Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1912 — TO SEND WIFE TO SCHOOL [ARTICLE]

TO SEND WIFE TO SCHOOL

Husband of Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Warned He Cannot Disobey the Education Laws. Philadelphia. —“You must send your wife to school until she is fourteen years old, or you will be arrested and fined," warned Magistrate Boyle after imposing a fine in the case of John Palasis, whose wife, Annie, is only thirteen years of age. The young wife and her father were arrested on a. warrant charging them with failure to comply with the compulsory education law. When asked why she did not attend school, Mrs. Palasis, who wore short dresses. Bald she had no time to go to school, as she had to get her husband’s meals and look after othef household duties.