The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-24
GOES BACK TO
MIDDLE AGES
Says Man Had Right to
Drag Wife Home
From Mother
WOMAN TAKES ISSUE
Justice Declares Wife's Place
at Night Is Home With
Her Husband


NEW YORK. March 90 Take
ibo uaudtr ou fh, ESQ ot Justice
ANA use 1870 eyebrow pencil on her
now hidden owe. .p make them larg-
cr if n,co-Hlr
This r tho ad.,. OF % woman at
torucy Air. Cmu,, MnrRoiics
HariFht s.irrcd To- wrath Dos recent
court rI.rr
SJid ruling h,lnR
4 a wif.H place U night iH in her
home. by nor husband, By Magis-
lrotc Frank y. McQutde, In Jcffor-
, son Market court
And The ruling resulted from
/, charges of diaorderly conduct pre-.
fcrrcd - ya woman against tho nus
band who followed her 60 her moth
erie homo. whero she had gone to
pass the night aud dragged her
homo.
Perfectly right said tho Judge,
"A Wifes place ~ in her homo
with her husband Just as his N, TOO.
she has no right 10 go away Tor the
night without telling him where Hho
Is going Nor has he. for that mat
ter.
"fhc defendant was lustlncd
isaid Magistrate McQuude and Mrs.
I karight comments.
Mrs. Barights Frank Comments.
"Old-lashionod and unprogres.
tsiyol
THE progressive and really wom-
fanly woman considers homo her
fplace ana everyone knows IL But
EJf 1 wanted 10 go 20 my mother At
fany time ! would go
And would expect my husband
ito come, too, provided really went
kto my mothers and stayed there.
Il "a woman doesn't have to ask her
I husband where she shall go any
tmore than he has TO ask her.
But both should want to tell each
| other where they are going.
Assuming that she went TO her
mothers. the Judge. it secms TO me.
might have found n helpful way OF
iadyislng her not to cause trouble by
doing 80, 40 that her domestic AZ
4 fairs wouldn't have to be brought
into "a Magistrates court.
81 see no justice In n man pulling
his wife home by the hair OF her
head And you may bo sure this
tworried husband didn't approach hia
wife with bunch of violets In his
lhand. but probably with angry
lworda. | know these cases.
we are past the stage whore JUS
liice In blind. Tho next step In our
lprogress viii be to take the bandagc
Off her eyes.
Lot us pencil mark her eyes to
make them larger II necessary.
4 Give Both sides IWir Deal.
Let MS have "A fair deal for men
aud women, both.
Let us not support tke man who
drags homo hls wife, degrading the
mothers of our race.
Dragged tack. think OF ~ How
long do you suppose | would remain
l with man who dragged me back
from my mothers home?
Y '"rhe facts speak for themsflves.
1T seems To, me We should not
treat women in way TO make them
krevolt,
"Justicc should be tempered, with
mercy.
1T seems perfectly natural for q
good woman to sock out her mother
tif she Is worried, tired, or disturbed
IN mind. II IL a very good sign foi
sa woman to wish TO confide In hel
mother
Ladies first being tho rule IN
icontroversies, OF this nature as wei
fas IN other performances In life, W.
now present Magistrate McQuade'
side of tho story. Ho Gays!
"rho defendant says he searched
about In wundcrment and was on
tho verge of reporting her as miss
ing TO the police when he found hci
Fat his mothcr-in- laws. Ills actor
was perfectly Justified"
Could IL have been that tho
strenuous action of the cave mar
WAS an outburst OF love aud thank
lfulncss At findi ing his errant
spouse
or was he wrong TO drag hel
homo ."