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miu v nvmmviFiwmfmi0mmmmimm THE BRIDE AND THE SOB WRITER DISAGREE ON PATHOS OF MARRIED LIFE JARS The sob writer led the young and pretty bride to the court of domestic relations and paused outside the door. ""-- "Remember, my dear," the sob writer .admonished, "I do not bring you here to sadden you. You will see much pathos, you will witness the harp of love with its strings almost all broken and nothing but discord ant notes smiting the air; you will see men and women, young and middle-aged and old, scrapping as though hatred, not love, bound them you will see greed stalk naked and un ashamed and miserliness and neglect leer back defiance. You will see " The bride interrupted. "Hurry up," she said, "I don't want to miss any. I promise you I won't let it make me sad and 111 learn a lesson from it, but hurry up, or we'll be late." The sob writer and the bride en tered and the sob writer took out her paper and pencil and jotted down the cases. "Mrs. Roy Wallin accused of lock ing her husband in a room while she went to work because she was so jealous of him that she would rather support him than let him free to be stolen by designing women. Both fairly young; she makes as much mo ney as he does, according to his law yer. Judge Hopkins says where there are no children wives are not to ex pect to be supported in idleness out of husband's earnings. They should get out and work to help support themselves when the couple are sep arated. Cuts down previous allow ance to $5. Wife looks very sad. Man indifferent Jealousy cruel tyrant that breaks many hearts. "Abe Blaustein. State's attorney says he knows that Abe can and has earned $35 a week as a cutter in the tailoring trade, but Abe says he only makes $20. Believed by wife that he doesn't want to work in order that he won't have to give her money for herself and child. She pathetically stated that she is unable to work and gives her entire attention to raising offspring. State's attorney says Abe has a mathematical scheme whereby instead of paying wife court allow- fc ance on Monday, he will pay one p) week on Wednesday, the next week on Friday and in a few weeks he has worked it so nicely that he gets in a week out of days he is behind. Al lowance reduced to $5 a week. "Mrs. John Donzalski claims that her husband beats her up and does not support her properly. She had him in the Bridewell for cutting her throat with a razor while she was-still the bride of a former husband. Ques tioned by Judge Hopkins, she admits she had two former husbands, both dead. One matrimonial happiness lasted but two years and the second but five months and her third, of only six months' duration, is already on the shoals. "His story. Says wife drinks and that she was cruel to her second hus band and is cruel to him. He gave her $2 a day to run the house and $1 a day to put in bank, and when he asked her where the money was she said she didn't know. Said he gave her 25 cents extra some days to get the dinner, 10 cents for a pail of beer. Claims that when she thinks he is asleep, but when he has one eye open, she sneaks out of the room and remains away for hours and returns with a story he discredits of having been gossiping with another woman. "She says she is subject to fits and is liable to have one any moment He ( admits the fits, but says he will be y glad to live with her again if she will treat him right that he loves ' her. She says he cut her limb with a razor once and blackened her eyel They agree to try again and judge tells them to go home. May iave happy ending." - bH-gftftj A,