Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-18

he should be trying to make happy.
When you find II man whose children
are afraid of him you are In Il position
to believe almost anything mean of
him. And his wife? She stands be.
tween husband and children. She en-
dures sarcasm and bitter words and
lack of appreciation until she actually
feels that 1t Is wrong for her TO live.
and that happiness must he n crime.
In n recent divorce proceeding 1t was
| shown that the husband would vent
from speaking week ut time. Yet,
In his business life he was known as
1 n good fellow. He could tell stories by
the hour. and his smile was infectious.
He reserved all of his Ill nature for
his home. and why II was so. or is so
I'm hundreds Of cases. seems almost be-
yond explanation. If you are hui
man crouch. for heavens sake don't
take your bitterness past your own
threshold. Get grip on yourself and
determine to carry sunshine ut least
to those bound to you by ties of blood.
a man of whom II can truly be said,
HE never spoke q pleasant word"
should wish the earth to open and en-.
vclop him. Certainly humanity has no
use for him.
Will the day ever come when men
shall clamor for their rights and get
them as women have clamored for
theirs and are now enjoying them In
abundance? Chivalry Is one thing,
but imposition Is another. a whip.
ping post has been advocated for the
man who abuses his wife. but what
redress Is there for the man who IL
tortured In u hundred contemplate
ways by the woman who promised to
love and obey him? 1t seems TO be
assumed that women belong to a high
or order of beings and do not need
the same measure of punishment for
their misdecds. There Is always the
tendency In court to let n woman Off
lightly because she Is woman. Al.
though our laws are made by men.
they are framed In u way to protect
ana even favor women. In family dis.
cords sympathy Is sure to be given to
the woman. if 1t Is possible to do so.
\ man may need 1t hundred times
over. but the woman Is the one likely
to get 1t. VIII the time ever come
when hubnnd shall have alimony
from the woman who was his wife
and refuses to live with him? Why
should not the woman with Il large
fortune be compelled to enable her dl.
vorced husband to live In the same
ricd her ana shared her purse? 1t Is
Il hard thing for n man to be turned
; out into the cold world ana made to
earn his living after he has enjoyed
the luXurics of life. And why should
q woman In breach of promise case
DO able to recover damages In court
while a man In like circumstances
sinks away. hides his diminished
head and has no consolation what.
ever? This process has gone on In.
definitely. but there Is evidence that II
is not always to continue. The worm
has turned, or. to use plain instead OF
figurtive language, one man has as
serted himself ana has got his rights
The man hailed from Arkansas and
woocd maiden. After gaining hei
heart. or, ut least, her consent t.
marry him, the girl decided she would
not marry him. The man from Arkan'
sas was not accustomed to double
dealing ana he came from Il state
where men look out for their rights
~ a
straight TO the court AMI, to the credit
of the Judge. he was awarded $40
damages. Not every man has the
, bIavado of the Arkansan and not
r every justice Is rs fair rs this one
X. but 1t Is gratifying to notice that Il
. good example has been set, ana tina,
Q men as well as women may get theil
!. rights IL once they insist upon them
Had Adam known that his rib wal
0 to be taken and turned into woman
would he have consented? 1t Is Ques
ton raised by a woman at Cleve
land missionary society meeting ant
n left open to conflicting opinion. Tn,
n woman Of to-day, like Pandora of old
Q Is bound to pry into things and turf
Q loose upon the world lot of troubles
u That stolen rib Of Adams was sup
t posed to be closed incident. Tn
t borrowed member was long since re
u stored to men. For countless genera
!. tons he has had the rib as we'll as tn
0 woman close to his heart. Man WASH
3 worrying over the rib affair at all. IL
n had all but forgotten 1t. But woman
( womanlike, must, of course, prod hin
!. out of his complacent fOrgetfulnes
y and demand that he tell her whethe
j. or not he is sorry that she Is In exist
Q ence. Adam has left no evidence O
9 his feeling on the subject, and we cal
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