Middletown transcript., 1906-08-25
OUR wOMAN'S COLUMN
There are 5000 people in the United
States who are blind and 1900 of these
are women.

'e There are 5000 people in the Unite
States who are blind and q, 900 of thes
v are women.
= 1t is smart aud wise maiden that tell
sou she leads single life, because she i
afraid that if she married her HUSBAND
9 might lead double life.
Uhabie TO secure an appointment as
teacher in the rnral school districts oI
Kansas where she resides, Mrs. Philo P.
Wilcox turning to blacksmithing, which
] was her husbands trade.
Four Connecticut girls surrounded big
black snake the other day and stabbed it
to death with hatpins. Oh, that Mother
Eve, had been courageous-and had DOS.
sessed llatpin
In proportion to total weight of body,
woman has heavier brain than man,
and wonld, it is contended, if cultivated
to the same extent as mans, produce far
better results than hie.
The law in Oregon, limiting labor by
women to ten hours per day is now
thought to be unconstitutional, as ruling
to that effect has been made upon a SINH
lar law in New York state.
Cincinnati telephone girls are going to
take boxing lessons in order to protect
themselves from mashers. The Cincin-
nat Telephone Company might simplify
matters by hiring homely girls only
In Denmark there is a company that in.
sures girls against becoming old maids.
A girl who has to pay an unusually high
premium over there may be justified in
refusing to believe the fellows who tell
her she is beautiful.
| A Cleveland woman is trying to get
theatrical managers to refuse to put on
pieces which call for the appearance OF
girls in tights. We have no doubt that
the managers will yield to her entreaties
the moment such pieces cease to pay.
An Atlanta, Ca, man was arrested
few days ago from kissing his wife in pub
lie. This should be lesson to married
men everywhere. Let the married man
limit his public demonstrations of affec-
ton to calling her "Pet" or "Baby" and
aGirlie."
Among the Reddies of India young
girl Of l6 or 20 frequently is married to a
boy or 6. She then goes to live with
the father or the uncle of the future hus-
band. Child marriages still are common
in India, especially amongst the Brah-
minis. 1t is not unusual for man OF so
to marry a little girl of 6.
AT this time of the year there are Ger.
tain advantages in buying an evening
coat, as they are much reduced. The |
mother may count on $35 as the lowest |
price OF loose white or light broadcloth,
and she can pay for a plain one anywhere
up to $50. Some of these are beautiful |
coats made in the finest quality of broad
cloth and reduced from much higher
prices.
It is no easy task to be outftter to the
college girl, as her wardrobe must be got /
together when it still is too early to de.
eide as to what will receive popular ap-
proval. The most important of the col
lege maid clothes are her tailor mades"
and, although tailors have cloths and cuts
in advance, even these are hard to decide
from before anything has been seen.
The wife of Dick Washakie, chief OF the
Shoshone Indians, who is acknowledged
to be the most beautiful squaw on the
Wind River reservation, is going to try to
induce the members of her tribe to dress
as white folks do and, abandoning the
habits and customs which have been
handed down to them by savage ancestors,
to behave and live as white folk do.
Cruel and domineering as are men in
Africa they are not the only ones that
have no respect for their women. In
Infia girl is not supposed to have
soul, and she must marry to save herself |
from perdition. Even in China women
are entitled to respect and consideration
only after they are married. Il
Anthony Comstock, censor Of New
York's morality, is indignant when he
learns that members OF the Art Students
league sketch undraped human figures and
gaze upon pictures of gods and goddesses
who lived before clothes were invented,
and raids not only the league rooms but
the Office Of an art magazine, where he ar
rests the bookkeeper.
A Missouri court decides that man {
who kisses his wife morning, noon and {
night is nuisance but that is one nuis- {
ance that very few women complain to
sourt about.
There is much in name. A woman 9
must not love a man until he loves q
her and tells her go. But she may adj T
mlEE 0ll0. uatter nliUp anu suOW nCA Ah.
Ing for him in various ways SO long as she a
,ays or does nothing to indicate that she r
s on matrimony bent. II
Women WHO are annoyed at the ten v
lency Of wash skirts to cape in back, dis 9
playing a yawning row of rusted hooks 9
viii be wise to adopt the tailor's sugges-
ions aud have their tub skirts button in q
tead of hooking down the vent. The ,
ailor is making many linen skirts this p
way this year. A row Of small pearl but u
ons is quite decorative, and fastens the o
'ent securely past the possibility of gap (
nc open.
Many present day royalties have mar e1
led wives older than themselves, though p
he length OF years between is not in any cl
ase very great. King Haakon of Norway ii
! three years younger than Queen Maud; T
nut, while he looks rather older than his d
ne, she inherits her royal mothers fac ic