Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-12-21

Ms. william Howard Taft, wife Q.
.os,dept elect, is said to have KEEP
sn.bapd from accepting the sea
.ho supreme court bench. WheI
.a.o'ved the offer Mr.. Taft hesitat
although the place on the suprem'
..Dcb had been his ambition. Wher
4. pblltppines offer came to him 4
4. Mrs. Taft who decided for that
N, quality of farsightedness, Joined
exceptional tact, has made Mrs
y social leader from the begin.
I,nS "A busy housewife and the help
". n a national politician has little
H.. for fads," says Mrs. Taft, but
IN she has always found time for hel
...,c Aside from this and her house
IA affairs she has no interests.
marx of the decision of a Chicago
..mop of culture to become an under
.Esys assistant is an interesting
.oyv She received a telegram tell
4 that her husband had been killed
railroad wreck. A long illness
0llowed. When she recovered she
armed that no provision had been
ade for her and her son, whose birth
flowed the fathers death. She final
hecame an assistant to a French
Ioman who conducted a massage par
The Frenchwoman snubbed her,
N she quit. At this juncture a mes
~ from a girl friend who lived in
fcbigan avenue asked the woman
come and console her after her
Others death. The woman arrived
the undertaken was preparing the
dy Of the girls mother for burial.
y widow was shocked at the way
which the undertaken did his work
n asked to be allowed to assist.
len she had finished she received
thanks Of the undertaken. That
b the beginning. She took up the
/ Of embalming, and as soon as she
b get license she will adopt 1t as
business. In one week she saved
% as an assistant for her work.
The Grand Duchess Serge, who quit
Z world and entered a Greek Cath
X convent, is now known as the
yll nun of Europe. She is an older
ter Of the czarina, who before her
ariage was Princess Elizabeth of
be 1t is one of the morsels of
NJ gossip that the German emperor
one time was ardently DESTROYS of
iryhg his lovely first cousin, but
dncess Elizabeth Of Hesse preferred
young Russian grand duke, who,
: said, became fascinated with her
tEt sight. The grand duchess never
4 any children. She adopted the
and daughter of her brother-in-
\, the Grand Duke Paul, after the
ath Of bis wife. These children ac-
npanied the grand duchess as
uners at the funeral of the Grand
ke Serge, whose tragic death by a
nb viii be recalled.
SOman's hat that cost SEQ or 500
afs which was turned out by a
ihlan milliner, can be bought for
London provided the hat has
slightly damaged so that it can
peedlly remedied by clever agents
make a business of buying and re-
9anting Partisan creations. These
l''ers" find their way into what
AnoRn as taking" rooms in Lon
modern gown is frequently
Up In an artistic manner from a
We Of old fashioned ones. Dress
~ OF whom there are many in
w are the mediums between the
4 fashionable market of Paris and
AeA0er pursed Englishwoman.
uuofy work by women is enumer-
= one Of the economic gains by
sRs Normal school of the City
asAco according to the reports
ny institution for the term of
heretofore the monthly expend-
iOr this work was something
s4h $40 Recently, however, the
setnorities adopted the plan of
~, u stone washing places con-
= aiter the Mexican fashion.
lnOsaton reduced the laundry
slS month and made the
'fespondingly happy.
aomen are more independent
en Is the conclusion of a Phila-
woman. For instance, says
z In the Quaker City, a wo-
- wear a white straw hat in
uat no other woman would
\. ! Ssluelse-to the wearer's face.
would dare wear such a hat
s1led calendar date. II the
sni who sews on the mans
uppens to get the bow the
an inch more to one side
oOld be the man win not
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