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There are more widows in the town
Of Bartlett, n. H.. in proportion to its
siXe than any town in the United
States. The population is about l,WD.
one third of which are women. one
quarter OF this number are widows,
and they are all self supporting, 4
widow plays the organ in the village
church: a widow is the town school
principal; there are widows on every
street in the town, and every other
house in every street contains widow.
The ages of these widows vary from
thirty to sixty. They manage farms,
raise berries in season and crate and
ship them to the large cities. \ ma
jority of the workers in a woodwork
er's mill are widows. They also make
their own dresses and hats. Nearly
every boarding house is run by a
widow. They have recently organized
a Merry Widows club. Mrs. John
Mersereau is president and has the
title of Queen Of Bartlett Widows"
She is fifty years Of age and is as spry
and jolly as a girl.
Mrs. Emily P. Collins, who recently
celebrated her ninety-fifth birthday in
Atlantic. Mass, organized the first To-
cal woman suffrage association ever
formed in this country. This was
sixty one years ago in country town
g. 4
all the men in the neighborhood ridi-
culed her. During the civil war she
served as volunteer nurse with the
Union army At the age of seventy
she took charge of the Examiner, a
newspaper in Hartford, Conn. during
the absence of the editor and conduct
ed it in a creditabe manner.
A Maryland judge has just decided
that the wife's dresses belong to the
husband The case came up in Bromp-
ton county. The husband testified that
he had given his wife money to buy
the dresses. She had obtained them,
but had not paid for them. The court
decided as stated.
The marriage age in foreign countries
is as follows: In Austria, fourteen for
both sexes: Germany, man eighteen,
woman fourteen; Belgium. man eight
cen. woman fifteen; Spain, man four
teen. woman twelve: Mexico, with pa
rental consent. sixteen and eighteen,
otherwise twenty-one for both; France,
man eighteen. woman fifteen; Greece,
man fourteen, woman twelve; Hun
gary, Catholics, man fourteen, woman
twelve; Protestants. man eighteen, w0-
man twelve; Russia, man eighteen, wo-
man fifteen; Saxony, man eighteen.
woman sixteen; Switzerland, man four
teen, woman twelve.
The ballet was at its height in the
reign of Louis XIV. The monarch
planned such costumes Of splendor as
he considered worthy of the Olympian
gods, Neptune, Phoebus and Bacchus.
Louis KILL. although known as the
gloomy king, not only loved the ballet,
but often took part in it.
At her Riviera villa the Empress
Eugene leads quiet life. In pleasant
weather she is found in her garden,
where she weeds the beds with her
own hands. No half withered bud or
blossom is left on a rosebush or q
plant, and she knows how to wage war
on insects that attack shrubs. When
it rains she plays patience, laying the
cards before her on the table In soil
tary game.
On account Of their delicacy of touch,
women. in the opinion Of Edison, would
make better electricians than men, 1t
is a new field for women, although It
is believed that there is some danger
in 1t.
1t is the ambition Of the poorest wo-
men in China to wear silk clothes The
greatest sacrifices are made in order to
crafty this desire. The gaudiest silks
are in demand.
Accompanied by natives as guides
Miss Charlotte Mansfield an English.
woman. has started on a tramp from
Cape Town to Cairo. The tramp will
take her virtually across Africa. 1t is
her hope to meet ex-President Roose-
welt at Nairobi
So
Merry Widow" hats made in Ger.
many have been worn for years by the
women Of the Andean peaks. This
fact has been furnished by Mrs. Har-
riet Chalmers Adams. who recently
climbed Mount Mystic. $4,000 feet
high.