The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1926 Page: 6 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 20 x 13 in. Digitized from 16 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
IS
ll
LI
-
’<■ n-
-J
■Horn
reat
'
-U
I
\
Ai
Interest for five minutes
thin
oral
i the
lequst*
should
Rut
■ary
to
I want to a.*k
the subject of
other*
other*
"J
for
and
', K-.
Iteovetl
mi Illinois money going to Indi
e statute Muling to the inter-
r
radio audience,
••is heard recently the pleasing,
ring voice of h woman in the
al capital making this stunting
e movement to correct
very where admitted to
national scandal, if not
I
I ba
■«nl
that
thia countrj
conalderat
and the
•ponaiblt
to
on f freight
i inendmaat
l will Of
ige and
this
pro
----- .... issu-
riuntireus of couples have
—■ .ge in <.thcr atatgg,
Napier has now ruled
Most of us are also
marriage* and In unl-
You will perhaps be
that owing to the hodge-podge
Ing marriage and divorce. Let us assume that
are all interested in marriage Some of us
Interested lu divorce,
res’ed In permanent
ct children to live just
era did. The new gen-
I believe
ty In the
ited seem
I have not made
V
By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
1
w
I w
--Xv
It la when
making an effort to live
■p her faintly together that
the alimony that she poa-
r*c<
■ tl<>na,
_____>ria)a.
from the north, a*
is* been no ade— •■
. except that It a»»
latfon.
Organized Women
hrmn) irird rrrv'rrdi rr
i/OlUUJiU. / CLt/ LZ/ (
ofda fora!Scandal
the intere-’ of President Coolidge In that body**
campaign for uniform mar.inge and divorce laws.
Tl. delegation was led by Sirs. Sherman and
• <<-i>iiipnoi(*d by r Arthur < upper of
Kansas and Representative r.>oesi W. G’hson of
Vermont, sponsors for the amendment and bills
in the senate and house. The accompanying
photcgrai h shows a number of the delegation at
the White House (left to right) : Mrs. Kate
Trenin Im Abrams, Washington, vice chairman
department of legislation; Mrs. Florence C. Floors.
Divorce Latfs
■ Wi
■ r. i
. •
; ii
4 ’ -
git
• *
-V
iV
/■
‘iw jfrh'-tRP z1 wrm'
>wuw *r Urr-firtwoi
Jk
to3F
divorce,
and still
-
u-Sa fc. ' !1a|
that ui
nterasted
woman.
iment It l.
rservatlon.
»en recog-
bar associations, by
their editorials, by
>m the
bean i
Unit
Do
valtd tn one *•
te, that a
ecosnlaed it
legitimate
"I believe young j>eople do not give enough
consideration to the seriousness of marriage,"
says Mrs Sherman. "They know divorce Is easy
and they dash headlong into marriage relations.
Of course we cannot expert
as their fathers and molhei
eration has jumped far ahead and
that where this has meant a fault It has been
where parents have neglected their dut;
The causes for divorce enumerat
>per causes.
but I do not believe It should
divorce*.
made elopement
hb d!v.
-esult tn a
lorUniforrnMarriago and
r HR ■
would have
Up to 14
»t divorce
may under certain circumstances t>e single, mar-
ried, an adulterer and a bigamist at the same
time, depending upon which side of an imaginary
state boundary line you may be standing."
This woman at Washington with the pleasing
<■ :i.vlnih.a voke wan Mr*, Howard brankiln
White of Indianapolis, author of the blits now
before congress supplement Ing this proposed
amendment to the Constitution:
"The congress shall have power to make laws
which shall he uniform throughout the United
States on marriage and divorce the legitimation
of children and the care and custody of children
affected by annulment of marriage and divorce.''
Mrs. White, former deputy attorney general of
Indiana and later elected reporter of the Indiana
Supreme court. Is first vice president of the
General Federation of Women’s Clubs. That pow
erful body of organized women under the leader-
ship of its president, Mrs. John Dickinson
Sherman, la nc'lvek supporting the proposed
amendment and has the co-operation of a number
<>f organization* of nation wide membership. Mrs.
