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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1910)
THEJUDCt SAID That the Husband Owns His Pay En velope That a Wife Has a Right to Go Through Her Husband's Pockets That a Wife Is Personally Entitled to 20 Per Cent of the Salary that the Mother-in-Law Must Take Care of Herself That a Man's Wife Is Not His Servant That a Married Woman May Go Out When She Chooses That What Is a Woman's Own Is Her Own That One Spanking Doesn't Count That Wedding Gifts Belong to the Wife I-71T last we havo It down In black and whitethe pay. cnvelopo belongs solely to tho husband; It must bo la violate Fresh from tho lips of Magistrate Matthow P. nreen of Now York city falls this newest decision In the eternal questionwho Is bOBB, hus band or wlfo. "Loudos vs. Loudes" was tho coso foi the Essex Market court for hla adjudication. In a word, Mrs. Loudos sought an order directing Louis Lou des, her husband, of 14 Forsyth street, to glvo her a certain amount weekly out of his $15 pay cnvelopo. Her plea was. that ho gnvo her but GO edits a day for herself and tho two children; naturally she wanted moro. "My wife,;' protested Loudes, "wants me to turn 'my pay cnvelopo over to her ovory Saturday night, Bcalcd. Sho wants mo to glvo ''her overy cent I earn and mako mo beg her to hand me out a nickel overy tlmo I want a cigar or a glass of beer or car faro. That's not a respectable position for a bus band and father to occupy." Mrs. Loudes owned up to all this. ".You want too much," declared tho learned court In worda that brooked no argument. "To roqulro your hus band to turn his unopened pay en velope over to you overy week would amount' to tyranny of tho sort most dangerous to tho perpetuation of tho home as tho sacred Institution It Is to day. A wife has no right to make such demands upon her husband. Tho husband Is the sole owner of the fund' Ilavlng gone thus far tho, court wont further and took up the other burning question: Jlns the wife the right to go through her husband's pockets? Here Magistrate Broon Bided with tho wife. "If a man has tho right sort of wlfo," said the court slowly and dolib crately, "1 boo not tho slightest ob jection to ills allowing her full free dom, In going Into his pockets while he, sjeops .qr,,upder any othor circum stances. The troublo with my wife Is that sho. doesn't get enough when she goes Into my pockets I" But the question won on the, pay envelope only, and not on tho pocket, and so the case was dismissed. As for the pockpt question tjiq Breon de cision leaves It up Jn thq.alr, because all a husband has to say to knock It out is that "tho right sort of n wlfo," to use Magistrate Dreen's qualifying, clause, wpyhjn'ti want to go through hl-O.ocketB, .'Swtunatoly, however, other Judges hAriVbeen more specific in recent do cla$ns on this vital issue, And the law 1b all' with the, wife. No. law Js needed for tho. husband on this vital, i.. it i ' queBiion, Because, 11 19 argueu can tho average hUBband find his wife's packets at all Three decisions, recently handed down In as many dLfforcnt parts of the country, ecem to settle tho matter for pvor, Tho gist of them all la: Wives,, go ob far as you like! WITHIN WIDELY RIGHTS. In Now Yorkclty Justlco Newburger In tho Bupreme court has Just said It u nil right. Mrs. Adolph Schwartz was suing her husband, a rich lawyer, with offices in Now York, San Fran cisco, Philadelphia, Chicago and other cities. Sho searched her husband's pockets and found letters from "that other woman." Did you think that was right?" asked Schwartz's lawyer. "It was perfectly right to search his pockets," announced tho court de cisively when tho lawyers began to wrangle. "Ho was her husband." In Omnhn tho enso was moro seri ous. Henry Mills was suing for. di vorce beforo Judge Crawford. Ho al leged cruolty, Bald cruelty consisting chiefly In tho fact that Bho systematic ally searched his pockets for his wages, leaving behind her only 15 cents n day for his car faro and beer. If Mills wanted, moro money ho had to tako his wife Into his confldenco and Out of hit $G0 a month tho husband, so the wlfo averred, didn't glvo her enough money. After both sides had been hoard theso pearls hof wisdom fell from tho bench! 