The evening world. Newspaper, February 2, 1912, Page 18

! coos ae 18 of a Series of Articles by Nixola Grecley-Smith. Copyright, 1912, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York World) ] cant Give MoTHER Any THING | Pee Give MotHER ( Dowcar A weer your mONOe ! —< wer Sons Wu gs} 4 ernst hd et TAO THEN -1W- LAW TRE EVERLASTING DOMESTIC TRIANGLE Revelations in the Domestic Relations Court Wherein Sons Refuse to Give a Cent to Keep Their Poor, Aged Maternal Parent From the Almshouse, Although Earn- ing Fair Salaries. ‘Then Justice spoke through Magistrate Cornel. “2 direct this man,” he said, in- ioating the engineer, “to pay his mother 61 a week. He seems will- ing enough, so I merely direct him. But this man," he added sternly to the other brother, “I put on pro- vation to pay his mother $1 @ week.” Mr. Cornell turned to me, “Phat ia an excellent method we ploy In these cases,” he remarked. put that man on probation to pay, and if I wet @ report that he doesn't pay I send him to the workhouse.” ‘0, there ts do of the story of “Mothers’ Day" {un Modern Babylon, To save the mother from the G@imshouse, the son has to be threatened with the workhouse, Yet every ittie while, the discussion fe revived as to which a man would Answer to the Query, “‘Should a Man Save His Wife or His Mother in Case of an Accident Where He Cannot Rescue Both?”’—The Wife Wins Every Time, According to the Excuses Made by the Delinquents. Some yoars ago a young woman in Philadelphia made a suggestion, which was widely followed through- out the United States, that one day in the year—the| eave if both were in dangor and he socond Sunday in May—bo set aside for the colebration| could save but one—bis wife or hie of Mothers’ Day, and that every man and woman should | mother he answer to ¢ woar a white carnation in honor of the mothers’ fes-)CFum Ja furnished every ino} tival iT th Domestic Relations wife wins every time—why not? The idea has never been very popular in Modern Tho wife contributes to the man's selfish Babylon, which has, however, a special mothers’ day of| happiness, She is at one with his {ts own—two “mothers' days” a wees, In fact—for tho] *engest Instinct. saa 5 * . mother to be sure has borne afternoons of Wednesday and Friday are set aside in! yim, gneitered his hic frig RIXO! the Domeatic Relations Court for hearing cases brought) fancy, tolled for him . 4 sacri GMTELEY> SMITH by the Department of Charities against tho children of| ficed for him as « wife rarely 14, broken-down women who have applied for admission to the city alms-| 408s Bus ail thas ie nod id house, or, to give it ite more impressive title, the New York Iome for the} Sune Pest: And gratuude ives Aged and Infirm. 1 0 long. The mothers are not complainants in these cases. Adrift in Babylon,! ure few working women in Mod- Tepulsed by sons and daughters who refuse to harbor them or to contribuse|@™ Babylon who do ol aPbed here to thelr support, they turn age Inst Fe | support. She ta more than seventy |nes, “Winortel aw motion eae Qeusse to the city almshor And tbe-|years old, her daughter cannot afford) they nue Ae wan Na ata aaLAtAIG fore Babylon admits them to Ite grudged|t® Keep her for nothing and ahe has | sue 0% re. B00 y tin |APbiied to the city for rellet, from a senso of duty to an aged parent hospitality the Charities Department, Y whom they maintain, Ana nearly all the interest of the taxpayer, investigates| STORY OF THE ENGINEER AS/of them have married brothers, most the circumstances of the applicant, and HE TOLD IT IN COURT. of whom give nothing to thelr parents {€ it discovers @ thriving relative in the inn of the brothers, |SUPPOFt, and who bolleve that "woman's @irect line, summons him to the Domes- vas the first to take the |Piace ts In the home. tle Relations Court and forces upon him "God knows what I would have done hie ehirked and reluctant duty. without my daughtera!” a wee Sometimes these hc mothera are | tering old mother In the courtr too old and bed-ridden to appear in court, and only Mr. Garvey of the De- partment of Charities, who prosecutes the cases for the city, Is present to give 1 make 8.47 @ day, about $15 a week, T have a wife and two song to support,” | “How old are the sons’ am “Fourteen and sixteen ANOTHER VIEW OF Are they tn MOTHER QUESTION, D,* Of course, is the other side of the presiding magistrate the depart-| “Do they work?" the picture, and Mrs, Bridget Hanlon ment's report on the circumstances of| "No." jfurnished it when I was in court, ‘the mother and her neglectful children. | “ow muoh money have you con-| Mrs Ha hale, grayshatred stout SOMETIMES THERE I8 A CASE|tributed to your mother's support dur- [oll pe & fighting face and the past year?! “Teme than $5." looked as if she had been ivictorious In many @ fight. By all the “Don't you think you could apare a! sand prognoatications of prenatal FOR THE CHILDREN, ‘The proceeding ‘s not at all one-sided. af there ro bellied children, st 19) cortain regular amount to keep your old |!” the son of this aged Fee a antia nother from becoming a public charge?" (Valkyrie should have been a prize- eaLibe, with naan asked Magistrate Cornell, \fahter, but tustead he's a Hthographer in three or four savings banks »fte py ae could spare $1 @ week,” the | matt Hie ioral ly to the city for relief, and (her eee ga . a ie or eae aridss efforts to convince the court oot Sie ye #1 8 week more |" he a that he had applied tot that notwithstanding these visible evi-| ‘ae the shipping clerk making #18 |“! tet Weekly thought he could sj The engine blunt, obvious! Mo mentioned inotdentally that Mrs. Manlon's sister, the late Mrs, Slattery, had died in the city alms- dences of prosperity they are in dire need, furnish the only comedy tn what truthful Cot hears them, een a [aye erate come | MAANer on the witness stand was much | sing bank accounts in Tle a ees’ © polished large, high ings inetitutions for i Fier, atood together before | °UNding words with Nish, | m f dollars of which lars, Magistrate Cornell this week to expustn T make $15 a week and T have a wifo| Manion had gas Bey “ erg eity, and three children, five, seve ero to said Mra why they did not contribute to th up years of axe RE ia 4 i Horan port of @ mother who was too old and 1 te appear in cou: ationary @ Ratiroad, for an my mother anything.” | “You are making a good salary,” mented the Court “Yes, Your Honor, but I have tncurred naiderable indebtedness which 4 of these men com. etrical frm. 7 tn one ineer, in @ flannel shirt and Jumpers, you hy i wie foal blackened face and } tates the pa of $12 @ week out| bank and $i t interrupted fesed an oxtraordi of my salary, » the pompous, wordy | ME Garvey it dapper shipping clerk, Feply, “At one time I dived very much What we ye talking about now? fully pressed gray oult, immaculate linen Peyond my means, and 1am now pay ld Mra, Hanlon, ‘ar@ a pearl gray tle. Physically the "8 the bilis”” | "¥eur Honor, twe brothers bore a remarkavie resem-| "I suppose you pay a us plagce to each other, but there the ike neas ceased. ‘The engineer was obviously ashamed of the situation in which he found hj eof self and seemed anxious to make amends, The little clerk, on the ¢ trery, was ang defi pugnacious chin } short, dogged re iN this did not the with ata the Departs 1 know, Y nN that f with a wide dren of her own to Are eight sons and daug! family. James, a son in very poor eit cumstances, elps his mother. ttle, ethers do nothing for her, Some of the | squared his shoulders ay ‘ehddé@ren are outside the State of New | @! York. These two men here are able to| “No, Your Honor, I can't give any- pay Something toward their mother’s|¢hing,” be sald, oe * your m “on Noth COLLAR, (¢) Easy to put on, easy to take off, easy to tle the tie in, MT Ces © ongnt ave Coe € Gof pee aed eal Juet Cornell tn id. | | Yes, Yo Hor repiled the little ne | touched the Court's eympathy BALTIC if that is the case you can have the debt volded, and the Court will be glad to assist you w you bring the evt- PLAN NOT TO THE LITTLE MAN'S LIKING, A New le NEW YORK, THE MODERN BABYLON lothers’ Day in This Town Is Celebrated Twice a Week, but No While Carnations Are Worn Eight { uy yur, own e465 THe 1 lh Ha a gao AGO THE MOTHER bank officials and prove these things,” Mr. Garvey interrupted. “Very weil,” agresd Magistrate Cor- nell, “And now, Mra, Hanton, I under- stand that when you broke up house- keeping your son offered you a home 4nd you went to live with him?" “Yes, Your Honor, couldn't stand tt. 1 My son's wife,” voli lady tn explanation, “Why not?” “Sho wouldn't do nothing wouldn't walt on me; wouldn't me; wouldn't do anythin; “Why didn’t you cook for yourself?" “1 had nothing to cook. One day BAve me five exeH to cook for my ted and they were all bad, Then when I told her what I thought of the eggs sha came after me with a knife and fork.