Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-18
.||NW|FELY WIVES
To Be PUT ON
PROBATION
coooler Declares Undomestic
Women Are Chief Cause Of
the Divorce Evil.

husbands are started on the
,.,,,,.ord road by unwifely wives.
And many instances where MONIES are
.,-recked and husbands are caused 10
III simply because wives are undo-
+ic-bave absolutely no knowledge
r no art of cooking nor the proper
~rnAr Of conducting a home. we
-so,,,d have a rigid law to disqualify
~ r,omen for marriage who have had
- domestic training This Is the soiu-
ion of the divorce evil
Making this declaration, Adult FRO
,..ion OAicer Coogler today announced
~ Intended to extend the PROBATION
tn women. Any wife, he as
800 who is found incompetent, or
go misconduct or lack of domestic
~. has provoked her husband to err
w, 49, placed on probation and will be
reonired to comply with the rules anu
OCCUPATIONS of the system the same as
the husband.
..rbere are many women who need 10
nrobation and under the care OF
IT, Ian inst as much or more tnan 40
.h.ir husbands" said officer Coogler
uOt course many men are naturally
..ar and mistreat their wives without
so NM on the other hand, numbers
and numbers of husbands. who are
aood fellows at heart and are hard
Torlsirg men are driven to the bad
+hropgb The incessant nagging OF un-
worthy wives and the lack of homellke
conditions
Leads in Home -Wreckins.
The "undomestic wife" is charged By
once ,oogler as the greatest matri-
monial evil of the day. In his labors to
redeem wrecked homes, he says, he
finds that the great majority of such
homes are steered on the rocks by this
type of woman
so many Of our modern wives have
never had any domestic training" said
The officer Thousands of them begin
working in stores and factories just a s
soon as they are old enough to leave
home and then when they get married
they are like a ship lost at sea They
know nothing about cooking, are Who'll
" ignorant as to how to keep house,
and finally awake to the sad realiza
tion that they are totally incompetent
as wife 1t doesn't take guesser to
see the result The home Is soon
dashed on the rocks and the husband
goes to the bad The next step is po-
lice court-the wife tells a pitiful story
and the husband is placed on probation
and forced to contribute to her support.
Urges Law to DisquaIify Unfit.
1T is moi always the woman who has
worked out, either who is undomestic.
There are hundreds of girls who spend
their time in idleness about the home
and in the streets. and never stop run
ming about long enough to take a little
home training The matrimonial re-
suit is Just as bad in this case. of
course if the husband is wealthy
enough TO employ servants-but then
that's another story All husbands are
not able to indulge in this luxury
From my extensive experience
among wrecked homes, l have come to
the conclusion that we must take dras-
tic steps to improve home conditions.
m heartily in favor of law that
" I'D completely disqualify woman for
marriage who has not been fitted to
properly care for home and who is
not willing 10 stay in the home and
look after it after she gets it, This
same aw should also apply to men.
dlsquaifying any man who has no POI
sltion and is not financially able to
support a wife properly I am satisfied
mat until we adopt law like this the
gust for the divorce mills and the pro-
patton court will continue to increase
win alarming rapidity."