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E Eighteen Ig h teen Sr Sates lat s Today the sins of eighteen en states against w women have been uncovered d by the National womans woman's party Tho most heinous of sins in the cy eyes s of tho the feminists consists In the tho refusal of a to recognize tho the equality if U women In all legal matters Burrowing fast into the tho voluminous ous state codes contained J In the library of ot the United Stat States s court the ten women lawyers v u rk- rk lug under the direction of or Alice Paul are ferreting out the dIscriminations discriminations discriminations nations against women As soon asa as ns asa a complete list of tho the transgressions transgresSiOn against the sex in ono one code has been unearthed tho the shamo shame 0 ot oL that state Is flaunted to o the world orld in pamphlet form It is hard to to- determine which o othe of oj the states is guiltiest from the feminist tern fem Inlet inist point of ot view certainly not on one e of the eighteen Is entirely blameless S a Judging merely superficially Georgia Georgi a eema m. m to have haye received the most moat black marks from the recording g gt angels at work in the supreme cour court t library Husband Ix Lord rd in Georgia Under any and all circumstances circumstance s the 1 husband is the head of the family fam fam- fly ily In Georgia The parsin may ha have vo sonorously announced that the two should be made one but in Georgia the husband is the one The husband Is is t the head of the family and the wife Is subject to him her legal civil existence is merged i in the husband is the way tho the law reasons in that wicked state Ed Scott and his wife lived in Hall Georgia She rented the house in which lived and helped the husband and by teaching school She complained that a drunken man of the name of Paterson Pater- Pater eon son Invaded d her home and used sed vulgar and prof profane ne language Her husband claimed that the man was no not drunk and that he was a suitable associate and that he behaved ed most decorously Whether or not the drunken man could be punished for his invasion of the house depended upon whose home it was The court said eald uN No matter who paid the rent rent rent- the true legal relation of husband and trod wife In her the wires wire's mind is reversed This puts the petticoats hi lit a more advanced position than the pantaloons Where husband and wife reside reside- together she fine nay may may be head of he lie is is' is he lead d of of Q B house Case Cited in Mi Mississippi Ii Neither does the Mississippi laws law cognize s marriage as a partnership between tween equals Here too the husband hus- hus band Ii nd may welcome or exclude anyone anyone any any- one oAe he ho wishes from the home for any reason or no reason at all For Instance the following case was taken taken taken tak tak- en from the legal records Colonel X refused to allow his stepson the only child of Mrs X to visit her The court upheld him stating he had bad a perfect right as master of the house to exclude an any person from from- his doors and to determine determine de de- termine who should be received be-received received as asa asa asa a visitor by Iby his wife whether or not the grounds upon which he acted were sufficient to justify him in a amoral amoral amoral moral point of ot view In Louisiana the mothers mother's authority ty over her legitimate minor children children children chil chil- dren is inferior in every way way- to that of the father lather By Louisiana law Jaw children children chil chU- dren owe obedience honor and re respect respect re- re respect to their father and mother Butin But Dut ButIn In case tho the parents disagree the fathers father's will Is the only one to be honored respected ana and obeyed In Louisiana an attorney recently quoted quoted quoted ed ed to the effect that if fl the com commands ands of the mother and father clash the father is to be obeyed upon account of the excellence of his sex Whoopee the excellence of his sex sox and maybe that expression didn't make mako the feminists mad Mother l Cares for Child In the laws Jaws of most of the tho states the tho rights of pf the father lather are In every way superior to those of the wife but the tho mother is the tho sole guardian S for t of the illegitimate child chUd In Virginia I the father lather of an illegitimate child chUd I responsible equality with the tho mother moth moth- er for tho the birth of the child child- has no legal responsibility for lor its care and support In Florida a mother may bring a bastardy complaint against the father and If she wins all the father can be compelled to pay Is 50 6 0 a year ear for ten years towards the tho childs child's and education plus the expenses of the birth of the child The earnings of a wife are un under Iter the control of her husband in VerI Vermont Vermont Ver Ver- I mont nt and in Maryland In Michigan New Jersey Maine Rhode Island Colorado Florida Alabama lab ma and Missouri the husband owns the services if it the wife within the home homo Sh She can cannot not require him him to pay flay her wages wages nor can she claim the money she makes from keeping boarders boarder lIn in many states a married woman may imay not make a business contract without the consent or of her 1 Husband Ausband mor can she she legallY legally enter a business partner partnership hp with wit her husband In Michigan a wife was restrained from conducting a competitive business business business busi busi- ness against her husband after disagreeing disagreeing disagreeing dis dis- dis- dis agreeing with him ana neither could she secure a divorce In Alabama although the husband husband hus bus band baud owns his wife's wite's services in the home he is entitled to object to her earning money money outside of the home and although the wife does not have full control over her own property the Alabama law makes a married woman fully r responsible for her debts incurred both before and after marriage Jn ln Louisiana a wife may not accept a gift or Inheritance e I without the consent of her hll husband l. l The causes for tor which divorces ma may mayDe Y oe De granted are seldom equal in an of the states and the women say are often unjust IIi Iri J Virginia an and d Maryland a wife may be bo sued for lor di divorce dl- dl vorce upon discovery of acts of f In Indiscretion Indiscretion indiscretion in- in discretion committed oy by y her before marriage although she can not sue for like causes In Texas al acts of ot fn Infidelity on tho the part of or orthe the husband after atter marriage are not considered sufficient cause for di divorce divorce divorce di- di vorce though a man may suo sue his wife 1 If it he can prove prOTO a single case of unfaithfulness |