Show FOR THE THE YEAR the goow sparkle in the grass the waits in the sky the year walla in the sky turn time thy class and thon year pass thine hour has como to die tho noise of bells coee sweeping past and wakes the world to hear the whole world wakes to bear oh bells ie past the old at last ie dawn we welt for near ob womanhood the belle reply lift up thine ayee and soo look through the and acci the shadows die the light Is and fall day thee what time thou look cst lol the dawn all the cle aming shore lights mountain plain and shore take up thy crown the cause la won thy lone Is oer LOUISE childe an earnest woman editor mrs haryot holt cahoon editor ot the womans page of the new york recorder has come to the top in journalism in a most unprecedented manner her literary career commenced in the chicago herald and in america the weekly journal of chicago her articles appeared side by side with those of joe howard her short stories and novel MRS ettee have been translated into french and appeared in the parisian journals in all her writings there is discernible a vein of sentiment that marks her ever as a stanch advocate for women an earnest lover of home her sanday even tinge when sho receives lier friends are crowded with welcome guests children and elderly people being conspicuous in the number my first duty she said lies in my home and it is here I 1 find strength to enable me successfully to combat with lifes hard work I 1 have found my work and will follow it C M W travelers it is remarkable what travelers women are becoming and how many of them travel alone no longer do they need a protector they can assume the role themselves if need be railway conductors eay they travel about almost as freely as drummers do and everybody must admit that this is making the sex more independent and self assertive than oar grandparents would haqq dreamed possible it li not eo certain however that its members will therefore make better wives and mothers in her enlarged sphere woman has in some instances become a shrewd dealer and capable of driving a sharp bargain with the best of men yet what will this sharp practice culminate in transmitted to a son or daughter should one bo considered an alarmist who would look forward to the penitentiary for the young man by whom this feeling is inherited and in whom it lias been cultivated through several generations in the present age and with our present environments it is a painful necessity for many of conr girls and young women to struggle with the world and fight their way they are forced to give and take liard knocks each one must take the place of some man or bo pushed aside by him when such girls become shrewd financiers driving hard bargains for a dollar or a dime bevery ono recognizes that it is necessity but if this capacity for making close bargains is to become a national characteristic of our girls and women one of the greatest charms will have disappeared B B A crescent city lle tinty one of the most beautiful and accomplished of the many belles of new orleans is miss helen pitkin daughter of hon J R G pitkin united states envoy extraordinary and minister MISS nelen to the argentine republic misa pitkin is a decided blond she is lately dignified and particularly graceful besides conversing fluently in french italian and spanish miss pitkin performs beautifully upon several ma bacal instruments she is also not unknown to fame as a writer her contributions having graced the pages of several prominent magazines miss haa dabbled in amateur theatricals and leveral which she has writ 1 ten have received favorable mention rom compe jont critics PARIS FASHIONS becoming and wraps just now ball dresses and evening wraps tako the greatest prominence in the worl 1 of fashion in paris and while the empire is really the favorite there are choso who do not like it or to whom it is not becoming and it is well known that a french woman will not wear an atu A tu hii 1 i jint u it 11 fashion I 1 t i c f biou is what one might call KI one french woman will pome way by v hichi the style may be to the wearers requirements while still being n the fashion there was a bountiful ball dress madu for the brilliant wife of a russian diplomatist dahich was much admired at a recent grand recaption rec option and ball tho skirt was of cream colored satin rich and heavy the train page sleeve and sash ends were made of royal purple velvet the upper part of alie corsage was laid in folds of satin and velvet and at the belt line was a great buckle in dull gold fi lagree studded with splendid ciner alde some envious ladies declared that jhb gown and jewels were in barbarous taste but the effect was queenly another very beautiful ball toilet was of del blue faille embroidered in outline with seed pearls and trimmed with festoons of dark blue eurah alic sash belt and upper portion of the corsage were of the dark blue surah and there was a corselet of white lace and a drapery in alio back TOILETS I 1 saw a handsome costume that was to be sent to new york and it was made of maroon cashmere and ottoman velvet garnished green velvet and steel lace with opal drops the lace is laid over the velvet and forms the belt and collar alie skirt is plain and edged with a narrow velvet roll and is lined throughout with green silk with this went n