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NOTES OF THE DAY THE LAW & ENTICEMENT The Very Idea!

Now that the smoke has cleared away at Washington, it is evident that the acts of the last three months have started the United States off at one of the most rapid clips ever attained. But it [is not at all clear in what direction,

gramme.

·By ALFRED FELLOWS

plications and Ilelen of

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EDUCATION

Marlene

Education is what does it. Dietrich might

Until recently there was much present day, when he has no legal BY EDDIE KELLY, ILLITERATE doubt whether an action by a wife control whatever over her. In body against a person who successfully or estate, it is an anachronism.

UR modern educational urged her husband to leave home UNSUCCESSFUL GRAFTING.

system is all wrong, could be maintained by English The moral underlying all these and something should be Sometimes it seems that Ameri-resolved by the judges in two or go with their ridiculous Im- done about it for the sake ca is heading toward socialism; three modern cases, the most re- Troy and otherwise, is the old one of posterity and Edward sometimes to be swinging off for cent, of course, being that of New- that feminine emancipation cannot Kelly, Junior. state capitalism of a kind that ton v. Hardy, just heard and decid-of the old Ecclesiastical law, which successfully be grafted on a basis fwill make Signor Mussolini'a ed by Mr. Justice Swift.

still permeates the Divorce Court

It's too late for we grown Fascism look watery. Nobody can

In the Tonth Commandment the and many of the legal relations of ups. Nothing we can do can tell, to-day, and so

Israelite's wife was ranged with his husband and wife. For that old alter the fact that women. for nobody

ox and his ass as property which was essentially founded on the have been taught too much. seems to care very much. The

his fellow-Israelite was forbidden band Although it ensured

subjection of the wife to the hus- important thing is that a great to covet, and the notion that a wife subiection in its own way, It con- the experiment is being made. That, is the property of her husband cor- ceded the married woman valuable In fact, is one of the most interest-tainly coloured the old law of Eng-immunities based on the theory of have started some women wear- ing things about the New pro- land, though its harshness

her subjection. was Roosevelt his passed mitigated by the legal duties he jettison the subjection and retain wife has been doing it long be-

Briefly, she has now contrived to

ing' pants, but in our family the one great fork in the road-away owed to her. It was established in the immunities. The late Mra.fore the film star thought of it.

of early days that a husband could re-Jackson, of Clitheroe, established cover damages against anyone, man the proposition that a wife.can or woman, who persuaded his wife walk out of her husband's house father's day.

It was different in our grand- to leave his household against his on his part or legal inconvenience, try or anything like that.

and desert him without interference bother about arithmetic or geomo- Women didn't will.

and a less well-known Mrs. Micheli The basis of the action by either proved that, when she does so, she a carefully regulated husband or wife, on the law as now retains her "restrained" income expounded, is the loss of what free from all claims on his part. lawyers call the "consortium," or, The doctrine of the old law was more colloquially, domestic bliss. that married people ought. to live The domestic bliss of one spouse together. The doctrine of the new depends on the continued affection law is that this is not obligatory if and society of the other, vowed at either spouse finds the other Incon- the case may be, and the Intruder of these doctrines is right, both of the altar or before the registrar as venient or tiresome. Whichever who, by luring that other deprives the first spouse of such on both cannot be otherwise than away,] them cannot be, and a law founded bliss has done him or her an action- unjust and anomalous. able wrong. This is now held to Canada, and many of the American be the law of England, following States.

from the free individualism the past, but the main fork ig still ahead. The country still has plenty of time to decide whether to go on to outright' socialism or whether to build progress on controlled, capitalism,

NOT COMMITTED

Lump together those remarkable recovery measures-industrial con- trol, farm relief, Muscle Shoala, inflation, mortgage relief and so on- and you find that the Presi- dent has not committed himself. Capitaliam gets a chance to prove that it can follow out a plan in which

the interests of the average citizen

In practice, however, the right of

REDISCOVERING

Years ago, for instance, a wo- dear, what would appen if a wo- man would say to hubby: "Pate, man walked into the Hongkong Hotel and had a drink?"

And Pete would grunt, and tell her not to ask damfool questions.

add two and two, If you give her Nowadays, what with education, everything is different. Sho can

pencil, and arrive at the correct enough paper and sharpen her figure three times out of four.

In the olden days a man would say to his blushing bride, "Now, darling, I earn $600 a month, as you know, I shall need $50 for Club for tifins, and $125

for the

action is almost worthless, for it BRITAIN'S CAKES for Incidentals. That will 18226

"Bring

persuaded" the erring mouse from allegiance. This, of course, very difficult to establish, please." especially if, as usually happens,

something plainer,

Hidden away in unsuspected corners

you $200 to carry on month, won't it?"

