Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1896 — WOMAN AND HER WAYS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WOMAN AND HER WAYS.

. WEDDED TO A ROYAL RAKE. Few royal personages iu Europe dose rye more sympathy than the queen of the Belgians, whose husband's escapades with stage celebrities and others have nearly' driven his wife insane. King Leopold is /id years of age. but shows little sign of -ffte scan* dalous behavior Vhich has made his name n bywordipr years. At one time

his excesses in Loudon landed him in a police court, and Ills—most gracious majesty had considerable difficulty in escaping the punishment so often dealt out to plebeian roystererjp—a month in Jail. His scandalous doings have caused untold grief to his wife, whose tastes and habits are of a domesticated character. Her majesty has made every effort tq wean him from his unseemly Ways, but has met with little or no success. Don’t! for the Summer Girl. Don’t giggle. ~Don’t listen to sea nda I. Don’t defy public opinion. Don’t play on the hotel piano. Don’t believe everything you hear. Don’t sleepall day and dance all night. Don’t form lifelong friendships in three days. Don’t have “heart talks” with every man you know. Don’t read “Harry’s” letters aloud to your girl friends. Don’t go rowing with the young man who tips the boat. Don’t refuse to marry a good man if you get the chance. Don’t tell your admirers all the secrets of your girl friends. Don’t become engaged to more than two men at the same time. Don’t put on Jour bathing suit unless you’re going into the water. Don’t join sailing parties unless you can stand a little rough weather. ' Don’t snub your mother or maiden aunt in public. % It doesn’t look well. Don't try to protect your complexion. Give the sun and fresh air an inning. i Don’t sing, unless nature has given yon a voice which will not cause others pain. Don’t trust the gentleman who has married unhappily and wishes to tell you all about it. i ’ J ' Don’t forget that half an hour of exercise in the open air is worth more than all the nerve tdnies in the market. Don’t forget that' the summer hotel veranda is the happy hunting-ground of the most merciless gossips on earth. Don’t waste tod much sympathy on “poor George, working away in the hot city.” George is getting along very nicely. Don’t make yout willing slaves fasten yonr shoestrings more than seven times in the course of one day. The novelty wears off.—New York World. Parts Her on the Side. Fluffy bangs, nnq even the epquettish waves that so conceal the imperfections an ugly forehead.

are, as well as the girl that wears them, out of date,. . The, mannish girl Is at the height of tbe fashion, and she Is astounding thousands of her primmer sisters by parting her hair at the side. Absolute severity and simplicity is ; the motto of the new hair-dressing. I Twist or coil or braid or do whatever you will with your back hair, so long as tli# result is modest and inconspicuous, but under no circumstances must you venture to impart a feminine curt to the front locks. Saved Money nod Lost Credit. An amusing incident occurred at a fashionable wedding in this city. One friend, who determined to save her money and credit at the same time, took a broken earring to a famous jeweler of State street ordered tbe little stone to be set as a scarf pin for the groom As she eagerly remarked: "It does me no goqg, and coming from, such a fnmous establishment they are sure to prize It and tjilnk I paid a lot of money." When the package was returned from the shop the wedding guest failed to examine her proposed present and merely ttyspatched It, with her card and compliments. Imagine her disgust when strolling through the

• * ' rooms where the bridal gifts were displayed: to find a dozen people about her offering and each one smiling. For a moment she hesitated, then pressed forward, and lo! there was the precious white satin covered box bearing the prized name, it is true, but, alas! below, “From the repairing department;” and even worse than all, resting on the blue cotton beside the ptn wa* an old broken bit of earring, lelurned b.v the eonscientious firm.—Chicago Chronicle. Monkey Skin Card Ck^aes. Professor Garner is not the only man who has found a new use for the monkey. The up-to-date Jeweler is fully "equal hr this respect; —Thtrjeweierpto be sure, has turned the monkey to decorative rather than philological account. but the service to the world at large is still very grhat. This is at once apparent when it is stated that all the newest card cases are of monkey skin. They are ornamented with an applied decoration of enameled silver, patterned after the early spring flowers. The blooms are life size and as like the original as- possible, both in form and color. The effect is very pretty, as the flowers lie upon their leather background as gracefully as If a careless hand had flung them there. One Multi-Millionaire’s Wife. Mrs. Krueger, -wife of -President Krueger of the Transvaal, who is an extremely homely woman, does nearly all her own housework, cooking meals, making her own bed and always taking a* hand in the family washing. When her husband has “state guests” to dinner the good lady will.trust the task of waiting on the table to no one, and donning a white apron she performs the office of butler. Her husband has a private fortune of $20,000,1)00, buTTFs “Aurify” Krueger's boast that they live on their “coffee money”— a- perquisite of $2,000 a year allowed them by the government. Japs Reform Their Dress. The Empress of Japan has discarded the picturesque costume of her cotmtry. Her majesty’s wardrobe is made in- Paris, and she has a decided preference for tight-fitting, small-waist gowns. The royal example is followed by the ladies of the court, and state functions no longer present their former polychromatic appearance. It is a curious coincidence that the discarded Japanese costume combines all the latest ideas on dress reform embodied by its apostles here and in Europe, Shirt Waist in Name Only.

Royal Wheelwomcni Nearly all the members of the royal family of England are cyclists. Princess Victoria of Wales, the Duchess of Fife, Princess Louise, the Marchioness of Lorne and Princess Henry of Battenberg all ride and are enthusiasts. The Queen of Italy had her first bicycle lessons last summer, but is already an expert. She required only twelve lessons to become proficient.

What Women Are Doing.

During the absence of three months of Rev. Mr. Cochrane of the Uhitarian Church at Bar Harbor, Maine, his wife will attend to all his ministerial duties. Mrs. America Louisa Joslin of South Greenfield. Mo., was admitted to the Dade County, Missouri, bar, after passing a highly creditable examination. She is 35 years, old. Three different books have recently been devoted to Joan of Arc and a fourth is coming. Mrs. Oliphant is writing a history of the maid for “The Heroes of the Nations” series. Mrs. Prances Eleanor Trollope has just published the life and letters of Mrs. Prances Trollope, her mother-in-law, who wrote a book On American customs and manners that gave great offense. Ml.sk. Gladstone, daughter of the exprdemler, who has recently accepted the presidency of the Cambridge Women’s Liberal Club, made her first appearance recently at a largely attended meeting. There is a woman dentist in New y ork who is fast attaining popularity and fortune. She is a German by birth, and has a large clientele among the singers and other musicians of her own nationality in the city. _i , l.ate Spring Costume,

THE QUEES OF BELGIUM.

LATEST EDICT FOR THE TAILOR-MADE GIRL.