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EL PASO HERALD
Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets Are Used At The Herald's Cooking School
TIiur.sdar, April S, 1913
WOMEN IN TEXAS HAE ALL RIGHTS
E!iH B EXCEPT TtMIE
Richard F. Burges Tells the Woman's Club About the
Legal Status of Texas "Women Since Law Governing
Eights of Wife Was Changed; Some Laws Not Ad
verse to Women; One Texas Law Widely Copied.
"P'
. UTTING aside the question of
political legal rights, the status
of an unmarried woman, over
2! ears old In the state of Texas, is
equal with man. but when a woman
acquires a husband these rights be-
THAT TIEED FEELING
Relieved lr Hood's araaparilla,
AVMeh Renovates the Blood.
sent This proviso was the part de
manded by the go ernor
'Women Hare an Much Scone as Men.
"In m obseration of human .nature
nnd of people 1 believe that the o erase
woman has as much sense as the a er
ase man and does not need tn be under
I perpetual tutelage. For my part, as
one of the proponents of the married
j women's property rights law. I did not
I see that a woman ought to be compelled
j to go to the district court in srder to
get permission to dispose of her prop
erty without the signature of her hus
band. I do not believe that women
should be handicapped in an effort to
protect themselves. I did not see that
women in seeking this right, were seek,
mg any peculiar right or privilege, thej
were only seeking an absolute and un
trammeled right to do what thej would
with their own. The senate and house
both passed the law without the pro
viso, hilt th rfltPrniv HAaAnAW ...
SST JH1 circumscribed." said ; veto the bill unless the proviso was
Richard F. Bursres. in . talk on th l- i ... h Th. kiii -- -n.. - ...
gal status of woman under the laws of better than anything before and more
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Speaker at Chamber of Com
mence Dinner Worked
' Hard For the Dam.
That tired feeling that comes to vou
1 the spring, year after year, is a sign
mat 5 our blood lacks vitality, just as
pimples, boils and other eruptions are
Mgrns that it is impure, and It is also
a sum that jour sjstem is In a low or
! un-down condition inviting disease. It
3 a warning v.hicn it is wise to heed.
sk sour druggist for Hood's Sar
"apirilla This old standard tried and
true blood medicine relieves that tired
iteling Jt cleanses the blood, gives
new life, new courage, strength and
heerfulness It makes the rich red
r lood that will make you feel. look.
eat and sleep better.
Be sure to get Hood's, because It is
the best There is no other combina
i on of roots, barks and herbs like jt
i o -eal substitute for it no "lut-as.
tooti medicine Advertisement.
Texas, given at the Woman's club
meeting weanesdav afternoon, in the
auditorium of the high school.
"Upon marriage a woman's legal ex
istence is merged into that of her hus
band." said Mr. Burges. "In law they
are but one and the husbandMs the one.
Advanced thinkers now reward the law
which merged the woman's legal ex
istence into that of her husband as lit
tle less than slaverv anil demand en
lightened recognition of her identity as
an individual. The showing tends to
piove that the legislature wiM in time
tend to grant woman all of her civic
riphts. for since the 3Sd legislature
patseu the married women's property
law. material changes in women's
status have been made, to her great
advantage This law, as is known, was
a compromise, as the governor threat
ened to veto the new law after it had
passed both the house and the senate
and a compromise was necessary to
have the law passed at all. .
"As the law now stands the husband
can no longer dispose of his wife's
propertv without her consent. The wife
Is gien the right to dispose of her
propern proi ided that the husband's
signature he obtained, but if he refuses
to give his signature, she may go to
the district court and he MmwiMMil ,
transfer her property without his con-
TSl II" tTI ii nwwrtmmwM a II -h
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en s rights than the laws in other
mates.
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"Woman Could Ue Governor.
"In connection with women's status,
it is a singular and interesting fact that
whHe women under the constitution
and laws of both the republic and later
the state of Texas, have not been given
suffrage, they have not been dented the
right to hold office, and there Is noth
ing In either the constitution or laws,
either of the past or present, which
denies the general right to women to
hold any office in the state of Texas,
excepting in. the legislature. She may
be a governor of the state should she
so desire.
