The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-04
OH MAGGIE, COME
HERE FOR LESSON

Mere man at last has come into his
own NO longer are the advantag es to
lie with the deadlier sex.
Ihls was illustrated Saturday when
Charles a. Dolsen. an engineer at the
Nhleg Cotton OIL company filed a bill
lot LOT ulVorce from his wife, Mrs. Josie
Doisen, and cited as his grounds for
seeking separation the charge that his
wire mad been guilty OF cruel and in
human treatment toward him
treatment so cruel and inhuman. the
ueclaratlon recltes, as 10 render Il I'M
safe and improper for him to live with
.ne oeiendant. or to be under her do
mlnion and control
The bill was filed by the law firm Of
bearman, Cohn & Bearman, under the
provisions OF an act passed by the 1913
legislature, which gives to a man the
reciprocal right to charge his spouse
with cruel and inhuman treatment as a
cause Tor divorce action The bill was
Illed In the chancery court.
Dolsen alleges that he earns about
Sl4O q month and that for a year and
haif his welded state with the pres
emf VIE having covered that period OF
tline, ne has given her S120 a month for
her support and the support OF five OF
ms children by former marriage. This
money, ne alleges, she used for her
own selfish purposes and left the chill
dren without the care and Kindness OF
Z mother. AS result, the children
became thin, sickly and emariated and
we're IN such fear OF her that they were
forced to arise in the morning before
me defendant In order to steal food and
means OF sustenance.
Ias rier actions were such. Dolsen al
ieses, that at night he hated TO 20
nome, and the only comfort he found
N inc days routine was to walk the
streets at night, or 80 to movie.
Fattened in Boarding House.
Finally, Dolsen alleges, she threatened
TO Kill him II she had to 20 to The
place he worked to do It. He believed
she would carry her threat into execu-
tlon and so quietly removed himself and
chlldren to boarding house, he al
ICES ssJe, mere, ne says, the children have
gained IN weight to 10 pounds. =
Doisen's bill says "he bows his head
IN shame that he has selected the de-
PENDANT TO be the mother OF children
IN the place OF the sweet, dear loving
NlIe VINO was his companion for, 20
years, and who now lies peacefully
sies4hng In that sleep that knows no
Xaklng, and with whom he never had
one cross word"
Threats OF bodily harm TO him from
his wife became so numerous. even
after he left her, he alleges, that Justice
w. W. Thompson finally put her under
a peace bond She then had warrant
sworn out against him In the juvenile
court, he alleges, charging him with,
"desertion and failure to provide for his
wife, all without cause He pleaded
mot guilty, he says, In the Juvenile court
and says he never was indicted, although
he had been held for the state.
His clothing and that Of the children
now are In his wife's home he says,
and he claims she has refused to give
them to him, and that because a writ
Of repevin he had drawn was faulty
he never has been able to get the
clothes.
Dolsen prays Of the court this relief:
That his wife be forced to answer the
bin; that he be granted divorce; that
the custody of the children be given to
him; that all clothing belonging to him
and the children be given to them; that
the court make such award Of his
Wtfe's property as the justice of his
cause merits, and that he have such
other, further and general relief as the
court believes him entitled to.