The Daily Oklahoman. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 1898 Page: 6 of 8
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THE WORLD OF WOMEN
A GOLDEN GRIST FOR
FAIR READERS
OUR
The Widow In Alwajr ft Bright Star on
the Soclnl llorlxon— Polaon in Cosmetic
—Why Woman Assume ller Husband'
Name at MirrUne
The Popular Widow
‘HERE is no gain-
saying the fact
that the widow is
the most popular
woman who tilts
across the aoacl-
strum of social
life Rut the law
of compensation
sets the price on
all the favors of
late and the wid-
ow however
gloomy or shining
her environments
is no exception to the rule Are you
a loved and loving wife with the
stronir right arm of the best of men to
shield and protect you from the world
and its calumny? Then know that
the removal of that arm means your
own tran'formation in the eyes of
the world to a person answering to
an entirely different description
The world steps up higher in order
to obtain a better point of view and
It ferrets out motive for action where
no motive exists and it regards you
with suspicion where there is no
cause The world has an evil eve
and the lens through which It ob-
serves distorts the obets passing be-
fore it The world has a vivid Imag-
ination also and a predisposition to
mistake its imagination for its mem-
ory It is one of the traits for which
popularity compensates or visa versa
that the world keeps an eye on
widows and that their every act on
is fraught with interest In tbe en-
vironment of widowhood woman
must needs pay the price
Dickens immortalized Mr Welle:
by putting in his mouth the words
“Samivet beware of the vidders”
The expression has been handed
down and will tontinuo to be like
any other wise old saw that creates
capital as it goes even where there
is small foundation to bu Id on
George Washington and Napoleon
Bonaparte both married widows each
of whom had two children a hoy and
a girl and it is also a coincidence in
history that neither of them bore
children to their illustrious lords
Horn Sewing
The pious maids will spend tliis
month in church going and charity
as ali pious maids ought but
even the most religiously-inclined
will dream of Joys to come when the
forty days of retirement are over
Somo of our girls whose papas are
not so rich as they used to be will
put these dreams to some ac ount by
making practical preparations for
their realization
A little care and attention to
dainty dresses now will add beauty
and perhaps another gown to our
wardrobe next summer The liitle
narrow ribbons which enhance the
beauty of flimsy summer things but
consume so much of a modistj’s time
In sew ng them on might be added
to the flo inces by the dainty fingers
of her who Is to wear them
Short fancy waists are not beyond
the compass of a girl of ordinary in-
telligence and one cannot have too
many of them The material for
for these m ly be purchased very cheap j
If you watch the pretty soft silks on
the bargain counter A remnant of
six yards at 3b cents is a good invest-
ment for it will make a useful and
pretty waist with 6leeves as ample as
the most ardent devotee to 1 ShO
styles could wish Once have a lin-
ing fitted by your dressmaker and
you can easily make your own silk
waist — Commercial Gazette
I’olson in (otmptlc!!
crMany of the cosmetics and face
powders on the market nowadays con-
tain poisonons ingredients and their
use is often followed by serious re
suits” said Prof E G 'Willows of
Dayton Ohio at the Laclede last
evening ‘‘A fresh healthful com-
plexion is greatly to be desired but
Its artificial counterpart is very un-
desirable and does not deceive any
observer The uso of powder and
rouge is not only offensive to the eye
but it leaves the skin saliowdry and
lough even if it produces no worse
results Not long ago I heard of a
young woman who began using some
drug upon her eyes to in reuse their
brilliancy Her silly vanity rendered
her blind for life Young ladies are
not the only ones who suffer irom
fo lishness of this kind 1 know of
a gentleman who died about six
months ago as a result of lead poison-
ing For years he had been in the
habit of using some dye on his hair
and beard and to this pract ce the
physicians attributed his death” —
£L Louis Globe Democrat
Dignity of Houselceeplnit
I believe myself that a large class
of American women are shockingly
enervated by the irres onsihility of
