A MODERN SOLOMON.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10104, 11 October 1917, Page 2

A MODERN SOLOMON.

Solomon was not the only wise man who has boon called upon to settle knotty (|ii<>etion.R, anil an incident just transpiring at QujtniflTi, a town ' in Georgia, puts Judge W< II- 4joi*{jc in the class with the ancient kiiiß' of lsI'fleL says an American paper. However, in this case, instead of making show to divide an infant between two women, Judge Long allowed the Illmonth old baby of Mi' and Mrs Lonnie Rogers decide to wliich parent it would cling. The Rogers separated wnne weeks ago, and the father kept the baby. Then Ibe mother instituted habeas corpus proceedings for the custody of the child, and the case came before the city court. Judge I<ong, after hearing pleas of both parents, decided tliat he would lot the baby decide its own fate, lie instructed several women to hold out t'hoir arms to the infant, bui it clung tenaciously to the father's neck. Then this Georgian Solomon directed the mother to stand before the child, but not to make an effort to entice it iliom the husband. "When she stepped lup the baby gazed at her a moment, a smile dimpled its face, and then it held out its hands to .Mrs Rogers, upon the Court decreed, that the mother: hhoujd ta)fc possession of tier offspring. Tim Eaikoum County Council urges \H\ the Hurunui electorate should bo re-uamed K;iilfOi|r;|, wluclj js now the of m$ nptf ejepioraj (linnet.