The Washington times., 1921-07-24
FISH HOOKS OR
HAND BAGS may
THWART WIVES

Court Rules Searching Of Hub
by's Pockets 10 Perfectly
Legitimate Pastime.
Handbag for husbands?
Might a well be that
What's the use of having q pocket II
yoar wife can snitch half dollar
everyttme you're not looking and have
a judge commend her for IT?
Might as well carry your loose
change around in a silk handbag, II
eyerything's to be 20 free and open.
The burden of this mans song 10
this: A judge has Aecreed that taking
money from the husbands pocket
while he's asleep or not looking Ia no
theft.
from her husband"
An Inviolable Right.
The inviolable right Of the wife to 60
into her husbands pocket was upheld
in a decision rendered by Judge George
H. Furman. In . River Head, Long
Island. court the other day In the case
of q woman who had taken $40 from
her husbands pocket to have q good
time"
Mrs. Edna X. Bushee. executive sec.
rotary of the Juvenile Protective Assoc
citation, said:
II think the Judge was right In up
holding the right Of wife to 80 into
her husbands pocket. In some cases
this II the only way she can get money
necessary for the support of herself
and children" she said.
Unethicai, But Expedient.
Il do not think this u the most ethi-
cal way OF a wife getting the money
that Ii due her and / hardly think
women should be encouraged in such
a practice but she certainly has the
right II her husband doesn't come
across. A wife, have always main
tanned. earns half her husbands salary
or income. Her share 10 due her for
the multitude OF household duties and
cares.
When q man comes home on pay
day he should turn over At least half
his pay envelope, and u the wife has
charge OF all the household expenses.
the food and clothing OF the children.
she should receive more than half. ]
believe some men have found this the
over their entire envelope"
I'm working with the various types
and cases as secretary Of the Juve-
nile Protective Association. have
found that mon fail to support their
wives for various reasons. Some Of
them spend their money on the other
woman Some spend their salaries on
themselves and their pleasures, while
others do enough work only to sup
port themselves.
1T Is . curious fact. but just at
present we have number of cases
where the father and husband il work.
ing hard to support the children and
the mother In spending all the money.
But the law In the District OF Column
bia holds the father. alone. response
bic for the support of his children.
For this reason Judge Kathryn Sellers
has been trying to get . law which
will hold the mother equally respon-
sible.
This is indeed case where the
wife goes through her husbands
And here 1t works to the worst ad-
vantage, and that is what / meant.
partly. when 1 said sucn a practice
was not the most ethical.
Too Humiliating.
nave oitcH WOnuefeu why peOpie
prefer to bring their family grievances
into court for a settlement instead Of
private one in the family circle.
Now, this man who had his wife ar.
rested for theft just because she went
into his pocket when he was asleep.
Suppose they have children. What a
stigma to place on the mother of his
cbildren-arrested for theft. why
couldn't he have used a little jude-
ment and realized that from time i'm
mortal n wife has had the right to 60
into her husbands pocket"
One State legislator out West re-
Gently introduced a bill providing that
the wife is the husbands employee
and as such should receive a stipu.
lated fee for her services. The bill
brought a severe protest from the
housewives of Washington. Mrs. Rose
G. Hoes. former president of the
Housekeepers' Alliance. said at the
time:
That's all tommyrot. A wife ia
not her husbands employee. nor is the
husband the wife's employer. They
should be able to manage their house
hold by mutual agreement"
And 80 the husbands pocket will
ever be woman's means OF support.
evening gowns and bon bons.
cases. where we raiae fhArr ~, o,,s