A magazine in Chicago is announced as “splendidly gotten up,” and the “splendidity” of which can be described only by such rhapsodical circulars as the publishers of the magazine issue.

This is a Macbethian Gothic, a subtype of the shilling shocker designed to thrill the reader with gory supernatural spectacle.

Worse yet, they could be stuck raising offspring with a man they despise. I have met some women in their forties recently that I could tag as “manizers.” Still, they are not nearly as ruthless as womanizers are.

Stomacher brooch of brilliants and fine oriental pearls.