Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-03-21
woMANs WORLD N PARAGRAPHS.
How Long Must women's Legal Claims
Be Decided by Men Judges?


How Long Must women's Legal Claims
Be Decided by Men Judges?
This time it is Judge Hare Of Phila-
delphia who has written himself down
a relic of the middle ages along with
the thumbscrew and ducking stool "A
Philadelphia broker failed in business
He was unable to support his family,
consisting Of a wife and three sons.
They had to go and live with his moth
or in the country, which was not pleas
ant for anybody naturally. He patched
up things and went into business and
became insolvent again. But this all
round failure was not the worst Of the
husbands shortcomings. He was indiot-
ed for embezzlement Of funds that had
been placed in his hands. Thus he was
not only failure, but a swindler, a
criminal in the eyes of the law Mean
time his wife was living a thoroughly
respectable domestic life. But after the
husband had failed a second time in
business and been indicted for dishon-
esty she seems to have got tired of
"clingingn like vine to this very
shabby oak. She left him in disgust and
refused to live longer with him, very
properly. She took the children with
her. Her relatives provided home for
her and the children, and then, thor
oughly disgusted. they cut loose from
the old man. Her family took care of
them all. A woman who had any pride
and delicacy would not want her chill
dren to be brought up under the in
fuence Of q criminal even when he
was their own father. Then the embez-
zler and failure sued for the custody
of the children. 1t cannot be believed
by any person in his right senses that
the father got them. Well, be did.
Under the decision Of Judge Hare,
which ought to be paraded in letters Of
flaming fire under the noses Of all moth
ers who don't want women to vote, the
little boys were torn away from the safe,
respectable shelter their mother gave
them and handed over to the failure with
the tainted name. When mother takes
her children away from the father, it
''weakens the family tie'' and must
not be permitted. quoth this wiseacre.
But he says nothing about weakening
the family tie when a judge takes the
children from their respectable mother,
who owes them more than her life. and
hands them over to the custody of an in
dicted criminal How long, o Lord,
how long will it be till women vote and
hurl from Office such relics of the in
quisition as this old bigot Of Judge
Hare? But women don't need to vote.
Oh. mol
Frieda Sisnonson, the marvellous child
pianist, and Juantta Manen, the equally
famous boy violinist, are just now tine
talk OF musical New York.
The name OF John Hare, who meditates
an American tour in 1866, will forever
be associated with the Robertson comedies
-''Castc, - Home. = School, /" etc
Febvrc, the French actor who Is over
here criticising our players, has found
fault it is said with niagara falls because
1t does not run like the water OF France
Stonewall jackson will be impersonated
In David Belasco's : Heart of Maryland.
which Fred @. Whitney Is to have hand
In staging at the beginning OF next season.
Thomas O. Scahrcol.e is now appearing
exclusively IN The Grand Vizier. His
new opera, by Harry Is Smith and Lud-
wig Englander, for next season is almost
completed
Abbey, Schoeffel and Cirau are negotiat-
ing with Laura Fricdman, the soprano of
the Court Opera House. Dresden, with q
view to her appearance Ia their grand
opera company.