Divorce Legislation should not become operative until the lapse of a reasonable time after hearing or trial upon the merits of the case.
In no case should the children born during coverture be bastardized, ex
cepting in the case of bigamous mar riages or in the usual exception of impossibility of access. A divorce obtained by an inhabitant
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adoption of this act in all the states (and as will be noted none of its pro visions are new but all are drawn in part from statutes of some of the states) will stop divorce or even materially reduce the number of decrees, but it will have a tendency to awaken the public mind to the fact that the state
has a responsibility as well as the
to which he has gone for the purpose
individual, and that it is shirked unless there is a thorough sifting, as would be the case in any other law suit, of the
of obtaining it, or for a cause which
facts and circumstances prior to the
would not authorize a divorce by the law of the state of domicil, should have no effect therein.
granting of a decree. If, therefore, the uniform divorce law is accepted, it
of a state, in another state or country
Fraud or collusion in obtaining or attempting to obtain a divorce should
be made statutory crime by the criminal code.
It is not to be believed that the
will be the first step in divorce re form, and as such may properly be supported even by those whose re ligious or philosophical views require
them to oppose absolute divorce for any cause.
Philadelphia, Pa. Is Lying Increasing? BY H. B. BRADBURY, or THE New YORK BAR
HE only safe way to call a man a liar is to slap him on the back and laugh like h—- when you do it,” quoth a Virginia friend of mine. The stigma which this epithet carries with it is hotly resented in portions of the country other than that south of Mason
and Dixon's Line.
But whether the re
sentment takes the form of guns or fists, depends upon local custom. That lying has been abhorred and
liars hated and despised from time immemorial, the history and literature of all ages record. A liar is a fool, Lord Chesterfield assured his son, in efiect; which comes
nearer to being sound doctrine than the
assertion of the knowing one that
u
a
man must be mighty smart to be a good liar.”
The inspired Book directly and in directly inveighs against lying as a sin more often, I believe, than it does against any other infraction of the moral law. The commandment, “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neigh bor," is repeated twice in the Old Tata
ment‘; and the Master makes it universal in its application by omitting the words, "thy neighbor," and declaring simply, “Thou shalt not bear false witness.” Scarcely any of the inspired writers l Exodus, 20:16; Deuteronomy, 5:20. ’ Matthew, 19:18.