White In her radio address, said in part:
Ea- h ef the 4M atste* has mads Its own laws r~“
two vf the (tales ara silks In the requti —
ojlfl ati .ns f.>r marriage or in the arounde *"•
• ■i prohibit bigamous
and make them criminal
sees are prohibited In some
others and made criminal
(pie irgaliy married In one
tn another state because of
r- > -./
a-:®'-5
Cleburne, Texas, treasurer. Mrs. Gilbert F
Davis. Windsor, Vt. chairman department of
legislation; Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas;
Mrs Tdwar.. Franklin Whit., IndUuopolbt. ibst
vice president; Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman,
Estes Park, Col., president; Representative Ernest
W. Gibson of Vermont; Miss Florence M Dibert,
Johnstown, Pa., cecond vice president; Mr*.
Robert J Burdette. Los Angeles, vice chairman
department of International relations : Mrs. Henry
A. Slayton, N'orrlsvlll*, VL; Mrs. Aaron Rchlosa,
Berkeley, Cal.
According to members of the delegation. Presi-
dent Coolidge said he was Interested In anything
I hat would prevent disintegration In the homes of
the nation and agrwd to give the measure all
the support he could Mra White In addressing
the President for the delegation said In part:
The great increase In the ratio of divorce In
itry la commonly cited without taking into
itlon that the laxity of marriage lawi
conflict of lawe between atatet are ro-
le for a great number of these divorces.
'he fact that women s organisations bring this
your attention, through the aid of Senator <’ap-
. - by no means indicates that it is a women's
movement, or that women are more interested In
It than men < >ur interest In this ts our Interest
in the Integrity of the family—made up of one man
and one woman, and the offspring of that union
The government itself Is Intensely interested tn
ths proper mating of that man and wamaii, be-
<'«iiee the family is the unit of government It has
the strongest of all Interests eelf-pre«
The need for thia uniform law has bet
nised bv men and women, by
hundreds of n«wspai>ers in
cuiiki eesiKvii Ktiu senators,
south and west There hi
objection offered to the Ide*,
be a matter for stat* leglsli
Neither Mrs Sherman nor Kenntnr Capper look*
upon divorce as an evil Institution. Both, how-
ever. emphasise the fact that the abuse of
divorce has become an evil. The General Federa-
tion bills—which, of course, must await the
passage and ratification of the amendment--are
baaed upon the proposition that to eliminate the
hasty <>r Ill-considered marriage la to go far
townrd eliminating the abuse of divorce. The
marriage bill therefore contain* the following pro-
vision* :
At least two w<*rk* must elapse, except In
certain emergencies. Iwtween the application for
license and the ui>irrtag» Ten day* before the
marriage both parties mu.’t file Ktatementa that
there Is no legnl I.nr to the union. The marriage li-
cense clerk must make public Ml application*, which
may be challenged In court by any person believ-
ing the statement to be fulot <>> InnuIDeieui. The
court tmiy "iisinln or deny these objection* at It*
discretion and may take cognlzarve of emergen-
clc-s. Tt><- >o.< eligibility for mairlage I* placed at
eighteen for men and sixteen for women. Parental
consent miisi be obtained for men under twenty-
one and for women under eighteen.
For absolute divorce five causes are named:
Adultery, except when with the consent of the
party seeking the divorce or when the party *eek-
• g the divorce bn* been guilty of the same of-
fense
Cruel and Inhuman treatment.
Abandonment or runur* to provide for a period
of one year or more
Incurable insanity.
prcvlNioii rends- "the court shall make »uch
decree tor rd* nny. whether asked for in the
petition or <>n <hTault, u* the circumstance* of
the case shall render joe* and proper ”
Th* .i.i<>|>ii<>n of the amendment and the enact-
ment of uniform marriage and divorce law*
would deprive the state* of their present
lu.wer t.> reguUte msrH.a'c and divorce with!:;
their boundaries The bill*, how-jver. do not set
up r new federal bureau, hut leave the enforce-
ment of (he new inw* to the states.