"The derivation of our' laws is an
interesting study, to find out how and
where we obtained our ideas of the
status of women. The general law in
this country is taken from the common
law of England. In Texas. Louisiana.
Arizona and California, however, the
greater part of the law is of Spanish
origin or else from the Napoleonic code
of France.
"In the state of Texas the husband
has the legal risht to select the domi
cile, being charged with the support of.
nis wiie ana ramiiy from nis own prop
erty. The woman's legal duty is to ac
cept his choice of a domicile and a re
fusal of a wife to do so constitutes de
sertion. One stipulation of the law that
can furnish no little study is the speci
fication that it is a man's duty to sup
port bis wife in accordance with her
station and his estate. The wife has
the right to bind her husband for the
necessities of food, raiment and shelter
for herself and children, hnt m nikt
' bevond that.
I 'It is the husband's legal and moral
I duty to provide food, raiment and shel
ter ror nis wife, yet she could not bring
suit against her husband to compel this
support, should he decline to furnish it.
until this law was modified by the Sid
legislature making nonsnpport liable
to prosecution, fine and imprisonment.
"The law provides that the separate
property of the husband shall not be
subject to the debts of, the wife and
that he shall have exclusive risbt to
j the disposal, control and management
! of hlR nmnrtv TlaA vlfa'a nmA 1
not now subject to her husband's debts
while all of his is charged with the
support of his family. All property ac
quired during the time the man and
woman are married is held as common
property, but it may be disposed of at
any time by the husband alone.
Injustice to Women Remedied.
"Wonien now have the same right as
men in Texas to dispose of their per
sonal property by will or otherwise and
also to be guardians of another's per
son and property. Up to 191J. when the
SSd legislature regulated the married
women's property rights, there were
many very gross inequalities in the law
concerning the rights of women One
of the most flagrant illustrations of ab
solute injustice was the law which
gve the husband exclusive and abso
lute right to collect and soend all
money his wife might earn, the rents
for property that she owned nrior to
her marriage, or had Inherited, also all
interest on notes or bonds and all divi
dends on stocks which she might have
Inherited or had given to her The law
cen was so unjust that if the wife col
lected this money the husband had the
right to sue the persons paying her
ana could collect the money over again
from them, on the grounds that the
money was paid to an unauthorized
agent. The theory was that the husband
was to spend the money wisely for her
benefit, but it did not work out in prac
tice. May Hare Own Bank ceount
"Another law of more immediate dailv
Importance that concerns women is that
now the wife can maintain a separate
bank account in her own name tn
which the husband has no legal access.
Any funds on deposit in anv bank shall
be presumed to be the property of the
person in whose name the money was
deposited and shall be payable only to
that person. Before this law was passed
It was possible for a husband to with
draw any or all funds deposited in any
bank in his wife's name without his
wife's knowledge. This, has been done
many times, but is no longer possible
in Texas.
An Karlr Texan Liir.
"The Texas republic in the third vear I
of its existence passed the first home- i
stead exemption law that the world has !
ever Known." said Mr. Surges. "This
law constitutes the greatest protecting
shield ever placed between womn mil
children and the neglect, improvidence, I
ur crime oi uieir anonu n nrAiMtfw
The benefits of this law are too well
known to more than mention. It has
been copied by all countries of the
globe and by man of the other states
n the union.
"Tou have all read harrowing tories
of the helplessness of the mother, con
cerning the custody of her children,
against the father. In Texas, in case
husband and wife separate, their rights
to the custody of the children become
equal and the courts award the custody
of the child with the sole view of the
welfare of the child.
"ot AH VnJnM.
"It must not be assumed thi the iaa.1
disabilities of the women of the state
and republic of Texas have all been un
just to her," said Mr. Burges. "in crim
inal cases, a married woman who com
mits a crime at the instigation of her
husband may not be given capital pun
ishment, if it is a capital punishment
offence, and mav reeeiie rmh, h.u A'
the term of punishment provided by law
for such offence as she may have com
mitted, while the husband shall be pun
ished double for the offence and re
ceive the death sentence if the crime
be a capital punishment offence
"The status of the wife as a legal
witness has now been changed. Former
ly neither wife nor huaband ennln r,-
1"?,r,a".a wltne. in any civil suit in
which the other was involved. Another
tiring, the confidential communications
between husband and wife can not be
forced to be given as testimony in court
in the same way that a lawyer is not
permitted to disclose any information
that a client may impsrt to him in con
fidence. This is the Only confidence le
gally protected in Texas. No religious
or medical confidence is protected by
law.
