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rowmg girl, we have hioned loop, made of a n oar of the racinfi hunting girl’s heart is a horn twisted into a x's head, for an orna- nnection there is 1:90 Ud [IST [C VIE Leftover Wt! th the summeâ€" gone. she “has her regular those houses she 3063 11d $80 ll circle, the gold being reproduce the hen” hand, while a pearl the tip. What more :e than this could be er of a golf tour»- sample woman the credit is a new line of remun- This is neither more crop wu 8D “f arr D \V vnd glance, are most 1‘ Symbolism. These fancies are the fad )1 me 1113 )I ght, 0f nree DOt ”3": Out 3 surely s a. golf stick ecen .1 I mcn Dr. Wi nher me he rep] ie 'indin not J 1m S a S We :1 state _81e; )1)! DO nstead I", may If an: Hams icines 5 have mm: the first Pink mt hem ‘eat~ the and could duo It 100k1n" - u 9, ° 0 t Under .‘12 heading Lawyer 1t 18 I ata'ed that although women cannot Q ‘ t he qualifications needed as a solicitor or barris- ter. one woman for many years has 1 a conveyancer. A few 1 practised law and gone in for university examinations in that 1 subject. There are two women who md the London LLB. and others who hm. passed the intermediate examina- tion in 1mm. and at least two Girton gudents have passed the law tripos. but none of these examinations would: quaigfy {or practice. The benchers atl one of the Inns of Court would have-to be referred to for the admission of women as barristers. An Act of Parlia- ment would be necessary before they could be admitted as solicitors. In 1897 a wom'in was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of yew Zealand. and an Indian woman. has hteiy defended successfully acase in the IXDIAN LA‘V COURiTS. in medicine women are well repre- unted. here being about 55.000 of them practising as doctors and surgeons. There a re In Great. Britain two kinds of diplomas for the medical profession, one granted by the College of Physiâ€" ians and Furgeons and the other a medical degree granted by the univer-i sities. Every 3’. udcnt. before beginning 1 her mt‘liii‘lil study must pass a pre- liminary i~x.;t‘r’iination in arts. Those who wish for a university degree must take a degree. in arts or the matricu- lation examination of the university. Apptiiintinent of women in England to int-(12ml {108’s is becoming more com- mezi M'e-t‘y day. They frequently are chosen for asylums and infirmaries. The staff of the Hospital for \Vomen 's entirely made up of women. A woman doctor is supplied as cer- tifying surgeon in the general -POSt“ offices in Landon. Liverpool, and Man- Chester me. as overseer of health of post-office women. Another woman is medical examiner in the Government insurance annuities department, G.P.O., hinder). A chief gets from $1,500 to for practisi at: 3 London ?6 A gneo 81.000 to 81,500. b The secretary of State for India also . appoint“ a woman to the position of i first physician of the Kame hospital. Among ether Government posts to I Which mmen have. been appointed are: I Membership in various educational, 1n- dusrrial and reformatory commissions 8m: :sylum boards. inspectors of secrets and factories. superintendents 1 anti Itmtrtons of prisons. etc., assistants i in libraries .tnd observatories, besides ( Bums-711s positions obtained by com- Petitien in the clerical and teiegraph 1 : i I s i V service of the general post-office. Aimr‘st see agents, brokers and fac- ts are reported. and under “ train- ;anti qualifications,” it is set forth 0 t " for this class of work a vigorous somlky. robust constitution, and a Df‘zillrt' not easily daunted by rebuffs 8!“: :he necessary qualifications, and I that for election. canvassers. 811b' 1 agt-nts 21nd organizers of political as- ; fivviutlens. political knowledge and ex- ‘ Wrient‘e are required. To act as an : adwrdsing agent an ' apprenticeship l mus: hr served under someone already : established. as there are many com- Dlications and cross-interests connect- ed With the business.” \Vomen are Warned not to go into politics 11111888 ti191? have. real political knowledge and deep Ct‘nvictions. as well as the power C“ *ml‘rvssing them upon others. The number of women authors is put at 8'0. the qualification being set dC-“Vn as originality. excellence of style, “.1353“? of the languages employed. IVs-Fwy culture and power of observa- tion. Nell known novelists, it is said. ”“1 ‘50? a. novel and many writers are Wee-12m to receive so small a sum as 3°“ 9“ 375. or even to publish AT micm OWN EXPENSE, . ”A" business of a woman journalist, "5 15‘1“: is be precarious, although there , are “~ {NV women in London earning 5‘7"} qalriries in this line of worlr. Tbyte are 3.700 actresses, accordmg to In“ rt“port, earning from $3 to 350% 8. “Tag“. VAE‘AOng the more unusual kinds of . go“. “0119 by women are those ofbeeâ€"I ,?