Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1914 — HUSBAND IS ABSOLUTE BOSS [ARTICLE]

HUSBAND IS ABSOLUTE BOSS

Judge Who 8o Decided Now Empowers Him to Eject Wife’s Relatives.

Springfield, Mass.—Judge Charles L. Long, who two years ago made the celebrated decision that, “man, who pays the bills, Is boss of the household and lord and master of the exchequer,” ruled that a husband may eject his wife’s relatives from the house. Hormidas G. Labine, the defendant in a separate support suit, declared that it was a case of "too much broth-er-in-law.”

Judge Long said that a husband has the right to remove from his home any of hie wife’s relatives, and If he cannot do so alone, the police. If called upon, must help him. In the end. however. Labine was ordered by the court to contribute to the support'of his wife and children.