The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-06

would be a decided innovation. The
reunion brings together some OF the
most prominent of the city's promi
nent sons from the land OF Aud
Lang Syne,' and is one OF the sea-
sons social fixtures which he never
misses and which always commands
his interest
When Father Works.
In the arraignment the o.Aer day OF
Leo Block, 80 years old, upon COM
plant OF his wife, aged 90, VINO
charged him with refusing to WORE
for her, one could fancy hearing the
hum OF that once popular melody
Everybody Works But Father, run
ming through the court. AS An In
corrigible ne'er do well, who woulf
rather sit on the front stoop than
carry coal upstairs, and preferred t.
muse In the park with the squirrels
the birds and the flowers rather than
chop wood, the wife who is sturdy
woman Of Amazonian proportions,
asked that the court take cognlzance
of his incidence and prescribe the
proper corrective treatment.
Feeble and decrepit, Block pleaded
that he could not find employment
and that he was willing to work ii
anybody would give it II him The
unique question of when Is man too
old to work and what is the proper
age for him to ''lay down. on his
family proved puzzler to the court.
Block has five children by former
marriage, but he has supported him
self by his toll unaided by any Of
hon 1rf ocl- cd
for time to consider the case and de-
ferred judgment until next week
when he will determine il the mono
genarian should be punished or not
for failing to provide adequate support
for his spouse.
Even as the Magdalen was forgiven
and redeemed, SO may the ordinary
edict issued by the Supreme Court
this week. When he shows dis
position to eschew his evil ways it
is the duty of humanity to extend a
welcoming hand and help Tighten the
task of regeneration.
The case. which called forth the
opinion of the court, was that of Mrs.
Hattie A. Frank against Joseph A.
Frank, her husband from whom she
sought separation on the ground that
he had failed to support her. The
couple were married when they, were
20 years of age, and have had a hard
time of it. In commenting on the
case the court said:
IF woman marries shiftless fell
low, one who is lazy and indolent.
she has made a bad bargain. but that
is not necessarily ground for legal
separation.
IF the husband has money and does
not support his wife, then she may
have a case against him. But if he
has nothing. l don't know what can
be done, unless the wife goes to Reno
or some place like that.
In the case at issue, the husband
seems willing to live with his wife
and give bond that he will do bet
in the past I'm inclined to give him
a chance. There is hope IN this world
| that the sinner may come back
At the suggestion of the court,
compromise was affected.
- Freak Societies.
New York has harbored freak So
cieties of every description from the
coterie of women who are banded to-
gether for the purpose of suppressing
| noises, to the association for the pro-
| motion of conjugal discord, but the
city has been obliged to wait till the
| present day for the advent of the
woman who proclaims herself the
apostle of a new suit, in which she
declares that the soul has it's place
OF sojourn in the lungs. She calls
| herself Nine. Rique. Supreme Head
Of the University of Soul-Culture and
Mental and Material Elevation. The
| fact of the soul being a stowaway in
the cavity Of the lungs makes it pos
sfble, she says, for the man of gigan-
| tic chest to posses a sou. of only a
gnarled quantity, but at the same
time. the little fellow with the flat
chest may, provided his power of ex-
pansion be sufficient, harbor a soul
that would put the worlds most af-
fable man, to shame. Madame Rique
claims to base her theory upon the
fact that the lungs afford the only
place in the human body where the
soul can caper around and enjoy it.
self without catching cold; because,
in the winter time, there is always