El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-02

NOMAN IN OlucIilAi'Ae 10
a for divorce from her husband
L \ because he persists IN gong
shopping with her.
And right she is. too. There are cruel
and inhuman punishments that no man
has a right to inflict upon his helpless
and defenceless wife. and having him
tag along with her when she goes forth
to department store heads the list OF
crimes against feminine peaee and hap
p.ness. No woman could be expected
TO stand such a thing. No woman Will
Even a female worm viii turn when so
trodden upon.
A woman who has the misfortune to
be married to a husband who viii 60
shopping with her, should be granted
a divorce on the genera ground that
any man who viii 90 shopning with his
wife. except under compulsion, is not a
man. ANYWAY. He is a strange psyche
logical freak, and she would have no
trouble in proving in any court that he
was afflicted with exaggerated ego,
maniac Oppressive insanity, and general
cussedness, and was not safe TO 1--we
with.
Also hts conduct in desiring to go
shopping with her is oDsn to suspicion
For whv should he wish to go? Is he
so coneeited that he thinks he knows
more about colors and STYLE than his
wife does? Is he such light wad That
he goes along to spy on her and see that
she does not spend a PENNY fOolishly :
Or-dread thought-dOesI he accompany
her in order to get into The sacred pre-
eincts of the suit department, and make
eyes at those all too Ferfect 90 bust
and % waist models, Vhile his pudgy
wife IS trying TO insIutate feather
>cd figure into coat designed Tor a
Evil Moti7ks
Whatever his motives in going shop
ping with his wife, y0k may be sure
that they were evil one and bode her
no good for the normal man would lust
about as soon put his bead in a lions
mouth as he would venture into a de-
partnent store As for selecting such a
Mace for amusement, he would rather
try the pit And cert4inly no woman
who has ever been shipping with her
husband once. would ever do it again
except under the most dire pTessureN of
necessity.
Years may have gone by since YOU
passed through that awful ordeal. but
YOU still recall. as If it were Yesterday.
your husbands glum, gTum looks; YOU
&c his scOwl still as you pause to look
at a tempting shirtwaist that had been
marked down from s. to 1899; YOU still
see him fidgeting on a stool and beating
a devils tattoo on the counter when
Won stop to buy a ward of ribbon; YOU
iii hear his eaustie r9marks about the
various hats YOU tidd on when YOU
vainlv try to find one to suit his taste,
, YOU still hear the mittered profanity
that accompanied youI from counter to
counter, from basement to the top floor.
center aisle right IN the annex, and
lou still hear his eShsperated remark
$ YOU left. 'Bv George. you've spent
four hours in that Dhhketv- blink. blan-
i1etv blank batty bUise for bugs and
you've only bought 81 cents worth of
5iEck In that timelIIcould have bought
cut the wholesale dTl goods business in
lew York and orgalked it in a trust. $
Oh. ven still renR snber what a iov
md a delight it Is 90 shopping with
hubby But it's toe Exciting and wear
ing on the nerves to 20 more than once
in a lifetime. and vOur tears and
or sympathy 60 q to this poor. per
secuted sister in 10 whose husband
makes a continuous Performance of this