New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1917, Page 9

THOU ART A JEEL lnyway, Smolnng in the House Is ' Such a Cruel Thing to Do (8pecial to the Herald) ' New Haven, Dec. 22.—Four wealthy ¥pung idlers not having anything par- “ticularly else to do, have for the past few weeks made it a practise of at- tending the regular morning session I m. City Court. This quartet, proud papas do not suffer from B ‘nd paralysis while mgning checks !Of thelr sonhs (Industrious lads, too,) yere in court when the non-support of ¥rank E. Brauer of the Win- jhester Repeating Arms company ® up, Breuer is 29 years of age, ‘wife is slightly younger, and the dmestic troubles of the two were ‘en an eiring. It was the oft-re- ted mother-in-law. Judge Caplan ld the young couple to get together more, and let mother-in-law pay | visit occasionally. “Friends and ristmas Bells may unite them,” said judge. Brauer told the court that ke loved his wife and wanted to live With her, but he didn’t want too uuoh mother-in-law stuff. “I don't #iean not to have her visit us” he dald, “but T don’t want ler to do too huch buttin ’in,” 4 The quartet with nothing to do de- dided to Investigate the n-other-in- question. One of them took idgeport, another New Haven, the ird Waterbury, and the fourth ford, Bridgeport officials, anad, fact, officlals in the other cities, re seen, particularly the prosecut- attorneys. Bridgeport.comes first the number of young couples sep- Fated, sometimés through mother-in- , and sometimes other in-laws. “I_betcha,” sald the one covering e Park City, “that I have heard me of the most unique storles ever. Why, they would fill a book. Scores of the couples with troubles never go te‘court. . They-are settled in the of- fige of the prosecuting attorney. The prosecuting attorney and other law- yers often patch up differences. Ma- In-law seems to be a dominate facter ln Bridgeport, ‘and it is surprising to the large number of ‘couples who #ve decided to go their separate 8, after pledging their everlasting feglance at the altar, because of the terference of outsiders. “One case struck me as being both ‘pathetic and ludicrous.. A young ple, married a couple of years, were paying for the insurance on the life of'the mother-in-law. It was she . who first suggested it. Two months Rfter being examined the young cou- glp went to the mother’s to visit. The @ Save Your Cash and Your Health *\‘.L:'. CAS(ARA QUININE Poms” The stwadard oold cure for 20 years— uopl-n- mother was just wiping the dishes af- ter the evening meal. Going from the sink she picked up four plates and one cup. The cup sHpped, she let go the plates, but clung to the cup. “Smash! “The crash of the plates was quite loud. And it didn’t assist the moth- er's good temper, either. “‘Too bad, Mrs. Blank’, said the son-in-law, ‘that you have dropsy.’ “And that started it. She couldn’t See the joke. The son-in-law left the house after receiving the worse be- rating he ever did gt. He was ‘told that he ensnared his wife into marry- ing him. That all he was looking for was the insurance money. That he never need darken that door again. And he hasn’t. The daughter stayed with the mother, and to last accounts is there yet. She visited the proper authorities, and nothing could be done but to serve the young man with a notice to pay his wife so much a ‘week. And he is doing it. There’s lots of other cases down there the same way. The ipsurance has lapsed.” “Huh,” said the chap who visited ‘Waterbury, “there’s a big bunch of | that stuff up where Scovill’s is, too. {Why, I heard a unique case up there. There's a husband, nothing more than a boy who has never drank nor smoked. His wife is a pretty lit- tle thing, and used to meet him at the hotel where he is emploved. Going home one day, he found his home all shot to pleces. Pictures which hung in the dining room when he left home were taken away, because, as his wife sald afterwards, ‘Mama thought they were awfully cute.’ They were cute.” They were tokens of esteem glvn the youngsters whn he got mar- rled, by his co-workers. ‘“He wanted them back. There was a wrange. Mother-n-law appeared on the scene. Bxit husband from his own home. Returned around 11 o’clock, wth his wife's mother still doing sen- tinel duty. ‘Young man, explain ygur absence,’ was the salutation. ‘Oh, hell’ was what he answered. And then the fun started. Believe me or not, but mama brought the wife back to the original home. Husband put the goods in storage. 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Up in Hartford {mother started. hat was broken, coat torn. He is still | there’s plenty of cases, both in public | ..« = u sending the pennies, but, according |and beyond the public. Many's the | D e Y de“';(‘ "‘:‘: y;’l to a police officer they are meeting se- |tale I have been told. As you fellows , Should, really should, make arlie cretly nearly every nght now. There |picked out one instance only I'll do 'give up smoking altogether. You wil bs a puch up there all right, all |the same. Make it & /motion picture |don't know how much nicer your rig! scenario, so long as the papers have ‘house woudd look. That horrid old announced that C. Chaplin is to be ;plpe is somethin’ awful.’ Wife did as married. Well, this Hartford couple |told. Big kick. Nothing doing. ‘You were married. Lived happily in a |don't know how to manage, my dear,’ isuburb of the Capital city. Mother- |explained the Big Noise. ‘Just child in-law often came in for a visit. Fine. him along, or I mean that horrid Soon began to notice lit- |slang word,—-kid him along. Make ‘Do you allow Charlie to | him think ho's the only man you ever Why, |could possibly live with. 'That scheme Don't al- 'worked. Later, whep hybby didn’t p in Hartford,” said the third amateur investigator, I found that in many of the cases mother-in-law or boore, sometimes one and sometimes the other, and in some cases both combined, caused the breaking up of | All right. once perfectly happy homes. I sup- |tle flaws. pose you fellows found, didn’t you, jsmoke in the dining room? that where they have a kid or two, 'that will ruin the curtain. 3 have anything to say at home, he thought it about time to assert his in- dependonce. Ireiand has nothing on that young man. He doesn’t know the meaning of the word. Oh, sure, they separated, but only for a month. Some kind old lawyer who handled the non-support case for the wife gave the mother-in-law a good talk- (ing to. The result is that she visits | her daughter and the couple visit her. Also, he is now smoking in the house.” { ‘“You fellows know as much as I do fa.bnm. New Haven,” sald the last one. “That Brauer case was just an ex- ample. Mother-in-laws come and mother-in-laws go, but I discovered a case right here that is a jim-dandy. SAVINGS CLUB NOW $ .50 per week for 50 weeks totals $ 25.00 CLASSES 1.00 per week for 50 weeks totals 50.00 2.00 per week for 50 weeks totals 100.00 5.00 per week for 50 weeks totals 250.00 plus interest plus interest plus interest plus interest Right in the heart of the city is ‘& young married couple. They live with the wife’s mother. The fellow is &/} grouch. The mother-in-law sticks up’ for him. She heals the breaches bé- tween the couple every week. She patches up the differences and doesn't interfere at all. She minds her own business. She’s an ideal mother-in- law. I know because I knew. She.: thinks niore of her son-in-law t of her daughter. 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