The women of the state can with
concerted effort, secure from the legis
lature any right they desire, if the
women of the state generally wlH ask
for it. If one legislature does not grant
it. the women may see to It that other
r preventatives are sent to the egis-
iiuic. Avr niu nejit session.
IOWA TO SliGRKG 1TB
, IXDIGE-XT CO.NSl'MPTIVBB
rD.? oine. la.. April &. The senate
Wednesday passed the board of control
committee bill which will ..,. -n
counties of the state to segregate and
provide for all indigent tuberculosis pa
tienta. The measure passed the house
and will not go to the governor.
Use Master Builders' Concrete floor
hardner and save wear. Hines has Jt.
Advertisement.
Athey cloth-lined weatner strip keens
ou; tit cold. Rathbun-Mix Co. Adv.
George H Maxwell, whose efforta Iz
j years ago were largely responsible for
the government deciding to build the
Klepbant Butte dam. will be the guest
of honor at a dollar dinner to be given
by the chamber of commerce at the
Hotel Paso del N'orte. Mr. Maxwell is
executive director of the national
reclamation association.
"Mr. Maxwell has always been a
friend of El Paso and he certainly de
served a great deal of credit for the
Klephant Butte dam," said J. A. Smith,
who was an active worker with Mr.
Maxwell and others in secuuring the
big project.
"Back in IMS." Mr. Smith continued.
'Mr. Maxwell wired us that, if we went
after it, we could land the Irrigation
congress for EI Paso, in I9i. Working
on this information we were ible to
secure the congress and the meeting
held here brought about the harmony
between New Mexico. Texas and Mexico
that was necessary to insure the build
ing of the dam. Before that time the
thiee parties had been at cross pur
poses. Unless we had secured the con
gress it is probable that negotiations
between the three parties would have
rirse-sred alone for vears When the
j (ongress did meet Felix Martlnes was
j the head of the movement that brought
! about a complete understanding.
! Always Friend of Project.
"From that time to this Mr. Maxwell
has alwas been a friend of the Rio
Crande project few years ago. when
the El Paso delegation was trying to
have Richard Burges elected fifth vice
president of the congress, so that he
would be in line for the presidency
when the Elephant Butte dam is com
pleted. I was a member of the commit
tee on permanent organization. I found
that other candidates had a powerful
backing Mr. Maxwell fought with me
right througn tne session, nowever.
and with his support Mr. Burges was
elected. Since then Mr. Burges has ad
vanced one grade at each meeting and
is now second vice president of the
congress. In season and out of season
Mr. Maxwell has always worked for the
best interests of the Rio Grande pro
ject and every business man in the citv
who is interested in the big dam should
be present to welcome him Monday
night "
The dollar dinner, ic is expected, will
be one of the largest banquets ever
held here. Business men generally are
invited to attend. It is requested that
those who expect to attend notify sec
retary A. W. Reeves, of the chamber
of commerce, as early as possible so
that arrangements for sufficient plates
may be made.
Let nines figure that lumber bill. Adv.
F. H0PKINS0N SMITH,
PAINTER AND AUTHOR.-DIES
New York. April 8. After a notable
career as an author and painter. F. Hop
klnson smith died here Wednesday
night at the age of 77 jears. He was
best known as a prolific writer of nov
els, short stories and books of travel,
many of which he illustrated himself.
The genius of Francis Hopkinson
Smith manifested itself in many
branches of activity. His reputation as
an artist was only second to that as an
author, while as a practical engineer
he -non high standing. Sixteen years
after his birth in Baltimore in 1838 he
left school and went to work, first as a
shipping clerk and afterwards in a
metal industry. Subsequently he
studied mechanical engineering, how-
ever, and results of his work in this
line of endeavor came in the construe i
!.... .. a ,!! TAn.nlfln.vill. '
Stiten Island, Governor's Island, in
New York harbor. Race Rock light
house, near New London, Conn., and the
foundation for the Statue of Liberty in
New York harbor.