‘¥"ns- bill posting, selling boning cm!“ In the poor districts for afarth- ‘35-" a kettle. calling to wake work-i “H.919 in the morning, card-leaving for; so”??? ladies, which commands 3135'! _a my and expenses, dog walking, that ii taking out pet dogs for an airing. at ‘ 2 Target about 62 cents an hour. .am‘ndwlch women receive about 59 “ms ‘1 d'IF- The employment ,of women {Or this Work is new, and as yet not 322mm. There have been .a. number “grotests made against their employ- “£153“ and the S.C‘.A.P.A., which is the My f“? Checking the Abuses“ T t i an: r OSITIONS WHICH THEY ' RENT P FE BEAT BRITAIN. upation “3,79 gazing facts have been ,3 the Women's Institute a compilation which they the employment open to ‘â€" of wages, hours of it: 9.: information. This is gnrily to aid the women min in trying to decide ion or profession or in a... '~L1 H. in England â€"1‘here Arc ~ and Surgeons-Sinner an by Which They Ban and an assistant from Public Advertising, points out that while old and infirm men have gener- ally goggh‘t this oocupa_tion, among wo- men it is: the young a-ndf stEbngâ€" {Ivâ€"1:0 fife taking it up. W'oinen m'ake from $5 to $7.50 a week in " fly-tying," for proficiency in which a ihrce-ycars: trgining is necessary. Under the head of " fire-goya," it is stated that poor Christian women in the East-End often help the Jews in their neighbourhood by tending their fires for them during the Sabbath. re- ceiving two pence from each family. VERY LONG HOURS, As bath attendants and in wash houses 185,246 women serve, a day's work being fifteen hours in summer and twelve in winter, \t-iges varying from $3 to 5.25 a week. In the public baths for Jewish women the duties or an attendant are to keep the baths clean. and to say the necessary prayer for any bather who is ignorant of it: the baths being inspected by the rabbi before being used, to see that every- ithing is in accordance with the pre- iscribed ritual. In certain districts and parxshes al- lotments of land are made, suitable for small farming, and women as well as mgr} may take them up. There are almost 52,000 women among the agricultural laborers of England and \Vales. Hiring fairs are held in some parts of the country, where employers and employes meet to make annual farm contracts. “ Lady help ” is a term due to Mrsl Rose Mary Crawshay, who, some years‘ ago, read a paper before the Social: Science congress on domestic service for gentlewomen, which subsequently was published in book form and arous- ed much interest. The helplessness of refined women, brought up in comfort and often in luxury, when deprived of the incomes to which they have been accustomed, was set forth strongly, and emphasis was laid upon the neces- sity for practical and efficient training for women of all social grades. Re- cently domestic service as a career for gentlewomen has been advocated, not i as a last resource, but as a recognized Iprofession for which a thorough scien- i tific and practical training is. required as indicated in the courses of hygiene and domestic science laid down by the London board, the County Councils, and the various pOIytechnics. From this class of housework, greater fore- thought, accuracy, and skill might be expected, and the whole standard of service elevated with great gain to the community at large. As 5,000,000 of the 19,000,000 women in the United Kingdom are married, the catalogue contains a section on the duties of wives. The legal position of a wife in Eng- land is still ‘that her personality is merged in that of her husband. The law imposes no duty upon her as a wife. The court can order her to live with her husband but cannot force her to obey. If she does not, the