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TI10 Hiimrcl I'li w uv t In llnir. ami they rrsumril tin Ir hiviilikp llff; l.ut n nimrli latir the hiiMlmml lost his trnipT iiKain w hi n his w ifi . f.. thp fifth tlmo iliii inn an aftrt noon Milting, aoki'il him tlx- sum' olil iiicstlnn. After that niinrn-l Mo.nr talkul sirlonsly with his wlfo. Hi- exi'lalned that it seeineil ii small thlnu to ause a man to lose his temper, but he tilnl to show her the senselessness of nxkliiK tho question nil tho time. Ami that iiuurri I endoi In a hnif promise by the wife that she woulil not lepeiit the nuery meept when It was alisolutelr neeessar". A week later she ask il him almnt the position of th tint threo tiini's Inshle tlo minutes, ami he gnvo a rtule answer to the thlril npitiiion. The iuarrel wis serious, but they mule vip the next day mul iiuarreleil n train before nlRht oyer the same ol.l iiiestlon. The quarrels liu re iseil In violence mul frenuent y until June of this year. Time nml main durlnir the interludes Moser benueil his wife to quit asking that question, lie prom ised to forbear and bear ns much ns possible, but he pleaded with her to break herself of the hnblt of snylnK " Is It on stralKht?" He would overlook It ir merely raise his eye brows ten or twelve times dm inif the day, anil then lose patience with his wife and scold her. Once he spoke thm-ply to her about the matter In the presence of two of her friends, and she did not speak to him for three days. Indeed, she de clared she never would speak to hi in aunln, but one day, meet Ihk him in the hall, she inquired about the set of her hat, and broke the Ion silence. Asked Nineteen Times in One Day. They went to a reception emly In June, and before they reached home that evening Mrs. Moser had asked her hus band about her hat exactly nineteen times, according to the statement he makes In Mis nnswer to her bill. When they reached home that evening the man was kiIiu and determined. He said nothing about his plans, but the next mornlnK he went away early and returned shortly before noon. With him he carried a strange device. It consisted of a Unlit, canelilte stick, polished highly and eonnected with an arch shaped stick of the same material. At the bottom of the arch were two pads and straps and buc kles, and at the end of the rod was a hook. Calling his wife, Moser calmly asked her to stand atlll a moment, and then, without a word of explanation, ho placed tho arch over her head, tho padded puds resting on her shoul ders, buckled the straps under her arms, leaving the rl protruding three feet out In front of her face. Mrs. Moser did not know what was being done, and waited in surprise and expectancy for some Joke to develop. The husband stepped to a table, picked up a light, beautiful mirror with a narrow m -tal rim, and hung it from the hoi k at the end of the rod. "Now." ho said, stepping back, "you can wear that and see for ynurj-olf whether or not It Is on straight." The wife started to laugh: then started to cry; then got angry and indignant. " Put on your hat," ordi rod the husband, " and walk with me down to tho Reform xl church and Inn k." His ton" was menacing, and tho wife, frightened and ready to break down, obeyed him. He took her by the arm and led her from the house. .1 - Goes to Church in the Harness. The Reformed church was seven blocks from the house, 'and before they hud walked three blocks they were sur rounded by a crowd of -uilous persons, who followed after, hooting, Jeering, and laughing-. Tho wife sobbed and started to get hysterics, but her husband, holding her tight by the arm, marched her to the church and back with tho mirror bobbing along In front of her face and showing her a tear stained, quivering countciance and a beautiful hat, and for once she did not care whether or not It was rn straight. They reached the house again lit iast and entered. The husband unstrappid the le l e, laid it on a table, and re u i.' Ui d : "There. I guess you'll never ask me that question again." "You brute!" his wife blurted out, as hhe fled to her own room ami threw herself sobbing o i the hod. Ii ;.l iiftei uoo'i she 'iipped i : ; y to her mother's home, ind there her relatives persuad ! In r tc bring her suit fo Won v.. Tl !.- n poi tid from ! ngs l.yn.i that i r.c was seen ui tl.t s'rett the day the divorce bill vc.i. llled, a"d that her hut wul il! i' y. RS. NETT1K It. MOSKR of Kings Lynn, Kng- ft 1 land, has brought suit against her husband. I l I Walter B. Moser, asking absolute divorce and A am I alimony, all because she wanted to know If her hat Whs on straight before going out with him. In her bill she rhatgi s gnat and exces sive cruelty, unfeeling actions, which tended to hold her ip to the ridicule of the community wherein she resided, and to shame her be fori her friends and neighbors." Stripped of all legal verbiage, what Moser did was to Insist that his wife wear a mirror sui peitded In front of her face, so that at all times she could see for herself, without asking, whether or not her hat was on straight, lie compelled her to wear ihe device which ho rigged up mice, and then she went back to her mother arid, acting on the advice of her friends, brought suit for divorce. Nettie Ambrose and Walter Moser were married three years ago In May. Bhe was one