The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-06-23
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
ENTERTAINING GOSSIP FOR THE
WOMEN.
Women and the Law-Artistic De-
signing-Aluminum Strips in Dress
Skirts - Cleaning Black Goods -
Fashion and Fancy.

Skirts Cleaning Black Goods -
Fashion and Fancy.
Man-made law has not been unfair,
of late, at least to women. A husbandt
cannot dispose of his Wife's dover in
his lands without her consent. a wife
can sell her lands and give absolute
title thereto without the consent of her
husband, just as if she wee single.
A husband can be made to pay for
necessaries supplied to his wife. A
wife is free from such liability for her
husbands needs. A Wife's dover right
exists with or without will, and can
not be Invested without her consent. A
wife can will away all her lands and
all her other property without making
provision for her husband. Women
debtors against whom legal judgments
have been found are exempt from the
execution Of such judgments in cases
which, so far as men are concerned,
are limited only to those who are house
holders. Married women have broader
household exemptions than men. In
New York city a man WHO fails to pay
a woman employee wages due UP to
500 is liable to arrest, and none OF his
property is exempt from execution for
the debt. In Brooklyn a man is SINH
larly liable who fails to pay 4 woman
employe, other than a domestic scry-
ant, wages up to $50. Women are
substantially exempt from arrest in all
civil cases. To arrest a woman ''Willful
injury to person, or property or such
an evasion of duty as would be a con-
toy Of 1c1f 1,n Oh, IN oil
civil cases. The factory laws and 9th
er laws affecting like employment are
replete with provisions for the excep-
tiOnal care Of women who are en-
ployes. The rights IF wives as to the
guardianship Of children arc the same
as those of husbands. Insurance on Il
mans life paid to his widow is ex-
empt from execution for her debts.
No execution against the person of a
woman can be issued unless on an or
der of arrest granted and executed in
Il legal action. A man is bound to
obey and help an officer of the peace
OF a sheriff when quelling disturbance
OF making an arrest. Woman is free
from any such command. Man is liable
to be called on to take up arms for
law or authority and to expose himself
to injury or to death. Woman is free
from military service. Men are liable
to jury duty. Woman is free from it,
Artistic Designing.
This has been confined to a few spc-
riaIsts, whose work is deserving of
all praise, but it is only necessary for
an observing person to enter an aver
age home to see. how very specifically
the appreciation of truly artistic sur
loundings has permeatcd the mass of
the Inhabitants of our island.
Tho producers of cheap textiles, car
pets and other goods have elected to
cover almost all their productions with
patterns and desi gns. BY far the larg-
or number of these (so-called) decora-
tons are inartstic and disturbing to
the eye. In one small room we often
see congregated and crowded together
every possible and impossible dccora-
ton. The walls and ceilings are COW
cred with patterns. Patterns crawl
over the chintZes and curtains, and the
carpets are either mosaics, of imita ton
Eastern cOloring, or else are covered
With SPRAYING arrangement of leaves
and spOtty flowers. The tiles and
CRATES still further prove the modern
mania for littering everything with pat
terms; While even architects Ito meet
the popular taSte) carve the lintels and
arch1traves of the doors and windows,
or cover them with conventional mould
ingS and plaster decorations.
Now, the result of all this is that the
eye becomes fatigued, and when Il real
ly fine and noble design is placed in
such Il room it fails to produce it's eff
feet. because Of the underground of
futile patterns that already cover every
available space Of the floors, ceilings,
walls and furniture. How much the
English might learn from the Japanese
III the art of leaving large spaces I'M
decorated so that the single good design,
the graceful spray of almond blossom,
the group of flying birds, the one fine
bronze or porcelain vase should have
the proper advantage, and the specta-
tors attention not be distracted from
them by a rabble of inartistic patterns
and ornaments with which so many
folks nowadays make their sitting
rooms hideous. FOrtnightly Review,
Aluminium Strips in Dress Skirts
Some women have had their spring
gowns made with aluminium strips in
the bottom. The metal is so sprngy, vet
is not ungracefully stiff, but it is open
to objections. Out in the West End re-
Gently saw pretty young girl come
tripping down the steps Of her home,
clad in charming new gown. She was
going to take advantage of the fresh,
sweet air and walk She got outside
the gate, and giving one Of those indies
cribable shakes that women affect
when starting. she took two steps, and
sat down She sat very hard, and re-
gardlcss Of the fact that the sidewalk
was wet from a recent shower!
1t was evidently much easier to sit
down than it was to get up, for she
scrambled around in great shape be-
fore she got the high heel Of her small
boot extricated from the steel in the
bottom of her new gown. If you want
TO make that young lady furious just
mention steels to her.
Sleeves have got to the point where
the lavish use Of material calls for a
prop, and it has come in the shape of a
wire, which is ingeniously inserted in
tho ton Of tho ro1,1roiro,,c 1,o,