Show THE WIVES OF BARCA A Valley of or Whore Where Queer Customs Pr Prevail vall In tho the Valley of tho the Barca in Abys- Abys there amity is sr according to to a l' l i returned traveler a community where the women without holding meetings or a agitation of any kind have 0 emancipated emancipated emancipated themselves All the tho women work hard while the men are aro idle but by way of compensation the tho house and all nU it contains belong to to the wife wire At unkind word she turns the tha husband out at nt night in storm or rain and he ho cant can't come back until ho he makes amends by the gilt gift Ht of a cow The wife considers it a duty ditty to abuse l the husband and if sho she were weak eak enough to show any uny love for him ia iu life ifo or grief at his death she would b bd be t scorned by her lien tribe The wife with without ith out any reason renson may strike her tent and arid go tl kiJ taking with her lien third one-third of the tha hn joint possessions The husband unless he is traveling may not live liva out jut of hit his tent but the wife may go po to parents for a n year and annul for forthe forthe the he timo time her own marriage In n all ull of this his the tho secret of emancipation em and pat ion toward which women are blindly struggling is h hidden The Tho emancipation r of the wife comes only when she sho entirely supports her lord and master thus thug rendering herself indispensable to his comfort And possibly emancipation on these terms might not hot be as leg les- ira rable le as the pres present nt of shop shop- ping Ting in the tho morning taking a a- nap Inthe m In the he afternoon and so me- me body ody to the theatre at night Froin From tho Chicago go Herald |