't-? "After tho rent and. "tho household expenses havo been paid you ought to glvo your wlfo threo dollars n week. Sho's entitled to that much. She takes carp of tho children and . sho novcr goes out of tho house. Sho'll save moro monoy than you will out of that throe dollars a week." "Sho takes money from under my pillow when I'm nsloep," chipped in Jollffe, "and" "Your wife must got her 20 per cent, regularly," declared the court, waving nsldo tho Indignant 'husband and settling tho matter for good and all. MU8T PAY BACK MOrlEY. . Now, how about household borrow ing? Do you havo to pay back money you borrow from your wlfo? Of courso thcro is no other sldo to the question tho wlfo can't borrow from tho husband; ho always gives it to her. So, for tho bonellt of nil hus bands who will persist In borrowing from their wives, lot It bo satd for onco and nil, "You'vo got to pay It back under tho law." What's moro, tho statute of limitations, which In validates an ordinary debt after a cer tain number of years, docs not debar tho claim of a wifo against tho hus band for borrowed money. This case enmo up In Dloomlngton, III., beforo Judgo Owen P. Thompson, In tho Green county circuit court, when Mrs. Bessie Wald suedher hus band for $2,200 he had borrowed from her. Thoy subsequently quarreled and separated. Ho refused to return the ILLUSTRATION OF FEED BOX SELF-EXPLANATORY . Dtt Jili- Full List of Dimensions that Should Make It Easy Mat ter to Construct For Fcodlncr Meal j: -i , Placo Strip AroundT- 7 . J? titt ft T T ' -.11 an 1 l it a. r The Mother-ln-Law Must Look Out for Herself. tccts tho husband's bank account from, tho wlfo. Sho can go through his pockets and sho can work or not, as sho pleases, but his savings aro Im mune. Mrs. Ernest C. Quick of Asbury Park withdraw about $600 of her hus band's monoy from tho Citizens' Na tional bank at Long Branch and placed it In her own name. But Quick, truo to his name, promptly got out an Injunction restraining his wlfo from spending n cent of tho moneyl And he's got tho monoy yet SOME CHICAGO DECI8ION8. You may slap your wlfo, but you musn't pinch her at least In Chi- l j Plan for Feed Box. The illustration 'horowlthof n feed box is solf-oxplanatory and with tho following list of-dimensions should bo easy to build: Tho legs aro mado from 4x4's 34 inches on tho high sldo, sawing a bevel at one end of 12 inches; tho sides aro 2x12 Inches; tho length of tho box Is eight feet. Tho bottom Is made by Joining soven com mon floor boards, generally using cngo. Judgo Barnes mado theso dls-1 fenco flooring clear of knots as pos- tlnctlons In tho superior court whoro cruelty cases aro tried. , 1 Bible. The best way to lay the hot torn Is to tako 16-foot fenco boards lay ing tho two end 2x4 cross, pieces four Inches from tho end. Across the con tor lay two othor eight Inches apart, sawing the bottom in two to make tho 2x4 One Spanking Doesn't Count. In Chicago, too, a husband' mny swear at his wife, according to the decision of Munlclpnl JUdgo Gommlll. Mrs. Joseph Tollno wanted her hus band put In Jail for swearing at her bottoms for two boxes, The and threatening all sorts of things which ho didn't do. "I won't ls8uo a warrant of arrest on such charges," declared the Judgo, and so It goes as law. In Athol, Mass,, Judge "Frederick Dunn wasn't bo suro of his ground when Mrs. E. A. Garry had her hua- i band arrested for assault and battery j because ho tickled her in the ribs. The court admitted that the Issuo was beyond