The Detroit times., 1916-02-01
While She Was Trying to
Reform Her Husband, Her
Father Sent a Case of Beer

A woman, wife and mother, who is
the daughter of very rich Detroit man
Is working as a servant in a kitchen
while she is obtaining a divorce from
her husband, who is at present in jail
on a charge of non-support.
This woman today, instead of work
ing as a servant, could have servants
waiting upon her, and could be wearing
the most expensive fineries, but she mar
ried against the wishes of her parents
and is too proud to call on them for aid.
The husband places the blame for their
trouble on the wife, but this is HER
y story:
Because of my husbands fondness
for liquor I had to take in washing
three times a week, at one time. I'M
agine t. With a home waiting me al
my fathers and everything any girl
could ask toiled over tub, washing
other peoples clothes, glad to get the
dollar and half ! earned.
Is this another temperance lesson?
We should think it is!
Because the father of this woman, re-
duced to service as a domestic, forced to
take in washing as a result of her hus-
bands FONDNESS FOR LIQUOR-be-
cause the father of this woman is A
BREWER.
Now, let US have some more Of the
story of the brewers daughter;
am a brewers daughter but do not
drink and / never will. have seen too
much of what the stuff viii DO TO men
and I hate IL.
At one time the doctor gave me some
stuff 10 put-sn my husbands coffee. l
tried IL but II didn't have any effect
Instead when my father sent us case
cf his beer double case, twertyfour
bottles my husband drank the entire
case. in one day. He wakened me on
New Years morning, asking our little
girl To get him bottle before break
fast and he never stopped until the case
gone.
I divorced him. went home. married
him again, hoping to reform him. Fa-
ther gave him a position IN the brew
cry But Il was useless. Three times
/ took him back and father grew more
and more impatient. At last he said
he had enough and he would do no more
for U.S. hoping would give my husband
up and come home. But was sure all
would be well, someway, sometime.
There are thousands of women in
Michigan today who know the story Of
the brewer s daughter.
There are thousands of homes that
have been wrecked as her home was
wrecked.
There have been thousands of ro-
mances shattered as her romance was
shattered.
There have been thousands Of women
who have been compelled to bend to the
washtub and take in washings to earn
living for themselves.
It has been necessary that homes
should be wrecked;
It has been necessary that romances
should be shattered;
1t has been necessary that women
should take in washings;
It has been necessary that hearts
should ache, that tears should flow, that
women should forget their pride and dig
their knuckles into washboards until the
blood came from them;
All this has been necessary.
THAT
Breweries might continue TO run anC
that the brewers might continue to pile
up riches
There are thousands of women who's,
predicament is that of the brewer
daughter. which differs only from tn,
others in point of chickens coming hom,
To- roost"
The brewers daughter is going bacl
TO her father after she gets her divorce
We are glad that she is.
She deserves a share of his fortune fol
what she has contributed to IT,
We are only sorry that the thousand
4 pf other women who have contributed L