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 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

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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.