conditions; and the way to do away with divorce or reduce the frequency of it is to remedy the evil social conditions which, in a great many instances, are responsible. The fact is, the institution of marriage is going through a crisis. The old view that marriage is a complete merging of the wife in the husband and that the latter is absolute monarch of his home is being questioned. When a man with this idea and a woman with a far different one marry, there is likely to be a clash. Marriage as a real partnership based on equality of goods and of interests finds an increasing number of advocates. There is great reason to believe that the issue will be only for the good and that from doubt and revolt a more enduring ideal will arise, based on a sure foundation of perfect understanding. NOTES: [415] See an excellent article on "The American Woman" by Miss Ida M. Tarbell, in the _American Magazine_ for April, 1910. [416] In 1893. "Be it resolved by the Second Legislature of the State of Wyoming: "That the possession and exercise of suffrage by the women of Wyoming for the past quarter of a century has wrought no harm and has done great good in many ways; that it has largely aided in banishing crime, pauperism, and vice from this State, and that without any violent and oppressive legislation," etc. [417] Women in Colorado have been of greatest service in establishing the following laws: 1--Establishing a State Home for dependent children, three of the five members of the board to be women. 2--Requiring that at least three of the six members of the county visitors shall be women. 3--Making mothers joint guardians of their children with the fathers. 4--Raising the age of protection for girls to 18 years. 5--Establishing a State Industrial School for girls. There had long been one for boys, but the women could not get one for girls until they had the vote. 6--Removing the emblems from the Australian ballots. This is a little, indirect step toward educational qualifications for voting. 7--Establishing the indeterminate sentence for prisoners. 8--Requiring one physician on the board of the Insane Asylum to be a woman. 9--Establishing truant schools. 10--Making better provision for the care of the feeble-minded. 11--For tree preservation. 12--For the inspection of private eleemosynary institutions by the State Board of Charities. 13--Various steps toward prevention of cruelty to animals. 14--Providing that foreign life and accident insurance companies, when sued, must pay the costs. 15--Establishing a juvenile court. 16--Making education compulsory for all children between the ages of 8 and 16, except those who are ill or those who are 14 and have completed the eighth grade, or those whose parents need their help and support. 17--Making the mother and father joint heirs of a deceased child. 18--Providing for union high schools. 19--Establishing a State travelling library commission.