rejane hat in soft felt with a soft and dented crown with a narrow stands out straight and trimmed half a dozen small ostrich tips all closely curled and starting from one point the hat is green the feathers dusky red HOMEMADE CHRISTMAS GIFTS how to u few and cresenti Cree three yards of inch 2 ribbon is alie foundation for a pretty companion to be used by one who appreciate conveniences for the workbasket cover two cards with the ribbon and fasten tho two short ends together cut three or four pieces of flannel a seam smaller and fasten to one of tho carde cowing to a half yard ot the ribbon adding tie strings of daisy ribbon cut half yard turn one end to a point and fasten on one of the chamois covered emery bags t ii a t can be bought at any notion counter two inches alave the point herringbone a narrow tuck which a ribbon is run attaching a spool of cotton split another half yard split inch or more A herringbone nar PANION row hems and sew in a pair of scissors herringbone a narrow hem on five eighths of ribbon turn it up five inches overcast the edged and fill tareo inches of the bag thug made with soft wool a row of herringbone to divide it from the pocket thus left in which a thimble may be kept loops of ribbon conceal alie ends chero fastened together and a safety pin li sewed on to attach to the wearer s bide A workbasket is always an acceptable present to a woman take any pretty basket an indian one made of sweet grass for instance and make a quilted silk lining to fit abo inside make little gathered pockets of the silk and sew them on alie sides and tack alie lining firmly in the basket finishing it the inside of he top with plaited ribbon if there is a cover it should have a plain quilted lining tacked neatly in the top and the outside should be ornamented with a bow of wide ribbon one spool crochet silk two yards narrow ribbon quarter yard china cotton wadding and some sachet powder cut two inch 6 squares of cardboard covering with wadding and sprinkling powder under it cover with silk make a chain of clies join seven chain catch in the fifth CROCHETED tion continuing BAG round the second and all other rounds are alie that they are joined in tho fourth stitch of the preceding round continue till alie silk is exhausted overcast the bag to thy pieces of cardboard tie a bow corner and in the row from hie upper edge run the remaining yard of ribbon to draw together M it B MARRIED PROPERTY RIGHTS 4 alain nf lie taw in stirl oue state copyright 1832 by american pret Aes oci tlona to briefly dispose of eingle property rights it eald that they are the same as those of men with tho exception of the ability to influence the taxation of property by vote in some of tho states there is this alight possible advantage that the age of legal majority is at eighteen instead of twenty one for women by the old common law theory as set forth in blackstone when a woman married it was supposed that shotae willing to give up to her husband the entire control of any property she then biad or might thereafter acquire retaining no rights but such lio consented to give her of course alila lias been mitigated in many cases by a marriage battlement by which the husband agreed that the wife alini r in uia property she brocht to lini cut we 1 h all that or most of it by FU that today iii of alie the lights of rt married woman in her own anro a dobso luto ns those of lier husband in am the husland control of his property ie speaking absolute since jt is subject to tho debts of his wife to abo support of alie family in a few states to the debts of the wife incurred before marriage and in a great many to tho dower right the rights in her hu hulanda banda property therefore are generally greater than bis in hers tho law holding man responsible for the support of his wife and children regards tho wife ns the agent of alie husband and holds him responsible for any debts sho may contract in cases a man advertises that ho will not pay his debts alie courts may hold that it has no greater force than a warning and that ho is still responsible for bills for necessities in almost every state ft separate property that 1 property which has come to her by inheritance or by boquest or devise or gift from anyone but her husband or money which she lias earned or property bought with money acquired in any of these ways is not liable for her husbands personal debts nor is it liable for debts for tho family unless no property of the husband can bo found to satisfy property given to her by her husband may be eo liable if there is a suspicion of fraud in alie conveyance of course if boino distinction were not made any man could avoid paying his debts by simple process of handing his property over to his wife as fast ho acquired it the property is free from the husbands control in the sense that he could not insist upon her selling or mortgaging it yet the increase and profits of the property interest rents collected crops raised etc may bo liable for debts for lie family support after the creditor has exhausted his remedy against the husband in a few of the states such profits form part of what is known as community property and are equally liable the lius bands property for such deate in some states a hubband is liable for antenuptial ante nuptial debts of his wife in tennessee