Cañon City record., 1905-04-06
Feminine
Snapshots
Prominent Points In the
Ever Widening Sphere
of Woman

A curious thing happened recently.
Under the hypnotic" spell which
comes from a long course OF novel
reading and a lack of useful and steady
employment girl married hastily
man whom she did not know well. Her
family advised against the match, but.
as usual, this rather hurried it on. The
young woman. after few months or
matrimony. found that novels are not
what they seem. Her husband was ex-
actly the opposite Of the fiction heroes
she had adored. The husband who
had seemed n hero became to her Il
brute and monster. He really treated
her very badly. but kept tab" on her
SO she could not get away from him
The law declared she was his property.
body and bones. At length. in despera-
ton, she ran away and returned TO her
family while the husband was absent
from home. Her family made her well
come, especially two stalwart brothers.
A continent now separated her from
the ex-hero, but no sooner had he re-
turned to his dismantled home than
he loped OF hotfoot after the wife
who had found his society so unde-
sirable. lie drove In n carriage to the
door of the lady's brothers home and
demanded" - demanded. mind you
that his wife should be turned over
to him like a piece OF luggage. For
answer the big brothers handcuffed the
assumed owner OF that woman and
took him to the police station. Now,
here Is the question: here are two
questions: Has a man the right to
break into his wife's presence when
ever and wherever he pleases. whether
she wants him or not7 Does wife,
simply because she is n wife. lose that
sacred right Of privacy which belongs
alike to all human beings?
When the race Is truly civilized, dis
ease and decrepitude will be wiped
out. The glad years will come and
go and leave no trace upon men and
women except that they will become
always wiser. stronger. more loving.
One effect OF the continually advanc-
ing price OF meat. poultry and even OF
eggs since the formation OF the hen
trust will be to drive housekeepers
back upon fruit. nuts and vegetables.
They will learn how many delicious
and nutritious food preparations can
be made without either eggs or meat.
Take the single article of the banana.
One can buy in the large cities excel
lent bananas for n cent apiece. They
can be sliced with pineapple pulp and
eaten raw for dessert, and they can be
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banana -four made. which Is useful and
most palatnble in various dishes. Amer.
leans are nation Of excessive meat
eaters. If the high price OF animal
flesh shall turn them from necessity to
a less heating diet and one more agree
able to the Imagination. then It will be
a blessing not at all disguised.
One of the most successful railroad
contractors and constructors In the
country is Mrs. Theodore Beacham. at
present working on road in virginia.
The railway company not long ago sent
Mrs. Beacham a check for $4,000 for
services performed to date. Once more.
why noti
DO you know how to sign and indorse
a checkf SO many women don't.
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An enlarging field for women who
can write grammatically and enter
tainingly is found among the advertis-
Ing and trade papers. Mrs. Ada Crisp
Of New York is the editor of an inter
esting and attractive magazine giving
news of the grocery and delicatessen
trade. Miss Carmelita Beckwith has
been for some years In sole charge of
the advertising department of lead
ing gas and electric company in New
York. She issues handsome monthly
bulletin for the company. In the same
city Miss Florence Levy successfully
established and conducts n periodical
devoted to art matters. Many others
might be named.
The king of Siam has SIX grown
daughters, and they dress in hand