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Village Divorces
BIGGER ItATE IN THE U.S. THAN IN =
?GITIKS. - , i
Mrs, Or 'Ma,' Ferguson, the Governor -j
elect of Texas, js tlie incarnation ^ofj
motherly and wifely virtues, but, apcqrd ^
ing to the statistics published by the Ceii .i
rsus. Bureau, she is called upon to preside.
cvjer a State whose citizen^ are frightfully .,
addicted to divorce. . .. -. !
Texas is now the leading, divorce state , m ?
ihe Union/During the past twelve 'months
20.282 of its citizens have been released;
from the yoke of matrimoiiy. :
He ratio' of divorcee . to marriages is ore
to five. ,
The statistics show that farmers and, vil
lagers of the United States, as compared
With its urban inhabitants, axe iiicredsuig
ly fond -of divorce. Thft Middle ^Vesl has
forged far -ahead of wicked cities Hke Nev-'-;
York in the matter of divorces.' IfepOusi
bility for this s^ate, of tfffaire is -placecLat
ihe doors of picture theatres, which „ are
alleged to instil the spirit of domestic xesi-'
lessncss into the minds' of the farming
community. ' ,
Generally speaking, divorces in the
United States rose 11 per cent., compared;
wjth a rise of only 8 per cent, m the num
ber of marriages.
During the last divorce year 165,1^ de
crees were pronounced. ;
Grace (shewing her friend her photo
griph) : 'Awful, isnt it?' Bessie, _ ''lis
(i s^enrtid likeness, though.'
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