Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1911 — Judge Decrees That Wives Must Obey [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Judge Decrees That Wives Must Obey

KANSAS CITY, Mo.— In granting « decree of divorce to Samuel C. MoGee, a policeman, against Mrs. Louisa 8. McGee, Judge T. A. Frank Jones, in the Circuit Court, arraigned wives wbn have shown themselves to usurp the authority of their husbands. He dwelt upon the relationship that should exist between husband and wife, and traced this relationship from the day of the cave man thrpogh the ancient common law of the AngloSaxons. He declared that the law ;of today has made little change In the fundamentals of this relationship as it was in the times of Holy Writ, when the command, "Wives, / obey your husberfds,” was made. The hueband alleged general indignities.

which the wlfo denied. The judge said: “A man is the master of his own household. The law vests certain'authority in him. When a woman marries she voluntarily gives up many of the rights she had as a single woman, and she must submit to her husband's authority. She agrees to submit to bis dictation and she must submit to it so long as It ts not arbitrary and tyrannical. "Whenever a wife works for money, she Is bound to give part of it to help support the family. 80 loug as she does not work for money, she has « right to demand that bor husband support her properly. But when she does work outside her own household for gain, she forfeits that right and mast. In tbs discretion of her husband, help pay the way of the family. "It makes no difference If her husband stays at home, does the cooking and the housework and she makes the living. Under the law, the bus* band Is still the master of that household and she must submit to his authority.” ~ ■ r . . Srh..