Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-31


those conferred at birth by doting parents
are at liberty to toss them into the dis
card and take on whatever name suits
their fancy. So much a Now York court
declares to be the right OF every person.
The decision was rendered by Judge smith
of the city court in sustaining a demurrer
in a suit FOR breach OF promise The court
said: THE code Of civil procedure. which
authorizes the change of name, is not
derogatory to the common law. At com
mon law a man could change his name
without Intervention Of either the sover-
eign. the courts or parliament and the
common law, unless changed by statute, Of
course obtains in the United States. A
man may lawfully change his name with
out resort to legal proceedings, and for
all purposes the name thus assumed will
constitute his legal name, just rs much
as IL he had borne it from birth"
Andrew Miller could have hired an auto
mobile and had several hours of Joy
riding yesterday for what II cost him to
spank his wife The fact that it did not
cost Miller more than it did was because
nc had only ST. incidentally, the wife got
the money Miller paid it over by order Of
tne court MdBlSuhte House thereby eS-
tablished legal rate for spanking Mrs.
Miller told the magistrate that she had
her husbands supper all ready for him
and it was piping hot The steak was done
just right the French fried potatoes were
crisp and hot, the corn was hot; in fact
the meal was about what man would
expect if he had hired a chef instead of
marrying a girl who made no claims except
that she was good two-hauded cook
Mrs. Miller waited long and patiently
and then went forth in search Of the man
Of her choice. She says she found him
talking politics, flying machines and woman
suffrage at a neighboring gin mill" He
came home with her and then decided he
would eat. Mrs. Miller offered to warm up
the supper but Miller, she says, repri-
manded her for daring to permit his meal
to get cold.
IF you can't keep a meal warm for
man, III warm you" he Is reported to
have said, and then to have laid Mrs. Miller
over his lap and applied the spanking.
When arraigned Magistrate House heard
the case and then decided to fine Miller
all he had in favor OF the wife.
How much money has he?" asked the
court
Seventeen dollars" replied the clerk.
Give it to the wife" said the court.
Then turning to Miller he told him he
would suspend sentence on him, but that he
was not to spank Mrs. Miller any more.
Now don't you give him one cent of
that money" said the magistrate to the
wife
Car fare?" asked Miller
Give him elevated railroad tickets" said
a court officer as he opened the gate for
the pair to pass out.
The lesson OF truthfulness is being
learned in an expensive school by home
coming tourists from Europe arriving in
New York. Another woman who concealed
her purchases of dresses and jewelry has
found herself in a tight place. Persuasion
by the husband, who met her at the dock
on Tuesday and was given the privilege OF
! a private conference with her on learning
that she was detained by the custom au-
thorities, produced the penitential confess
sion that she had fled. 1t was fearful
and painful ordeal The humiliation was
regarded as sufficient punishment, SO that
the woman was allowed to amend her dec
laration and 1t seems will escape the pay.
ment of fine in addition to the duty.
Flora Landon, a quick witted English
! girl of 20 summers has been masqueradine
as a man in New York City for several
months, working successfully as an anna.
teur detective, a groceT's boy and q
waiter in a Broadway restaurant with
her hair close cropped and still dressed in
/ mans clothing, she is now under the care
of a police matron at her own request
| She will don woman's attire today, and
will be sent back to her home in England
by the next steamship. In Miss Landon's
capacity as an amateur detective she spent
considerable time in the italian and Chinese
quarters, and came near winning a IS O0
reward for the finding of kidnapped child
! Three years ago, she told q New York
magistrate, she left comfortable home
in London and took a steamer to Boston
then coming direct to New York. HeI
money went quickly and before she realized
1t she was pennlless She was too proud
to write home for aid and got a place as
waitress. Her experiences as a waitress
were not pleasant nor profitable and she
decided to disguise herself as q man. She
went to little store on the East Side and
bought a complete outfit from shoes tt
straw hat, cut her own hair and started
out to look for job as man. The dis
covery of her masquerade came abou
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detective to a minor larceny case In al
uptown boarding house,
! Because the doctor did not put on tn,
seven league boots and start the minute
he heard there was n sick child in thu
neighborhood the woman who had sum
moned him accused him Of inhumanlty. Blu
the doctor said he was nothing Of tn,
! kind.
Il am not anxious to respond he said
because the parents will not do anything
/ tell them and will get a doctor more L
their liking later in the day. How do
know? You as good as told me yourself
You said the youngster was a scientifically
reared baby; never knew a kiss or a cud
die or a germ or a tummyache until tn,
present attack. Scientific Dabes are thu
despair of old fashioned practitioners. Tn,
kind of babies he is used to are those tina
depend mostly upon mothering to max,
them well. II an old fashioned baby bump,