Life, 1910-11-10 · page 37 of 44
Life — November 10, 1910 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page combines editorial commentary with period advertising. The main content is a serious letter to the editor about **Reno divorces**—a social issue of the era. ## The "Reno Divorces" Editorial Issue The writer argues that women obtaining divorces in Nevada are committing bigamy unknowingly. Under U.S. law, a wife's legal domicile remained her husband's until marriage was officially dissolved. Women traveling to Reno for quick divorces couldn't actually change their legal status, making any subsequent remarriage invalid. Children from second marriages would legally be "bastards" unable to inherit except through their mother. The editorial criticizes wealthy women ("rich Mrs. Discontent") who could afford travel to Nevada, implying they caused social chaos through frivolous remarriages while poor women and innocent children suffered legal consequences. ## The Advertisements The page includes ads for **Jericho car horns**, **The Montclair** resort, and prominently, **Pabst Blue Ribbon beer**—marketed as a digestive "night cap" for sleep, reflecting pre-Prohibition attitudes toward alcohol's medicinal properties.
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“* On the Mountain Top“ The Montclair Forty Minutes from B'way GRILe Montclair, N. J. that's excestional. Tel 1410 Moattaie “LIFE: Those Reno Divorces Epitor or Lire: There has been a great deal of mer- riment at the expense of the Reno divorce colony, and it is now time for avery serious word; too late, in many cases, to save innocent children from the awful results. Every divorce granted to women in Reno who go there for that purpose is Voidable. The Supreme Court of the United States lays down the rules: that “the legal domicile of the wife, until the marriage is dissolved, is the domicile of the husband and changes with his change of domicile; a wife has no power to change her domicile during cohabitation. If a wife lives apart from her husband without sufficient cause, his domicile is, in law, her domicile.” The fact that a woman goes to Reno does not change her legal status; her domicile is that of her husband; she p THE PERFECT ‘Warns Without Offense” Affords efficient protection to motorist and pedestrian alike, under any condition of traffic. Mild toned at city speed— powerful and far-reaching at touring pace. $7, $8, $9, $10. Of dealers everywhere. Write us for Folder 33, telling all about it. o The Randall- Frichney Co. Boston, U.S.A There Is One __ Night Cap” that always scores—a glass of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. Taken just before retiring, it satisfies that empty feeling—a foe to sleep—and aids in the digestion of other foods, Pabst BlueRibbon The Beer of Quality is rich in wholesome malt, delight- ful to the taste and soothing to .the nerves. It has won its way into the markets of all the world because of its uniform high quality and absolute purity. Order a case of Pabst Blue Ribbon to-day, and enjoy the satisfaction of having and serving to your guests the best beer brewed. Made and Bottled Only by Pabst at Milwaukee. You will find Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer everywhere—served on Dining Cars, Steamships, in all Clubs, Cafes and Hotels. Order a Case Today From Your Dealer Pabst Brewing Company Milwaukee, Wis. cannot acquire a different one during marriage, and a voluntary separation will not give her a different domicile. Thus a woman going from New York to Nevada and getting a divorce and marrying again consummates a biga- mous marriage. This, of course, stands until some heir raises the question, then the unfortunate children by the second marriage are illegitimate and can only inherit from the mother under the name of bastards. It is a chaos of social misery, litigation and crime that is being created by these illegal di- vorces. If the unthinking discontents would stop for a moment they would see the misery that results. s know this, But rich Mrs, Discontent says to her attorney that she wants a divorce. She goes to Reno with her establishment. The attorney (Continued on page 839) 37 Wo \ comicbooks.co