court simply issues a decree of separation. A wife may pledge her husband’s credit with tradesmen for personal or household expenses. Since 1882 amarâ€" ‘ried woman has the right to her own property free from her husband's con- 1 trol. of Maria Theresa against Frederick. According to John 'B-‘ight, Eng- land and her allies drifted into the Cri- mean war without realizing it until after they got in, and they did not know what they were fighting for even after they started; while it is certain that everything which was supposed to have been fixed by that results of a quarter of a century of war beginning with the commencement of the French revolution and ending . “pleased nobody and settled nothing,” according to Sheri- dan. The average person who lived in those days knew as little ahtut the calves of the slaughter as old Kaspar about the battle of Blenheim when questioned by little Peterkin. Magistrateâ€"You are charged, sir, with selling liquor on Sundays. Prisonerâ€"Never sold a drop, jedge. But here is a reputable witness who entered your saloon by the back door 'nk, receiv- last Sunday. called for a dr1 ed bottle qnd glass, poured out 21 11b- .Does he say it was licker jedge? He says it tasted like liquor. \Vell, jedge, I’m a law-abidin’ citi- m. L LLA‘nA (@110? fried to Zen. 1 am. ind-Iv qu-v _- break the law by buyln’ hcker of me but I didn’t sell him no licker, no, Slr! “’hat did you sell him? It. was a temperance drink, jedge, turpentine an' kerosene, red pepper and sech things, jedge. It wasn’t licker. jedge; it only tasted like WARS FROM TRIFLING CAUSES. EMERALDS 95â€". SHAMROCKS. How many runs did your club make Larry 3 Thrae, 301'. Three mm;2 eh I _ c-.. n...’ nmnire. a ‘u‘wv, ~' Three runs. 611’ YLs 301-, A run for the run for th doctor an 3 police station. TASTED LIKE IT. That was licker jedge? :ed like liquor. m a lawâ€"abidin’ citi- t there feller tried to r buyin’ Iicker of me him no licker, no, sir! “ LION 0F RUSTEFBURG." SOME PERSONAL TRAITS 0F STEVEN JOHN PAUL KRUGEB. The State hiatorian of the South African Republic, Mr. Van Oordt, has recently published a history of the Transvaal, which contains the biogra- phies of its notabilities, among the chief of whom is the President, fami- liarly known as 00m Paul. The founder of the family was a cer-5 tain Jacob Kruger. who arrived at Cape Town in 1713 as a youth of17,in the service of the Dutch East India Company. Jacob Kruger was a Ger- man. A descendant of his, Caspar Kruger, married and settled on the Bu hoek farm. near Colesberg in Cape Colony. It was there that Stephanus Johannes Paul Kruger was'born on Oct. 10, 1825. :‘Vhile still quite a child he had to help his parents, in his ninth year sometimes acting as shep- herd, and even leading the oxen in the wagon. Later, when yet too small to handle the heavy musket of the period. ihe went after game with bow and ar- rows, and returned to the farmhouse with many a bare and partridge. P Early ‘l‘ralnlng That Has Made Ill!- What Ile ls Tonayâ€"Slmpltclty of Ills Ilahlts “Be Trustworthy. But Trust No one,” Is Ills .‘lotto-lle “a. No Pro- totypo. a small escort, he of a Kaffir chief trouble for the B. ran great risk of I ed him by the us the interview, beg ‘wâ€"v u ,uai circumstam e3, w remained quxet durxng war. While still a youth he had ovenoaded in sure, of a rhinmeros “1‘ a d shattered the top of his 1911.;ucvw.-aw. . buxbl n Before he could get assistance: A tinge of color flamed up in Mrs. :figfi‘kound began {95191-1118, for he was Skinner’s face. This was rather dis- far distant from surgical help, and ,appoxnting. She controlled her. voxce threatened mortificatmn He there- f: With an effort, and went on patiently: ' ;"It was awful strange. My! I can upon iremember just how you looked that AMPLTATED “FEE THUMB , Espring. You had a lavender delaine, ". 