Kansas City journal., 1898-03-09

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These are but two of the numerous divi-
dend paying properties in Jasper county,
and are cited to show the wonderful re-
sources Of this mining district and the ad-
vantages it has over gold mine invest
ments.
FEMININE FACT AND FANCY.
Life: Mans love is short story"
woman's, o serial"
A woman's curiosity is not always deplor-
able-for instance. when it causes her to
listen to advice.
Mrs. Rebecca Brown Mitchell enjoys the
distinction Of being chaplain OF the Idaho
state legislature.
How many chafinS-dish experts know
how to make good bread?" pointedly asks
an old-fashioned woman.
The "QueeE's English In her majesty's
speech prepared for parliament has been
severely criticised by the London News.
The sad fate Of the president Of an Iowa
Don't Worry Club has just been learned.
Business difficulties caused her suicide.
Cynical bachelors comment: The woman,
who has become a fine cook has learned the
art at the expense Of her husbands diges-
ton.
A hieroglyphic marking scheme has been
adopted by an Eastern shoe dealer. who
understands some Of the foibles Of woman
kind.
In France it is proper for girl to pray
for q husband; for a youth. first to decide
to marry and then look around for his
ideal.
The woman who leads high pressure life
has frequent need Of safety-valyes. though
their operation may be unpleasant to her
family.
Rumor has It that ex-Empress Eugene
will leave a handsome fortune to Queen
Victoria's favorite daughter, the Princess
Battenberg.
Gum chewing women will be glad to learn
that, in the opinion Of a prominent New
York dentist. the habit is a healthful one
for the teeth.
1t is said Of Ming Jung, the professional
foot binder of California, that she has an
income Of $4,000 and pays taxes on $4,000
| worth Of property.
Item containing food for thought: The
American women OF to-day who are dis
tinguished for their literary attainments
| are not college graduates.
The evils attending the emancipation Of
! women thicken and increase. Here is a man
! inventing condensed food tablets that do
away with the necessity Of cooking!
They say: As fast as women demonstrate
| that they can do things better than men
can. the men whose duty Il has hitherto
been to do those things stop doing them.
There are two kinds Of Chinese wives
| natural foot wives and little foot wives.
Anyone can buy the former, but the latter
| is luxury only the well-to-do can afford.
The latest thing among New York society
danes is the personal application Of
| Shakespeare's lines: Her voice was ever
SOFT gentle and low. an excellent thing in
woman"
A sister Of Buffalo Jones. the Kansas and
Nebraska celebrity. says an exchange. has
become insane in London where. under the
nom-de-plume Of Ida orme. she has won
recognition as = song writer.
|
| The new woman perturbation has reached
even China, IL one may credit the published
| statement that Chinese ladies who, twen-
| ty years ago. were shut up in harems. may
now be seen bicycling through town."
| Upper class italian women are reported
as being as ignorant Of the needs Of the
poor as was unfortunate Marie Antoinette,
who once exclaimed: "Why do the people
cry for bread when they can get nice
cakes"
Susan B. Anthony in loud whisper to q
woman's suffrage audience which is ap-
/ al <J;rer 6or MIA Nfxy MI to <4
know If she shall sing again. or merely
bow. Sing. I say; that's what you want.
| isn't it?'
A woman does not always throw up her
profession when she is married. Mrs. Wood
hull-Martin. who. as the American girl,
Victoria Clafiin. published Clafiin's Week
| ly, is at present editor of the English peri
| odical, the Humanitarian.
Passenger on a Washington street car:
| "I was taught to give my seat to a lady.
and, believing it was right. followed the
teaching until . few months ago. Now.
do 1t only in cases I think deserving. Too
many women have failed to say . word
when arose and gave them my place. This
in the face of the fact that was tired out
from a hard days work."
|
A school teacher Of the late Frances E.
| Willard thus describes the school girl: Her
presence was q benediction and an object
lesson to order and application. Even at
| that early age she had q volume or two in
| manuscript Of some story. romance or ad-
venture. She soon had the school organ
| lied into a club Of contributors to week
| " paper of which she was editor-in-chief.
and to the columns Of which older hands
at times contributed.
I pl,yo afafArh0AA n, hA YpN& &od
States Ii situated in the old French quarter
Of New Orleans. and there IL also coaored
orphan asylum In connection with it. An
old black nanny. to whom . visitor said:
You seem to have white children here, %
replied: mo: they all have colored blood
in their veins. Maybe they are only quad
Rooms OF octoroons: some Of them, indeed,