S:' - *
■■ for mart
topi that
marrlag**
• t certain cl__
state*, not prohibited in
tn still other* Two pool
«tai« could li« jailed
that marriage.
on* atat* grant* no
vur>.-* on one groaad
ground* But cltisen*
by gelr.g intn another
Ii> some alate* they try to punish thia evasion
of th* law Person* legally divorced In the state
h they had removed have married, ard upon
to the original state have been convicted
nny mid their children made Illegitimate
i diverg’d by Interlocutory decree who have
legally married In another state before the decree
becanio abaolute have been arrested as adulterers
upon their return to their own state
We are always cltisen* of th* United State* no
matter In which state we live Do you not be-
lieve that a marriage valtd tn one atate should
valid in every other state, that a divorce lei
In one state nhould be recognised tn every o
state and that a child legitimate in one s
>e legitimate tn every other state?
wise constitution makers had foreseen that
■rgvnce of laws among the states would
‘»l they would have ein-
> *. a uniform law which
went and evasion futile.
«v»n though mar-
of the domicile or
uitrola the hgality
i cannot prevent the ml-
unless they are criminal
solution of this m.irrlag*
f a proposed federal law Is
triage laws but tn uniform
tho federal law oniv such
essential to unlformPy Nor is
the proposed federal law to make
n.arruiue more ditflcult Marriage should be made
i.i.v, for th- r.t and bard for th.' unfit
It seems to me that this civil atntus of cftlsens
who i;io\« from state to slate should be as much a
nteratate commerce a* the transpor-
—1 ■ Ttu’ it seem* not and that c<»n-
. t have the pin- t.t power to leglHlat*
t So it will bo n-.-essary to adopt
ent to the Constitution to enrpowcr
pa** *ucu a law
Mrs. White'* concise radio addres* was coin
cltlioil with m ivuMMlti* of the luvard of <Hr«>ct«»ra
of the General Federation nt the national head-
home.
to me to be the proj
a tt«<1y of alimony. 1
be granted In nil divorce*. I have heard of
women who made an actual bu*ine«a of marrying
nnd of obtaining divorce* for alimony.
a woman la honestly
reapectably and to kee|
she should secure all i
slbly can."
"Divorce I* increasing an rapidly." say* Senator
Cupper “that there Is now one divorce to 'ess
than seven marriages. The main cause is the
ease with which the Immature and unfit may
marrj. We have forty nine varieties of marriage
laws Nevonfeen stsfea fir no marrisgeqble ncn
in nine of these common iaw ages of twelve for
girls and fourteen for boys have been recognized.
“There ere forty-eight varieties of divorce
laws. From no divorce in South Carolina to four-
teen grounds for divorce In New Hampshire the
scale runs. While the majority of the states rec-
ognise the divorce laws of other state*, there are
I.eight which do nnt recognize them uncon-
ditionally. The continual nullifying of second
marriage* and the lllegltlmatlzlng of children is
a process without reason and wisdom."
The hotlge p<xlge of marriage and divorce I*
admitted to be a national Hcandal, If not a
national menace. Yet there will be organised and
persistent opposition to the amendment and bill
from various sources from various r 'tlvf- -from
"reformers" a* well as from "standpatters."
There will be opposition, far Instance, from
those opposed to further centralization of power
In the federal government. Thio, paople favor
uniform marriage and divorce law*, but insist
that those must come through enactment of a
model law by the several state legislatures.
Then* will also Im* opposition from those to
whom the present mlxup mean* revenue. Here
is a sample cose lllnsirmii. 'Igimtion:
Nebraska passed Mrs. White's marriage law
last rear Nebraska repealed ths . !■.•! rclathig
tn marriage license* Why? p.. . i„. e|.>ping
Nebraska eeuplea went In swarms to Iowa and
Kansas, where the laws are !.•«« «frb-t. There
upon the Nebraska marriage-Ucon** clerk*, the
marrying parsons, the hotel keepers and the
jewelers made a political Issue of It and won!
