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

"dsnv husbands are started on the
beuward road by unwifely wives.
and MANY instances where homes are
wrecked and husbands are caused to
fall simply because wives are undo
.mestic-have absolutely no knowledge
If the ART of cooking nor the proper
manner of conducting home. We
should have a rigid law to disqualify
all women for marriage who have had
M domestic training This is the solu-
lion of the divorce evil
Making this declaration. Adult Pro-
bation officer Coogler today announced
he intended to extend the probation
s,,stem TO women Any wife. he as
carts who is found incompetent, or
whose misconduct or lack of domestic
~. has provoked her husband to err,
will be placed on probation and VIII pc
required to comply with the rules and
reeulations of the system the same as
the husband
There are many women who need 20
he on probation and under the care OF
the law lust as much or more than 40
+bei. husbands" said Officer Coogler
nor course many men are naturally
mean and mistreat their wives without
cause hut on the other hand, numbers
and numbers of husbands VINO are
good fellows at heart and are hard-
working men. are driven to the bad
through the incessant nagging of un-
worthy wives and the lack of homelika
conditions"
Leads in Home -Wreckinq.
The "undomestic wife" is charged by
Officer Coogler 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 as
soon as they are old enough to leave
home. and then when they get married
thew 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-
as a wife It doesn't take a 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 Disqualify Unfit
1T is not 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 rum
ming about long enough to take 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. I have come to
the conclusion that we must take dras-
tic steps to improve home conditions.
] am heartily in favor of a law that
viii completely disqualify woman for
marriage who has not been fitted to
properly care for a home and VINO is
not willing to stay in the home and
look after it after she gets it. This
same law should also apply to men
disqualifying any man who has no po-
sition and is not financially able to
support a wife properly l am satisfied
that until we adopt a law like this the
grist for the divorce mills and the pro-
baton COurt will Coptip11o tn ipcrea & o
with alarming rapidity"