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Show Isn't Jealousy," said one of ' . "because the dislike is not i to homely and unsuccessful j and the objects are not always and successful ones. It may cause women are not easily 'd' "It Is not because women are en that they are disliked by theis sex in business. It is because the aTN, erage 'home woman' doesn't under- stand. She is usually monarch of her home, absolutely the most important person in it, and she loses the true appreciation ap-preciation of the importance of other people outside it. A man In business Is constantly brought in contact with , men who are his equals or superiors, who have equal rights with him, whereas a woman may spend two hours a day visiting with callers of her own grade of Intelligence, as against sixteen spent with the children and the servants. When she does meet men it is either in the capacity of grocery boys or clerks whose business busi-ness it is to defer to her opinions, however illogical, or in a social way, ' when It isn't worth while to combat1 . , her ideas if they happen to be erratic. "So that unless she makes a very great effort she becomes positive and dogmatic, and when she meets other women where there is a clash of interests in-terests she expects the same deference from them that she receives in her " daily surroundings from men, and this Is in a great measure the reason why women's discussion, when.it strays " outside the realms of dress and babies, - is not always as peaceful as is desirable." desir-able." Newark News. FACTS ABOUT OLD LACE. In fixing the approximate date of any given piece of lace it is well to remember that machine-made thread was not used until after the beginning of the 18th century.'' Before that time the threads ran in length of about 20 Inches, for the worker could stretch no farther than her distaff, and bad to break off and join again; if after unraveling un-raveling some 25 inches of thread no Joint Is found the lace is surely after the Introduction of machine-made thread. The "bride's ornee" alone are enough to go by; in the 15th century the bar had only a knot or dot as or |