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Show r- House bill Xo. 154, which was reported favorably favor-ably by the Committee on Judiciary yesterday, should become law. It provides that in the event of separation of husband and wife, and before legal proceedings are taken that the mother shall have the custody of the children of tender years. When legal le-gal proceedings are taken the court has discretion as how to award the custody. A mother should have the first right to the custody of the children she bears, and the proposed law simply changes the common law rule as it has been changed in nearly every State in the Union. : |