular with a large class uf our people who canrot, afford the luxury of a high priced show. At intervals during the s«ason he will offer gftod attractions at admission prices ranging from fifteen cents to seventy-five cents, thereby making it possible for all to ati end the opera house. The new order will l:e inaugurated next Monday evening when the rural comedy "Farmer Stebbins," with a "farmers' band" aud "hayseed quartette" will be presented,

ANNA EVA PAY.

Anna Eva Fay who is to give ft Spiritualistic seance at Naylor's on Tuesday next is said to be the greatest exponent of the puzzling phenomena known as spiritualistic manifestations, now before the public. She has given seances before the Royal

Society of England and has its

indorsement. Her tests are made on the Btage in the gas light and she dispenses with the paraphernalia common to auflh exhibitions. She clairfisto cause tabled to float in the air, to cause flowers to materialize and be passed to the audience by hands plainly seen, and so on. Whether her powers are spiritualistic,as she claims, or not, certainly no one has ever discovered her secret. Prices 15, 25 and 3d cents.

SPIDER AND FJJY.

One of tho most striking novelties of the season is M. B. Leavitt's spectacular, pantomimic burlesque, "Spider and Fly," which will be presented at Naylor's on Friday evening next. It is by no means an easy matter to describe all the attractive features which have been crowded into the prologue and three acts of "The Spider and Fly," with its wealth of beautiful sconery, rich and dazzling costumes and armor, magnificent transformations, new and sparkling music, novel specialties, clever pantomime, and brilliant ballets and evolutions of a chorus of pretty giris, It presents an entertainment in which sumptuous Oriental splendor is blended with comedy aud pantomime that in its jollity is irresistible. The many features of the performance can be but lightly touched upon. Among the special European novelties seen iu "The Spider aud Fly" will be "Tho Screaming Absurdity," "The Tandem," and the comic novelty, "On the Roof," now big successes at the Alhambra, London, will be produced. Among other members of the Spider and Fly ^company are Harry Starr, the pupularLondon comedian and vocalist Louise Cassati, tha beautiful lyric artist who plays the Fairy Queen Miss Bertie

Crawford, ft charming contralto and burleaquer, and Kelly and Ash by, the European pautomlmists. Besides these there are a number of American artists engaged in "The Spider and Fly." Among these are Miss Frances Harrison, singer and charming burlesque artiste tho La Porte Sisters, who play the part of the Spider and Fly Georgia Putnam and Eloise Willard, the charming burlesques Ethel Danbury, premier danseuse Andy Morris aud James Kiernan, pantomimists and comedians. As will be seen from the resume of the features of "The Spider and Fly" the company is not only one of the best, but one of the largest on the road. All the principals have been stars in other organizations. The several specialty people are leaders in their lines, and the numerous chorus girls, it is said, are all young, graceful »nd unusually attractive. Seat sale opens Wednesday morning.

MJSS HKLY/rrr.

"Miss Helyett" with Louise Carter as the droll, little Quakeress and Miss Lottie Collins in her unique creation "Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay," will be the double attraction at Naylor's on Saturday evening, Feb. 4th. In "Miss Helyett," an entertainment everywhere accorded much favor,* are ble/ded the wit and humor of David Belasoo's adroit adaptation with the sparkling melodies of

Twenty-third Year

Edward Audran. It is an odd entertainment quite different from anything else in the field. Tho Pennsylvania Quakeress who causes all the fun by her tumble doAvn the Spanish mountain, has been playing continuously with great success by Louiao Leslie Carter, and there are such favorite performers as Mark Smith, J. W. Herbert, George Lyding and Fannie Hall, with a chorus of pretty girls. Miss Lottie Collins in in "Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay" will be the stror.e special card. She has Been talked about for uiouihs. London lost itVhead over her unique creation, and in NewYork, Boston, Philadelphia aud Chicago she has been the crnze. It seems to be conceded that her manner of intoning the verses of her 6ong, and her exuberant but refiued antics in the dance, are altogether dissimilar to those of any other woman who has attempted "Ta-ra-ra-Boom-doay."

