A CHECK FOR ERRING HUSBANDS.

Taihape Daily Times, 26 August 1919, Page 6

A CHECK FOR ERRING HUSBANDS.

Fime hundred Tampa women have formed’ the Wolnen’s Protective. League, and say they propose to clean up oigaiiiseil rice by direct action; that they propose to undermine its support, says the 35311 Francisco Bulletin. By the establishment of a sort of‘ moral ered-it bllrezru, this organisationl proposes -to furnish any woman :1 eon-1 fidential report on the “double life’’‘ of her lmsbanrl if she Wants one. The‘ inquii-or (fees not even need to give} her own name in making the inquiry; ' she may (11-signzrte 7:1. post office a(l(ll'eSs,l or any place where an agent of the league In:l_'r deposit the report on its. investigation. Organisers of the bureau say tlrotl seventy of theirnumber have pledged to do the investigating work in the,’ Open, yvhile the remainder will work in secret. . “SO many women have old repro~ bates for husbands,’ said one of the chiefs, “that they o:m’t work openly because their husbands won’t. let them. Therefore, they will work seer-my,” The theory of the league is that if a. man has not been walking the ‘straight and narrow W-a.y, one of the‘ five hundred will know about it—~or at 1 least find out. i l