New-York tribune., 1903-04-04
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The Kansas courts have had to pass on the qUes-
ton of the legal status of woman. divorced from
her husband under interlocutory decree. during
the six months before the decree becomes final
Before this six months had passed the pair went
to living together again. suppOsing that no mar
riage ceremony necessary If they took up
marital relations inside of the prescribed time
Some months ago the husband died, and certain
klnfoks set up claim TO his estate, alleging that
he had no wife in law Il was the defence of the
wife that. they had taken up the marriage rela-
ton before the divorce became final the decree Of
divorce thus became null and void. 1t also
offered in defence that she had lived openly with
the deceased and that therefore, she was his COM
law wife. The court upheld her right TO in
herit the estate the latter ground. refusing TO
take the view that she had not been wholly di-
vorced
It's Uplifting Misson.-"OH course said his init
postpone its action to the last possible moment
with your four weeks speech: but what practical
The eye of the veteran statesman lighted up with
What good?" he exclaimed My friend. that
speech of mine. bound in three or four volumes or
throughout this favored land of ours. and placed
save thousands of poor people the expense of a
baby chair The children of this great country.
a6a st5 will gro" up o" that s0eeeh:-'ch'aso T''O-
A London justice who is man. has stood
up for his rights regarding dressmakers disputes.
He will not have dresses tried on in court because
he had long since come to the conclusion that with
ordinary dresses any lady could wear dress to
make it look if it did not fit" and he was also
perfectly satisfied that ANY milliner dressmaker
could pull it about and make it fit when 1t did not
do So"
presgnt and it was rapidly dwindIing away On the
stage the hero and heroine are holding a rendez-
Hero TO heroine)-Are we alone?
Heroine thinking of the audienceb-Not Yet
they might be able to sit through another act
Mrs. Charles King. of Corpus Christi. Tex, owns
more land than any other woman in the world Her
husband one of the famous cattle barOns. left her
1900 900 acres in Nueces. Hidalgo. Starr and Cam
eron counties and there now about 5000 cattle
on her ranges. This vast estate must be kept in
tact until her oldest grandchild comes OF age.
Misunderstanding you have pleasant time at
No said the child
Why. what the natter
yes dear He must have been; He is always
He wasn't to-day" insisted Betty. for the
teacher get up and said, Jesus is calling TO-DAY
per's Magazine.
Anybody. in some sort OF d way, pay a com
rlment But it is the country editor who has this
sort of thing down fine art. Observe. for ex-
ample how a Kansas editor takes in the whole
family in the following notice: "A handsome girl
baby-which is not to be wondered at. considering
its mother-came Jim Browns house, and will
stav until she finds better fellow than her dad.
thing that will take her many years to do. And
Grandfather Fletcher steps high. while Grand
mother Fletcher smiles like the good soul she is -
Iruaffected.-Aiiss Speitz-Of course no could
truthfuy speak OF her pretty.
Mr.. t-Well-er-perhaps not, but she has
such A quiet. unaffected manner.
Miss Speitz-Yes, but IL has taken her several
years to acquire it.-Philadelphia Press.
The San Francisco Examiner had long dis
patch from this city the other day regarding Mrs.
Clarence II. Mackay's drama in The North Amer
ican Review" The dispatch says: Mrs. Mackay's
three act play is dream from the treasure con
taned In the Letters of Abelard and Heiose,
the unfortunate pair who rest in sepulchre at
Pere Ia Chaise in Paris visited by every traveller.
and whose love story forms the subject OF
markable drama by Remusat and whose stiil ex-
tant correspondence suggested to the Pope his
Epstle of Eioise to Abeard as 1t has Gabrielle
10 Mrs MaCkay." The headline announces that
the writer received her inspiration from the same
source that His Holiness used for famous
epistle." The literary knowledge OF the Pacific
evidently embraces the writings OF the sanity
Alexander
In a Minor key.-Hearty Friend (meeting operate
composer)-Haro old man how you? Haven't
you for age! What's your latest compost
ton?
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