The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1893-04-26
A wife Who Tried to Catch Her Runaway
Husband.

a wife Who Tried to Catch Her Runaway
Husband.
An incident at once pathetic and shock
ing occurred at a railway station IL
Pennsylvania not long since. A negTo
man told his wife he was going to leav2
her and would never live with her any
more. Then he strobe off and boarded
the next train. The deserted woman
snatched up their little girl, years old,
and followed him, reaching the platform
Just as the train slowly glided away. She
attempted TO climb upon one Of the cars
although they were already in motion.
She slipped and fell, and the wheels of the
rear car passed over her and the child. The
child's legs were both cut off, and IT died
IN the hospital few hours afterward. The
mother was badly cut and wounded, but
may get well. 1t was frightful scene, the
bleeding, mangled forms, the dying child
and the Mortified exclamations of the
trainload of people who gathered about
them. It was the poorest possible way
Co bring renegade husband back, and
the unfortunate creature ought to have
known that In the first place, she would
most likely have been better off without
him, on general principles. Negro men
Of this generation are not half SO indus
trious as the women Many of them lie
down and grow fat on the money their
wives earn by washing and scrubbing.
They do not even repay their keep by
good treatment of the women who sup
port them, but are as bossy and overbear-
ing az the strictest believer IN the subjec-
ton of wives would have them be. When
the lazy, worthless black animal told
his wife he was going TO run away from
her, she should merely have answered:
SECT out just as quick as you can, OF I'll
help you out. I can earn a good living
for myself and my Child, and I'm going
70 do it. Don't you ever come back here,
for not another bite will ever cook for
You-now you mind" The fellow would
have backed down quick if he had
thought she really meant it. Mol WhiIn
pering and reproaches are no means for
curing recreant husband. Heroic treat
ment must be resorted to. | have seen
some Of them permanently cured by Il
dose OF their own medicine. A husband
who is inclined to tiirt and be gay is
kept il. much better trim when he does
not feel quite sure that his wife may not
do some flirting on her own account.
A writer wants dressmaking taught
as branch of education to ali the girls
in the public schools. Should all the
boys learn tailoring too?
Speed the day when the abbreviated
skirt and free motion for wonen's feet
come In!
Women are going to see 30 it in KAN
sas that the impression does not get
abroad that women are Indifferent about
voting, in view Of the approaching cleo
ton when the woman suffrage amend
ment TO the constitution will be decided.
The ladies registered in unprecedented
| numbers this spring, showing that they
meant to improve to the utmost the
school and municipal suffrage they al
ready have In Emporia $50 women
registered, against only 606 men. Wo-
men don't want to vote, don't they?
Mrs. NJ. Y. Taylor, who died recently
in Pittsburg, had made great success
in the business of selling oil well sup
plies. She was the only woman in this
| line of work IN the country.
Poor old Ohio! She is getting TO be as
| fogyish state as some of the tough old
| original 13 themselves are. Her house
OF representatives has defeated school
suffrage for women by q vote Of 40 to SO
Meantime strong, liberal, noble young
states farther west are going ahead Of
Ohio in prosperity and population. They
will march ahead Of her faster than ever
now. Progressive, capable young WON
en- viii go to states where there is widel
field for their abilities.
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.