Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-25

Thus criminal infntua-
tion acquires judicial seal. Dishonor
of wife. children. home Is established
as an encouraging precedent in the
American courts. Divorce by purchase
will be more alluring gate hereafter
for the dissolute of the aristOcracy of
wealth. Reaction cannot set in until
wife desertion shall he added to the
category of felonies and the criminal
shall be held in durance for the sup
port of his victim and their children.
The recent decision by a judge in
New York that husband is entitled to
his wifc's earnings sounds as If IL
might he the judgment of some wise
acre of comic opera. 1t Is surely Il pc.
culiar partnership in which the head OF
the firm Is entitled to all the Junior
partners profits. willie the poor little
Junior partner is entitled to only so
much of the seniors as lie chooses
grudgingly to dole out to her. Here's
injustice for you. "A married woman's
wage.earning ability. according to the
New York judge. belongs entirely to
her husband. lie may employ It or not,
us he sees fit. and he may exact and
expcnd for his own private use and
pleasure the money accruing there
from. Were the husband permanently
disabled and unable to contribute any.
thing to the living expenses. then. this
decree holds. the wife might have some
Jurisdiction over her wages. but other.
wise the man holds the purse-strings.
even If the woman fills the purse. II
such a law does not help to fill the
ranks of the woman suffragists with
married women who must work to sup.
port their lazy lege lords. nothing in
the world will. 1t is unfortunate that
this class Is usually too busy keeping
the wolf from the door and putting
food I'm the mouths of their infants to
bother with legislatures and public
meetings. One thing Is certain. how.
ever, If one must work to support a
husband it had best be sickly one.
Indeed, sickly husbands are made de.
sirable. after q fashion. by this unjust
law. Why the money that a woman
works for should not he hers absolute.
~. to spend as she pleases, to waste as
she pleases, Is yet to be shown, unless
indeed, all men are not created equal
and the Declaration of Independence Is
In error
Marry young" says Father Hogan.
the oldest priest in Trenton, n. J. The
question Of salary should be no bar
against this step. A young man earn.
ing $40 week and upward could keep
Il wife just as well as he can pay SIS a
week for board ana attend the opera
every night and take in all sorts Of
amuscmcnts. The young girls should
too. They are as responsible as the
young men. They will not marry a
young man nowadays unless lie Is earn.
ing large salary, so they can dress In
silks and satins and make great show.
ing Oh the streets. II this step Is not
ever abandOns the idea of marrying
after he has passed the 2J.year mark"
There Is great deal of this starting in
where father ana mother left Off. But
not all OF these marriages are happy.
More often the couple that struggles
along up together from poverty to com.
fort looks back with satisfaction at the
way SO painfully trod. There were les.
sons Of life In 1t and character develop.
ment.
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A Philadelphia woman has lived with
her i've children an entire year, enjoy.
Ing every luxury without paying cent
for the same. She rented two fine resi-
dences, each in an aristocratic neigh.
borhood, Tiled them with up-to.date
furniture. costly paintings and brc.a.
brac, provided her family with costly
clothing and jewels and supplied her
table sumptuously. She had expensive
equipages In the stables and maintain.
ed good style throughout. For several
months she succeeded In hypnot!zinp
her creditors. When finally the furni.
ture was levied upon and taken away
from one Of the houses, she moved to
the other, changed her name and re.
peated the operation upon other cred
itors. The American Is authority fol-
the statement that this adventures
lived in luxury FOR a year, and during
this time paid no bills, her creditors
permitting her to disappear. or course
such elaborate swindling Is only Dos
s!ble In large city, and the perform
ance must he accomplished by pas,
master, or past mistress, of dead beat
Ing" yet, there are persons in all cities
who live largely by their wits and an
ability to swindle tradesmen out OF
their money. Economics take little ac,
count Of the cost to society Of dead
BEATS" but the business world knows
that a goOdly share OF the capital OF
society Is lost in maintaining this class
of persons. The profit and loss columns
of the ledgers tell the story.
| Whether or not college education ID
advantageous depends entirely upon
the ability Of the recipient to absort
ana utilize such an education. Unfor
tunately such view OF the case Is sci
dom considered by parents and guard
!ans who are inclined to send their chill
dren to college simply because II is con
sidered the proper thing to do. COuse'
quently we lind throughout the coun'
try thousands Of young men who have
passed through college acting as cheaI