Middletown transcript., 1906-09-22
OUR WOMAN'S COLUMN
Take your stand in favor Of beauty
but forgive the lack OF il in others.

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Never ask a woman her age. It's a
bad thing to encourage deceit and false
hood.
Flies will not settle on windows that
have been washed with water with which
little kerosene has been mixed.
One of the doctors says all women
would have good compilations if they
smoked cigarettes. He must have stock
in some cigarette factory.
Thin girls can get jobs in the bnreau '.f
engraving and printing, but the fat short
girls are barred. 1t is in this department
shat money is made.
A fourteen. year-old,g socialist was
arrested in New York recently for talking
on the street without a permit, but was
released By the magistrate.
Miss Frances Hamilton, of New York,
is the originator Of the new profession oi
making mp the faces OF society women,
and she fluids it rennmerative business.
The first deaf mute in this country to
become Q nnn is Miss Eta Mae Holman,
who was RECENTLY received into the Dos
minican order at Hunts Point, n. Y.
Women of Denmark turn their hands
to almost any operation that pays. A
number of them are pilots and oonduGt
vessels in and out OF the harbor as succers'
fully as their fathers and brothers.
Quite number OF women, both In this
country and Europe, are successful heads
Of large manufacturing establishments, al
though there are said to be more in pro-
portion in France and Belgium than slst
where.
An inmate OF the Home OF Needy Con.
federate Women in Richmond, Va, Isl
Captain Sally L. Tompkins, the only
woman who received commission from
President Davis of the Oonfpderapy. She
was captain OF cavalry.
Every time Hottentot woman remar-
ries she cuts off finger joint. II that
custom prevailed in this country there
are number OF prominent women wlin
would EoR be compelled to wear the
wedding ring suspended by's ribbon from
the neck.
Tie ''League OF Little Hats" is
society formed by some Of the iictators
Of high society among the oldest mobility
Of Paris, for supprpssing The enormous
theatre hats against which there has bren
50 much popular sentiment abroad.
Have sou wife who sees all your g''"d
points ami knows nothing abaut those
that are bad, who loves you aid trusts
Won better now than she did when tirst
yon aud she stood up tngetinr aid said,
II du?.' Then you are rich, no matter II
there is lot dollar in the bank.
A Partisan woman has established an
agency for the supply Of bridesmaids to
prospective brides who are in need OF
such attendants. As the same girls IN The
same dresses take part in many different
bridals, fee OF a sovereign for each girl
is considered sufficient.
Quite number Of strictly up-to'date
girls in New York have taken TO carrying
canes. A goldsmith who caters to the
uItrafashionable trade has canes at prices
ranging from 50 cents to SIS. He says
good many young women have taken up
the fad, which is a recent importation
from London.
Prominent temperance workers report
that while drinking has decreased among
men during the last few years it has in
creased proportionaAy among women.
They are chagrined at the thought that
their own sex has taken up With the habit
lust as their influence upon masculinity
was beginning to be felt.
Mercedes Lopez, Mexican woman, isI
said to possess the longest hair Of any per-
SON in the world. Her height is 5 feet
and wien she stands erect her hair trails
on the ground four feet eight inches.
Her hair is so thick that she can com
pietely hide herself in it. She has it cut
very frequently, as it grows quickly.
Girls Of any age up to century mark
will still find haven at the Young
Women's Christian Association home in
New York. The manager of the place
will not submit them to the erowning in-
dignity OF asking their age, nor will there
Be an enforced exodus of those whose
charms are fading in the twilight of their
lives.
a well-known physician says it woald
be all right if women barred their arms
merely on very warm days, but they go
out in spanking breezes, go sailing, go
out in rain storm, 60 on long trolley rides
and on automobile trips with their sleeves
up above their elbows and it's going to
mean fine harvest of rheumatism.
Every farmer likes a good horse, and
every farmers wife should have set apart
for her use whenever she wants it horse
that is not only safe for her to drive, but
that is not disgrace to its harness as
well. And don't ask your wife every
time she wants q horse why SHE wants to
60. She is an equal partner in the busi-
ness, and you have no right to ask her
What she does not presume to ask You.
Every woman should dress according
to her station. For the shop girl, or the
htusemaid to endeayor to initiate the
dress schemes of the lady OF fashion il
really pitiful. To women Of the working
class the main object should be cleanli-
ness and neatness. Fragile fabrics, lace
and chiffons are for carriage wear and the
Rell-bred woman, no matter how wealthy