THE SUNDAY CITIZEN, ASDLEVILLE, N. C, DECEMBER 7, 1919.
17
DIVORCE RATE
IS
LOWER
N FRANC
E
Than in U. S. Says Clemen
ceau 's Daughter.
Mania For Luxuries Cause
- of Many Childless House- -holds
She Says.
family. This Is bound to have serious not overlooked marriage Is regarded
consequences to the nation. .at having; a most Important bearing on
"In most of the actions for divorce ' family life. To a Frenchman the
or separation in Kranee some cause b family and not the Individual repre-
I By MONTROSE J. MOSES.
Mine. Clemenceau - Jacque - Maire,
iauKhter of the Tiger Premier, Is In
the United States for an unofficial visit.
alleged which brings the1 case under
that section of the code which allows
divorce or separation for violence,
cruelty or dishonorable treatment.
According to French law, 'violence,
dishonorable treatment, and serious
insults of one toward another' con
stitute sufficient grounds, and tt may
be added that the flexibility of French
law in defining theso causes corre
sponds to soma , extent to the wide
latitude given to the definition of
'crulety' by the courts in some of
your western states.
Divorces Among the Poor.
"It is significant that for twenty
years preceding 1908 the working pop-,
illation of France more than doubled
its divorces. The French poorer classes
let me say. have the privilege of suing
In forma' pauperis, and this undoubt
edly accounts for the increase. For
the middle class a divorce costs about
500.
"The problem of childless marriages
caused much concern In France prior
to the war. At the beginning of 19 14
a commission was appointed to give
.She has come to. study conditions here. I the 8Ub)ect a thorough and compre
o try ana aipei any misunderstand-, hensive survey. The war put n end
Jug which may be In the minds of the. l0 tne work. But one can readily
American people as to French ways understand that the problem is even
and manners, (o become personally ac- I eraver now than ever before. We ask
uuainted with those localities in New ourselves: What has been the effect
Tork where her father, in 1865, lived . ot army organization and conscription
a political exile. on tno birtn rat8., How TOUCh nav6
Mme. Jacquemaire's mother was an j infanticide and kindred evils lncreas
American. She went to school at Stam- ed? We are fully aware that some
ford. Conn., when Clemenceau tried to
eke out an income by teaching litera
ture and horeback riding to the young
ladies of the academy. there. The result
was a romance and the future premier
e to the city hall in New York Miss
Mary Plummer, his pupil, where they
were married by Mayor Oakey Hall.
Mme. Jacquemaire bears every evi
dence of her AmerldRn strain and
answer must be found for the question.
How is assistance of the state to be
given to mothers wlth,large families?
We realize that we must study the
problem of sex education, and Arrive
at some means ot encouraging the
birth rate." '
"Are women more Interested In
matters pertaining to subjects outside
the home than they are in maintaining
seems proud of It. There la about her a family?" I queried.
the quiet manner of the trained nurse;
ner lour years in the Bed Cross
might account for that. On the other
hand, Mme. Jacquemaire has lived for
many years in the atmosphere of
medicine her father graduated from
the medical school, her husband was
a physician, and now she has a son
who resumed his studies In medicine
after an active time in the army.
"Has the war." Mme. Jacquemaire
was asked the other day, "had any
effect in Increasing the French divorce
rate?"
Conservative Country.
"France being a conservative coun
try," she replied, "the divorce rate
has not reached . anything like the
American figures. I was astonished to
learn, not very long ago, that one out
of every nine American marriages
ends In the divorce courts, that the
wedding rate in the United States is
Increasing, but not so fast as the di
vorce rate. France can show no fig
ures like that. The results of modern
social unrest and tha spread of radi
cal notions are apparent in France
nevertheless The Increasing demand
for a higher standard of living and
the decline of frugality the French
have always been noted as a frugal
people are probably the chief causes
for the American divorce, and are
making inroads on European families."
"How about the much-talked of old
fashioned French family?" I suggest
ed., .f .
"Ah," she said; "I have heard It said
that this phenomenon is fast dying
.out; that in a generation It will cease
to exist altogether. The chief cause
for its failure, as I see it, can be trac
ed to the fact that many married
couples nowadays have found that if
they are childless they can spend more
on luxuries and amusements., As In
other countries, the poorest people are
the ones wha have the largest families.
The larger the income the smaller the
'Ifseems to me" Mme. Jacquemaire
replied, "that wherever women have a
high degree of Independence and In- children, reaches the age of 21, when
sents the socWl unit, and marriage
vitally concerns the relation of tne
family to another. While an enforced
marriage, in which there was no af
fection, would 'probably be as repug
nant vo a French parent as to an
American parent, still, when a project
of marriage has to be considered in
France, the disposition Is to regard it
as a matter in which certain family
Interests are involved and must be
respected.
