The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-07
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 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 of
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 a hero became to her
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 off hOtfoot after the wife
who had found his society so unde-
sirable. He drove in 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 wifes presence when
ever and wherever he pleases, whether
she wants him or not? Does a wife,
simply because she is a 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
60 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 cent apiece. They
| can be sliced with pineapple pulp and
eaten raw for dessert, and they can be
baked or fried. There is also now
banana flour made, which is useful and
most palatable in various dishes. Amer
leans are a 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
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 a road in Virginia
| The railway company not long ago sent
Mrs. Beacham a check for $15, 1000 for
services performed to date. Once more,
why not!
| Do you know how to sign and indorse
check? So many women don't.
An charging field for women who
| can write dramatically 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 periodical
devoted to art matters. Many others
might be named.
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The king of Siam has six grown
daughters, and they dress in hand
some uniform of white blouse, black
! knickerbockers, black stockings and
buckled shoes. They are graceful and
beautifully formed and look very at
| tractive, with their dark hair and spar
king eyes. Their mother, the queen,
dresses in the same way as the girls
do. Their attire is the national garb
of the Siamese women.
Miss Tremere. eighteen years old, is
! a girl who. with her mother, conducts
| a grocery in certain big city. Not
long ago she was robbed Of several
hundred dollars in property and mon
ey The police were notified. They
were supposed to have put their most