The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-03-22
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An effort win be made this spring
to have the street costume--the hodlces
and skirt OF one material,
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The editor OF weekly newspaper
In Australia. oilers himself as prize
10 the woman who writes the best es-
say on the duties OF wife.
The American girl Is the queen OF
her sex, She Is the most beautiful
on earth. The girls OF India are
grandmothe,s at 20 and aee shriveled
and wrlnkled.
Ii il said that cumming adds more
grace to the female hgure than any
other exervlse. The whole future OF
a maiden IN ciassl etim,s depended up
on her physical development,
\ woman ON the west sue s'uhus
before the drawing room and practices
her daily physical culture exercises
while her husband In the kitchen pre-
pares the family breakfast.
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What woman wills she will has
been ably demonstrated by NIss Anna
Webb OF Summityille, who, since last
July, has managed the affairs OF
5O-barrel steam grist of that place.
Don't naglest the 10 minutes rest dur
Ing the day. with the feet raised. II
gives the whole body a great sense OF
repose ana works wonders In smooth
Ing out the lines of the face,
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Cheerfulness not only lengthens q
woman's days. but sweetens them,
The woman who laughs at everything
Is the hradest kind of a woman TO Kill
and dies game when she does die.
The Faro women OF India are su-
preme. They WOO the men, control
the affairs OF the home and nation,
transmit property and leave the men
nothing to do. The result ia, says y
scientist, that they are the ugliest wo'
men on earth.
New ORLEANS bears the honor OF cree
ting The first statue in honor OF
woman In the United States. The lady
was Margaret Haughery. She was a
poor lady who made fortune In the
bakery and milk business and gave
her money to the poor.
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Women are going to get their chance
now In Australia. BY law of the
commonwealth an adult woman has
the same right to vote as an adult
man. The male voters In the entire
commonwealth outnuinber the female
by nearly 10000 te73,OOO.
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A Boston girl has made quilt out
of her old stockings, and talk about
your crazy quilts this was the most
insane ever. and when she hung II out
on line the people who passed took
one look at the dizzy creation and
started for the BOBBY factory straight.
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In France women are allowed to
wear male attire. but they must pay
for the privilege. The amount OF the
tax which woman pays for wearing
male attire Is abolt SO per year. but
her willingness to pay the tax does not
insure her the right to wear these gar
ments.
Anna Countess de Castellane sleeps
in the great bed # Mldame de Sc
vigne, than which there is no finer
In all the world. II Is made of gilded
cedar wood, !nlaid with precious stones
and has painted panels ty the great
est masters Of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries.
Under the incognito Of Mrs. Paul
Kolbe virtual queen OF a group Of
South Sea islands and one Of the half
dozen wealthiest women In the world
with her husband and grandson, was
in New York recently. Her wealth
Is in the nelghborhood Of nearly s2O,-
100000 and she is the lawmaker for
nearly 100000 islanders, who only a
score of years ago were among The
fiercest cannibais In the world.