Milford chronicle., 1936-02-07
MATRIMONIAL UNION,
LOCAL IS
b MlMA WILcox PurNAM

HA%tHeN tFAAASefN Y - NNfNUI .
"A LOT Of people ere under the
"A Impression that the BIG con.
tFOversy Of the day Is be-
tween Hitler and Europe, or
Father COughlin and General John
son, or even between the New Deal
and the Republicans; but they are
wrong. The big controversy which
is occupying most Of the human
race, Is the one between the hus-
bands and ths wives. to decide
who's boss.
The minute the letter n preeedes
the word Alter, the trouble begins
and for hundreds Of years past the
difficulties Of this particular type Of
union were settled By the men, who
used club for the purpose. Each
man had his own private club, and
when be Joined up with it and then /
brought sufficient pressure to bear,
the lady hollered a lot about going
home TO NOMINEES cave but gener-
ally didn't get any farther than hol.
lering because as there were no Do
lice radio cars, none Of the neigh
bors telephOned In about It and the /
lady stayed licked and liked Il.
This undoubtedly Is the origin Of
the male club as an Institution. And /
in more modern times the mere men.
tion Of the fact that a man was 60
ing to his club was enough 70 start
a panic in his home. Hls wife
would promise practically anything
IL he'd go only once a week, hence
the expression holding 4 club over
her head"
Then in quite recent years Wonl-
en- got resigned to the club idea be.
cause It gave them something 20 re.
proach their husbands about And
next they got up some clubs OF their
own. Then some pants Of their own
and some votes OF their own and
the battle over who was boss got
less cute and more acute.
The trouble with the women Is.
they want the man to De the boss,
but they want him to prove II. And {
when a competent wife asks that
she's really asking too much.
And the trouble with The men Is. q
hey want the woman 70 Be boss u
Iut 10 pretend she isn't. y
The Matrimonial Union ought to y
dopt some modern methods Of op- q
rating IL 1t wants to get anywhere. n q.
'ook where organization R0l the A
:. Of LII No, you look, / can't
uile bring myself to. But what I U
lean Is. that clubs are out Of date Vi
1t strikes are not. Aud II this Y
Iernal man-wOman question Is ever
} be settled satisfactorily, Il should wi
done through protective assOcla. mi
ons which will see to ll that the do
terests Of both parties are stim. de
ated, ] beg pardon, mean looked fol
Il for. dr.
OF course strike methods would bal
no novelty IN most homes where ths
e has been striking with 3 rolling The
for years, and he has been She
1ght that no gentleman ever eip
lses his hand to a woman with AT
one exception Of the school BuI
lcher when he is very young and eve
nts to leave the room. be
But modern strikes are not con. HUI
eted that way. NOWADAYS when whl
lkers walk out they also walk wor
and down. They crawl ID be. 4
zen two slices Of q sign.board, zoo
BE a human sandwich out Of n
mselves, and IL they also wore
onion and a little mustard you sbe
ID bite into them for q ham. Il 4
ger and never know the diner.
e. This Is called plcketiDg but cssi,
not mean you are on he picket nere
;e. Il just means you are pick.
on somebody.
be way figure the Matrimonial s-- ]
On could work Il would be some sas,
3 Ike this: say NJ. Jonet has ''.u
sed TO buy bis wife : new had AZ
Jones immediately reports the leIs
age to her local and tie women .neis
: walking up and down in mont oe 2
be JoDges' house wearing sand % y =