The sun., 1901-06-30
CURES FOR BAD HUSBANDS.
SUSAN p. ANTHONY DTscUSSES TIE
RESOURCES or WIVES.


Things to BE Endured for the sake of
Children Faults Of the Husband.
Copvr,ghi. Iooi. BY $. $. Mcclure Co.
At first thought II seems waste of time 10
devote an entire article 70 question which
mi ght be- easily answered in sentence that
IL will not be difiicult for the reader to supply
But on second thought I remember that tho
tense Of the verb puts the matter FAR back
In the past. refers II TO tho last century In
fsct-"what would have done with bad
husband
II had married In the early Aos' aiohk
about the first time when was getuns my
nrst proposals. and had drawn Dad nus
band In the lottery, doubtless l would nave
done as other women did 10 those Gays ae
cepted my cruel fac TO nj me Tor oetter
life hereafter. At that time there were NO
such means Of escape from an unfortunate
marriage as are so freely onered IN 'his more
humane and enlightened age.
In my own State Of New YORK. - IN mos.
others. ths law recognized out one cause OIL
dNorce-ihpoeh'S' ou' s'' .t,
who obtained q separation, even LOT tnis
cause. forfeited all right TO the properly 'he
two had acquired tosether' "ni'e 'he hueo1nu
who had sinned renamed IN soie possseoou
But this inJustice sahA INTO ihs'Sni''eheo
compared win thatwmen sno"eu MN "'o
TO retain the enure eus.ooS VI 'nei No
Many women would whiihs" ha'eso"s'o'"
portioniess. ou' tners was s's'.en one 80
would not nave oorno e'e''
could be heaped upon ne, rs'ne' """
up her children In even INC 'os ea'
there we're no Ties Oh n'o'ne'hooo, "NAo"
hA'o'' e~4e 80 ..x on.n % th.m
cause there was almost no wy op'" W
In which they couid earn
But sthi greater oeNi'ehs
that divorced woihsh' W iu"1'
less Of wronSdoins' was eo.a' ps ~.
far removed from tns' ono
scaries lever on hsr o'
place In the world ior her'
So. possibly. II hsd nao oeo nueoaAu
In those dsys-'hose sooa u'o ue ,',I
hear so much about mish' nS'e e'uuu
him. as otner "oheu u'u ohua,a,
10 me that would have sa,heieu my on,te. nIhie.
IN my arms. ike hn3a IN oho'e io -
and braved the ICY "A'erS !" D'
freedom.
Elizabeth Cady stanton s% a
nrst woman to demand tha' nap,,uA =.
snness or brutal treatment snouiu oe
cause for divorce and that women snouiu oe
encouraged TO seek rehet from sueh
After myself and seVersl o'hei No"ien u'''
gates had been denied ths hsh' '" speaA ~
a mass meeting o' ,hs oono o' a.,
In Albany N Y, | arranged Tor the nrst
g.. ,.mn.,.nce convention Of women ever
s1", u.s., :, Wa. held in Rochester. in April.
80 so vS,h delegates present from a number
,.,s socis,ies which we're then besin-
U,ns n 70 be formed
xas encouraged In this movement py
H.. c,a.lsv the Rev william Ellery
r.1, sra o,hers Of influence, and Mrs
stanton who was Just coming lnto ho'iVe
Sor h., s,oouenoe and ability. agreed TO pre-
aide. had put in weeks OF hard Work Se'''ns
m ,his meeting. q large crowd was In a'-
tendance s,,o.s ana e prs,,d.nt', address prov ed
to be a veritabls bombshsil and almost broke
up the coh' snn sn
srapn was as $50 rars,n IN the relation Of
- ,r;,h confirmed drunkard. Let no
VIZ ,a ,bs father OF her children. -
arahksra ,',,on y, ~ our sts,s government so to
.t,,, ,h. law. Affecting marriage and the
moaiiy 'ho 49,, ,h.t the drunkard
eSs, eSs,0Ss ssvs no claims on wife or child"
olr,o., the only woman present who
"" a,..,on IN this declaration;
sus'ainea ,o re,raot md eventually both
81, comneled to withdraw from the
oi US ie'' sta,io,
Temperance tssooisbt ne tbat vear I attended my
.r.a ia sSHrsSe SgH Convention, in syracuse. \ u
which was, indeed. at,oIs and among the
Lucretia Mott PIeIuur Gsrrit smith Lucy
speakers were '"o ,Oinette Brown BLACK
stone ,i,s tne Josivn Gage, Paulina Wright
VEN MatIua Nownrd Nichols and the elo-
DAVIS n III ~ no Ill. Ernestlnc L. Rose, Mrs,
Quent foh-h eAo, ha nresent. but she sent
stanton Couid NJ reah and which among
let'er, l,cai u,terances. repeated the de-
mands that haptua, "a urrnanized as causes
treatment sho"'u w
for divorce. 0,dod these statements abroad
Inc ptese lining criticism. while pulpit,
WIN the "oe. ,he nubllc In general Joined
platform. ana ,he pJio,io, of this most per
In chorus nl uehu nmsn themselves were
picious doI'ILnu i,',est in their condemnation
iJ"a11s nf law which would enable them 70 divorce
a drunken OF art pl ~ the uroperty
childreh lu" alu b b", was renewed at all our
ThlS dls,iSss aud found it's elimination
in the last sur age ,iyil War put ali other
breakins out ~ w ''ho Oh grnund IL was held
questions in,,'v,e IN tv New York city, In May.
al cooper lhN,u,inr,'ai tho Nrehrnnd was applied
1880. and hs uS"% bo not, only Ind the courage
by Mrs stanton ~ M recoguiZed no such
OF her cohNlCIituo she tresented q set
word as eApe uecioriug that. under certain
Ol te.oin divSrCe was justlilable, and sup
conditions. dN".' d Zach whith was a MASTER
ported them oS aai,tV ard nnthos
piece oi loslc, pra"' sIth0ush composed ~
This conNenupn, advanced thinkers In
,he we 6nTntrY IT1t had not yet reached Mrs stan
tons position III 'phi 'pphinIns moved TO lay the
minded Nende, tnhle and eSpunge them
resolutions on ,no GaCioring that this body
from the minus J,,t III "nW1awa eycspt those