Show I H i- i i I I 4 1 Ii ABANDON THEIR WIVES f ro i roI I 4 CHICAGO Aug 15 1 Wife fe 4 v 4 abandonment is on tho increase 4 4 I 4 in Chicago Ca Cases s 's of hm husbands bands 44 4 r 4 deserting their wives and chil- chil chili 4 i 4 r have ha become so 10 frequent in the 4 r 4 last act a t ten months that charity 4 4 I. workers worker re regard 3rd the thc situation as 3 44 4 i iY 4 Y epidemic 4 4 i Between ind cases cases 4 i 4 hap been berl r reported to to the Chi ChU h 4 I S- S 4 cago cago R Relief and Aid society society 4 4 sinco since last November No This is d 44 4 4 r 50 0 per pcr cent hi higher than thun the nuns nuns- num- num 44 4 4 l her ber r reported d to the society in the 4 i ii i 4 corresponding period last year 4 4 r Lack of work duo to hard rd t times tn 44 4 r 4 4 drunkenness es and despondency 44 4 4 r are are the principal causes 44 4 r 4 advanced 44 4 r 4 4 i f i i r r- r r ia I I I r-i r i- i i |