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Show tli Cc tli. , It U U-t vr. C.0-a not filed an answer to Lis wife's petition. I'o probably will t:t. The pro; "r tMcj for ?!r. Cr-Lu to do is to t? O the t '1 timber. -.I is a tl:?race to niar.L6oi. Any. :u who rusk: 3 his -wife's life a series of bargains c tis own selec: tion is a most brutal husband. The great mistake Mr. Georgian made was in not permittic his wife to -take advantage of these strenuous bargain-day attractions. Ilad he pursued this course he would not now be defendant In a divorce ult '.The husband hus-band who mixes up in bargain-day functions is toying with dynamite. ..That privilege belongs to the wife exclusively. And it is right that the wife shonld:enjoy a monopoly in bargains. ' HriiiS'is and Wives and Bargains. ; ' Bargain-hunting women are pretty good institu-ticto8, institu-ticto8, but deliver us from the man who is afflicted with the mania. Shoes too tight for comfort, garments bought at mark-down sales and. other . like causes arising from the fact that her husband had a bargain-day mania form the ground of complaint com-plaint of Mrs. Annette Georgian, who' has filed a petition for divorce, from her. husband, William Georgian, in New York. The wife's petition says her husband bad become incurably addicted to the habit; of reading, bargain advertisements and attending at-tending sales of this kind. As his desire for the bargain counter grew he became more brutally cruel to his wife. . He let her read the advertisements advertise-ments of those establishments which were marking down prices on feminine -articles, but never let her attend the.salesj , He did thet buying. From these bargain counter rushes he brought back shoes always al-ways a" size 6r two too small, corsets she couldn't . wear, Princess gowns which no woman may wear in : these days,- arid shirtwaists which not only did not fit,' but were out of date. Mrs. Georgian had , trunks filled with clothes, but not a thing to wear. When sh went"out she walked upon feet tortured by'shoe so tight as to cause her agony at every step, and had no remedy. She was. never per- .' mitted to "buy her own shoes. She wore the skirts and jackets ' her husband had bought which appeared ap-peared least out of fashion, but in these she knew she attracted the attention of every well-gowned woman she met, iand her heart was borne down by a sorrow which became too great to bear. Newly-advertised Newly-advertised breakfast foods, cereal coffees and other things he bought over the bargain counter and forced .her to eat . Her life, according to the petition, pe-tition, was one contihual sacrifice to. the bargain counter' ; ilr.' Georgian, according to the petition, even had her wedding ring cut down a size, and forced her tai wear it, though it nearly; cut through, |