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Show Silk Skirts Declared Not n Necessity. In a recent case Judge Gales of Kansas Citj is reported to have decided 'hat a silk skirt is not i necessity within the meaning of the law which makes it the .lutv of the husband to supply his wife with the necessities of life, and which em-pi em-pi were the wife, in the event of his falling fall-ing to do so. to bay what she needs on ciedlt and charge him with it. a Kansas City wife bought a silk skin for $lf. IM and directed Ih.- sellers to charge It to her husband. When the bill came In thi husband, who evidently falls considerably con-siderably below the American standard of excellence of which so much Is written, refused to pay for the garment on the ground that lis purchase was an act of unauthorized extravagance for which he could not he held responsible. He was sin d. and when the case came up for trail the JihIk' rul.-d that the husband was right and that the people wno HO,,l the sl'.k skirt would have to look to the woman wom-an win. bought It for their money. Philadelphia Phila-delphia Inquirer. |