apartment and hotel life and overio-
dulgent husbands It is a great pity
some strong lunged and silver
tongued orator does not rise up and
preach to them ofthediguity beauty
and importance of housekeeping after
tbe old fash isned hand-made method
It Is the noblest and most womanly
occupation on earth
The domestic machine Is iuflnitely
more complicated than any electri-
cal apparatus more powerless than a
Corless engine and unless properly
handled is as deadly as a circular saw
To run one smoothly and safely is a
prouder mission than writing a book
converting heathen or advancing
cause of political equality Why the
profession has fallen into contempt
when it calls into play so many high
and handsome talents 1 tail to un-
derstand I surpose Rrldget bolds
the key of the situation and no one
has courage to break the lock —
American Woman
A Woman- -Name
It Is said that the practice of tbe
wife’s assuming the husband’s name
at marriage originated from a Roman
custom and became common after
the Roman occupation Thus Julia
and Octavia married to l’ompey and
Cicero were called by the iomans
Julia of l’ompey and Octavia of Cic-
ero and In later times married wo-
men in most European countries
signed their names in the same man-
ner but omitted the ‘bf”
Again this view may be mentioned
that during tbe sixteenth and even
the beginning of the seventeenth cen-
tury the usage seems doubtful since
we see Catherine Parr so signing her-
self after she had been twice married
ana we always hear of Lady Jane
Grey (not Dudley) and Arabella
Stewart (not Seymour) Some per-
sons tbink that the custom originated
from tbe scriptural teaching that
husband and wife arc one It was
decided in the case of Ron vs Smith
In the re gn of Elizabeth that a wo-
man by marriage loses her former
name and legally receives that of her
husband— Dublin Times
Pretty American femininity
The type of beauty of American
women is confessdiy high The num-
ber of pretty girls one sees on Fifth
avenue in an afternoon is actually
greater than seen In Europe in three
months: and leaving out a certain
class of Parisians the New York
girls are better dressed than the
women of any other world’s capital
Rut here is the peculiar thing:
Abroad the women of the poorer
classes rank low in beauty on an
average in this country as compared
with the so-eallcd "fortune favor-
ites'1 the poorer girls mure than hold
their own in point of good looks a id
dressing Good food education gen-
eral easy circumstances and the in
culcatlon of self-respect have given
the united States a wonderfully large
percentage of charming girls and
women A trip abroad will p ove the
correctness of these assertion — Phil-
adelphia Times
Women of Muscle
In the time of Louis XV there
was an actress engaged at the Thea-
ter Francuis — Mile Gauthier— who
could break a coin between tbe fin-
gers of one band and roll a silver
plate into the form of a cup of coni-
cal shape No one could bear the
pressure of her hand and only Mau-
rice de Saxe one of the strongest
men of bis time was able to open her
closed baud Miss Kerra a young
mulatto woman who appeared in
most of the capita's of Europe was
we believe the first to perform tbe
feat while banging with tbe bend of
her knees in a trapeze of holding a
man at h s belt with her teeth and
turning him rapidly round with her
hands The same trick was per-
formed more recently among others
by Miss Leona Dare and Miss Carrie
Wilton
About Onion
Onions are a kind of all-round good
medicine and every housewife knows
this without know ng why She
knows that a solid red onion eaten at
bedtime will by the next morning
break the severest cold She also
knows that onions make a good
plaster to remove inflammation and
hoarseness Rut she does not know
why If anyone would take an onion
and mash it so as to secure all the
juice In it he would have a most re-
markable smelling substance that
would quiet the most nervous erson
The strength of it inhaled for a few
! moments will dull the sense of smell
and weaken the nerves until sleep is
j produced from sheer exhaustion It
all comes from one propely poscessed
I by the onion and that is a form of
opium
I Corset Icln(f
If a corset is laced every time tt is
put on it will give the best satisfac
I tion The corset must adapt itself
I to the waist for fit and form The
‘ house dresses are always looser than
