The Washington times., 1921-04-17
Today
Man With Two Wives.
worked Like Charms"
Labor Lacks Real Leaders.
Go Slow on Exchange.
ARTHUR BRISBANE
(Oopyright, 1871

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by ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright. 1871,
Every reader has heard the lat
est development in our charming
get-rich-quick civilization.
You had the banker besmirch-
ing q helpless child, one that was
1t least THE HALF BROTHER Of
his own children, seeking to con-
denim helpless infant torperma-
nent infamy and 'disgrace-in the
eyes Of fools-by alleging against
his own wife intimacy with an
Indian. ats
Then you had the sweet-smelling
case of an old man who ought to
have been thinking of death. and
instead was sending his agents
around town to see il his wife's
keys wouldn't At in the doors Of
certain bachelors.
The latest addition to this series
OF civilized incidents" deals with
. broker in Jersey City living with
two wives in his house. and more
or less married to both OF them.
One, older than the other, has
been his wife for years. She had
two children, one . cripple. Then,
according to the story, which
seems to be confirmed by the fight
of the man, another young wife"
was brought home.
Many men do not understand.
but every woman will UNDER
STAND, only too well. what II
meant to the first woman, with
, two children, one of them cripple
In need of protection, when she
was compelled to submit to the
bringing of q second and q younger
woman into her home, sleep with
her own children in the room next
to the new wife. M
For the sake of her children,
perhaps because she was persuad-
ed that there was some flaw in her
marriage and that she was helpless
In the eyes of the law, the unfor-
tunate woman consented and for
months endured an agony of mind,
an intense suffering that every
woman can imagine, a suffering
worse than could be inflicted by
physical brutality.
To be unfaithful, callous, and
brutal at distance is bad enough.
Many women have had to endure
that. ~
But to bring the evil, double life
into the presence and daily exist
ence of the offended woman. in
such q form is brutal cruelty as is
barely witnessed in this day, or at
least rarely made public.
The case in Jersey City carraas
you back to the famous Gilkes case
IN London. In that case = man
conspicuous in public life, and
powerful, was driven from office
and from public recognition until
after Queen Victoria died.
1t will be interesting to see what
will happen I'm the way Of legal
proceedings or otherwise in the
case Of the gentleman in Jersey
City.
In everything there is an en-
couraging feature. The encourag-
ing part Of this case is the general
detestation Of the mans act and
the horror that it arouses.
The world has progressed a long
way since the days of King Solo
mon, who complacently kept a
thousand wives herded together,
admired himself and built up q
fine reputation, when he ought to
have been put to work in the chain
gang. to teach him better morals
and better manners.
Mr.. Lamont, of Morgan & Com
pany. runs the Evening Post, and
the Evening Post runs q complete
financial page. Recently it said
that the railway labor board. In
its decision wiping out all restric-
tions on cutting wages, has
worked like charms in the market
for railroad securities" It has
indeed.
But it didn't work like a charm
in the homes of two or three mil
lion men affected by the decision.
Those workers wonder why it is
that everybody agrees in reducing
them, while reductions in coal,
steel, and other things that in
crease the cost of railroad opera
tion, are left to voluntary action
by the coal and steel mer..
American labor lacks competent
leadership. And that is bal
thing for the whole country, NOT
merely for labor. Individual
prosperity depends on general
prosperity. Enthusiastic wage
cutting is as bad for the big as for
the little man.
Congress in dealing with imports
from foreign countries and the in
dustrial problem generally, plans
to ignore the conditions of ex-
change in forcing currencies and
to fix a minimum value for foreign
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