Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-04
MODERN GIRL yNs{lF|sH.
WIFE OF A THIEF TELLS
STORY OF HER SUFFERING
Stands 10y Worthless Man She Nnrri g.
Hoping Enrh Lapse VIII
Be Inst.
BY BEATRICE FArut,,X,

The modern giri is too selfish. She
expects enormous returns from ma;r;-
monE. with scarcely any Investment ~
her part.
SO says q young. Clergyman WHO
mas sadly observed Tho mcrcennry and
calculating qualities that l-e al too
evident in many modern women.
Bnt it isn't fair to CSzo exclusively
on one SIDE OF subject, and here's
woUan. who writes me ra;hot;Cally and
in great detail! of what ;nar~iars has
brousht hcr-and what size has brought
10 1t.
.ror SIX years She has shared She
fortunes OF man whom she mar
ried in Ignorance OF. The fac, that nc
was Il thief ,fi:st before their little
boy came. tho young husband was ar
rested for burglary ana tic VICES
pleas won for him q suspended sent
Snc" These SIX years have been one
ion: series OF crimes on the mans
part. he swears to 20 "stra SHIT" aftc-
sach crime. again commits the crimc az
burt;l'rE. serves in prison and comes
oui - 20 through The uEly series
again.
Was Six Years OF shame.
p SIX yes s1a Of 5o-r Shame: d"Eceda;on
breaking UP l:tnc homes ana eoin=
TO her parents TO snare their poverty.
And now the wife is cior7 n i store.
GU; Of her wages she has made a i;.t!o
home Her vorr. son is getting old
enough 70 observe and question. Old
enough to be influenced.
Tho husband is coming on. into -hr
world aga IN after MS third prison sen
tencc in these six years He has writ
viii 30 tie si5th "o;hsr Smamce' in
these years.
Father VIII Ca. Her on. -.
breads what tho fathers influence may
mean. Her parents tell hcr tina. ii
sire goes. again and willingly into ;ho
mean they will cast her Oft She is
mailing 5000 in her work ana feels
that Through il she can build It, her
Bu; the man she married IS coming
out az prison and wants her TO como
hack 20 him.
In hsr soul this woman knows tina.
her husband ".il not reform. ITO hes
broken his parolc eivrn 20 me-. sic
n3 ;,,, broE'n i;il, With III. kinti j"d*es,
He has Left her and his chjld 10 s,a-vc.
Hc has Nriei I" make thief OF his
W WiiS no NE has ,b, 1t" h sR n SG afn nrn s
Only 'this ;'ne Sic stands to lose
have EivcG her through /; ali shs
stands e lose the position for which
shc Ia: s;rivG93, and there Is bigger
accn hopc!cssiy endangered That Ia
he" boys future.
VIVA. Future HAS son:
worried and stv.y,n. nc Will some dag
con,r into his heritage Of work wi;i,
f':o respect 81 :ho community 10 chccr
HIN on his way. ~ the son at q ;hicf
AMI convict, w!a; mast his tulu-e D.?
Tho womar who writes me- sees al
this, and ": she concludes hc- letter
with this para graph:
PLEASE please say word "a en-
courage me in my determination to
give my husband INC moro chance.
Every one is against me. my own iocl-
ing as mother are aEains, me. Sit>
I nave TO stick 10 the man married.
And wonder IL won't StUl he stand
ing by him III SIX more Yeas and IN
spite OF what hc has done and Will go
on doins; DO YOU thinS I'm veal: 10
snake does BIRD? Ii isn't th1;. It's
jus; thu; hes my husband and my
place is a his side. Tell me YOU thnl:
50. too"
demned the modern woman say TO this
heroine ana the many like her who
Writ m" each aaE? What rfrr' has
Saith Works MIRACLES.
Sister. "a" are bravo ana lnyai.
Faith like yours mas been known 70
the man YOU love orc more ci,anCr. tut
rlakc HIM sec what lin is putting down
20 destruction 81 he fails again. Don't
let him think your sacrtica is = sliGiIt
thing. Make MIN understand how ynn
are cutting yourself from parents ana
friends to help him up again. Drive
mo his cor seriousness that you arc
r:el;in@ N"ur hnv'S future FOR him. And
II lc falls again. don't YOU think thcn
duty is 10 trn little life you brought
in'n this world?
Give vour husband on" more chance
-'ii.n e!vc vovr n"r his uig Glance ovon
if &, meaYs casting OIL The father.
v-''s' wcafr"ss would dra& lis son