any other and corresponding ease in
the corset is conducive to comfort
and appearance When the trim
street suit or the smart evening dress
I Is put on it is the work of a moment
to draw the laces tight at the belt
and loose top and bottom for a small
waist full hips and fuller bust and
tie them in front with tbe knotun
der the skirt hook This is the way
the French demoiselles get their ex
quisite figures
Retween the ages of fifteeu ant
seventeen a girl usually thinks so
much of the boys that she forgets
her amoitlon whatever it may be
SMUGGLED CIGARS
The Hxpert Fell a Victim to an Old
Trick
The especial value attaching to any
article that has come into the coun-
try through some other entrance
than the custom house Is well illus- I
trated by a story that is now going
tbe rounds at the expense of an em-
inently respectably but innocent
young physician over in Georgetown
The young gentleman In question
Is an inveterate smoker and what
is more knows a good cigar when he
gets a hold of one Some time ago
one of his friends dropped in on him
for an evening call and was greeted
with a knowing smile as the young
disjiple of Esculaplus pushed a
freshly opened box of cigars acres
the table to him and said: "There
you are old man just try one of
these and observe that they are a
great deal better than you have been
in the habit of smoking-’ His guest
lighted up and the doctor twirling
an unlighted weed between his own
fingers settled back in his chair to
enjoy the sight of a practiced smoker
getting hold of an unusual treat
The party of the second part pulled
away for a little while with evident
exertion and when the doctor asked
what was the matter suggested that
a prescription ought to go with the
cigar On being usked for the symp-
toms the smoker said that he
thought a drawing plaster on the
back of his neck would answer bet-
ter Tbe host was about to enter a
remonstrance against this revilement
of an expensive Havana when a lit-
tle spurt of fire chased a spiral around
the outside of the wrapper and then
smouldered out with an unmistakable
imclL
The host said he wassorrv that he
juessed there had been a mistake of
iome sort and each of the connois-
leurs tried another weed with no
better result And then the story
same out
The doctor had been in his oTce
tha'rnorning when a sailor came in
and asked lor treatment for a burn
pa his arm The physician looked at
the hurt which seemed to be merely
superficial and gave the son ot the
sea a prescrption for some ointment
that would help to heal it He de-
clined to mak any charge and vhe
sailor man after expressing his grat-
itude for the kindness Pegged his
benefactor to accept some cigars
which he took from th: inner part of
his reefer done up in a black wrap-
per with the Cuban arms in gold on
the outside
The doctor lighted one and as he
afterward declared it was a smoke
for the gods (it course ho asked
where It came from Whit smoker
wouldn’t?
The wily naval man was a trifle re-
ticent but finally by dint of ques-
tioning allowed the doctor to draw
his story from him He had just
come up on a l ark from the indie-
and touching at Havana he had
ben tempted to do a little free trad-
ing on bis own account Of course
it was not right but then sailor's
wages were small and he had a fam-
ily to support be did not say In bow
many different ports) and— well the
upshot of it was that the doctor
agreed to take the whole of the 500
cigars that he had with him for $25
The sailor was afraid to bring the
cigars up through the town in day-
light but agreed to have them at the
house by dark He had just brought
them
Rut the do tor sadly came to the
conclusion that they had not been
grown on the same side of the island
with tbe fir t sample and what was
more he was Inclined tolelieve that
the superficial burn which he had
paid $25 lor tbe prlvilge of treating
was artificially produced by meats of
croton oiL— Washington Rost
Plenty of Paint
Alma-Tadema the eminent artist
Is a great advocate of work "Noth-
ing can be dune well without taking
trouble” he says "you must work
bardifyoumcil to succeed” The
writer of an article upon this artist
in the Century says that he has no
patience with would-be dilettanti
who pester all busy professional peo-
ple with fatuous inquiriesabout their
ways of work such as "Now what
color would you use If you were going
to paint a bluebell?”