'oint.Wllh a Mketkn‘je’iand it was terrible becoming, and ‘ o' the first operauon 195,“£‘ ; everybody said that you and Job were ficient, he cut off the second J0m}sithe best looking couple in town. That after which the hand healed. A5 1115 hit me, for that was the year Amos ' : ' Th? man who 00931 ; and I began to keep company. But t the man ‘0 be 9.35337 ; you were good looking that year," she frightene .” Many stories are ‘Oiddl' ' said, generously, glancing at Penelope ' his strength 0f “'1“, and ,"n‘ A to see the effect of her words. ' ts will} haf-f “Well, everybody was thunderstruck dav and his Pei" j when it came to an end so sudden, and firs lasting 3 “1110.18 , , .' . sonal strength in strufi'gles “11h , everybody guessed a different reason, animais. . . _ iSame thought it was his mother made _ . J--- m 1mm“: Mr. Van ; the trouble. and some said. 30‘! hated As to his 00rd: says, pared with and even ‘ with no th the Dutch of South Africa he is simply ran! Kruger, a man of themselves born into their troubles and tribula- tions, who has contributed to their triumphs. and is now, in his last years. stgering them through new danger._ Mr. Van OOrdt. i5 concluding. his skgpch. thus apostrophizes him "A‘l peaceful lies the Lion of Rus-lthe reason. I was just. fooling you." tenburg. his eye fixed on God, his paw ! Mrs. Skinner knit. very fast, and her upon the flag of independence, You ‘mouth was closed like a trap. Pene- mark no signs of attack: only the Lion ;lope }001in at her now and then. "They takes a watchful protecting grasp : say Job’s fat now," she said mildly, But. take care! A: the first approach i“â€"-â€"and bald, ”0-" - of danger he erects his mane and rises ? Mrs. Skinner plucked up courage for up, And “'03! “'08 to him, however 3011:? more trial. "YES,” she said. ."hO mighty he be, who dares touch the flag :is, I knew he'd be bald; it runs i9 “‘0 or Transvaal independence. The Lionzfamily- 535’. Penelope." she pleaded. then will fight; he will defend himself VI WiSh you’d tell m‘e the reason you to the last drop of his blood; and if he iwouldn't‘ marry him." must fall dying and conquered. thenl "Well. I will.” said Penelope. 1'8' shall it be enwrapped in the vreiklem, ilenting. "1'11 tell you the real 1‘88“ _which shall make the shroud of Step- eon.” She paused, and MYS- Skinner hanus Johannes Paul Kruger.” llaid down her knitting and leaned for. WHY SHE WUULDN’I MHRRY HlM. They sat together in Miss Penelope Rankin’s sitting room. Penelope was making a braided rug‘ and Mrs. Amos Skinner was knitting! a stocking. A silence had fallen be- tween them after the first half hour of chat, and each seemed occupied with her own work. Penelope was, in fact, thinking of the black strip she was going to put around the edge of her rug, but Mrs. Skinner was trying to think of some way to lead up to the subject of Job Liscomb. She was on ifrom the ”West visiting her sister, Mrs. {Simeon Gurney, and she had chosen this afternoon to spend with Penelope {Rankin “Have you ever found out why she wouldn't marry Job Liseomb?" Mrs. Amos had asked when they were talk-d ing about Penelope that afternoon. ”No, we haven’t,” Mrs. Simeon had replied. "I believe I’ll find out this afternoon. I’d just as lief ask her right out." ”Oh, I don’t believe you’d want ”Yes, I would. She and I used to be good friends, and it is so many years since I’ve seen her that she’ll be feel- ing like telling me things that she wouldn’t tell the rest of you that have lived right along with her, as you might say. Yes, I’d just as lief ask her as not.” to.” But now, as she looked at Penelope, she hesitated. She decided not to ask her right out, but to lead up to the question cautiously. “You do seem to be real comfort- ably situated," she said at last. "And you ain’t grown old, like me. Your house is just as pretty as can be, and, well, I guess you’ve done better than some that’s married." She laughed a little nervously. It wasn’t as easy as she expected. She wondered if that was too abrupt a beginning. Penelope smiled ‘placidly. “I'm greatly favored," she said, ”and I don’t feel any reason for complaint with my lot.” Mrs. Skinner went on with more confidence. "I guess you didn’t make any mistake that time you gave Job Liscomb the mitten. They say they’re as poor as picry, and“ now he’s had to go and break his leg, andâ€"wellâ€"they seem to be in a peek of trouble all the time.” , “No,”us.i1ew;h;eâ€"nthon hastily, fearing that Penelope would change the sub- ject, “no, I guess you knew what. you were about.” lex. 0 Mrs. Skinner waited a moment, but there was silence. .o‘ p \IQV “â€"v She waited till the pause was just the right length for the effect she wished to produce, then said, “Bit I've always wondered how you happened not to have him.” “2.1 V‘sgfipose there’s a good many would like to know that," said Pene- log? calmly. . rs. Skinner had held her breath and looked at her friend .with bright, piercing eyes, but at this answer a disappointed expression came over her face. "Well, you can't deny ’twas curious,” she said, with the slightest trace of irritation in her voice. “There he'd been going with you steacU that hé'd been going with you steady that spring, and then all at once he stopped short, and neipher _of_ you' gave any --.