Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16
ODD SGT or eook.
Bookkeeping Tor D2sertea v,
tai Troubles f,s ~. "es-l

Bookkeeping Tor Deserted a.,
t'h troubles ia Ner yarL on. a.'t
To be a sergeant IN nol,e.
Yolves peculiar and Bnnewl,s, NVur 10
some duty thai Of acting as y. purdea
the receipt aud disbufser,, oauAef IN
weekly stipends paid by nnUt. o. tie
serted wives A sergeant i e' lods
be has not above thirty snch t,o'tsnlnattH
accounts on MS list and In hnss wing
NJ 1ne uuiuoei may run mp TO l50 WI
The Obligation Of tie husband Il y y ~
his wife assumes moi rotnanfis SUPPORT
a police court The Obligation iiNt u
the woman rs her desert 10, s.rr, uo' 10
dered OF Tor affections sake H., n.y. zen
city, that II may not have a MAJ ~ lie
hands This attitude OF sell Xxx lis
the community as against tbs Sisuse Of
colors tue proceedings which husband
must go through before She con woman
her husband to provide Tor her nIVapf
step involved is a visi, to the roo, 'nt lfa
ers OF charities and correction M n'sslen
pllcatiOn foI requsition fr,,, ~ ap
the police justice in her dis,rn1 ,s n on
him 10 issue an abandonment vanrhg
the arrest OF the Delinquent h,sl,n.a' 'a
The law beng fruned d t,..,tr'a
vent the increase OF paupers and no re
punish the man. the wife is called w..
to swear on the face OF the war,.,n, uPoa
she will be a charge ON the pnhI,e ,,a aaa
her husband SUPPORTS her Tha, I"Vss
she has to do with the matter nc al
epal In the police court il ia ~ pn
against the husband with the wifs ~ ~
as witness She is called upon IN nF.ey
second time that she is in tho sesuiY
of puuper and that the CITY will fhO sa.on
support her II her husband An "
Under such circumstance the a,,e
awarded the woman Is seldom ia,ra ~
object being simply TO keep her IN, /, VIZ 'ps
poor house The weekly sum wh,o,. :. .l'
husband Is put under bonds To nss ss
varies according TO his wages In, ae'
closely according TO The ages Of her e6a
dren' whether they can work and hi.
support her OF whether She can eet ua,F
and support herself Fonr dolars M ~
OF 50 Is US high a. II often pets ~
sometimes 1t is not above ~ IN =. $,
Women who brace themselves fo, Nh
to submit 10 the mur,uyin2 orde, 7,
swearing out such warrants apsinx, ~.
] husbands are sometimes SURPRISED -
/ learn the exact basis OF the law
/ II a man has beaten woman and MAD.
/ her LIE an almost lnsupportable bnrd,.
TO her but asserts tuGt he has not ab,n
doned her, that he will go home with Ia,
/ and live with her then that woman ia =,
i'll danger OF becoming pauper and H.
/ police justice though lie may feel the nj
/ most compassion for her can only tell bs,
/ 70 go home with him, aud have him nm 4,
/ assault II he beats her The woman oftau
/ will not venture to appeal tc the conr
/ again. for an assault complaint she bay
/ ing learned that any other IL useless win
mean her husbands Imprisonment aad
stoppage OF the family income The man
very naturally comes to the conclusion
that whatever he docs his wife will havs
to put up with it and acts for HE future
very much as he pleases man who has
deceut income has his wife even more in
his power She imagines she can secure
his punishment for deserving her for
prettier face than her own She tries
She opens her eyes when she finds thu
abandonment warrants open the door 10
so many dollars a week only II 10 can
support two women that is his business
not the courts lie gives bonds to secure
her bread with not too much butter aud
goes back to his newer fame It i
couples Of this sort largely for whom the
police sergeant is banker They don't
care to meet personally and the court
official collects pays and takes the re
ceipts II is getting TO be q"ite bus
uess in its way