p. 11 | The Divorce Evil

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Oct 31, 1916

FromSigns of the Times, October 31, 1916

The Divorce Evil

It is said that three and one half per cent of our married population is composed of divorcees — 341,277 in all. But America is not alone in suffering the ravages of the divorce evil. Word comes that Russia is in the grip of this mighty social plague. The dispatch states: "The number of couples who have presented themselves for a severance of the marriage ties has been much greater than prior to the war. Indeed, so great is the demand, that the officers of the divorce court have been compelled to keep the court open on Sundays in order to get through with the examination of the various witnesses." Scarred lives, tarnished characters, ruined homes, blasted reputations, are everywhere.