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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, October 23, 1915, LAST EDITION, Image 28

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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." -
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