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Show CHECK ON EXTRAVAGANCE OF WIVES. Baltimore Herald. President Seth today came to tho rescue of the married men whose wives exceed their limit of credit, when he. Introduced a bill making merchants liable to punitive damages If a woman is given credit while her husband Is providing her with all the necessities of life. The preamble of the bill states that married men are often Inconvenienced Inconveni-enced by extension of their credit to their wives, and it provides that the husband can go Into a covrt of equity, stop the giving of credit and recover damages. |