Now that thj; Presidential contest is ever, the women of Chicago (assisted hr the newspapers of Porkopolis) have ecu discussing the. problem of fast dressing, and have been asking themselves this question : How loim docs ana should it take a woman to clothe and undress herself. Twenty minutes was the announced record of Mrs M'Adoo (wife of the Secretary' of the Treasury) for completin'' her toiiet. But C.h;oago is far ahead of’ ■Washington in this relation. Mrs Carter TP Harrison (wife of tlv; Superintendent of the Post Office oud a great social leader) asserts that she once bathed and dressed in 15 minutes. while she tikes on half an hour for n g-ood. healthy average woman. Anything bettor than tliat is hurry, according to i,iie general standard of the women of Chicago. ‘‘Then I can be one of vour pupil- V “Assuredly, sir, for 10 crowns a lesson.” said the -great artist. “And a favorite pupil for two crowns extra.'’ 't he second chamber of the Lower House of (he Dutch Parliament voted recently in favor of making women eligible to" sit itereiu.
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Evening Star, Issue 16351, 17 February 1917, Page 6
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