"There, is still a general belief that
parents s'hould provide marriageable
daughters with a suitable dot or
dowry. Accordingly a young woman,
on entering marriage. Is expected to
bring something of her own, either in
goods, chattels or money. Among the
poorer classes this in usually turned
over to the husband, who has full
rights over the property. Hut In the
higher grades of society the bride's
portion is for, her own use, and goes
to her children after ner tieatn. in
France, if there are no children, It is
sometimes returned to the family, in
stead of being retained by the widow
ed "husband. These dots are neces
sitated in most European countries
through the insufficiency of the young
man's Income, to give support to a
wife without some assistance of this
kind.
little Suffrages Agitation.
"The .dowry plays lan tmporlant
part in the marriage contract. There
are four ways of disposing of it: The
husband may have full authority to do
what he pleases with It; he may dis
pose of the Income without the wife's
consent; both may have individual
management of their incomes, and lfi
childless the wife may will her for
tune to her husband or to any one
else; or .the parents may give a cer
tain dowry to the bride, such as a
house and its annual rental, on condi
tion that she shall not dispose of it
until her flrBt child, if she has any
HOSPITAL
0
AROMESIS
Prom Many Friends of Dis
abled Soldiers.
Appeals Made to Senator
Overman Against Plan
To Discharge Men.
telligence, the large families of former
days are much less evident. Under
such conditions women are more like
ly to assert their rights, and this per
haps leads to a greater possibility of
divorce. The business ability of wo
men among the great shopkeeplpg
class In France has always been
noticeable, the wjfe, In many cases,
taking a more active part in the man
agement than the husband. This may
partly explain the comparatively limit
ed spread of the suffrage movement
among French women, who, to a great
extent, are already economically Independent.
"Considering the agitation to make
all children legitimate, whether born
in or out of wedlock; consider the ad
visability of reforming our laws so
that a healthy person need not be
bound for a lifetime to some alcoholic
subject or a lunatic1' ,. When these
changes are brought about, the family,
as we know it, will necessarily fall to
pieces, and domestic life in future gen
erations will be less pharasaical and
hidebound. When divorce Is easier,
remarriage will be more frequent, and
stronger children will spring from
these unions."
"What have you to say about the
French system of marriage tending to
diminish the marriage rate? Are not
the formalities and system of parental
consent rather forbidding?"
,"lt Is all a . matter of custom,"
Madame Jaoquemalre asserted, "and
in France we are very tenacious, of
custom. While in the United! States
and Great Britain marriage is suppos
ed to Involve some readjustment of
family relations, yet the nipt consider
ations are the happiness and future
welfare of the individuals ,w ho -wish tjo
marry- In France a somewhat dif
ferent Idea prevails. . Although the
happiness of the contracting parties is
the dowry is transferred to the child
"The French marriage contract, let
me explain, not only provides for the
disposition of the dowry, but covers
the various contingencies of married
life. As a rule women strongly ap
prove oft it. They insist tHat mar
riages based on it. as a rule, are not
only made up of real affection, but
are safeguarded In practical ways.
They believe that a woman who has a
dowry of her own enters the mar
riage Btate with a certain feeling of
satisfaction and self-respect, whioh
cannot be experienced where the bride
is completely dependent on her hus
band." "
"But so far as I have been able to
observe, there Is no equal suffrage
movement In France In the sense that
you in America-regard a movement. I
have -already hinted as to the cause.
From earliest times the women In
France have always held a high posi
tion in the community. They have
taken an active part in business pro
jects, and the professions have always
been opened to them. They have been
prominent In literature, science, and
art. Indirectly they have exerted great
influence on the political life iOt the
country. Consequently there has been
no pronounced movement for equal
rights in France such as has been
started elsewhere. ... The women of
France are not anxious to vote or to be
elected to office.' Therefore, I am not
of the opinion that suffrage will gain
headway in my country.- Nevertheless
I am watching-" with great interest the
progress of the Women of -other coun
tries. We admire your progressive
ness and are interested in the experi-
t-ment of sending women to congress,
Of giving them Beats on the bench.
This is, of course, in line with yone
advancement and liberal ideas. But
our own traditions, our . social and
(Special to The Citiien)
WASHINGTON. lc. t.--.n order
issued by the war department for tli
dischurge from the service of disabled
soldiers who are boing treated In gov
ernment hospitals has brought forth
numerous protests from the relatives
and families of those the order af
fects. There are many North Caro
lina boys to whom this order applies,
and their relatives have filed protest
against what they regard ns unwar
ranted. Senator Overman has received a
number of protests about the matter,
a fair sample of which is the letter
from Guy McOorkle pertaining to the
dischargo of his son under the order,
who is sick in the hospital at Ashe
ville. The letter is as follows:
"My son has been In the hospital
one year, and under this order would
be up for discharge. He Is since leav
ing New Haven in August, making
fine Improvement at Ashevllle. and to
be discharged from a sick-hed under
the circumstances seems to me un
thinkable. I would be glad if yoa
would write Secretary Baker or Gen
eral March or Ireland not tn dis
charge Lieut. Matthew Locke Mof.'or
kle, Oteen, N. C until you may have
an oportunlty to present reasons for
excepting htm from the said order.