lie has a broad and genial sense of
humor and possesses a fund of amus-
ing anecdotes astonishingly large
and his iriendsare frequently amazed
at his aptness in bringing out of his
treasury an appropriate anecdote or
bon mot for every occasion
I have heard Mr Alma-Tadema
tell a story of the fate of two unsuc-
cessful pictures ot his student days
One of them was returned unsold by
the committee of the Iirusse's exhi-
bition In 185!)— the subject I believe
was of a house on fire with people
rescuing the victims
Ills fellow-students were asked Into
the studio of the rejected painter
and were Invited to jump through
the canvas the owner of it leading
the way by leaping head first through
the oily flames
The other story was of a large-
sized square picture which came
back hopelessly again and again to
tbe easel of its creator until at last It
was cut out of its frame and was
given to an old woman to use as a
table cover
The picture was praised by at least
one person who appreciated Its ex-
cellence for this old lady remarked
that it "was tpuch better than these
common oil-cloth things that always
let the water through for this one of
Mr Tadema's making was a good
thicic one wth plenty of paint on
it”
Pretty Itomancn ot a Southern Girl
Mrs Thomas Smalesdied in Orange
N J Saturday from the effects of a
bullet which she carried in her skull
since early lire ller maiden name
was M Is3 Frances Dayton and she
was a daughter of wealthy Virginia
parents Her beauty won for her
many admirers one or them Thomas
Smalcs whom she loved above all
others Among tbe rejected suitors
was a Southern lad who being re-
pulsed in bis advances 6hot her in
tbe bead All efforts to locate the
ball poved futile Miss Dayton
studied telegraphy and then took a
course in medicine in order to treat
herself She finished her medical
studies in Berlin and went to L' n-
don England to practice Her lover
was still true to her and although his
family had removed to Australia ho
kept up ccrrespoiidence with her
lie returned at length to the United
States and established himself In the
photographic business in Brunswick
Ga lie prospered greatly and sent
for h’s intended Sbe crossed tbe
water and they were married in 1882
She devoted herself to charitable
work and founded the first training
school for nurses in all the South
also a hospital at Brunswick The
bullet in her head however still
troubled her and about a year ago
she came north to visit a friend at
Orange N J with the hope of gain-
ing her health All efforts proved
futile and she gradually wasted
away
L'Enfant Terrible
A Congressman from the Western
slope tells several good 6tories at tbe
expense of his wife who is an Inde-
fatigable caller There are two chil-
dren in their family and the lady
having a couple of visitors from her
native Mate decided to take one of
the children — aged 5 — with her while
the visitors were put through tho
round of cabinet calls As they were
going into the home of the Secretary
of Agriculture Mrs Congressman
said to the ladies: "I’m going to
introduce you as farmers' wives If
I don’t I won’t have anything to talk
about here”
The ladies assented regarding the
deception In the light ot a good joke
The laugh however was on them
for when Mrs Congressman performed
the introduction with explanatory
additions Master Flve-Vear-Uld
opened his eyes in wide astonishment
fo Tiwed suit with his sweet little
mouth and lisped:
"My Aunt Carrie isn’t a farmer"
The first call had been at the Vice
President’s where the infant regaled
himself with the good things of-
fered him The next place hap-
pened to he a tea call where he
wasn’t asked to partake of pepper-
mints and the like The small gen-
tleman endured the sit-down chat as
long as he could but finally created
a minature reign of terror by piping
out:
"Mamma theweain’t any wefwesh-
ments here” — Kate Field's Washing-
ton A Typical Hummer Costume
A typical cotton gown that might
be worn at any hour of the day or at
any summer day-time fun tion is of
soft zephyr which makes up so well
does not wrinkle and may with care
be worn an entire summer writes
Isabel A Mallon iu an exquisitely
illustrated page of "Black and White
Costumes” in the Ladies Home Jour-
nal The skirt is rather close-fitting
until ju?t above the knees where it
Is apparently cut off and a deep full
flounce added to 1L The heading of
this flounce Is formed by the gather-
ing and from under this gathering
falls a flounce of coarse white luce
headed by a narrow black sat n rb-
bon which seems to be twisted At
regular intervals it is caught by a
tiny black ribbon rosette The bodi :e
is a round one with a plain back and
the material cut so that the pointed
effect 1 referred to is achieved une
side of the rrout Is quite plain and
the other side is very full not fitted
at all but drawn over in folds across
the bust and fastened low down ou
the other side The gloves worn with
this gown are black and the parasol
a plain black silk one The bonnet
is a dainty one of black and white
Business Is Business
Jacob Tome the Philadelphia mill-
ionaire began life as a hostler
Some time ago according to the
Philadelphia Record a friend of bis
who had been a fellow hostler In
Tome's early days and who had never
risen above that approached him
for the loan ot $250 He wa9 in-
formed that be could have It upon
producing proper security This de-
mand for security incensed Mr
Tome’s hostler friend who turning
to him Raid: "Why dang it Jake
weren’t you and I hostlers together?”
