The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-10-21

THusIAsTIc OVER HER AERIAL
RiDE-MIss RANDOLPH CLEVER
POLO PLAYER.
MRS. HARRIET JOHNsToN-w wool
is going to amend tie domestic re-
atoms code as it now stands if shd
possibly can do so. She is backed b.,
The New York State Woman's Sufl
trage association, which agrees witli
her that the present laws discriminate
shamefully against women.
! Under the present laws of the state
! Of New York" according to Mrs Wood |
"a woman IL she quits her husband,
cannot even legally take her clothes
/ with her. And under the statute OF
distribution furniture, household ef-
fects, etc, that cannot be shown to
belong absolutely to the wife belong
to the husband. And as the husbands
| money purchases the furniture, tho
Wifes clothing, etc, they legally belong.
to him-this, too, in spite of the fact
that the wife may have earned or have
helped to earn the money to pay for
them
"a wife, too, cannot make a binding
contract with her husband to pay her
for service within or without a house.
hold. A contract by husband to pay
his wife fer household service is void /
as against his creditors, and property |
purchased by the wife with the ayails |
or such contract may be reached by |
creditors.
THE mother is not entitled to dam
Srw1
death of her child if the father is liv- Z
ing. The father alone is entitled to-
such damage. When the father dies
Immediately after the death of the
child the mother still has no right of.
action. The measure of recovery for
the fathers estate is limited to SUCH
damage as the father actually suffered
to the time Of his death.
At present under Or unjust laws,
the wife is entitled to tJRcr--i. e., the
use for life-of but one third of the
husbands real property, though she
nay have helped to accumulate it. The
husband, on the other hand, is entitled
TO courtesy in the wife's real property I
Il. e., the use of the whole for life-if
child has been born alive The hus-
1ands real estate never under any cir !
descends to the wife even
,hough she may have accumulated or
ieiped to accumulate greater part of | ]
t. In default of heirs to his blood his
'ealty escheats to the state"
Ihls viii all be changed if Mrs. John |
'ton- Woods bill is passed through the ,
legislature.
Perhaps the most prominent horse.
woman in the country is Miss Emily I
randolph. She habituaIly rides astridc G
-nd is an expert polo player. She re- I
,ently captained polo team at Mar
agansett Pier, and thanks to her bril- 9
liant playing it won the game.
Miss Eleanor Sears pronounces aero
flaming Just heavenly and the very
nest thing she ever enjoyed Miss
ears took an aerial spin with Ora, g
ame-White in his Farman biplane re- 6
emily and promises soon to repeat /
he experience. i
Mile. Helene Dutrieu recently madl
flight from Blankenberghe to Brugea
AAA DoCh Win d paSs6ABef. For Ll0 |
reater part of this journey of fifteen
lilies she flew at a height of about
$50 feet
Mile Dutrieu began practicing avi-
ton last year at Ipsy-les- MoulineauS !
nd has now successfully gone through u
ne tests required by the Aero club All G
lourmelon. Her name has been added Il
the list of licensed women av:ators, a
here are three others, Nine. la Roche,
Ime.- koechlin and Nine Franck. 7