of tho prettiest girls of the middle class In Kings i,ynn n bright eyed, brown haired, slender, and graceful girl, a little vain over her undoubted beauty and grace, and with a passionate love of fine clothes nml pretty hats to set upon her glorious crown of brown hair. Moser was a contractor, young, handsome, and rising rnpldly, accumulating money and extending his business as fast as his capital Justified, so the match was looked upon ns an Ideal one by their families and friends. And they were hnppy. Moser built them a beautiful little cottage In the outskirts of the town, with a lovely gnrdon ground It, and he kept n horse and a phaeton. And his bride dressed better than any of the girls of her acquaintance. .Took Most Pride in Her Hats. Moser Indulged his wife In everything. She went to Ixn don four or five times a yenr shopping, and spent more money than she had ever imagined could be spent for clothes, and hats, and shoes but she took more pride and delight In hats than anything else. Her husband took her with him every time his business called him out of town. He took her to theaters, to restaur ants, to concerts everywhere, because he wns sincerely In love with her, and was proud of her beauty and her fine taste in dress. There was but one thing that caused friction between them. Every time Mrs. Moser started anywhere, and three or four or five times during an afternoon's outing or an evening's pleasure, she would turn to her husband and whis per: "Is my hat on straight, dear?" Moser avers that her hat never was on crooked, that she knew It was not on crooked, and that, further, she knew that, even if it had been on crooked, he could not tell whether the erookedness was accident or design. For the first year of their married life Moser continued to step back, smile sweetly, and reply: " Yes, dear I think It Is straight." Then the constant repetition of tho question began to Jar upon blm. They had been married fifteen months when they had their first quarrel, and that quarrel was over " Is my hat on straight, dear?" Mrs. Moser had returned from a shopping trip to Iindon, and a few days later a perfect love of a hat was delivered at her home. It was one of white ostrich plumes snd Ince, and she had ordered It especially for a social affair that was set for the following night. Her husband was at work on some specifications, calculating the hid ho would make for a big piece rsf work, when his wife swept into his workroom, with the beau'.iful hat on her even more beautiful hair. The man sprang to his foot to take her In bis arms and tell her how beautiful she was, when she stepped back, put her hands up to the hat. gave It a sligh twist, and said: " Is It on straight, dear?" He Wouldn't Answer Her Query. Moser, annoyed and crestfallen, tumid buck to his work without looking or speaking, and the exasperated wife, after waiting a minute, stamped her foot and culled him a brute. In a minute they were " making up," nnd when the tears had been kissed away Moser said: "I was to blame, darling, but It provoked me to have you ask me that question. I wish you wouldn't ask me any more. I don't know anything about It. 1 only know you are the sweetest "etc. Hut that did not stop the habit. Whether it was second nature for Mrs. Moser to ask If her hat was on straight or not, or whether she did It purposely to exaspernte her husband, only she knows; but the fact re mains that she continued to ask, and roask. and ask again concerning the hat. Still, the husband, ashamed of bis first childish outbreak, bore It in patience, and It was not until the following winter that they quarreled again. They bad attended the theater In London to see Mr. Tree, and during the dramatic climax of the piece, while the hufband was loaning forward in his seat. Intent en the pictured scene before I. In on the stage, he was annoyed at a movement beside and behind him, and, glancing sideways, be saw his wife putting on her hat, and heard the people behind her muttering protests. He frowned. . .t I . 7- 1. --"T- T - T ? T T 1 t 1 T X W - Ir : -1' . I-;.. 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True, the knife had struck some places niKiier man inner., ami mado deeper Incisions on one side of the pencil than the other, and It looked like a broken reed, but It had point and answered the purpose, mid her feelings Were hint. The young man stnike again. " I Hi you know , I imld not like you half so well If you could sharpen a pencil Just like a man." " Why?" came the c eii.istlng feminine Inquiry. " I'.n use you would not be the Woman you are If you -ouid sharpen a had pciuit correctly. Ciirls are not supposed lo know how." only gills know how many time, they have writhed under the bantering worn of the masculine world as they struggled with the jHiliit of a bad pencil. If a girl be persistent and not i.isilv discouraged, she will reduce a new one to a stub, and only when she is forced to secure the services of "big brother "her own or some one else's will she acknowledge herself beaten. It is suld woman lacks what Is known as " the Industrial sense." Girts Cannot Whistle. According to one eminent university professor, along cer tain line, there will be 10 trouble In keeping woman "In her place," owing to the fact that she U anatomically unfitted to do many things "Just like a man." The rare Instance, w lo re girls have learned to whistle are cited as case, of freaks of nature. From the Is-finmlng of time " whistling girls " nave been placed in the same category with "crowing hens," mil are generally looked upon with disfavor. In this age it has U-en proved that the whistling gill not only violates the law. of etiquette but antagonize, the mit nts of nature. liut there is an "other stile" to all theories, and It Is claimed that tills state of aff iii. Is (imply the result of habits extending through century after century. It is .uppoxd that t!u habit of whistling wa. tultivatrd by primitive man as a nni.il while bunting. Also the record, .bow that whistling .