Show A PLEA FOR THE DUCKING STOOL i in england aaring tile and tobo the c us tom to punish shrews by ducking this method of meting out justice to a scolding woman fell into disuse in 1745 since then there has boon no which so well fistea tills class of criminals its abolition fett unsupplied a clear feces sity of human natured natu ref so at least must hare been the conclusion of justice duffy of the harlem pollee court in new york ile had before bilm a couple named john a nd jane kelley last for di g the peace of a tenement house by fierce quarrel iiii the held the woman responsible as soon as he caught sight of her FI bacat bad 1 50 p co plo bea 0 M me without leam ing something of human nature exclaimed the er per fenced justice and I 1 tell you that you are eschold what they call in the I 1 fourth ayrd a barge I 1 let you I 1 in a tenement mine clansa I 1 know you would empty it id a week then it was thadlie suggested that f he had liva in the old time he would have sent harfe to a pond to be ducked the punishment WAS extensively U d in england during the and centuries as and consisted I 1 fastening the shrew to a chair ita of a lont beam adri ing on A and then ducking herin pond river or even a small well on the principle of a see aaa was repeated to the of the victim it ca used considerable merriment to tile crowds who witnessed the performance for mance and the grimaces of tile brew were often tha subjects of totes of he period jut while it was doubtless the proper thing for such people as tha of now york seem to 0 it lacked in a thit it did not provide 4 be sama humiliating inflections inflictions Inflict ions upon the men were undoubtedly just as as the women it maybe that it it al into disuse for this reason only if it did the suggestion might be made that it V re instated As a fit punishment for the intolerable 0 I 1 tiie modern era among whom men vill take a front rank we adt mean everything that A dohe either in a private or public way which they themselves did not originate and pro nJ nor do we necessarily mean affy of out utah though there are exam ples among both of thess c kassep but reference Is had to the everlasting household scold who never has a word of encouragement jet that patient household blaye his wife it the ducking stool should be reinita ted 1 these days according to the wish of justice victim should be a grumbling married man and the second should be the man W 0 is continually prating about how newspapers and private individuals do bof appreciate his self exalted thoughts and ego HAI a actions |