The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-14

gage, or sell even proper4v =
or willed to her without 81
sent, If the husband is a - g
he still has this control c.
Wife's property.
A husband in this state NJ
as he likes with the proeea,5s :
his wife's separate proDerIv :.
she may not sue him even =
cure an accounting Of what h
done with her own mopav =
report points out that a con-
cision extended the husbapSt. 70
thorlty even to ownership At =
! wife's clothes And in ase,t
case a court ruled that a ms -
woman did not have the Tigs.
hire domestic servants.
/ In this day when so NAM
ried women prefer work in = :,
flce or shop to work in a kit.s y
it is interesting to note that Is 80 n.
bama the husband generaIIv -
authority, backed up by Law Ia =
whether or not his wife NAV ~;
outside the home. To quote ~ ~,
J decision the husband is entitls3 i.
his wife's services to the eTt...
that she is still in this rs-r.
merely a servant. So a ronr
1914 decided that if outside r..
would interfere with her doma.a
duties husband could legallv =.
vent his wife from entering -
employment. Q r4''
SO many women have buyiBs,,
experience before marriage that's.
home Standards have been ssrss.
ing more rapidly than the la.
The modern woman knows tia mn
of labor which earned a dollar
I. the store or Office and she ~.
! pares that with her work about n,
house. She figures that she is NM
ting her share into a business ua-.
nership and that whatever is ssYs,
or acquired is in part hers.
There are several theories viii
which the modern domestic estsk
hShment is experimenting. One e
to make the home a partpersb,
and to have everything about Ia
home held Jointly. Another ida
is for each of the contractnr
i parties to hold his or her ovs
share separately. In this plan t5s
wife might receive fixed salar
for Homework besides money Sc.
aside for her to pay certain Of ths
bills. What she can save ont Of
her salary and expenses she pUk
away or spends to suit herself and
the husband does likewise with
his share of the budget
<FWhat'S Yours Is Nine.
By some such scheme the home
of the business woman is apt 70
be run after marriage But in
many states it is only courteg
arrangement by which the HUSBAND
does not demand his legal rights
And in event of a disagreement o. |
divorce, the wife finds that she h2l
very little that her husband cas
not control or in some states e7a
dispose of. So, the feminine Law.
yers contend that the modern wife1
scientific menage is built On shit
ing sand.
1t is difficult to get q good man
of the states to make sweeping
changes in the old fashioned, ds
eliminating laws, women car.
paigners have found
Miss Maud Younger, Legislative
chairman of the woman's party hai
said, In some states, like Louis
lana and Alabama which have iss
taken adverse action, il has alres1g
been shown to be practically IN
possible to secure state laws. Fur
Their, state laws are never peT1aa-
nent- The next state Legislature
may repeal the measures passed B!
it's predecessor.
Because of these facts, the Won
ans party is also working to have
a constitutional amendment adopt
ed giving women Of the country ls-
gal equality with men. THIS
amendment Is still in process 0.
evolution. The party wants it 70
be Worded so that It is foolPfoo.
and so that it completely covers
! the case. Lawyers are now work
ing on the amendment so that Il
can be introduced before congress
shortly.
The state bills and the amend
ment are intended to make secure
women's rights in such matters q
ownership and control Of earning
office holding. jury service. conn.
of children. choice Of domicile All
name. The law Of Louisiana plf
vides that wife must live Whs,s
her husband DEGREES even il s9
supports him.
It is interesting to note that
/ the states where surveys have osa
made no statute provides taa
woman must taken the name 8
her husband. Here is q right
which women might have aFaia
| themselves for generations peFa1.,
/ vet few have done so. Those ~
went 10 law for their rights nav
it seems. been concerned with ho''
vital affairs.