The Washington times., 1922-08-04
DEMANDS. $500
AL|MONY FROM
WAGE Of S725
Women Comment Caustically
on Effort of Divorcee to I'm
poverish Ex-Spouse.
By wINIFRED. VAN DUZEH.
Universal Service.

Universal Service.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-opinion
here today bitterly arraigned a
Brooklyn woman who asked for
six-sevenths OF her husbands sal
AIRY as alimony.
Mrs. William Hathaway, wife OF
the head of a service department
of the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company. told Supreme
Court Justice Cropsey, before whom
her suit for separation was tried
that her husbands income is S726
a month.
She, thought she ought to be al
lowed $500 Of It. she added.
Justice Cropsey wrathfully char
acterized her demand as "ridlcu'
lous." He said:
"A hundred and twenty-five dol.
lars a month would Just about pay
the mans carfare,R He fixed the
alimony at $225 monthly.
The astonishing demand of Mrs
Hathaway was called unique in the
history Of marriage when II was
discussed by sociologists, psycholo
gists and others. It was said TO
indicate retrogression OF the femi'
nine sense Of fair play.
Instance Of Slavery.
DR.. Eva Coates. author of "The
Feminine Faith" The Clubwom'
an" and other sociological studies,
stated that circumstances which
make II possible for one human
being to go before the bar of jus
tice and demand another's daily
wage indicate that slavery has not
vet been, completely stamped out
in this country. She went on:
mo wife and no woman who had
been a wife and felt any goodwill
toward her husband would wish 10
pauperize him. Even II there were
no lingering bit of love, the sense
Of responsibility to humanity would
preclude such autocratic demands,
What interests me Ia, the reason
for such a case as this; what is
wrong in our social order that would
bring IL TO light?
Our national life is changing; we
are not altruistic as once we were
Fact is IL some one offers a bit OF
helpfulness that person Immediately
Is regarded with suspicion as IL any
sort Of kindness were the result OF
ulterior motive.
with the steadily increasing de,
mand for sables. paradise, jewels
finery OF all descriptions, women are
becoming money-mad.
Women Money. Mad.
They strut. like peacocks and
simper like harem slaves and they
bury their really brilliant minds
under mountains OF elk and ling
ling beads. Instead OF turning their
attention forward so their souls
might progress beyond the woman.
ishness Of backbiting. jealousy all
the emotions that hold them where
their great-great-grandmo were
held. they fight for the wherewith.rl
to deck themselves like chorus-girls
Ohs they are cleverer at conceal,
ing than once they were. They
name their selfishness 'independ
ence. and such misleading things
but it's all the same.
"A New York Judge said that
women are sending their husba nds
to Jail so they can wear Jewels and
fine clothes, agree with him.
But he said only half Of It.
They will send their husbands
to Jail or into the poorhouse or the
river II they can get what they
want, and not by b tremor of an
eyelash indicate any feeling over
the fate Of those poor fools!
Until women stop exploiting sex
and coming out into the open. play
a sportsmanlike game of life, there
will not be any real progress for
the nation or race"