The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-19

only love, but no child. He had
| found a woman who was likely to
satisfy him. Did he desire his free
dom? l don't know. l determined
he should have it,
"Then followed the suit. The
other woman was never mentioned,
but she was there. Two detectives
and friend were Mrs. Child's only
witnesses. Justice Daniel +. Cohalan
! of the supreme court, who is noted
for his stern opposition to the. easily
secured divorce, and who seldom
grants one unless he is fully con-
vinced of the utter impossibility of
adjustment, granted the divorce.
| 1T was the worst ordeal ever ex-
! perienced in my life,' said Mrs. Child
to the Post man. 4 read years ago
in my history books, how Napoleon
at the height Of his fame and SPLEEN
dor as the emperor of the French,
divorced Josephine because she could
not present him with an heir to his
| greatness.
The story made an impression on
neon what woman does it not :?
But l never really understood, never
! really comprehended, the blackness
! of the tragedy until now. / am the
Josephine of my domestic story. There
is this difference-Joseph was
put aside by her husband-I put N.Y.
self aside for mine.
Would Return II Asked.
"I cared for no man. 1 though of
no man. No man will ever enter my
life. I shall never marry. Should
Richard come to me today and say,
81 need you," l should go to him, be-
cause l believe in him, and his genius,
and would sacrifice all to his we'll
being. But voluntarily 1 shall never
go.
$50, being through with romance
and love-though as a southerner l
have the Unborn capacity for both--I
am going to make name for myself.
always had love for the artistic,
but l never had created a thing. To-
day, l live in creating
MRS. Child was gowned in superb
negligee Of gray-her own design.
She showed the reporter into another
hamber-beautifully but simply fur
nished by herself. In the wardro bes
were gowns-reams of gowns, stacks
Of gowns-al1 sorts-dinner. evening,
morning, afternoon, walking. riding,
golfing, skating, driving, mentioning
every gown for every occasion a
woman's heart could desire.
$50 to $50 for Each.
| ""They all are my own designs,
said Mrs Child. When l found had
to do something, I started TO do a
and sold that. Soon / was proficient
| and now I turn out about six or seven
gowns a week.
"I sometimes evolve new idea in
a few hours. l take what material
have at hand and put the dress to-
! gether. Sometimes a few yards of
cheesecloth represents fine evening
gown. A gown that has taken me a
morning to work out will sell-the de-
sign, l mean-for anywhere from $50
to $3.50.
81 take in the opera and concerts
which / never did before. I go in
for. hundred activities which l had
almost forgotten. l fence daily-fenc-
ing is great help to the woman who
wants to keep young. l feel today
like young woman.
Working on a Book.
ct am now hard at work on my
| first book-Inexpensive and Artistic
Clothing for Working Women-in
which l shall give a new turn, / hope,
to the subject of clothes. Most peo-
pie expect the working girl to wear
sombre colors and to starve her nat
ural love for color and beauty do
not. But l show the working woman
| just how she can dress well, beauti-
fully, artistically and charmingly, at
prices to suit her pocketbook-a slim
one very often, though 1 shall not
only give designs, illustrated color
plates and cutting methods, but l
shall give actual prices, so as to rem
der the book of practical value.
"Pretty soon l shall hope to es-
tablish a school for young women
where there can be classes in dress
cutting, so that the old comment
dressed like a working girl" shall
lose it's Significance"