he is as fully responsible for thieo as for his own in maine if he voluntarily assumes payment of any of them he can be sued for others in now hampshire he is liable for her debts incurred on her own responsibility utter her majority but not for debt incurred while under age and living in hor fathers house there are provisions similar to theao in a few other states but in most of them neither husband nor wife is liable for debts of the other prior to tho in most of the elates the earnings of a wife are entirely under her own control in new york she can engage in any trado or bubi nebS and carry it on the us if she were single and this holds good nearly everywhere except that in she cannot enter into a business partnership tha earnings and profits of lier business will be lier independent property not subject to any control by her lias band but all debts and liabilities incurred in carrying 0 such business will alno be her own and not like her personal dabas and debts for the support of herself and children legally chargeable upon the hu huland laud in a few of the stales rhode island vermont and west virginia for instance a wife cannot carry on a separate business or trade without her husbands consent unless he is insane or imprisoned or lus deserted lier this however cannot be construed as prohibition to earning wages As to whether a woman may sue her husband for tho performance of a contract or promise made with or to her there ia difference of practice in the different states it is also not settled how far she can be held liable upon au indor bement for another person in new jersey and several other states generally speaking epe aking those in which the of courtesy exists a husband must join with his wife in a deed of conveyance this is not required in new york new jersey lias been very much bs hind the other states in the matter of making reforms of this sort it is comparatively ively recently that a married woman can control her own property or make valid will or sue in name when any ono owns real property in several states each parcel is subject to the laws of the state in which it is situated personal property on the other hand ie subject to the lawa of the state in which the owner resides A wife can insure lier husbands life for her own benefit it is however a little difficult to understand what this privilege amounts to since it would not be easy to find a company which would issue a policy without a personal application from the person insured and without his submitting to an examination A wife leaving once induced her husband to insure ilia life can however pay the premiums herself if he does not but of birse any beneficiary can do this M HELE FRASER LOVETT WOMANS tn paragraphs happy and 11 1 1 woman fanner of X conff leli iid A shining example of womans ability to succeed an agriculturist is given in the case taber willetts of roslyn alie editor of the rural now yorker gives a charming sketch of n kimt lately made to alie ladys farm the fanu contain acres aud lias been keown for generations as the old brick this name however liaa no particular application to the owners of alie furm but comes from alio itself one of tho first brick housos built on long island mrs willetts used to run the place as a dairy farm but gave it up because it was all hard work and poor pay in this respect she had more common sense than a majority of the men banners ia tho milk supply districts around new york city havo to this day irs willetts cays eliat ehe had no eay in the price she got for milk and between the railroads and wholesale milk dealers the milk farmer was picked bare so sha turned her attention to stock breeding noto particularly this bit of golden wisdom from the woman farmere lips one must have n definite aim to bin have the matter all thought out and know exactly atut he wishes to after leaving the matter all thought out mrs willeta began tho breeding of black ewine and guernsey dairy cows sho has since added tho breeding of trotting and road horses highland girl and highland anesla are two at the trotting calta from tho wok davra tho way mils woman v to buea bhe decided to go into the breeding or trot tera is instructive she began to eludy up to gad what sort of a lionso ua wanted aitho head of her stabled sta blea sho into gait ancestry reputation and all the other mysterious points that go to the making of trotters then sho looked about till she found tho animals that filled the bill and bought them sho has now on her farm from sixty to seventy horses and seventy head of guernsey cattle she bells tho guernsey butter at fifty cente a pound bat iier greatest success is as a breeder of block for eale it is sold fast as it is old enough whether berkshire pigs guernsey cows or trotters and road horses there aro people who appear to read a certain well known scripture text as follows what man hath joined together let not god put asunder the exigencies of politics in new york city demand that women shall be excluded from the school board tammany has no use for women abo time is coming when women will have no use for tammany some time ago I 1 had the ill fate to be fooled by a rascally falsehood in a neur york paper to the effect that the mayor of salero 0 had forbidden the young of that town to walk upon tl streets after 8 p m I 1 mi |