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Show TTI.nt tha lluibamt lltla Nothing. No law In Ibo Philippines Is moro Cualnt lliuu that which relates to the property of married persons. It Is entirely en-tirely In favor ot iho wife. Properly of a hrldo Is never by any chance settled on n husband, and If ha Is poor while she Is well off be can only become nt most an administrator of her possessions. posses-sions. After death thepropcrty goes to her children and blood relallies, unless un-less eho baa executed a deed lu her husband' favor under tbo eje of a notary. A married woman bears ber maiden name, but adds to It that of her busbsnd with tbo prefix de. Children bear tbo names ot both parents, Tho Independence which women enjoy In the Philippines Is held by Miss Usrnett to afford evidence that Mill was wrong when lie assumed that "tbo subjection of won en'' Is Immeraorlsl and worldwide. world-wide. After the marriage ceremony the husband symbolically endows the bride with all bis worldly possessions. It Is clearly a case, so far as the wire Is concerned, of "what la yours Is mlur and what Is mine Is my own." I'ort-nlghlly I'ort-nlghlly Itevlew. |