It Is a very heartless order Senator,
and undeserving of a decent govern
ment." Senator Overman sent the forego
ing letter to the war department with
request for full information as to
the operation ofthe order and Major
General Mclntyre) answered Mr. Mc
Corkle's protest, which will be an
racial conditions, are very different.".
Madame Jacquemaire said she could
find no cause tor anxiety regarding
the competition of the sexes in busi
ness. "Women who had taken men's
jobs on the outbreak of tho war are
gladly relinquishing them," she said,
"and peace adjustment Is coming with
out bitterness. Was It not Ellen Key
who avowed that even If the suffragist
was striving to be free she was mak
ing a mistake if she thought the vote
Would free her from the limitation of
nature? Women cannot pass beyond
those limits without Interfering with
the rights of nature and the potential
child. Woman, of course, has a right
to avoid marriage, and to allow her
self to be turned Into a third sex.
provided she finds in this her greatest
happiness. But when all la told,
motherhood is the central factor of
existence for moat women."
, 'to the advanced woman this may
peem rank retrogression, put then,
Ma.darhe Clemenceau Jacquemaire does
ttot poe. as anything moretltn a con
servative who does not have to vote
hi- order to ' work fop the betterment
of social conditions. N. T. Times.
answer to a large number of sitni-j
1 r requests. '
I . ' Cites the I-a. I
lie cltT'S the law governing surii .
i-ases as follows:
"In addition o the compensation !
above provided, the injured person j
ahall be provided by the I'nited .
States with such reasonable govern- i
nientaj medical, surgical and hospl- '
tal services and such supplies, in
i Incline Hi tifh'lnl linihs. trusses u:ul
similar apllances as may be determln- J
pl tn h useful utul reilKouahlv lieres-1
j nary." I
I tcii. .irmrie pwims to ine auvau-
tages 01 vocational eduwtion. wnn
special compeiiMi l ion during training,
for persons discharged from the serv
ice for disabilities. He further points
out that It Is evident intent of the
government to fake proper care of
officers and men who need attention
after they have been discharged from
tho service. In defining the policy of
the war department he says:
"It Is true that occasionally an in
dividual with chronic tuberculosis
may have his disease arrested after
five or even ten years treatment. How
ever, it Is not considered sijjiml policy
to continue officers on the rolls of
the army indefinitely hecauNe of a re
mote i nance of securing further re
strict ions, when present legislation
provides for the compensation, proper
treatment and even vocational train
ing lifter their discharge from the
service. A contrary policy could not
be well defended under existing law
nor under the conditions at present
confronting the war department."
General Melntyre further says:
"Special care has been taken to di
rect that discharge will nnt be affect
ed. If the transfer prejudices the lifo
or recovery of the individual."
Also inn inuiviuuai win uul up ,
niscnargea irum any anuy iionpiia;
when he. Is not able to provide for
himself, until arrangements have
been completed by anothee govern
ment agency to actually effect the
transfer.
"It is clear, therefore, that disabled
soldiers, under the operation of the
order indicated, will not suffer, but
will be protected and suported. They
will not be allowed rn suffer by neg
lect or mistreatment at the hands of
the government."
To Issue Passports.
' Representative Brlnson has made
to the rstate department on the re
quest, of 8. Coplon, a prominent mer
chant of Newbern, for passport for
the wife of Mr. Coplon a brother and
four children who are within four
miles of the German border in Rus
sia, and who desire to come to the
United States. Mr. Brinson was in
formed that the state department
would honor his request and Issue
the passports.
Representative Brlnson will leave
Saturday night for Newbern, wjiere
he will address the Elk's club Sunday
the occasion being the annual me
morial services.
Mr. Brlnson will go rfrom there to
Savannah to attend the annual meet
ing of Abe Southern Commercial con
gress. He will address the congres-j
on "Merchant Marine; Its Benefits to
the South."
The Tse of Wood.'
Many protests have been made by
citizens In JVorth, Carolina and other
sections of the south against that fea
ture of the closing lai which for
bids the .use of wood by business
houses that may want to keep open
after the prescribed hour when they
may use fuel. Senator Simmons hold
ing to the view that including wood
as one of the articles of fue re
stricted Is unwise, wired tha regional
coal committee at Atlanta as fol
lows: , "Am entirely unable ' to.e,e, , reason
for embracing wood lnih.e i)lt ef
fuels from which powers Hgbt and
heat 'cannot be used in southern re
gie before 9 o'clock and after four.