Ho'd invariably get away with It, but he can't now. They've been educated.

BEER'S HOW

FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1933.

will be fully protected. The great involves positive proof, in the fields of manufacturing, transporta- words of Lord Justice Greer, that THE CABARETS tion, finance, agriculture and dis-edundant "procured, enticed, or BY J. W. BANFIELD, M.P.

tribution are still held by their his or her The Hon. L.G.P. is mistaken in original 'owners. If they can pro- his interpretation of our policy duce a satisfactory result during

Why, most of them even read the on the cabaret question. We do the next years, well and good. We the enticed one is ready to testify from a nearby table I looked up and women reading the newspapers, At these words in a feminine volco newspapers. Not only are the not take sides in the sense im- are going to get a good idea of to original sin rather than per- Saw

suasion as guiding motive for proffered plate of "sticky" pastries, cater for them. All the splash a waiter taking back the but the newspapers are starting to plied in this or any other matter what a government can do. Is it the "desertion."

This of public interest, When dan- capable of running a large, publicly-

was at a seaside resort a few headlines gone on articles about Sundays For nearly fifty years, however, cing academies were first intro- owned industry, of overseeing every the appropriate remedy against a sainty which has long held sway in important subjects like body-line

ago, The beautiful-looking Continental Interest whatever to men, while dresses and hats and things of no duced to the Colony, they Burt of commercial and financial spouse who leaves the home and 80 Great Britain is going out of fashion bowling, the cabaret question and brought with them certain un-activity, of maintalaing_decent breaks it up has been farcical,, for desirable features and no off-wage levels and stabilising mon-effective power to enforce a decree of memorable cakes. In the West of Happy Valley are crammed over judges since 1884- have had no throughout the country are all kinds the, pari-mutuel prices out at cial action was taken. Their ey and prices? The American for the restitution of conjugal England, for instance, growth in popularity has been experiment is worth serious study. rights otherwise than by a main-villages where a holidaymaker may

there are on one side. accompanied by a steady im

tenance order against a husband. still find these famous scones made ing across an article describing. We object, for instance, to com- provement and it is quite fair

By the "man-made law," how with flour, and baked in the old enough misery in the world to-day with sour buttermilk, the tops dusted the porfect husband. Isn't there to say to-day that they are well- THAT SILVER CONTRACT. ever, the wealthy Woman conducted. To illustrate, it is

breaks up another woman's home indeed, are scones plus that little shoved in front of our wives?

who fashioned stone-tiled ovens.

These,

without having. ideas like that 'only necessary to mention that

in this way can do so with Dividing those who frequent them feel no

thirty-five

im-something the others haven't got. million punity so far as the Divorce Court reluctance about taking their tries is clearly a more technical mended to the group of women who hundreds of years ago to offset the Hoping that the price of beer

ounces of silver among five coun- is concerned, except for costs.

FEW "UNIVERSAL" CAKES, own partners. At this stage, problem than would seem apparent are still loudly denouncing the delicate flavour of the newly imported in Hongokng will come down to This contrast may perhaps be com-

Except for Madeira cake, invented Government is legislating to pro- vide measures for control, and to the uninitiated. It would be inequality of the sexes before the Madeira wine, and the sponge cakes fifty cents is being as optimistic it is foreshadowed that the mid- extremely interesting to know the law.

without which no Victorian party was as the Scotsman who swallowed a night closing hour, imposed by process by which it was decided Another example of that in-complete, few of our enkea have the police arbitrarily a week or that Canada, for instance, should equality is the fact that a-husband achieved anything liko universality.

*yet penny and then ate_yeast to_raise- so ago, will be endowed with the absorb 1,671,802 ounces into her remains liable for his wife's torts. Bakewell tarts,, and the famous Ban

While Bath buns, Chelsea buna, money. authority of law. It is also pro-Treasury, while Mexico's quota is large sum of money because his from their homes, you still must go Two beers for the price of one. For the husband who has to pay a

It's hoping against hops. cakes are now obtainable far posed, or so we understand, to to be 7,159,108 ounces. The con- wife deserts him and seduces an- for a real Eccles cake to Lancashire, There's plenty of other places in Can you imagine it, though. concentrate all dancing estab- tract has been signed, lishments in one area, where we should fear the possibility of a the law not only leaves him defence- demorara sugar and curranta as prin- better than that.

otherwise other man may well complain that where they use a special mixing with the world where they do you even they will not interfere with the Inst-minute breakdown on the score injury to it. In the days when a

less against the insult, but adds cipal ingredients. peaceful enjoyment by a house that one country