Its Judicial attainments and dismissed tho case without prejudice. Ono evonlng when Chauncey Mc- Knight of Now York city came homo POTATOES AS STOCK FOOD When Proporly Fed Thoy Aro Nutritious and Very Fatten ing for Both Cattle and Sheep. across tho center, which is used for supporting tho contor of tho bottom, should bo mado of hard wood. Clamps go around this 2x4 nnd over the top oftho box. Uso n 10-inch clnmp, such as commonly used for building hay racks; boro through tho 2x4, place tho clamp bottom sldo up over tho side of tho box and draw it up tight. Tho lowor edge of tho 2x12 used for sldos should bo placed to a bcv.el to match tho bottom of the box. i. For feeding meal It would be well to placo a corn crib strip, 1x4 inches around tho top of tho box. This will prevent tho wind from blowlug the? moal out, as It projects over on thd iusido two Inches. " rols thoy will keep -for some tlmo If tho air is excluded. Tho flesh-producing qualities of po tatoes are destroyed in proportion us tho diseaso has destroyed tho albu minoids, but the carbohydrates are fully capablo of performing their work of keeping up tho animal heat and adding to tho fat monoy, and nftor many years Mrs. Wnlfl nlinri llnr linaftnllrl ntwl wnn nvnn tell hor what ho Intended spending it triumphing ovor that bugbear of cred- (BY W. It. GILBERT.). Potatoes owe their food value prin cipally to their high proportion of car- ho found hlo wlfo "cutting up," as he bohydrates, which are iound In pota- for, which was the crudest kind ,of cruelty, according to Mills. "But not according, tV ibo court, which decided, in uiBimsBiiiB mo suit, mat it was mo wife's privilege "Man and his wlfo," said tho court, ltors, tho statuto of limitations. What'sinext to monoy whon It comes to making rifts in tho domestic luto? Don't all speak at onco you'ro nil right. Of course, it's tho mother-in-law! Can tho husband's mother do ll.fln .1 4I. 1 H. -1 ... I , U..U, ,..m v-u yiupuny mat uo, tho "Poor John!" net around tho tongs 10 ono is niso mo property 01 tho other; so, if a wlfo takes monoy ! from tho pocket of her husband with out first putting him in fear, it would loncBOrao7 No BlrcoI Tho c0urt8 un juivusBiuio 10 iiiuko n ennrgo 01 robbery from tho porson, pocket-pick A Husband Muot Pay Back What He Borrows. Ing, or oven common larceny lie. Case dismissed." Bead now what Justice Mullownoy houso? Is ma-ln-law privileged to como and stay as long as sho pleases Just becauso poor, dear Mario is so aro unanimous on this question and with out nny resorvntlons whatsoever. Mother must go, no matter which sldo of tho houso sho comes from. In tho caso of tho Keorys It was tho husband siding with his mothor. John Kccry, n prosperous Now Jersey farm er, married n trained nurso and took her homo. "Food tho hogs and put In your othor Bporo tlmo working on the farm!" was tho "gist of the orders handed to tho brldo by tho brldo groom's mother, who lived on tho farm with thorn. Young Mrs. Kcory rebelled. Kecry sided with his moth er, and so this particular Mrs. Nowly wed left homo and her husband's mother. Then sho sued for soparato mnlntonnnco, which was answered by expressed It, and decided to discipline her. So ho laid her across his knee and administered a sound spanking. Thon he Bucd for separation on tho ground that his wifo was addicted to tho uso of liquor. Justlco Truax, before whom, the case came In the supremo court, was up a legal tree. Finally ho compro mised and ordered tho wlfo to livo with tho husband and the husband to pay tho wlfo $1(5 a week. In other words, tho spanking doesn't count. ROUGH ON THE HUSBAND. Now turn to this sad story where a dutiful husband lias to pay the pen alty for his wlfo's assault. Mrs. Georgo Owens attacked and assaulted Mrs. Ellon Illlbort In Wllkcabnrrc, Pa. Owens was present at the time. And Just becauso ho mado no effort to stop his wlfo