Effect of embracing wood In this list
Uqvj Glair Growth
After BALDNESS
HAIR GROWN ON MR. BRITTAIN'S BALD HEAD BY
INDIANS' MYSTERIOUS HAIR GROWER
My head at tt top and back was abiolutely bald! The lrilp
ihinr. An eapert said that aa ha thought tha hair roots were
citinct, and there waa no hop of ray ever having a sew hair growth.
Yot now, at an ax over 6fl, I have a luxuriant growth of soft,
atrooc, luatroui hair 1 No trie of baldntiea. Tha picture sbawa
hara ara from mj photograph!,
Indians' Secret of Hair Growth
At a time whan I had beeom diicopragad al
trying verloue hair totiooa, tonica, apaoialiata'
traaunanla, ate, 1 eama aeron, in my travail, a
Chtrokaa Indian "medieia man" who had an ,
llllr that ha aseeveralad would mtnm mw h.l. 1
Although I had but littla faith, I gave It trial, Fram rtttnl phato.
To my ameaement a light fuia soon appeared. It drralopad, day y
day, into a healthy growth, and ara long my hair waa aa pralifla aa i
bi youthful daya.
Jraat wot ailniiM and happy is axprtuing my Hal at maul milihj
ObTiouily, tha hair roota had not baan dud, but ware dormant ia
th aralp. awaiting tha fartilliinc potency or tha myatarions pomada.
I negotlatad for and eama Into poaaeaalon of tha prifwipl tor
preparing thia myatarloua elixir, now called Katalka. and lata had
nt. l k.,j th raeip put into practical form by a rhemiat. . .
I-not a wir eai. that my own hair growth waa permanent ha been amply proved.
Many man sad woman, alia children, have reported aatialactory reiulta from Kotalko.
How YOU May Grow YOUR Hair ,
Mr keneat belief la that hair root rarelr die oven when '
the hair fella out through dandruff, fever, axreaalv dryneas
or otner aieornera. l nava eeen torn ny
eiperta .that often whan hair fall out:
th root beoom. imbedded within th
aoalp. covered fj hard akin, ao that they
remain for time lik bulba or aeeda ia
a battle which will grew whan fertilised.
Bhampoee (which contain alkalla) and
hair Mtion whlcn contain alcohol are
eaemlee to th hair, aa they dry tt,
making II brittle. Kotalko eontaina thoa
eleaenia of nature which give new
vitality to th acalp and hair.
SOL BY
W.C Carmlrhael,
drint'i rhar
maey, O. A. Ray
s o r. Paramount
brut Store K 3.
Flnlay. and oth-
era In Aahevllle.
iHnamaMt
Iers in
PROVE FOR YOURSELF
flat hex ef the rtauine KotalkB at a reliable droifiet'
100.00 ODABAVTEB with each boa. A email teatl&f bos
I Kotalko (with, taatimoniale, ate.) may be obtained by aend
U( tea cant, silver or itampa, to my addraaa below.
JOHN HART BR1TTAIN, BB-280, Station F, New York City.
For wamrn'i hair
In south will be entirely negligible
In. matter of fuel conservation and
will entail great and unnecessary
hardship on merchants In cities where
supply of wood is obtained locally.
I earnestly request that wood be elim
inated from the list of those fuels
from which power, light and heft
cannot be used before and after
closing hour and that this unneces
sary and unreasonable restriction be
lifted from the backs of the business
men of my state. I request an Im
mediate answer by wire."
In response the committee wired
In reply to Senator Simmon's the
modified closing order as follows:
"Closing order limits use of light,
heat anil power ' derived from coal,
gas or wood, between 9 a. m. and
4 p. m., with exceptions making hour
6 p. m.; grocery and meat stores and
milk depots, t p. m. Bautrday. Whole
sale food and drug distributors, un
restricted manufacturing plants lim
ited to 48 hours weekly, divided at
.they we fit. Double ahlftr working
regularly sine October 1, each to con-
tinue on 48-hour basis. No restric
tion on use of oil lamps, , candles,'
etc., or burning of shavings nd oth
er plant refuse anv time." : s
Senator Simmons; who Is suffering
from a very severe cold, said, today
that ha feared his condition miaht
-prevent his speaking at Charlotte. -next
Monday, as he had been , ln
vlted to da by the people ot the com
munity. If possible he , wants to
peak upon that occasion ia behalf
of the candidacy ot Clyde Hoey, whom
he Is anxious to see elected' by a
large . majority over hie republican
competitor. , j (. v , ,
, The west 1 had it h-
lnteraectlonat football games. Oklg
year, four gamed iu uik. ... -
dlana and Nebraska defeated . Byra
cuse, Notre Dame wen from the army,
and Detroit trimmed Holy Cross but
lost to, Tufts. it ','. -
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