Bingham News | 1922-05-20 | Page 1 | The Country of Mothers-in-Law.

The Country of Mothers-in-Law. China until recently was the country coun-try of mothers In-law, where they reigned and used their power jo make martyrs of their daughters-ln-law. ! One cannot Imagine to what point this ferocious authority was carried.' But their good time Is nearlng an end; the young wives have liberated themselves them-selves In the Chinese republic. The feminists of Canton have won a "glorious victory": r irsi mere in no lunger un.v iiini-rlnge iiini-rlnge code. Second the wife has the right to keep nil she has earned. Third The divorce laws are the same for the two sexes, I It would he Interesting to know what lis thought of all this by the old man-. Vlarins with crystal or mother-of penrl Wtons.