Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-17
W0MEN's INTEREST.
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When unfortunate enough to rub or tear
a piece from the outer surface OF d black
kid glove or kid shoe, take few drops
of sweet oil and mix it with an equal
amount of black ink; apply this mixture
to the white spot, or any part that may
be rubbed, and the spot will hardly he
noticeable. This treatment will also fresh
en- an old pair of black kid gloves.
There is happy mean in everything,
II is said that a shrewd old lady heard
her married daughter say:
If my husband doesn't do such and
such a thing, he'll ind himself in hot
water"
My child said the old lady. "a man
is like an egg: kept in hot water little
while he may boil soft: but keep him there
lCng and he hardens-'
Look at your husbands :. brothers or IA
therS new frock coat and you have a pict-
ure of the newest thing in outer garments
for womens winter wear. The three-quar-
ter length. tight-fitting frock in black
beaver or castor brown Venetian Is
.,swagger' to the last degree if-mind YOU.
if-you are tall enough to carry 1t off.
Not otherwise. The short Jacket IS the
most becoming to the short woman who
will not wear the long Redingote or New
market-the most becoming shapes Tor her
in plain coats.
The most expensive material ever pro-
duced for a dress was that purchased by
the empress of Germany last year from
Lyons. The material was white silk bro
cade. having flowers, birds and foliage in
relief. and cost 42J yard, the actual value
of the silk. it is said. being ESD. The
empress was so struck with its beauty
that she had not the heart to cut il up.
and IL was eventually turneu into curtains.
The price paid for this material is about
double as much the famous cloth of
gold that Louis XIV. had made into Il
dressing gown.
\ number of property owning women in
New York have organized a defensive So
ciety. called the Ladies Legal Association.
Many women. ignorant of legal quibble5
and the wide avenue for fraud which law
opens. have been swindlcd by unprinciplcd
forming an organization and retaining re-
sponsble counsel. they can obtain trust
worthy legal advice at all times in the or
dinary discharge of their business. This
concerted effort gives them legal protec-
ton which would otherwise be beyond
their means.
Asbury Park Journal: No law in
the Philippines is more quaint than
that which relates to the property
of married persons. 1t is entirely in favor
of the wife. Property of bride is never
by any chance settled on husband. and
if he is poor. while she is we'll off, Es
tor of her possessions. After death the
property goes to her children and blood
relatives. unless she has executed deed
in her husbands favor under the eyes
of notary a married woman bears her
maiden name. but adds 10 1t that of he-
husband with the prefix de- Children
bear the names of both parents. The in
dependence which women enjoy in the
Philippines is held by Miss Garnett to
afford evidence that Mill was wrong when
he assumed that -'the SubjuCation of wouI-
en- is immemorial and world wide After
the marriage ceremony the husband SYM
bolically endows the bride with all his
WORLDLY possessions. 1t is clearly case.
so far as the wife is concerned. of what
is yours is mine. and what is mine is my
own"