The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-27
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fhe Associated Charities Edward Wilder,
- - - - - . $50 ,-far, tn
l9ss u -H7 "o-l - . i - -
porter today in regard to the desertion
of Wives-
deep one that I would hardly care to ex-
press myself upon off hand There are
numerous reasons. or perhaps causes
would be a better word, for this condi-
I'm the first place it is undeniable that
recent wears have been hard ones. In
comes Of working men have been cut
men have lost employment from numer-
GUS reduction iii force by railroad and
other Industries
.tTt is a fact that it has been fmpOssi-
bic in very many instances for men to
get work at all Tn those circumst ances
me man really feels that ne is i'm the
way, and that his presence adds dispro-
portionately to the living expenses nc -
seldom the case that the woman is not
able to get a little work Of some kind to
90 as the days pass by 70 Keep the 1aIn-
ily from absolute starvation, and with
what help she can get from her nelgh-
bors or friends OF the people she does
work for, can get along with the family
fin a way.
PEELED to 90 elsewhere seeking for work
family Peonle feel much less like help
Ing a woman when she has a big healthy
husband alt home who is going TO eat up
what they give
Thus the husband becomes really an
enforced tramp And he framps on ana
ON looking for work that will Justify him
5n sen6ins Tor his vile ed children. But
has M
found elsewhere and is frequently only
4arr,-,or-a7-,r and 10or1v maid enough 10
Irsa-5 him alive l,i5f nor a1o7le5r 10 raunite
the family.
.srI7ha months and Years slim nv and con-
5ftfous are no better 50 far as a pros
pective reunion is concerned He knows
she Is better OF at home without nm ana
he stays away ne Knows ne cannot
send Tor her and the separation IS COM
plete-
nave no 0ouoL tndl d A5eelueltl cause
of separation dates from before the mar
rage men ana women marry III 100
OF the future.
or instance a young man VINO mas
Zen nseu % speloltls al nts money "
himself meets young woman TO whom
&c Deloll-s|7 dltetellsl ne lS5llll5 = ~
LA anu Lley marry 1le ses no. - y ~
even enough money 70 BUY furniture WIN
and what they buy is bought on credit
" len tile payments peeoine cue elsy
ind that they must be paid tut OF the
money 1leS eApellsd 49,. ~ ~ E 81 Jli , 4 llLs
4Eig1ess o. eoulss sil5 lilg 9l+ 10 ~
Then there is baby and the young man
1-ilS Ia LIS -9 y ~ sS-li llta II II
IoLL lllEes from the income ql WdteH ne
3oILnerly supported one ne doesh
snow now " 40 IT, 11is VIE lpDtsllls
him. perhaps, and soon the upbraidifla
becomes a burden that he does not care
1o carry I'D a s5i ~ ms otaels' Iney
This is not I'm uneo1nmon eases j..
liz pIOD-en Wglld rs less ul4llclllL II
SounS Pe9pls "9utl nor nary VINO l "
SI-- III -1lS new A5e viii ASaso1Aa1AS
co4 l75 ana on q 0epL. j. ~ .,.-
TOO maj women who nave been used q
Suppo55tlLs themselves before nls1Illage
1eel lhaL tney can 90 50 aAterWafQ II
t9s lAl1 ne l-.-s icy Ale E 10 ~
GO LGt SUI t1eln s1lla Ssl5lllot SUPPORT lIle
7enllly ailo Lle hhoNleage on TINS may
-11 20 o-Sl u = - 49, ne 80. eiii7s-
A FREE THIN HAERS VIEWS
Mrs. Emma Green is a physician. She
lives at 1871 Monroe street ana it IS prob
lions that have to do with women and
her conditions and surroundings more
than mas she She believes in the free
dom of woman not only i'm the ballot but
in all things. marriages and the marriage
relations and the raising of children chief
among them. She is a free thinker of the
freest sort but not an atheist nor vet an
inddel The terms are often confounded
II think without doubt that the main
cause of difficulties between husband and
Wife," she said. and the separations
one open Notwithstanding. People mar
or. intellectuaiIv. spirituaIIv or phvsicaiIv
and there should be little wonder at their
unhappiness-
II think that where there is a MARRIAGE
in which the impulse is real true love
not poverty, sickness. disease nor even
Marriages are made almost exclusive
or physical attraction ana not buiIt ~
they should be upon the soul nor the in
II have been reading with interest what
different Topeka people have said Of late
through the State Journal regarding the
desertions in Topeka and with q verv few
exceptions agree with most Of them Al
most an 7 have to say on the subject has
been said before
when physical attraction fS an +1,a+
impells marriage the dream is soon over
for 1hvsfcal attraction Iasfa I,,7+ j l5++le
time. it IS soon satisfied. - -''s-7
FIN her poem The Bridal Venr Miss
Cary has written lines that run some
thing like this Won r11lsf climb III new
heights III I love Won tornorrny5
Nothing could be trlIar Than that line
concerned
ter r ana also thinker On tnese lines
haven't the natural independence She