Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-29
sLIE FAMILY TROUBLES.
Parents Disagree and Children May
 Be Taken from Them.

be 1aKen IfOn 1uen.
 Unless the authorities change their mind four of the Slie children on Bald win street willabe sent to the county home Monday and the other two and the mother will be taken in charge by the town. It was intended to remove them to-day, but owing to some delay in preparing the papers the matter
 went over until next week. Mrs Slie
 was in the house yesterday afternoon when Humane Agent Gillette ques- toned her regarding her treatment of the children. She put up q good de- fense, stating that she was making the best hand she could of herself with the means at her disposal, and wound up by declaring that it came to a pret- ty hour of the day with her when she had to rent a tenement ill that part of the town. While she does not look like vicious woman, still the appear
 ance of the place is all the evidence
 any one would want to show that the
 children are not receiving proper treat
 ment, and perhaps it would be the best
 thing that could be done for them to
 put them where they will be kept clean, get enough to eat and receive | an education. Mir Slie Is a Protestant and his wife Is Catholic. The wo-
 man was married before to a man
 named Oates. who died here several years ago. They had one daughter, who is now in the county home. She married Oates in Manchester, Eng
 land. She was married to Sle in Der Dy eleven years ago, and since that time, so she stated yesterday, she has had an uphill fight, kicks and cuffs, vile language and threats being about the only assistance she received from the father of her children. Inspector
 Moses ordered the place cleaned tip and will see that it is done. The filth of that house heggars description, and even though the Slie family were not neglecting their children at all. 1t would be the duty of those who live
 in the neighborhood to call the atten- ton of the authorities to the unsanf-s tary condition that obtains there, and 1t is wonder that this was not done
 long ago.
 Those who were present yester-
 day when Mrs Slie of Baldwin street gave a short history of herself
 and her husband. went away satisfied
 If they had any lingering doubts on the question, that the church that opposes
 mixed marriages does so with a we'll defined purpose in view. People who start out to fight their way through this world find enough to contend against without snarling about religion and no doubt this is one reason why the Catholic church through its min- isters uses every means in it's power to dissuade women from marrying men who do not profess their own creed. Prudent Protestants take this view of the matter, too, and counsel those who
 call upon them for advise on that sub- ject to select partners from among those of their own faith. Once in a whie mixed marriages turn out we'll,
 but they are very rare. The success
 in life of a married couple who belong to different religions depends largely
 upon thei intelligence of both parties to the contract. If one can convert the other to his or her way of thinking,
 then everything may go along all right,
 but this is something which does not
 often happen so that in too many eases
 both parties become lukewarm towards
 religion and i'll the end they quarrel
 and separate and the state is called F,upon to provide for their offspring. Of
 course this occurs from time to time when both belong to the same religion,
 but in the latter case there is 3 chance
 for some church or charitable ihstitu-
 tion to lend hand, but where there
 are religious differences nothing short
 of the stern hand of the law will suf- flee. Mrs Slie's maiden name was Mary
 Delaney, and probably under other
 conditions she might have been an-I
 exemplary wife and mother. Robert
 Slie, too, for all anyone can tell, might
 have turned out to be different man
 to what he is represented to be if he
 had chosen partner of his own race
 and creed. It Is difficult to eradicate
 these landmarks and people who re-
 gard them as trifiing things prior to
 entering the married state often find
 them impregnable barriers to peace
 and happiness during the balance of their lives. 1t is 2 hard thing to sep
 arate family of small children from
 their mother, for no matter what kind
 of woman she may be it is but fair
 to assume that she has a mothers love
 for her little ones, and hates to have
 them torn from her. Still there are
 occasions where the welfare of the
 children demand such a course and un-
 less Robert Slies and his wife mend
 their ways Immediately they will be
 numbered among the class of parents
 who have proved unfaithful to their
 obligations, and others will have to as-
 sunie the burden that should be borne
 by them.