CLALLA M0URI8.

The great theatrical event of the season will be th© appearance here of Miss Clara Morris on the evening of Thursday, February 1(. Her seputation as the great ©motional actross of to-daj' stands without challenge, and she is greeted everywhere by th© largest and most fashionable audionces. Her repertoire this season, comprises "Camille," ''Odette," "Kenee de Moroy," "Article 47," "Claire," tho last named being new, aud said to b© heibest. The play for her engagement here has not been selected yet, and the matter will b© left entirely with the patrons of the opera house. Manager Hayman will send to his patrons each a return postal card containing the names of the plays and a request to lViake a selection aud a return of the same to him. When these have all bean received the vote will be counted, and the most popular play selected. In this way tho largest number will b© pleased, aud it wouldn't be a very difficult matter to guess which will prove the most popular.

Court Rose is the uame o/ a new lodge of the Independent Order of Foresters which has beon organized in this city with thirty charter members. The officers were installed at Bludley hall last Saturday night by Deputy Supreme Chief Rangor, H. A Soniuag, aud are as follows: Court deputy chief ranger, W. S. Roney chief ranger, George G. Hol.loway vice chief ranger, Win. M.Walker recording secretary, H. Helsel fin-

(ancial

secretary, D. H. Silger treasurer,

%eorg©' A. Vayior senior woodward, Charles Thiede, junior wpodward, Harry W. Skean senior beadle, W, J. Harvey junior beadle, G. W. Hiegler past chief ranger, J. M. Vickroy, chaplain, W. F. Weinbrecht physician, W. H. Baker.

On Monday afternoon two men named James Downs and Joseph Chadwiok„ who resldo live miles west of Pimento* came to town with a load of stave timber belonging to Downs,which they sold and proceeded to get drunk. About dark they started home,and on their arrival at Downs' house Chad wick went in after Mrs. Downs, telling her her husband was hurt. They wont out and helped him in, putting him to bed. In the morning Downs was dead, and the coroner found two ugly wounds on his head, caused by a club, which was found near th© spot where tho injured man was picked up. Chad wick was arrested and is now in jail awaiting the action of the grand jury. H© denies his guilt but refuses to talk.

The Epworth League of the German M. E. church of this city elected tho following officers this week: President, Eernest Nattkemper First Vice President, Martin Rothert Second Vice President, Miss Rose Neukom Secretary^ Miss Amelia Berney Corresponding Secretary, L. F. Hoffman: Treasurer, John M. Tormeedlen Organist, Miss Lulu Grubb Assistant Organist, Miss Lou Schuerman Librarian, Herman Stephenson Vice President of Local Lpworth Union—Geo. W. Kroitenstein. Ihe league is in a very prosperous condition, ielast year being the most successful in its existence.

Sister Olympiade, of St. Mary's of tho Wood's, died at that institution last Sun evening of pneumonia, after an illness of a few days. She was on© of tho six sisters who cam© here from France in October, 1840, and established St. Mary's Institute, of whose steady growth and increasing usefulness she has always been a part. It is a singular coincidence that the hour of her death witnessed tho passing away of Bishop Dwenger, of Fort Wayne, with whom she was v/oll acquainted.

Walter Qiloaore, who was run over by an eleptric line street car, at the Main and Fourth street crossing lastSaturday, died at the home of his father, Charles M. Gilmore, 412 north Fourth street, on Sunday afternoon. The little fellow was horribly mangled, but despite his youth—he was only soven years old— bore hi« suffering like a hero until death relieved him.

Another laundry will b© dpened in a few days at the corner of Third and Ohio streets. It will be operated by Charles S Swick, who has been engaged in the business at Indianapolis, and will be managed by Mr. Paine, late of the Climax.