* ted tu Kive you some- aid the Magistrate sintl- for me; cook for By this time everybody in court was laughing at Mrs, Hanlon’a woes. I looked over the courtroom to discover the belligerent daughter-in-law—"Her" i the heavyweight Mrs. Hanlon called er. Tn a front seat, smiling with se, stont, jolly, the f mild motherliness, wife, and, divining that was looking for her, she very OTHERS, OR ARE tration to make a | must be considered. brain is the James McC | 23rd Street | we can eubpoena the} MISSES’ SUIT DEP'TS, On Saturday, F Advance _ styles Tailored Suits and D and Gray, in various materials and 16 y! 23rd Street Gree, Peeves: Comeees, Maher, Dost, 8.0 ONE OF THE HUNDREDS THAT LEAN UPON UNTO YOURSELF? It takes energy, brain-power, conce: Vitality—and the power to keep it, To be a Tower of Strength, you must have staunch nerves, with in harmony. Scott’s Emulsion body- wholesome, ‘nvigorating. Suits of Whipeord,—plain tailored cut- away coat, lined with Peau de Cygne. Sizes 14 to 16 years. Dresses for Afternoon and Street wear Ta eas THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4%, 1912. obligingly raised o: to her bosom and whispered, | “There was no living with her, Your Honor," Mrs, Manion continued, “She Pease do anything I told her to, so T left her on the coldest day of the | Worst month of the year." | "What month?” asked the Magistrate, “Sure, Honor, I don't remember is ike March, let and now ay 'd like to hear All this n, & nober, honest, docont-looking man had been standing Just beside the witness chair which his mother occupied in evident distress at the mirth w the mother who ac- cused him of neglect excited. {HIS MOTHER WANTED TO RUN THINGS HER WAY. “I am perfectly willing to care for my mother," he sald, “but there is no living with her, When I took her into my home I told my wife that she would try to run everything and that she mustn't let her do it, But my wife is easy-going and she was willing to let her be the boss. Even with things that way, was unbearable for all of us, But it's not my wife's tauit, Your Honor, She's my second wife, and be- fore [I married I boarded with my mother. Put me out on the street ‘The last time— don't | know what for put me out on New Year's Day with my littl girl by my first wife. The child | was siokly. We walked the streets for hours before I found a friend who would take the little thing And the little girl took sick an died, and"—— The mi ft broke into mottled patoh mouth writhed, mple hosom of the second tears streamed down eke the ehiid of her hus- another woman t know what my mother did ft son when he could speak , do you drink?" asked r the Department of | Charities: And Mrs. Hanlon told how much she drank—"“a glass of beer now and then to keep my strength ause I'm a vard-working w “Then the daugh- ter-In-law told how much Mrs, Hanlon drinks—a very different story. And the |son refterated that he would care for | his mother, but he could not live with | her. | And an adjourn feure testimos lon's bank boo! as taken to pro- g Mrs. Han pe CAR RAMS AMBULANCE. (Surgeon Hurled Against Glas tihule and Badly Inju Ven- ‘An ambulance from the German Hos pital and a ‘Third avenue car collided at Sixty-elghth street to-day, and Dr. was thrown Frederick the ambul | of the car ve caught between the ambulance and the car bumper. An ambulance surgeon from Flower Hospital found that Dr. 1 ich was suffering from two bad scalp and tnternal Injuries, He was r to hs own hospital, Dietrich from YOU SUFFICIENT livelihood. and body working best nerve, brain and builder. 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