- introduced into certain rellgiou. ceremonle. of the early d.is. and In these woman waa not consldcri'C worthy to t.ik" I in. Many, again, urgue that when there 1 a need f"t Woman to do the unordalned things' she finds a way Of ri nt years women have taken to keeping ties., and there is no udcg.ua to uL.btnu;e for the whistling call for a dug WecMPJrjzz from Its mistress, and .o women more frequently develop a giH)d whistle. Sometime, we find women who can do a little carpentering about the house, such a. mending the old kitchen clock or replacing a rung of her favorite ( hair, hut on general prin ciples her knowledge of machinery and carpentering Is lim ited. "Not so," say. one man, who has made quite u study of woman and her possibilities. " It all depends upon the woman and what needs present themselves for display of mechanical genius. I'm sure country girls rival their brother, in carpentering, and women who live alone learn to build their own fences, barns, and hencoops. It Is merely a matter of training. ' " I know a Scotch Canadian family In which are a boy and a girl. The girl wanted a hencoop made. No one volun teered his services and she got busy herself. A large box of cubical shape wa. sis in transformed into a hen', neat. I-atcr her brother made one, which could not be compared with his sister's. Her. wa. dainty, and true, and clean. III. wa. massive, aolld, and crude." The story of the woman with the hammer 1. proverbial. It is known that .he alma at the nail but hits her finger, which, even though dainty, are always in the way, while man's clumsy one. -never. And then man "Jtt naturally" drives a nail straight, while woman excel In driving it crooked. However, In general, a man. eye la no truer than woman'.. How can a woman's aversion to sharp edges lie accounted for that she Is not able to look upon a sharp razor without shuddering? Or that she does not " whittle " away Jier time, yet It is a t'Hsllme that gains the fascinated attention of the small boy? (Jlrls- lack of Industrial sense Is given as the explanation. Few women fan accomplish the pulling of a cork easily. I'osslbly she could manage the pulling gracefully If she could Insert the corkscrew successfully, which, on the contrary, seems to baffle her and renders her awkward and Ineffective. Hie Invariably breaks the cork and then lesorts to scissors, or a hatpin, or some other weapon to fish out the pieces. Kven with un automatic corkscrew some women will start the operation In such a slovenly munner that defeat l as sured. S Women Not Built for Throwing. The way a v.oman doesn't throw a ball lias made her famous. The theory of the professor that she is anatomically not constructed for ball throwing should make her exempt from all blame. Her brother, arm Is put on at the shoulder ditferently, and with an tiitlrely different muscular arrange ment. The overhand method of throwing a ball, which lias brought so much coiitemiit on the fair m x, is nut capable of i j. cting the ball Willi gn at force, an I It is quite an Impos sibility to get a correct aim. The whiplash movement adopted by a man when throwing a ball is quite impossible to a woman. W J X- R :- -.TO A. ;, J' ' j from its mistress, and .o women more frequently develop a for that she Is not able to look upon a sharp razor without . C j ' j 'Z.J. ' ' V v '. giH)d whistle. shuddering? Or that she does not " whittle ' away Jier time, ' i 'i"' J '"" . . . ' ' f i ' Sometime, we find women who can do a little carpentering yet It I a pastime that gain tho fascinated attention of the j ' u ' '" I S-ms' M I I awiui me nouif, sucn a. inclining me inn Kiici.en chick or small noy? Ulrls lack of Industrial sense Is given as the I t VJ T .-.',11 Although her first effort at firing a gup make, her a spectacular object, it has been proved that time and cultiva tion work wonders, anil that she can bo. .une expert. This suggests tin- possibility Mint the question of mrves plays an important purt in the alleged inferiority of women. Physical Build Prevents luir.pinq. Strength is not a consideration In the fact that women cannot run and Jump as well as men, hut their hip. are too large. This does not Interfere with their climbing well. When the bother of skirts Is overcome they can accomplish this as well as men. There are some things women cannot do that men can, and some things that men cannot do toat women can. It Id evident woman was not Intended to lead a Itoosevcl'ian ex istence, rtlie was not constructed like a man, else she would not be a woman. She should be thankful thut .he la under the'guid.ini e of u considerate providence.