Show f Use Ducking Stool on Gossips T wV l L-j L ui I 7 4 e 7 S At the left Thomas F F. F Graham Right a sketch of the ducking stool which he advocates for gossips The woman culprit is lashed to the char chair at the end of the plank and lowered into the pool once twice or three times as her think desirable When its it's over she doesn't care quite so 60 much S.- S. for gossip I V By VID LARSEN NEA Service Writer SAN SAi FRANCISCO COl March 11 Do ll-Do Do you Jant tnt v-tnt to check divorces Then stop the mouths of the neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood gossips How Revive the use of or the old- old fashioned ducking stool This is the out Hit and out dictum of Judge Thomas F. F Graham of ofSan ofSan f San San Francisco known throughout the nation for his lila work vork in reconciling reconciling reconciling recon recon- families that have cO come coe le before before before be be- fore him seeking Heres the cure for gossips says the judge pointing to an old print of the English ducking stool on which village gossips and scolds used to be placed and Immersed In Inan Inan inan an icy pond This device was also used in New England in colonial days S Hundreds of divorces are caused by gossips Judge Graham contin contin- ues And dont don't think that all gossips gossIps gossips gos gos- sips are women women fact tact is there are more fibre men ihan gossips vi iti Someone whispers loudly enough for the husband or oi wife wire to hear Theres There's a row row one one that cant can't be patch patched d u up By the time the case gets to the court the husband or wife realizes that tbs th-a gossips were not whispering the truth but ut by this time bitterness has supplanted love and the divorce is demanded Protect our homes against gossIps gossips gossips gos gos- sips by making the gossip business unpleasant The ducking stool ith with cold water as an accessory would do the trick hick As for the tb money seeking women women women wo wo- men I believe Ive I've solved that lem Ilm I have ruled that no alimony will he be e granted In cases where the husband and wife have been married less ess than two years ears That rule shoula b be written Into the law N Too man many wom women n marry men with the shrewd tho thought that they'll get a divorce orce In a 3 few months and be su supported ported by their former hus- hus the rest nest of ot their bf-their their lives But Judge dont don't I get any alimon alimony ali all mon mony monr one woman asked him re reo re- What did you d do b bore before tore you were were married four months ago countered countered coun coun- the judge I SSI 1 worked of or course Well have you forgotten how to worl work the judge asked asle as as he het hel t l t l i l n n tv the tt-p T pe case x The only exceptions to the r r rare are maa in iii eases cases where there are children he explains ins |