The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-26


misery which is their constant portion.
/ A squeezed-in foot, however, can gem
orally be detected, and, as a rule, is any
thing but a thing of beauty. The whole
shape is often altered until the foot is
almost deformed at length into the Chi
nese variety.
@EIls Wife,"
Il always hate" said the lady who
was tWirling her. gold bowed glasses,
according TO the Chicago Times Herald,
to hear a man refer to the lady whom
he has Wooed and won as my wife
The man who says my wife did this or
my wife has gone there or my wife
likes so-and-so.' has not a proper re-
position she should occupy in his house
hold. My wife,, indeedl Poufi In the
next breath he speaks Of my horse or
my dog. I'd like to have such man
for a husband little while I think 1
could teach him a few lessons that
would be good for him. When a man
lowered herself by accepting his ring at
the altar he should speak Of her as Mrs.
Smith or Mrs JONES' as the case may
be. I'd like to hear my husband men,
limit himself to just that once
And yet said the little lady with
the soft hazel eyes and the rather timid
manner, lit seems to me that a man
might do worse than speak of her as
his wife When your husband was over
at our house night before last, Mrs.
II husband
ed parlor golf, and happened to be in
an adjoining room for a few minutes
where I could overhear their CONVERSE
ton thought it sounded awfully nice
when Henry spoke of me as his wife
It just made my heart leap every time
heard the words come from his lips.
Wei, of course, some women are so
constituted that they prefer to be re-
garded as inferior beings, and where a
case of that kind exists it may be lust
as well that the husband does take it for
granted that he is her proprietor. But
you didn't hear John F'rithington refer
to me as his wife I'll venture think
have succeeded in teaching him to
know his place little too well for
that"
mo. When he spoke of you he merely
called you the. old girl
Some of John Frithington's friends
seem to think that his wild, hunted look
is Of late more in evidence than usual.
Love versus Humor.
They who write that that mystery.
the heart OF woman, would have US
believe that humor Outlines frightens
away the little god of love. Make a
man ridiculous in the eyes of the wo-
man who loves him, and she will cease
to love him. It is the only cure for
love-" said an old writer. Does not that
prove just what l have been saying
that WOman's sense of huTnor is very,
very keen? That was the trouble with
poor Cyrano. Not that the nose made
him ugly'-Since many women have loved
ugly men-but that the nose set in vi
bratiOn the sensitive chord OF hunOr in
her heart, and she could not love where
she must first laugh Which shows that
her sense of humor Is so strong that
it cOnquers even love. What more can
be said Of it2
There was never a great humorist
who was a woman" the critics are wont
to cry. triunphantly. As I have said.
that may have been caused by the mod
esty that makes her content Outlines to
inspire rather than to produce. But it
is not too late. One may yet rise up
to refute this argument. American
women are ambitious and progressive.
They are bright and they understand
They love humor and they have it, SO
why should not all the world laugh one
day because of a woman? And to none
win it give more pleasure to laugh with
her than to me.-C. Coquelin, in Har-
per's Bazaar.
Night Work Does Not Pay.
A woman who works gives some ex-
cellent advice, based upon long expe-
rience. to other women who work She
says that night work seldom pays in
the end, and the extra money so made
usually goes, after a year or 50, to the
physician. "A woman may work
twelve or fourteen hours a day for q
time, but the time has its limits. Then
come the brain fag. the nervous dis
orders, the breakdown, and only a long
period of enforced rest can restore the
overtired brain and shattered nerve
system Better be content with a. rea-
sOnable income earned by q legitimate
expenditure Of force. Speculation in
physical strength is sure to bankrupt
one in the end"
she advises women in business to cul-
tivate friendships whenever possible, as
Hfe's opportunities for growth come
largely through that means.
Comparison Of Mems and WOmen's Clubs
Commenting on the many recent in
stances among Women'S clubs OF extend
ing the courtesies Of meetings to men,
well known club man spoke of the
strong social element in most WoTnen'S
clubs. certainly at all of those at which
he had had an opportunity of attending
a meeting. as against the conservatism
in that respect in mems clubs, says the
New York Evening Post The mem
bers of a woman's club" he continued,
know each other well and each others
families and surroundings. Two men,
on the contrary, can meet daily at their
common club for months, and even
years and unless they happen to be
members Of the same social circle
neither may know even If the other IS a
Benedick or a bachelor He approved
too and appreciated the fact that the
club women often receive their men
friends on one Of their family days,
when no company manners are put on
and the club Is taken as found. This |
too, it may be added, is quite different
from the procedure on the part Of his /
sex. and it would be most interesting Il |
some Of the mems clubs would recipro- |
cate this hospitality in kind. Ladies' |
day. at mems clubs is a most tiresome |
and f1aVorless affair. The material part /
Of their club life-the house and it's be- /
1ongings-is there, but there is never the /
faintest hint of the club atmosphere, the 1
mysterious element whose attractive 4
ness has been the theme of many a dis /