and received the reply: "Ye- and
you’re a hostler still”
In winter you can put on enough
to be warm but n summer you cau't
take off enough to be cool
DID NOT FIGHT AFTER ALL
Duellit Prevented from Firing by thft
Dltres Sign of ft Secret Order
A play recently written for a pop-
ular comedian is founded on a tragic
occurrence in which Dr J M Kellar
formerly of Louisville but now of
Hot Springs Ark was an actor
The story was told to Mr Gardner
who repeated it to James B Garey
and the last-named gentleman saw
the dramatic possibilities The inci-
dent occurred during the war says
the Courier-Journal Dr Kellar was
an army surgeoD and was stationed
at Nashville One night at the
Nashville Club two officers a Major
and a Colonel had a misunderstand-
ing during a card game and the l e
was passed Immediately there was
achallengc The Colonel who was a
comparative stranger called on Dr
Kellar to act as his second and gave
him letters of introduction showing
that he was a gentleman and a brave
soldier Preliminaries were arranged
and the belligerent! with their sec-
onds met on the field of honor the
next moriing at sunrise The dis-
tance was measured off the princi-
pals were stationed and ‘one two”
had been counted when the Colonel
threw up his hand and declared he
could not and would not light lie
declined to give his reasons and was
branded is a coward Dr Kellar
who knew the man musthave a valid
excuse stood by him and requested
the others to say nothing of tbe affair
until proper explanations were made
When the doctor reached his hotel he
found a note from the Colonel which
only added to the mystery He de-
clined to explain his apparent cow-
ardly action but said that time would
show he had acted rightly He left
Nashville and was afterward heaijl
of only from the seat of war and in
all cases was spoken of as a brave
(earless soldier At last came the
Dews of bis death and with it a let-
ter to Dr Kellar that had been found
Dn the dead man’s t ody It cleared
the mystery This letter stated that
just as the Colonel raised his weapon
to tiro in the duel his antagonist tbe
Major had gven the distress sign of
a secret organization of which both
were members and the Colonel could
not and would not violate his oath
by disiegarding the signal Dr
Kellar hunted down the cowardly
Major made him acknowledge the
truth ot the statement and then had
him dismissed from the army in disgrace
Ploasure in Affronting
Dean Swift was a whimsical mis-
inthropc who took a morbid de-
light in humiliating his social in-
feriors because he himself when
joung had teen outrageously af-
fronted by his superiors
When Swift was a young man he
acted as Sir William Temple’s pri-
vate secretary Once while Sir
William was confined to his bed
with gout William III visited him
and Swift officiated as his guide
through tbe beautiful gardens of
Moorpark Tbe King taught the
secretary bow to cut asparagus in the
Dutch way and Switt also saw him
eat the vegetable
Years after when Swift was Dean
of St Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin
his publisher Faulkner called at the
deanery on business connected witn
some proof-sheets Having been de-
tained until near dinner-time he was
pressed by the Dean to dine with
him Asparagus was one of the veg- (
etables and the guest asked tor a
second helping
"Sir” said the host pointing to
the publisher’s plate "first finish
what you have upon our plate”
"What sir eat my stalks” asked
the surprised guest
"Aye sir eat iour stalks or you
will have no more King William al-:
ways ate his stalks” replied the'
Dean in bis most imperious manner
Whereupon the publisher yielding to
the Dean’s will ate his stalks sub-
missively Shortly after the Dean’s death
Faulkner told the incident us an il-
lustration of Swift’s insolence
"And were you blockhead enough
to obey him?” exclaimed Lcland the
historian who was listening '
"Ye” Faulkner ieplied bridling
up "and doctor if you bad dined
with Dean Swift you would have
been obliged to eat your stalks too!”
When grown in the old fashion
the slender grecD stalks eaten by
King William were a little inferior) (
In texture but suj erior in flavor to
the heads of the vegetable Rut be-!
fore Swift became Dean of St Pat-J
rick’s the new horticulture had made
asparagus stalks uneatable and by
forcing a plate of them down his ob-
sequious publisher’s throat the mis-
anthrope had the satisfaction or
goading him into 6elf-humiliat:on
Youth’s Companion
Hard to Please
Susy is a young lady of five years
and also of a very difficult disposition
The other day a visitor at her father’s
house found Susy weeping bitterly in
the corner
"Why what are you crying about?”
she was asked
" ’Cause all my b brothers and sis-
ters have a v-v-vacation and 1 doD’t
have any! Iioohoo!”
"And why don’t you have any va-
cation?” "’Cause — I — I don't go to school
jret1”
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