The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-09
SPANKs HER HUSBAND.
Chicago Woman Says 1t Is the Best
Tonic and Has Met with Success.

From the New York World.
Chicago, Nov. 6.-Mrs. Lena Ruiz,
wife who believes in spanking husbands
to improve their health and tried the ex-
pertinent on her own and was arrested,
talked freely about her theories to-day.
Spanking" explained Mrs. Ruiz, is
the finest tonic known. There's my hus-
band. now. He's a miserable, lean little
man, and his appetite was something aw
ful-or rather his lack of appetite. l
tried cod liver oil and dozen other things.
1 could have bought lovely bonnet with
what I spent that way. Then 1 recoI-
lected that when we were little ones at
home and wouldn't eat our meals-turn
up our noses at the food, as mother said
she'd give US a spanking and we'd be glad
to eat. So 1 tried it on my husband and
it worked like charm. He got a splen-
did appetite. Then 1 got to spanking him
twice a day, once before he went to work
in the morning and again when he came
home at night.
mo, l don't think he liked it," said Mrs
Ruiz, musingly. I'm fact, to be frank
with you, he objected strongly, but 1 was
firm. I recollected that when we were
children we always objected to a spank
ing and so l never paid any attention
to his protests. I'd just lay him over my
knee, and if 1 didn't have my slipper handy
I'd use the palm of my hand, or maybe
book Books are nice things to have
around the house, amt they? They give
an air of refinement to a room, and If
they're we'll bound and not too heavy they
are very useful for spanking purposes. I've
got a nicely bound volume of DR.. Hills
sermons, which I found just welghty
enough. 1 used to use a volume of Car
lvle at first but he's pretty heavy, you
know, and didn't want to be brutal, so
I went back to a medium weight, like Hill
lis.
Curious how unreasonable men are"
continued Mrs. Ruiz. DO you know.
Mr.. Ruiz never quite got used TO being
spanked, and I've actually caught him
trying to break away in the morning be-
fore I'd give him his tonic. But I'm a
woman of a remarkably firm and deter
mined disposition, even If I have got one
the most tender and sympathetic of ma
lures. Between the question of duty to
my husband and the question of hurting
nv own feelings never hesitated. l be-
| lieved spanking was good for Ruiz, He
| didn't But never argued the point
| with him. Discipline has to be maintain
ed in family life as web as in the army
and was the ruler of my household.
"The women in our neighborhood had
very little to do, and seemed to take a
great interest in Ruiz. Not that my hus-
! band was anything of a 'masher,' as the
slang phrase is. Oh, no! They were
| conscious of their own subsection, you
| see, and jealous of me because had
| thrown off the trammels which bind wo-
men down. -Four or five of them came
| bursting into my room one morning when
was spanking Ruiz, and-well, II wa
very embarrassing, not to me, you under
stand. but to Ruiz. / told him to stand in
| the corner. and then I gave those women
a piece of my mind that they will not for
| gel in a hurry.
| "And then the husbands of these womer
would try to make trouble for me. The
| men and women would waylay Ruiz on hi
way home nights and counsel him to rebel
| BE a man and assert yourself they'c
| saw to him. He was late getting home on
night. and / went cut looking for him. lIc
| was standing out on the street, with foul
| or five of our neighbors about him, giviaa
| him advice. You come right home, Ruiz,
| | said, and don't stand gossiping here
| Til come home when feel like it, hC
said.
Well, you'll feel like 1t right now
| answered. and with that 1 picked nim up
|