Middletown transcript., 1906-08-18
OUR WOMAN'S COLUMN

sick. " 1t doesn't sound well.
Better be dozen freckles on your fas
than one on your character.
Every woman knows that she ca
chloroform her troubles by buying ne
hat.
A wise mother tells girls that sscs
reer" is not half as desirable as goo
husband.
Good wives and mothers are needle,
more than artists. however great may b
the ministry of art.
Hundreds of begging letters come i
Mrs. Russell Sage every day. A position
as the widow of multimillionaire is n,
| sinecure.
Boston's city garbage collector is
':ady," and much more lady, perhaps
than many female busy bodies who q
about collecting scandal garbage.
When putting hooks aad eyes on wash
able waists they will iron easier If The
eyes are sewed on the underside of the
front, tapping over and hooks under.
meath.
With $1,000 women demanding his res.
ignation, it looks as if Senator Smoot il
entitled to little sympathy from the
man who has only one woman fussing
with him.
II servant in Germany falls i'll her
mistress is not allowed to discharge her,
but must pay 80 cents a day for her
hospital expenses until she is perfectly
well.
The paper handkerchief comes to us
from Japan, where for centuries it has
been in use. It is soft and thick and
strong and it looks like silk. It costs a
cent-less than the cost of laundering a
linen nanQkefcnlef.
At the recent races in Tokyo three OF the
best horses were ridden by girls. One of
them, the daughter of a riding master,
won big race, and the other two gained
"places." !" Il seems strange that Japan
should lead the way in the very latest
development of feminine emancipation.
An inquiring individual has discovered
that the reason the marriage rate is de-
clining is that there are too many good
looking girls. Unable to choose from the
feast of prettiness before him, young
man hesitates and waits until the marry
ing age has gone by and neither he nor
the girls are any longer in mind for
matrimony.
Every year market for human hair is
held at Limoges. Girls, matrons and
elderly women flock to it from the
country round to obtain the highest
prices for their tresses. White hair
fetches the best price, gray hair comes
next and then faxen and brown shades.
Black hair is the cheapest of all.
Getting secret divorces in Chicago
seems to be about as easy as contracting
on the quiet at St. Joe.
Miss Florence Nightingale, the famous
crimarian war nurse, who shares with
The philan thropic Baroness Burdett-
Coutts the honor Of being one Of Eng
and's grand old women," is s6 years
Did. Miss Nightingale lives in quiet re-
tirement in house in the outskirts of
London, which she has occupied for many
years.
Lady Cnrzon is said to have loved In
1ia, in spite Of the responsibilities there;
% have loved its oriental fascination and
he bracing height of Simia, where the
;ourt removed in summer and which
proved so healthful ior her children that
he was able to keep them with her, in
tead of sending them away from her to |
England, as the wives of some officials in |
ndia have to do.
Another Western millionaire has mar
led humble hotel maid. It was love at
rst sight as she twirled feather duster
nth careless grace in the corridor This
afatuation of our capitalists for the hotel
clip is theme to which only Whittier
ould do justice. The American heiress,
oweyer, is not on record as marrying a
ellboy or porter. She doesn't care so
luch for uniform as for title.
Many stories have been told about the
ing telegraphic messages sent by women,
, il the feminine mind were incapable of
Epressing itself concisely. How false and
anderous such an impression is is well I
lown by the following incident; A
,ntleman went to London on business.
8 he left he said something to his wife
,out buying her new dress. just be-
re starting homeward he wired to his
ife: Which shall bring you--a dia-
ond ring or silk dress7n The reply was
'ncise and explicit Boil"
About the incest way to acquire good
mplexion and keep good health is to Io
long to q walking club. II there isn't i
le in your neighborhood start one. Sew q
al walking clubs throughout the country '
. pursuing health and happiness afoot. f
ae members pledge themselves to walk v
least 400 miles year. At this aver .c
g of a little over mile q day anybody
ith feet should be able to live up to the
guiations. Once week the members j
ke q cross-country tramp of from five 10 i
irty miles in company. Generally !
cir summer vacation includes walking J;
p through some section of country
1rth seeing. All the club members are
ID to be good looking and pOssessors OF b
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