ho was convicted for -her as sault and had to pay tho penalty! New decisions hold that tho wed' ding guts belong to the wire; that a wlfo can't do as sho pleases; that It Isn't cruel for n husband to mako a wlfo accompany him on his travels; that n wife may slash a husband's clothing if sho feels like It; that a wife is a chattel and may bo sought with n search warrant; that a bus- provldo But there wns ma! And thnt snoUcd nil his othcrwlso or. tno Washington (D. O.) pollco court Kood dofenso In law. Vlcc-Chancollor BayB in mo caso 01 Kldgway vs. Rldg- Stevenson, In Jersoy City, held that Kcory that ho was perfectly willing to band may stay out 11 10:30 p. m. provldo a homo-hls homo-for hor. hat n wfo ma b. WbP'"? that way a decision handed down whon Ucorgo llldgway was arroated on his wlfo'a complaint bocauso she feared bodily Injury when ho discovered sho had been ransacking his pockets for tho last nickel therein. Says tho loarncd court: "It shows tho Interest tho woman has In the man. It shows that tho woman loves the man. A woman who does not go through hor husband's pookets does not lovo him, Thoy all do H." ENTER THE THIRD PERSON. tho mothor-ln-lnw couldn't bo boss and would linvo to go. or clso Kcory would havo to provldo another homo for hlB wife. In othor words, tho mothor-ln-lnw must go! WIFE NOT A SERVANT, Thero aro two new decisions re garding Just how much work a wlfo must do. In Ohio sho enn get off hvlth llttlo or nono. A housowlfo mny Ho abed lato, let the dishes go un washed, rofuse to mend hor husband's clothes, neglect to sweep, nnd still bo It n woman marries a six-dollar man sho can't expect him to support her, and that tho nationality of a wlfo Is controlled by thnt of her husband, And lastly, balm for suffering luls bands n $50 hat Is not a household nocosBnry! A 'husband In inodcrato circumstances doosn't havo to pay such a milliner's bill. Oh, Joy! So goes out tho decision from Cht cngo for nil tho world to hear. L. W, Forguson was sued for a $165 mil llncry bill contracted by his wlfo, sho not having his approval for tho pur chase. Threo bachelors were. In tho Jury, too "Collect from the wife It you enn," wns tho verdict toes In the form of starch They contain nearly threo times tho quantity of carbohydrates found in nn equal weight of turnips. Potatoes vary a good deal in com position, not only as regards different variolies, but as regards tho same va riety grown 6n different soils. Potatoes grown on strong soil con tain moro albuminoids than thoso from light land. Whon they aro of this composition they aro firm when cooked, and aro sold to "havo a bono in them." Theso aro the most nutritious class of pota toes. Potatoes aro moro suitable for,fecd- Ing pigs than for any other kind of stock, Their high proportion of starch makes It necessary to mix them with food of a moro albuminoid and fibrous character when given to cattle and horses. Unless thoy are mixed with such food they aro llablo to produco colic; but when fed In proper mixture thoro is no moro fattening food grown on tho farm than potatoes. - Whon tho potatoes aro withdrawn U16 cattle loso in condition at onco and take some time to nuiko it up again. When potntoes aro diseased It is the albuminoids that decay. Tho starch remains unchanged, and If the decay has not gone too far potattocs that aro diseased may bo used for stock fcodlng, but such potatoes should never bo fed raw. If a largo number of potatoes are found to bo touched with diseaso at lifting tlmo they may bo cooked, and if salted and packed firmly In bar- It Pays to Caponlze. A capon bears tho samo relation to a rooster as n steor to a bull, and as bull meat Is not equal to steer meat, so are roosters not equal to capons. When cockorels becomo capons thoy cease to grow combs and wattles, do not crow and light, grow much faster And finer flesh and bring more money than