Hen- Is H11...1..1 example, j he Indiana legis-
lature defeate<l Mrs White’s bill by two votes
In 1923. The legislator who iwl the opposition
•aid frankly that :;i.r «.>upi<»a
brought S3O,<MMi a year Into his county because of
tne interu'cutory cinttse m the H||n’o|9 iaw for.
bidding either party to a divorce caw t.>
•gain within a year. Thereupon Hlinntx.
over *•' oiucn gov.......
ana. repealed the
locutorj’ decrees.
Almost any daily newsnnner nffnfg e-
the result of the hodge-|(odge of marrlan..,
dKoroe laws. The latest eotupilchtlon - st
writing—Is in Georgia. A law passed in 1924
vide* for a notice of ’five days itefore the I
vf ■ UfYUW. ('
evaded the iaw hr marrliq
ney General George M.
that th£S« MMMilagMB *n»
of inarrins* The stat**
arsllon of tholr cltltens
The only way to reach a
nie.'s Is by a federal ‘
Th* prlnclp*’ alm <
not to reform the tnarrla(
them and to Include in ti<
matter* a* at
it the purpoae
CORNS
Lift Off-No Pain!
4
Iki
Boil to Dye
a
“DIAMOND DYE” ANY
GARMENT, DRAPERY
Sometimes a reckless wife lo*e*< '.ef
mind by giving It to her husban 1 Io
chunks.
• lid
ink
" of
■nt to
’ll. Of
Get a
zs’Bcnt
Doecn’t hurt one bit! Drop .
“Freezone" on an aching com, .
ly that corn stop* hurting, then rt-
ly you lift it right off with fingers.
Tour druggist sella a tiny b
“Freezone" for a few cents, suffle
remove every hard corn, soft c<
corn between the toes, and th
calluses, without soreness or Irrltntloa.
KEEPINQ WELL--Aa H? Tabla
(• vegatabi* *p*rl*at) takan at
eight wifi h*lp k*ap /ou well, by
toning and atrargthat'tng your c.
gaatlca *od elimination.
Just Dip to Tint or
Each 15-cent pack-
age contains dlr*»
tlon* so elmp’e sny
woman ean tint
soft, delicate shnilM
or dye rich, perms-
nent colors in lin-
gerie, silk*, rib-
bons. skirts, waitt^
dreoMS, coati,
stockings, sweat
ers, draperies, coverings, Tunglngs-
•verythlng!
Buy Diamond Dyes—no other kli.5—
and tell your druggist whether the ma-
terial yon wish to color Is wool or silk,
or whether It Is linen, cotton or mixed
goods.
TO-NIGHT
Temerrev?A!r-2kl
* t Doni treat acre (•>"•(• ••>
I. |CDC<; (niarting eyes (HbpXrf-
.»s
- »r «-f|»e. Ute mmmly , j
Loosen Up That Cold
With Musterole
Have Musterole handy when a edd
(Parts. It has al! of the advantage’ of
grandmother's n.ustan' plaster W »TH-
OUT the blister. Apply it with the
fingers. You fed a warm tingle as t‘.e
healing ointment penetrates the por*'-.
then a so?thing, cooling sensation .ind
quick relief.
Made of pure oil of mustard and
other simple ingredient*, Musterole is
recommended By many nurses and
doctors. Tty Musterole for bronchitis,
sore throat, still neck, pleurisy, rheu-
matism. lumbago, croup, asthma nri-
ralgia, congestion, pains and aches of
the back or Joints, sore muscles, sprains,
bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, cold', of
the chest. It may prevent pneun. a
j*r* dk Tub**
iJM
Baft** rAun a mtuluru pluilti
Chips off ihe Old Bloch
* N? JUNIORS-Littl* W?a
Or.»-lhli<t U.e toeular 4v»e. Ms !•
of the *■•->»• ingredients, tbau *«nJ>
costed. For children end edu!t».
■■BSOLO BY YOi'J DRUCGISTaHri
First Requisite
Teacher—Now. what do little
do before they C’ to sleep?”
bittie Folk—Dey close dere p*
M A/"
........
