The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-04
Condemns wife Desertion.

To the Editor of the Globe:
Having read your editorial in the
G o b e of Tuesday morning, entitled
wife Desertion," allow me to thank
you for your gallant espousal of so wor-
thy a cause, the protection OF the home.
In your editorial of Tuesday last you
voice the sentiments of all honest men
and women, not only in our city, but in
the states. Burke said, '"Fo love the little
platoon we belong to in society is the
germ of public affection The best and
good of our country will acknowledge the
same today and it is our duty towards
God and humanity to protect and keep
pure the home of childhood. The man or
woman that can desert their little chill
dren neither respect the law of God or
man, and generally show their disrespect
for decent society by criminally living
together in plural marriage, and what re-
dress has the deserted wife and mother
for all this neglect and suffering brought
on by no fault of her own, but rather
that of some designing Becky Sharp,
whose sole aim in life is plumber and
this is not an occasional cause, but the
usual cause for desertion. More than one
man mas deserted his wife, the best
for these designing Beckys. They will
cook him neat little suppers and warm
his slippers so long as his cash account
will pay their bills and many find out to
their sorrow, when it is too late, that it
is only delusion. The home is wrecked
and the happiness destroyed forever, and
cases of this kind are far too common
in our city, and there is no redress for
the injured wife except the divorce court,
which is repulsive to many wives and
mothers, and they gain little or nothing
by divorce, which generally grants the
offender his most coveted desire. 1t is
every honest citizens duty to prevent
this miserable degradation and 1 heartily
ildorse the G o b in it's Tuesday morn
ings editorial, that by the enforcement
of the Jackson bill such men will think
twice before deserving their families for,
as a general rule such men are very sell
fish in regard to their own physical COM
fort.
We trust that every lover of home and
little children in our legislature will give
his most earnest support to the Jackson
bill, as the passage of the bill will be
eagerly watched by many who will not
fail to note it's supporters and dissenters.
Should the Jackson bill pass we can say
that our state has made great stride
towards moral reform. Should we sue
ceed in preventing this cruel desertion,
we shall have, in a large measure, check
ed the grind of the divorce mill.
Every mother is crying out where Is
the protection for our innocent girls?
They are led to the altar in the holy
bonds of marriage, only in a short time
to be so cruelty deserted by these faith
less husbands. Let every honest man
and woman put forth their best efforts
towards this moral reform, and there is
no doubt but in time it will bear good
fruit, and we may again behold a man
enjoying himself in the midst of his fam
ily and at his own fireSide.
I have virtually no use for the new
woman; 1 fail to see where she is any
Improvement over the old one. Woman
was intended by God and nature to be a
wife and mother, and very worthy posi-
ton it is if she performs her duty. To
my idea, when mother can see her
grown up children honest men and wom-
en- with the assurance of their love, her
crown of glory is complete. What is
more worthy to be related in history
than the tender pathos in Goethe's life
when he returned to Frankfort and
thanked every individual who had been
kind to his mother and he said she was
worthy of life, tribute queen might be
proud of.
Yours in behalf of home and little chill
dren, M. F.
st. Paul, Feb. 2S, 1901.