Show PRAYS FOR WHIP MIP OF STEPMOTHER Trials of Stepdaughters Revealed Revealed Revealed Re Re- in Court Fail to Win Girls' Girls Cases By If The N S r lc LOS ANGELES JU Dec 23 The The tribulations tribulations tribulations trib trib- of a stepchild related on the witness stand in Superior Judge court by Viva yiva Ray 17 years old and her sister Ister Ethel four years her senior who sought to break the instrument by which their father the late Dr r W. W C. C Ra Ray left left his estate In Inthe Inthe inthe the hands of his second wife wite Miss Viva VI told of being ordered away to bed b by her stepmother and Instructed in instructed In- In to take a lath with her When hen she was dressed In her nightgown her stepmother appeared in her bedroom and whipped her with the lath But tho the stepmother Mrs Winifred Ray was not strong and tired after a few strokes She made me get on m my roy knees and pray to the Lord to give her strength to punish me testified the young lad lady Did you do ilo it asked Judge Finlayson Finlayson Fin- Fin layson hayson with a smile on his face Wh Why yes said Miss lIss Viva She held the stick over me rue and I had to pra pray Here Hero are some of ot the other things the young lady complained of I She had to get up at 5 G o'clock in inthe inthe I Ithe the morning and sweep and dust the I house Once a week e she had to go I sa over ethe the floors s sw w with a vacuum u cleaner n and if she didn't get set a bowl full fun of or dust she had to do the work over again FORCED TO ADMIT LAZINESS She had to get the breakfast wash the dishes dress and care for her stepmothers stepmother's stepmothers stepmother's stepmothers stepmother's step step- mothers mother's mother put up her lunch dress herself and then walk to school school- One day she was late to school and her stepmother made her write an excuse saying that the reason that she was late was that she was laz lazy Here arc are some of the complaints voiced from the witness stand stan l by the theelder eld elder r sister Ethel She was not allowed to have a graduation graduation graduation dress when she graduated from hl high h school and was the only girl In Inthe inthe the class who didn't have a new gown Some one sent Fent her a silk dress through the mall mail and her stepmother ordered her to send it back She and her sister were allowed so much bread to eat cat and could not make themselves toast That the tho butter was measured out for lor or them That she had to wear shirt I al waist t. t two sizes too large shoes that did not fit tit and and- her stepmothers stepmother's old dresses GIRLS REVOLT AT TREATMENT The young young- ladles ladle finall finally revolted at atthe atthe atthe the treatment and Viva Vl Jumped out atthe of at the window one night following the lath episode and her sister Ister Ethel fol followed followed fol- fol lowed a week eek later Since that time the they have havo been living apart from their stepmother The girls sought to get et the benefit of at ofa ata a part of I their heir fathers father's estate valued at approximately To this en end their attorney E. E B. B Coil Coll sought to I have the Instrument under which their I stepmother held the property found by the court to be a a. declaration of trust and to find that Mrs Ra Ray hall had violated the terms of or the trust through the mistreatment of ot her stepchildren stepchildren- The Instrument was drawn by Dr Ra Ray who was waft twenty-one twenty years ears the senior of ot his second see wife so as to avoid the necessity of probating and distributing distributing distri distri- buting buling his estate It provided that his wife should take the property care for tor his children provide for theO them a Corn com om- om home treat them kindly and leave them the property when she dies die After listening to the ld e evidence Judge Finlayson held In favor of ot Mrs Ir Ray Bay The court found that the Instrument nt did not create a trust and that while the stepmother might have treated her stepchildren harshly at times their treatment was waR about the same Rame as durIng during during dur dur- ing the lifetime of their father |