Valdez daily prospector., 1913-12-03
TACOMA JUDGE
 FOOLS WOMEN
Renders Safe and Sane Decision Re- < .,," t'H rs' '' ::
 sarding the Rights of Women
 When, Asking for Divorce.

Judge Miles L. Clifford rendered the only safe and sane decision in the tmatter of divorce that has been handed down in Tacoma for years, fsays recent exchange. It would seem that the woman in the suit mar ried a man and found that she had allowed herself to be fooled as to what he had of this worlds goods. ] According to the testimony, the great est reason for her marrying was the i fact that she had expected she had struck gold mine-not a husband that would cherish and love her, but man who would furnish plenty of nickels and dimes TOT ten cent shows and other little luxuries that women seem so fond of in these days of lazy husband laws. This woman, after be- ing married little while, found that : the wealth she so fondly looked for ward to did not ntaterialize and her disappointment was so great that she led her lnabby into court and asked for separate maintenance. To her sur prise, Judge Clifford took the common sense view of her marriage and de- cided that woman's obligations in such matters were only second to the man. That 9 woman must do her part if she expected the protection of ! the courts.
 The decision of Judge Clifford is to be commended simply because the laws made lately are all in favor of Eve as against Adam. Adam, the poor devil, has been getting his inn ing lately. All laws have been made to punish him and let Eve go free
 Eve would stay out at night and drink | beer at the cabaretes and come home in 2 pickled condition so that poor old Adam would have Q go break
 fastless to work. Had old Adam come home with a little stew on, Eve could have had him pinched and bring him 1 into court, charging him with being a lazy husband. These new laws have had 3 tendency to make some Eyes i get gay. They can see visions of alimony and pensions, that is if they are unfortunate as to have few kids around the premises As we said before, some of these Eyes have got it into their heads that they can do just as they please. come when they please, go where they please, and i poor Adam must take what is coming to him, but Judge Clifford has rem dered & decision that looks little different. 1 If g judge is so irresponsible as to say that 9 woman owes her family duty the same as man, what is to become of the community?
 If woman cannot go down town and sport around with a'bar tender or hack driver who works on the night shift, while old Adam is hard at work, why was g woman given her rights? Woman YVES made equal with man
 before the law few years ago. She was given t e right to vote and to l that vote was added the responsible
 ity of being equal in everything. In other words, woman owes as much to society as man. She has no more right to carouse around while her husf band works than her hubby has to carouse around while she washes for baby. .- .. l.; Women are mems equal and they must share equal with the men in the care of the family. The fact that there are no lazy wife laws is no reason why g woman will not be pill lowed by public opinion. She must he as. good now as she was. before she got the vote. She cannot do any more with her husband now than she could before she got all of these. new fandangled laws. The lazy husband flaw. is not going to give her the right Ito lie 8 halter around the neck of Adam any more now than she could ! before the lazy husband act was made g. law. Men should support their wives and wives should help ; their husbands is the decision. of Judge chffold d and wetare proud of the fact that we have a judge on the bench that has no more fear of. & Continued on page 4.)