__
■
THE ALVIN SUN, Oldest Paper Published in Brazoria County
if
build
D.FMANn “BAYER” ASPIRIN
John?"
MOTHER!
Child’s Harmless Laxative is
Grovers
Explained
,<-ii fall off the ladder
like
tnke
ported fron
main Indus
principal 1
found i in
V
Even constipated,
< AMI I 411> Ilia II* \ I
T- ; • 1 -lacstdr I
I I*' (-. e . Xlell lu * 1 <
C !1 W. Adama Rt
KEEP YOUR SCALP
Clean and Healthy
WITH CUilCURA
“California Fig Syrup"
^8
Glass-Eye Industry
The art of making artificial ej
attained a state of |ierfeetion I
of having
90c bottle*
Agplrln Marked With "B.iyer
Hag Been Proved Safe by M
Green's
August Flower
’/ fw Constipation,
indigestion and
Torpid Liver
Relieve* that feeling
‘1 eaten unwisely. 30c and
lea. AT ALL DRUGGISTS.
get re-
in to
the blond.
PARKER'S
.....
L jl hu.
-*ERCURN8 IlsnK'vea Com* C*l- ■
wj WurM. Psunogne. N. Y. |
bilious, feverlah, •
or eb-k, colic babies and children love
to take genuine "California Fig Syrup.’
No other laxative r»-gulatoe the tender
little bowels eo nicely. It sweetens the
stomach and starts the liver and how-
els without griping Contains no nar-
cotics or soothing syrup*. Say "Cali-
fornia « to your druggist and avoid
counterfeits Insist upon • genuine
“California Fig Syrup” which contains
dir«<-(lonA
CARBUNCLES
Carboil draws out the core
and gives quick relief
CARBOIL
Mto Cf*CVOlfS 50' BOX
New health
in Tanlac
"Two ftartagsl
arai /roertc /roe*
/oj* “/re*
fer/ered with
■rrrowj*/j*.
" Tiinlat hai bulh
tn* k/> /rvn» iiv
fa. to fa.
"I rat a»d tfap
Ifaaikild trtw
fxltbitttr. " Mri.
K. O. Itoird, Mil-
trauht, H is.
backs up
thousand .
about
rlth I
Tasteless
Ghs!9 Tonic
Makes the Body Strong.
Makt^s the Blood Rich. 60c
are not jetting the gt-nuine Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
proscribed by physicians for 25 years.
Say ’•Bayer” when you buy Aspirin.
Imitations may prove dangerous.—Adv.
S? ■ /'
1 euppiy o
this bnai
i.iui> aAi.sr.
t»*mu*z*a »nd |
This statement men-ly
what over ono hundred
grateful timers have said
Tanlar. our files are packed wl
such testimony.
If your system Is run down,
yn>! enn’r seem to ent or sleep, hft
lost •'.eight or buffer fron trying
pain, why not let Tanlac start you
I,lek to xlgorous strength and
No long, wretched wait to
suits! Tanlac starts right
It cleans th"
*
I
1
ay;KHi)HXiT^I(tSll
HSB ? I ri: 4 Ui ? *:*■»»
Nervousness _
Sleeplessness
PRICE $150 AT YOUR DRUG yORE
I l_^KQ£NIL MEDICINE CO-
! 10*5 N-WILLS ST. CHICAGO, ill y
£__
I
t
I
ly d.
tl. .
S
ix
thought
•Hate style
Fiatloiis t*
Hpw which
to»eh th*. Ul))
F’lr,t Of reflu
I
! Hn,l gvuius
I
h*»rr cm u
r
L
L
h
M* i;
M th-
I
pH r.
GAY r
NEW
ei'CH an al
OUS ; •■’l'U‘1
plays c:- ' 1
eolorlr.. and I
fttriv i-- I
Come Hnd bJ
women I
' I
I Not only In
hn*«i”,b!'‘ lnl
lp,‘ I
r
f
ij - » jmug'JW! ■ ■HMSwawaawa |
_
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Beck, John P. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1926, newspaper, March 26, 1926; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1249739/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.