Mr. Smith's artistic bent developed
early and he became the producer of
numerous successful paintings and other
art work, many of which won recog
nition at art expositions.
COUNTY COMJHSMONKKS
CAWASS KI.BCTION" ItBTUItAS
The county commissioners- court met
in special session Wednesday afternoon
for the purpose of canvassing the re
turns of the bond election held In Ysleta
Saturday when J 17.000 Issue was voted.
The court found the vote 48 to 41 in
favor of the issue.
SAYS MOSAIC LAW IS BASIS
FOR LAWS OF PRESENT DAY
Philadelphia. Pa. April 8 -Th l'-i
of Moses were so fundamentalK sound
that around them are built the laws '
the civilised world today, declared P-of
Camden M. Coburn of Alleghen col
lege, in a lecture Wednesday
Discussing the laws of Moses, he
-d- - , ,
"One of the old Mosaic laws fixed the
salary of a surgeon If he succeeded n
an operation he received a certain surr
if he failed his right arm was cut o.'r
Under the same law. the speaker s iid
a contractor waa put to death in a-ie
a building he constructed fell and killed
some one. or If a burglary was commit
ted in a town a ma. or and council v. ere
held responsible for it
"Moses could have written his l-w-i
in any one of six languages." Pr ' -born
added. "The doctors of the 'I
ere aa wise as ours: they wrote tn- ir
prescriptions in an ancient tongue that
nobodv else could understand- I've seen,
prescriptions for making the- hair grow.
Thev were printed on papyrus and tno
fact that it was a good one waa pro efl.
by a note written beside it in anothsr
hand 'It does the work, too.' "
BROKE. PROPELLER FORCE
ARM1 .WIVTOIt TO 1.4D
San Diego. Cal . April 8 V brokf i
propeller compelled Capt Townsend I
Dodd. United States aviation corn-
land near Enctncitas. 30 miles nr.-th o
San Diego. Wednesday, after start ir
on what he proposed to make a ;"-".;
flight to San Francisco. -art rm w
returned to the aviation camp on Nor'i
Island
SATURDAY, APRIL 10th, IS LISTERINE DAY AT "EVERYBODY'S'
SPECIAL!
$1 and $1.25
Satin Messaline
Full yard wide in try
heavy quality, with high
luster finish. Comes in
35 different colors to se
lect from at. per yard
69c
EV
ouble Stamps
On AH Your Purchases
All Day Friday
ERYBODY '
SPECIAL!
$1.50 Chiffon
Taffeta
Full yard wide and
guaranteed shown in 20
different street and eve
ning shades, including
black and white; spe
cial at, per yard
95c
Worth Vbhile Economies in Every Department
Remnants, Odd Lots, Broken Sizes, Discontinued Lines,
Accumulations Since Our Opening Week, Will All Be
Brought Out and Priced at Noteworthy Savings Friday
COATS
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BH9ki
AT "
For All Occasions
For the Street) Beach, Sports,
Motoring, Dress and General
Wear
AN EXCEPTIONAL STOCK, offering
prices as varied as the styles.
Materials are Silk Poplin, Taffeta. Moire.
Covert. Chinchilla. Gabardine, Pebble Crepe.
Serge and Silk. Good values at. .. .S5.95
and up
Suits at $12:75
A special lot offered for Friday to which has
been added a number of our higher priced
suits and our entire lot now selling at $15.00; .
choice Friday at S12.75
3rd Floor
Remnants and Specials
In the Wash Goods and Linen Sections
pHE BRISK SELLING in the Wash Goods Section has cauted a
A large accumulation of Remnants of both White and Colored
Wash Goods, which will be offered tomorrow1 Friday at great
price savings.
