The evening world., 1912-05-04

MA 80 The average man
NSoA0uUFSNm - TOO mWch
wrapped up In ,oork. 10 Iedres the
poman a practical pvtsoner IN her
home and. Of course, she cS't'rates a
'0rouch.'"
In these words Judge Newcomer
Of Chicago's Court Of Domestic Re
lations sentenced q husband ar
raigned before him to take q week
of from his business and begin an
other courtship Of his wife.
Little dinners, theatres and flow
ers." formed part of the judicial pro.
gramme of courtship q outlined BY
the learned Chicago Justice. And II
some Now York Scion will adopt the
prescription and apply It to the neg
lected wives who appear as complain.
ants before him he will find himself
suddenly and exceedingly popular.
For the Chicago recipe sounds ex-
tremely well. It presents Just n DIM
Guilty to those who delve below its
sweet and plausible surface. namely
this:
HOW CAN HE LAY OFF AND
MAKE MONEY?
II a man takes a week OF from his
business to devote himself to taking
his wife to tho theatre. '1ittle suppers."
&C., where IL ne to got the money for
tho tickets and tho meal check? Get
II out Of the savings bank" the Chi
cago jurist might reply. but 20 many
Of us haven't any savings bank &C
counts. And Of course the problem
suggests another question.
II a mans wife didn't care 90 much
! for little suppers. theatres &C., would
ne have to make so much money? Con-
sequently would he be 80 much
wrapped up in his work that he leaves
the m q practical prisoner in her
| own homer And II the wife cultivated
economy a little more. would she "cul-
tivate n crouch" SO much?
I don't mean that wives ought to In
dulge in the comic opera folly OF goins
to market with baskets on their arms.
After all. a wife's time should be
worth a little more than that OF the
delivery boy with which carrying home
her purchases may enable the merchants
to dispense.
BUSINESS OF BEING A WOMAN
IS A MISTAKE.
But. In my opinion. half the domestic
troubles OF the country" which Judge
| Newcomer attributes to neglected. nus.
bands are due to a general feminine
acceptance Of Miss Ida Tarbell's franh
and brutal phrase "the business o,
being a woman"
"Bsing . woman should not b
. business. Because women have
made u % for centuries, because
10 many Of them stil1 refuse TO
Q that they must take up the
white woman's burden Of self.
support, they cultivate 'nssvss,"
"grouchss" and ~As61sotful has
bands.
At least three.uuarters Of the womel
in the United States marry with tn,
notion that they are. so many shrinkinl
I%phigenias. permitting themselves to b.
sacrificed on the altar Of mans love
I have to call II love in Difference Il
what they consider refinement. Inot
dentally. / believe that II these womsl
could get a faint perception OF tn,
Grass vulgarity of what they term IRE
fnement' in themselves and others. 1
that most depraved word In the Eng
lish language could be stamped fron
their minds and burnt out Of the die
tionary, there would be an immediat
betterment Of marital condition
throughout the country.
II we have any doubt of the attitud
of the strangely condescending and re
luctant wife, let US consider tn
phrase with which she most commonl
describes her husbands conduct:
II gave him the best years Of m
lie and now he throws me away like
withered flower"
Of course, she Has had ten years
Of her husbands uSs-ths same
ten years she . given him. Of
course, he has haA Just - much
time to wtthsr - she, but that's
nothing, that's different. Ana the
, same "rennemsnt" which prompts
her to discuss her most intimate
|, domestic relations with two dossa
, women friends permits hsr 70 20
into court And ask for alimosy.
Specifically elm mating am0uHl
Daid for the maintenance of mtu(