What would you think, for holder of his night's repose. quired to take an ounce more than iacomo-they are so long ago now sharply on a hot-plate. These de- get as much beer as you can drink was being re-husband took and apent his wife's gridia ch the same with Scotch instance, of a place where you can

cakes, which are baked very If this is not included in the its fair share or something of that most people have forgotten shortbrend, need in their making a peanuts, onion pickles, fried fish, Government

llelous things, like the genuine Scotch for sixpence, with potato chips, programme, we that kind. Speaking broadly, the them--and also could cause her to Scotsman's skill, which seems to defy pige trotters and a great big strongly urge that it should be, average man is inclined to look be imprisoned if she deserted him, imitation. I often wonder whether counter lunch thrown in. Just but it is inconsistent with rigi- rather questioningly at an agree-ing home, it was right and just that baker's craft in Scotland, and the

or even forcibly prevent her leave the remarkably high standard of the think of it, all for sixpence dity of hours. We have enough ment which demands such attention he should be responsible for her success of the Scotch bakeries in London't know. But just think of it. grandmotherly legislation on our

Don't ask us whore it is? "Wo Statute Book without adding to minute fractions for common wrongs to other people. In the (Continued on Next Columna.) to. it. We have heard a lot of acceptance. Round figures would specious talk on cabarets. We have looked much nicer and would have heard a good deal of idle have been much more impressive as talk. And we have heard a con- a measure of the freedom and the siderable amount of arrant non-spirit in which the signatories sense,

But the mere fact that entered into the agreement. Still, cabarets consider it worth while we suppose we ought to congratu- to open their doors at all in the late them on the fact that the month of July in one of the most quotas total up all right. uncomfortable summers for a

decade presents an irrefutable

•

argument in their favour. And MAN'S GRIEVANCE

if they are to be confined to a

district where they cammot be a

Is it not quite time that a short

nuisance to people who desire to sicep, we cannot think of a single Act were passed to abolish the logical reason for restricting to liability of a husband for his wife's specified hours the harmless

torta? In an "enticing" case de- amusement derived by their cided in London recently, had the clientele. It is not as though the claim put forward aucceeded, it same persons attend the same would have meant, in effect, that cabarets every night; those who a husband paid damages for his might possibly be regarded as wifo's adultery to the wife of the habitues are the idler type who man with whom she committed it do not need to and would not go That would indeed, as the Judge to bed whether they happened said, appear

Gilbertian. Bat

to be at the cabaret or at a res situations only a little less so are taurant at West Point where the of fairly common occurrence, and curfew is not known. What dis-will continue to be, while this tinction does Grundyism make ancient liability remalne. Nobody between a West Point restaur-

mo-

ant and a dancing academy that who has married a wife fond of dictates discrimination against saying libellous and slanderous the cabaret? If there is some things (and local to-table talk thing objectionable, let us shut gives a man many nervous them up altogether. If there is mente) is over safe from being nothing radically wrong, we cou- mulcted, and perhaps ruined, by tond that the hours question, in her long tongus or thoughtless pen, the city district, does not gen- which he may not have the slightest uinely come within the province power to control. Whon wives even of a government of benevo were herfs, of course, the liability. lent autocracy:

was more reasonablo,

bury

como back later for the tickets? He'll be gross if we wake him now

*

NOW YOU TELL ONE

There is a well known brand of motor cycle named the Ascot Pullin. (For this free advertise- ment we will accept a tyro-trend design suitable for summer suit- inge). In re, and following up aforesaid unasked for Informa- tion, we beg to tell you the follow- ing:

Facotious porsen met friend in Y.M.C.A. at Kowloon. Motor cycl- ing friend had one (1) black eye, also gravel rash on samo side of face.

Said facetious friend, facetious- ly pointing at injured face of motor-cycling person:"" "What. name dat faller?"

Said motor cyclist tersely, and without Imagination: "Ascot Pullin."

"Thon," said facetious friend, "I'm keepin' eff Scotch dentists." Cravings of pardons, but the excuso is, it's true. We never tell lies on Thursday. Our wife doesn't believe us. Besides, a man has to uso oven the truth when he's got to fill up a column.

don, may not be due to the inalatonco throughout Scotland upon proper apprenticeship.

Shrewsbury cakes, enshrined" "for: over in the Ingoldsby Legende," are: another speciality which travel afold, but never quite in their original form, These little round cakes are baked, upon wires, Another luscious con Zectlong he trubichmond, is the type of which la obtainable" "only" at

historia Maid of Honour

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