D EMNANTS of every kind of White Goods LoBgdoth, Nainscok,
" Dimities, Flaions, Voiles, Swisses, Crepes, etc; Sheer Colored
Voiles, Crepes, Tissues, Romper Cloth, GiBghais, Kindergarten
Cloth, Madras, Shirtings. Also Remnants of Table Linens.
89 c
EXTEA SPECIAL!
10 yard bolts of Long Cloth,
good ott linish Kejrular price
?1; Fir Friday only
Per bolt. 10 yarj.
EXTRA SPECIAL!
Hemmed mercerized Napkins,
quality sold regular here at ?l-3&
per dozen, for Friday - qq
Special, per dozen Os7C
EXTRA SPECIAL!
18x39 inch all pure white Huck
Towels, a superior quality. Our
. regular $1.50 per dooeu towels--
special Friday
Per dozea
EXTRA SPECIAL!
Large size Turkish Bath Towels, a
good heavy quality, sold rcsrular
at 25c each Fridav i r
only lyC
$1.00
Remnants of Spring SUks
Take advantage, tomorrow of the unusual savings to
fee had in desirable Remainders of latest Spring Silks
and Spring Dress Woolens. An unusual display in
Main Aisle of Store PRICES ARE GREATLY
REDUCED!
Crepe and Muslin Gowns
Slipover and V Neck Styles
Crepe in both colored and white
Muslin and Longdoth. in fine qual
ity lace and embroidery trimmed, in
slipover and v-neck styles special
values at JJ51.25
LACE BOUDOIR CAPS
Dainty lace Boudoir Caps in ecru and while.
some pink and dainty blue, offered special
Friday 39
CORSET COVERS AND DRAWERS
quality Muslin Corset Covers in embroidery and
trimmed styles; drawers, wide knee, tucks and
oidery trimmed; sizes up to 46; splendid values
45
Second Floor
j& mt
I p lace
$r cmb
JT at..
Friday Specials
In Rag and Drapery Section
2nd Floor
MATTRESSES
Standard double bed size Mattresses
that weigh 35 lbs. All dean cotton,
covered with fancy ticking; special
Friday 3.95
Extra Heavy Square Tuft Carded Fdt
Mattresses; our regular $13.75 grade;
Friday 9.50
50 Pairs White Ruffled Edge Swiss
Curtains; our regular 75c value Fri
day 33p
W"lds Heavy Cork Linseed Oil Linole
um, per sq. yd. 19
GLOVES
CHOOSE from
200 pair Silk
and Kid Gloves,
slightly imperfect, slightly
soiled front handling during
the rush of Easter glove sell
ing if you can find your size
and color, you will find a
Bargain. Long and short 2
to 1 6 button.
All at One Half
Marked Price
Domestic Section, Basement Salesroom
40 IMCH VOILE in plain colon,,
extra line quality, -t Q
Ftwcial per vard.". i.aC
3 IMCH SOFT CAMBRIC Fin
ished especially for nnc needle
work, 121 -2c quality wr"
Friday, 10 Yards . ". . OC
The Boss Ofl Mop and one qL
can Polish both, 2f
Friday, for Ot?C
30 INCH KIMONO CREPE In
Kood assortment of 1 C
patterns, special per 1. J.OC
50 INCH PILLOW TUBING, lery
durable quality, lirmlv woven
Special per 1C
yard .... IOC
Full Pound Can Oriental Talcum
Powder; regular 15c j
vatae for OC
Everybody's Basement Salesroom
Offers Unusual Values Friday
Silk Dresses $5.95
Choke is offered of about 30 Crepe de Chine
and Messaline Silk Dresses made in latest shirred
belt and full skirt styles. Misses and women s
sizes. Remarkable values at $5.95
Street Skirts $2.95
A new hne of Women s Serviceable Street Skirts of
Novelty Suiting Serge and Black and White Checks in
the new pocket trimmed; yoke styles. Unusual valuer
at $2.95
Reversible House Dresses
Can be utilized as a Negligee. Kimono, Coverall-Apron, j
Slip-On, House Dress or a Maternity Garment made of '
excellent Gingham and Percale in Plain Colors. Checks
and stripes sizes 36 to 4C. '
$1.25 $1.50 and $1.95. I
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