Milford chronicle., 1929-04-12
COLLECTING ALIMONY

Judge Gemmill of the Superior
Court of Chicago, recently criticized
the way in which many women at
tempt to collect alimony. Accord
ing to his view, many of these wo-
men feel that all they have to do is
to come into court and ask for mon
ey and they can collect from a man
all the rest of his life.
The law providing alimony for
wives in case of divorce or separa-
ton was probably appropriate to
conditions when it was made, but it
is claimed that in many cases it
works unjustly now. 1t is said that
many women will sue their hus-
bands for divorce on very made
quate grounds, for the sole purpose
of obtaining an independent sup
port. If a mans conduct has not
been strictly ethical, he may give up
the money without much protest,
when his wife is perhaps no better
than he is.
In former days when women did
not commonly have any occupation
by which they could earn living
outside of their own homes, and
when most of them had children, a
reason existed in the great majority
of cases why a man should pay ali
mony in case of divorce. But today
when many married couples have no
children and when the majority of
women can resume after a divorce
the occupations by which they for
mer1y earned living, the justice of !,
the claim for alimony is not always |
so clear.
Where a wife is left with children |
to be supported, the fairness of the !,
of alimony is usually OBJ
vious. The justice of such payments !
depend a great deal on which party |
is the more responsible for the un-
fortunate marriage and separation.
Women who entrap men by their
and designing ways, and
with mercenary motives, and with
out any loyal affection, and then
quit them after few years, are not
usually in any position to make
just claim for support. If they are
tired of their bargain, they should
depend upon their own
resources.
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SOWING THE SEED
One of the typical sights of the
pring time is that of the farmers
nd gardeners and householders,
,utting into the ground the little
rown seeds that contain such pos
Utilities of growth, color, and fruit =
ge. 1t is one of the strange mys- +,
cries of nature that such little =
tom of a seed, seemingly as insig-
ifieant as the pebble you pick out
the road, yet contains those mar s
ellous life forces that cause it to n
Spand into sizable plant or tree. Il
The mystery of seed growth made
S impression upon the Saviour of
ankind, as He observed the
oughmen sowing the seeds in the
,aceful fields of Galilee 1000 years
%. He marvelIed at the grain of
ustard seed. when sown in the
rth it is less than all the seeds, -
t it groweth up" He said, "and cC
cometh greater than all the herbs Fl
d shooteth out great branches, so al
at the fowls of the air may lodge NJ ~
der the shadow of it." So it is v.
lay, and the tiny germ of plant tn
e which you drop into the dark ce
rth has inside its secret and mi tT W.
)scopic recesses, the possibility of do
lighting man with its beauty and
lit. at
If the little bit of seed which you III
ID into your garden becomes the or
l and brilliant flower, so a few pr
rds dropped into someone's mind pl;
" be seed thoughts that affect Id Id
cir future life. The inspiring ac
rds of some faithful teacher, may thi
come the life force that turns a me
? and girl toward some course of =!
h and noble achievement. We can cs,
yer tell what flower of human fla
lduct will grow from the kindly joi
rd that we have sown in some 9@el @
rs heart. sol
We are all of us sowing seed
h day here in Milford, and we in
re little idea what good and bad -,
itage will spring up as the har-
t. ma
THE FOREIGN SECRETARY'S hv
PROBLEM MA
he country's best wishes are ex- not
ded to Henry L. Stimson, recent poo