The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-04
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TOO: HASTY NOW.
Much Blame is Placed upon
Women by a Baltimore
Justice.

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BALTIMORE, April blaming the
war, the tariff and the administration
tor hard times, although a popular
method OF dealing with that problem
among many people Is entirely out 81
place when domestic infelicity and
the troubles OF married life are con
sldered. DisaSreements between hus-
bands and wives and broken up homes
are things which none of these has
anything to do with.
That is the opinion OF Justice
Charles r. Schirm, OF the Southwest
err Police Court, who in the month
Of March was called upon to listen to
the Weepings of not less than 43 .wo-
men whose husbands. they declar ed,
had failed t, support them and their
cht:oren.
Pretty, quietly dressed girls; girls
WIFI perhaps little too much cheap
fiery and rouge, girls whose faces
and Eande bear unmistakable signs of
to- and worry. have passed in review
tefore him lately in greater numbers
tEan ever before, but all have the
same tale to tell. They met. young
man. liked him, listened to his pro
posals OF marriage and his dreams OF
happy married life, and were mar
ried to him.
Dreams Soon Pass Away.
A Then came quarrels. sickness, per-
haps children. The dream fed, and
stern realities stared them in the
face. Something went wrong with
the management of the young hus-
bands slim pay envelope and the
next step was to the magistrates
court
It has not always been that way"
said Justice Schirm. discussing the
alarming increase In non-support
cases. This epidemic of troubles OF
this sort is due to,a purely modern
state OF affairs. There have been
great changes in social customs, the
methods ct entertainment and work
ing conditions. Two or three trips IT,
the moving pictures are enough now
sdaFs to start and complete a romance.
between boy and girl that less than
9. decade ago would not have been
complete in two years. Marriages
made III this careless, 1iasty fashion
are hound TO prove unsatisfactory ut
er on.
II blame the women themselves il
a great measure. To certain es-
tent it is the fault of the young wo-
men themselves if men fail to show q
proper reverence for them And yet,
it is perhaps too much to hold them
responsible, when their minds are
perverted by feminist movements and
radical suffrage propaganda. Under
stand, am not either condcmning or
advocating ANYTHING, am discussing
an existing condition with which T
have to deal daily. But i can remen1-
Der when it was considered unwp
manly for a women TO even drive a.
horse Now hardly anything that a.
woman may do is considered nnwo-
manly.
Prefer Factory to Homework.
Another result Of these. changes in
the status OF Women is that they
frown upon domestic labor, and seize
eagerly upon employment in factor
lies and stores. TO do housework il
days gone by was considered any
thing but degrading. and to work in a
factory vas disgrace. Now it is the
other Way around. Housework is
d1udgeTy, and JOB IN factory or
store is considered the golden oppor-
tuntty for certain class at Girls To
achieve that .Wonlan1g Independence
about Which they read daily in the
new feminist literature And when
they assume the responsibility Of
making home for themselves and 3.
husband aud family they tall down.
n1lserably, and then weep tears Of
self pity and condemn their husbands
for the result: Their husbands are to
blame only for having been fools
enough to nave married them.
The world has got to undergo an
other big change before this docket
sbeTins TO show a balance on the
credit side Of the non-support ac-
count rs