Show I FRIEND PEOPLE S Salt Lake City Dec 21 1915 Friend of the People Peoples I would like to ask what what are the fire tire rules In theatres for o Are the theatre owners allowed to seat eat people people people peo peo- In the aisles when all other seats are are full The reason reason I ask this question question ques ques- tion is because I was always of ot the impression all aisles alslee must be clear While at a theatre yesterday the usher told people to fill till the aisles in lu inthe luthe the face of a fireman on watch which I am almost positive is against the fire tire ordinance of this city If It there are no rules against this there theia ought to io be some enacted before any accident acci acci- dent ent happens Thanking you jou ou In advance for any Information A SUBSCRIBER The city ord ordinances are very very strIct In this regard It Is In violation of I the law for any theatre management tc to pla place e chairs in inan an aisle or cr in any other way obstruct the exits The theatre where this was done was violating violating vio violating vio- vio lating the la law v. v However the fire department Inspectors visit th the vanous various various vari van ous theatres daily dally and probably this same management has already been varn warned earned d against this procedure FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE Friend of the of-the the People I of Sir Sh The The recent decision the supreme su preme court of the United States In inI I regal regard to the status status' status of of wom women n who marry foreigners raises one or or two Interesting ques ques- That decision Is in brief that thata a woman becomes pf the nation to which her husband belongs losing losing- her citizenship here here even when living In states where equal suffrage exists Now suppose the husband dies does the widow count as of ot his nationality or does she lie he revert to her former American citizenship Or perhaps th the y question should be can she claim I citizenship p again without naturalization tion Bo So So also if she should be divorced di divorced di- di The question can be a n. little complicated too by supposing that at and after atter marriage the woman Is a resident In this country and amI that sh she therefore remains practically If not legally a citizen of ot the home state Another interesting point Is is the that is from the modern viewpoint of the he he equality of the sexes sexes why why a man marrying a foreign woman should not by equal right lose his American citi citi- citie What hat is sauce enuce for the goose Is sauce for the gander Other In Interesting Interesting Interesting In- In situations ma may t follow tollow this decision Of course It can as well be asked why a foreign woman marrying marryIng marrying marry marry- ing an American immediately becomes a voting citizen In a suffrage state when a man from abroad marrying an American Americ n woman has still to undergo naturalization But that Is an old problem not created J by the recent Judgment There is is il 8 a quite old pronouncement pronouncement pronouncement pro pro- pro pro- I believe made by Sam Weller Sr In Pickwick wick Papers as asto asto asto to the law being an Ass which may cover these queries NATURALIZED Under the expatriation act passed by congress March 2 1907 the wife automatically loses the citizenship of her husband with his death It IS s possible for lien her to retain that citizenship citi by declaring herself before the consul of ot her husbands husband's adopted mtr co country Section 3 of the expatriation act provides At the termination of the marriage marriage marriage mar mar- relation she may resume Ameri American an citizenship f If abroad by registering as an American citizen within one year with the con consul ul of f the United d States or by returning returning- to reside In the United States or If it residing residing residing re- re re- re siding in the United States at the termination of ot the marital relation by continuing to reside therein t PAUL ARMSTRONG United States Naturalization Ex Ex- |