ordinary chickens. It a cock weighs ten pounds n capon will weigh 15 nnd bring threo to four times tho price, $125 often being paid for 100 capons. . It certainly pays to caponlze surplus cockerels. A sot of tools, with, full In structions for using, costs about $2.50 and only ordinary skill Is required. With a llttlo practlco tho operation can bo quickly kind safely performed. For caponlzlng, cockerels must bo less than six weeks old and weigh t pound or moro. Care of Pigeons. Though people havo an Idea that pigeons aro very hardy and can bo kept with llttlo or no attention, tho facts aro that unless their food Is of good quality, and their houses arc kept clean, thoy aro subject to many diseases. Pigeons aro. naturally very cleanly, nnd whon allowed tholr lib erty soloct only tho best food and tho varieties that please them, but whon they aro confined wo must select these things for them If we wish to suc ceed. 'i'.v. Breaking Colts. A good wny to begin to break a colt Is to make a stall for it and tla and feed It In tho stall dally. Feeding whllo you handle tho young animal Is ono of tho very best ways of winning. Its confidence. Use an extra heavy halter on tho colt from tho first. If it early lenrns that It cannot break- a halter it will go through life with that delusion, much to the profit of tho ownpr. STALL WITH MOVABLE FLOOR Quito enough whon tho contents of deemed a truo and loving helpmate. the pocket soarehed belong to the hus band. But whon something Is tnken belonging to a third party tho situa tion Is wholly dlfforcnt, as Mrs. John Whlto of Cincinnati loarnod to hor sorrow, James Young sued for a dlvorco at Lima, O., on these grounds, and Judgo Quail dismissed his pica of groats neg lect and refused hlra tho relief prayed for a dlvorco, "A man's wlfo Is not his sorvnntl" It Wa Prfetlv flight to, earh , ,,, , H' Poqkets, Miss Anna Chapman gavo her gold was tho gist of tho decision. watch to John Whlto to tnko to a Nor Is sho to bo a housohold drudge watcnmaKer-B to ue ropairou. in her In Now Jersey, undor tho latest do- customary search, of her husband's clslon at Bayonnu. Mrs. Charles Glero pockets Mrs, Whlto. found tho tlmo- haled Tier husband to court, charging pieqe ana connscateu it. so Miss him with choking her. Glero uro- Chapman hnd hor arrested, toBted and added that sho novor was Tho Solomon In this case was Judgo at homo. Dumont Miss Chapman got hor "Why, Judge," ho exclaimed, bitter- watch, Mrs, Whlto hor freedom and Iy7 "many's tho tlmo I'vo como homo White the angry word from both. from work only to bo told to got my ''Let this bo a warning to all wives." own Bunncr, I'vo ofton washed tho sajd Judgo Dumont. dishes and mndo tho beds for fear my inerw urn vnuuB puascs or mis ao- friends miRlit drop in anu seo everv. . I 1.1-1. 1 .1- A i. . 1 . . ... cisiun which gyi-f ucK iq me root or thing upset." M evil money, u n husband enn And this Is what Gloro got from havo fiome say over ma earning!), how Rccordor Lazarus: much must ho give tho wlfo? In Mis- "A married woman has a norfoct Bourl tho rule Is 20 per cont. right to go out when Bho plonses. and Tho Jollffes, husband and wife, have should not bo expected to snend nil just jiau mat mtio matter settled, her tlmo In drudgory." Mrs. J. W- Jollffe had ,nor J.usbnnd be- And to rub It In on tho husband ho fore quugo Kyio in Kansas city, had to pay a $10 flno! charged with disturbing Uer peace. On the other' hand, Jersoy law pro- '"p-p-jr ijirii ii !; 1 4cr: :'. ji 3 N 1 II II ' 1 11 V 1 jjji r 11 11 11 . j I r)WTH osfriV Si A Married Woman Has a Perfect niaht to Go Out When She Chooses. A stall with movable wooden floor nnd fastening for tho same. The ad antago of this design will bo appre ciated In whiter when tho concrete Is loo qold for tho comfort or cows. Two Iron pins Bet In tho concreto floor near tho front corners of tho stall keen It It! place.