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W Freeck Bory with = Moral for Ex travagant Wives. Following the dispute of Afra, Cooper Hewitt and her milliner comes the story of a frantic discussion In Paris as to whether a man so responsible for the Dills bie-wife may run up at, her Stag maker's, says the New York World. 14 has always been supposed that in such a case as this the unfortunate husband would have to open bla pocketbook wide and pay the amount even though the heart-strings tugged. ‘But the Paris courta have said no to this, and there te a wild stir In consequence throughout the’ entire world of bodice, skit and coat designers. The story is a céimple one. A certain Parisian manufacturer had a spouse who, while exemplary ‘isi every other reaped, had for two year# been running up dressmaker's bill and paying nothing on account...The bill finally assumed the amusing ‘pronox iona of $2,200. The husband meanwhile was in a complete ignorance of fer ex travagance, and his first intimation of it was upon presentation of will. Assuming the mnastery of his household, and bidding defiance to the world at large, he contested the claim, with the result that the Court of Appeal cut down the id to 1,200, and decided that was all he should . The arguments of the French judiciary were that the husband was not bound if his wife's expenditure was out of proportion to his means and seat of proportion to the circle in which they both lived. The crucial point in the cage was that during these two years the dressmaker had made neither in quiry of nor referred to him. © peakers 4 Delaware There is a perpetual remindey that Delaware was once a part of Pennsyl vania in the strong Quaker element in the northerm part of the little state. are for the most part de.
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Lawrence Daily World
Lawrence, Kansas, US
Thu, Sep 05, 1895
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