The Detroit times., 1909-05-13
bOMAN JO[Ts
] ARTIST PERRY
Dukragette Rails at Laws That Per-
nit Nan to Go to Jail to Escape
Paying Alimony.


mosky was playing tag about half
E past ave outside Ludlow-st. jail wnen
slender woman in black tapped him
4 On the shoulder.
Little boy" she said. IF you can
get me chair I'll give you five cents.
Abe looked at her incredulously. but
when she opened big black pocket
book and took out a nickel he dashed
!. across the street into his fathers
store and returned in jiffy with
Kitchen chair.
On that chair the idea OF Grand
4 Street Society of Suffragettes was
born, and Abe's mother is keeping II
~ relic against the day when wom-
en- will have all the votes and men be
I suffragers.
Just a few minutes before this cpl
eode Keeper Murphy, OF the county
Jail had received the surprise OF his
life The woman clad in black had
rung the prison bell.
Il want to see Mr.. Roland II. Per-
B ~ the sculptor" she explained.
impossible" answered Murphy.
fs1ts out OF the question ma'am, un-
less you've got q permit from Sheriff
Foley. Mr.. Perry couldn't be seen by
anybody without permit"
Possibly you do not know who
am" remarked the woman coldly, Il
am Mrs. Sophia Loebinger, suffrag-
cite. Mr.. Ofiicer, and am credibly In
formed this man Perry Is going out TO
the theater every night instead OF
staying in jail. Is that true?"
ITS q new one on me-" said Muir
ply.
sswell. since you have no authority
49, - -
shall withdraw and address the pub
lie without the gates. Good evening"
Il was then that Abe's chair came
into play. A block below the garment
4 preosers were holding their regular
Z meeting at which they are re-employ-
4 "a II trade is good. Mounting the
chair Mr.. Loebinger called children
y around her and babe them bring the
men and women who were standing
\ listlessly around. In a few moments
; she was surrounded by motley crowd
I Of east side workers.
"I am going TO address you men
and women first in English and then
4 in German on a subject that will in
torest you and which is so much In
my mind that am almost too indig-
nant to talk" she began. Il want WON
en- to vote. l want to vote, and I'm
going to tight till l get vote and
want to tell you why. In that build
Ing" pointing TO the jail, which is
q, disgrace to the community, there
II man called Perry, an artist.
wealthy and well known. Why is he
there? Because he prefers 10 be in
that Jail to paying the just alimony
he owes the woman who divorced him
some years ago. He has married
again, rich woman I understand this
time. and can well afford the alimony.
Now what does II mean. This man
p who helped pass the law enabling a
woman TO collect alimony from her
divorced husband. is first to break
that law, and by deliberate evasion
makes the poor woman suffer. Is
that fair or 1ust?'
Murmurs OF No. no." went up from
the crowd
"Of course IL is not just. and IL We
women had the right to vote such a
thing couldn't occur continued Mrs.
Loebinger. 1T makes me boil with
rage to even think the laws permit
sAch gross injustice. Such laws are
ridiculous.
You men go TO the polls and don't
Know what you're voting for. You
uermit men who have no right to live
- evade the laws. have themselves
mt In jail, as a joke. no doubt, but the
5oke Is on the woman. Such men
rhould be investigated. their very
cjothes, shoes and stockings, should
~ taken from them. II necessary, 10
rake them feel they can't conceal
their money and turn aroun and swear
to4y don't have a cent.
E"This jail ought to be torn down"
vent ON MRS. Loebinger. pleased with
t1e Applause she was getting. And it
y1l1 be when women have votes.
rInAtS right" exclaimed a man,
Il Mle.rest Of thes crowd Joined in
o44E Mrs. Loebinger then repeat
remarks I'm German. Every
nont window nearby was crowded
81 men and women, only the jail
n1ows, barred and grim, were I'M
oHDupied. Her final appeal was for
4 mq and address of some woman
girl who would take up the SUI
movement ina practical manner
Qlgtributed her visiting cards
nc the women who crowded around
~ md, finally selected Mrs. F. Ro-
4>utha. of No. 246 Broome-st., as rep
14oontative OF the suffragettes OF
0rand-st., and invited Mrs. Rosenthal
% call on her.
The dispensing crowd turned to in.
Quire OF one another. with numerous
shoulder shrugs: "vot does it mean?