__I reason for of.” never have.” I." 9W v-w vâ€"â€" v v - ”Well, everybody was thunderstruck when it came to an end so sudden, and everybody guessed a different reason, Some *hought it was his mother made the trouble, and some said you hated smokin’ so bad, but I always thought it was her he married afterwards." She paused and looked at Penelope trying to decide if she was going too far. 1,_ V‘- â€"â€"â€" pretty soon after you got through with him. Well, I thmght p'rhaps he didn’t know his own mind, and maybe you'd seen him larkin' round herâ€"-â€"" “Well," said Penelope, suddenly,“do you blame a girl for being mad under such circumstances?" ”'1 m sure You know he began to! go wi_th lggr vâ€"vâ€"__ it. that I have ever heard was coming out now. " “w 'V_-â€"° 'vâ€"v â€"â€"v "So that was the treason!" she said, her voice shrill with excitement. “So that was the reason. You don't gay!” “No I don’t say, " said Penelope. There was a mischievous gleam in her eyes. ”I don' t say so and that wasn’t the reason. I was. just fooling yo_u.” Mrs. Skinner plucked up courage for on more trial. "Yes,” she said. ."ho is, I knew he'd be bald; it runs in the family. Say, Pe_nelope_,_ " she pleaded. "Well. I will," said Penelope. re- lenting. “I’ll tell you the real rea‘q son." She paused, and Mrs. Skinner laid down her knitting and leaned for ward eagerly. "Ho. ngver asked me," Penelope said impressively. Mrs. Skinner looked blank for a moment, then she rose to her feet. ”It’s awful late, Mirandy'll be expect- ing me." She put on her things in haste, then she said good-bye and Even! out. Penelope stood in the door with an amused smile on her lips, and watched her visitor till she reached the road then she stepped out and ran lightly after her. " Mrs. Skinner," she callv ed Mrs. Skinner paused and‘ waitecl im- patiently. “You forgot to inqpire why he didn’t ask me,” she said. . “\Vell?" said Mrs. Skinner. There was a quiet dignity about Penelope. as she answered: "I always held that if a girl wasn't going to marry a man, she had no’ business to let him propose, and. so I didn’t let him propose, and so I didn't let him ask." She turned and went swiftly back to the house. Mrs. Skinner caught her breath. It Mrs. Skinner stood still. "\Vell,”shc said. "I don’t see’s I’ve found out much, after all.” and she walked slow. 1y along, defeated and dejected. Sayings of Some of England's Eminent Judges. The atmosphere of the now abolished Enâ€"giish Court of Chancery was no doubt conducive to dulness. The sub- jects of trusts, suits, administrationa mortgages and settlements have littlc in them to call out witty sallies. New ertheless, the Law Journal has no difficulty in showing that enquityand epigram are not antagonistic. For ex- _ ample: Lord Justice Knight-Bruce, on hear- ing of an administration suit, playfully remarked, "The estate will be distri- buted in the usual way among the soli- citors.” This was a joke appealing peculiarly to the Chancery practition- er cognizant of the true order of pre- cedence in legal mattersâ€"costs first, then practice, merits last. It. was a vice-chancellor from whom emanated a happy retort, when an egg was thrown at. him on the bench: “ibis must have been meant for my brother Bacon.” Vice-Chancellor Bacon had an excel- lent record as a sayer of good things. There was one member of the inner bar practising before the vice-chan- cellor for whom he was supposed to have. no great Liking. This man’s ser- vices were not much in demand, for, although his ability and knowledge of Law were undoubted, he was apt to look at a case from an impractical point of view, and not to make the most of its best points. It was com- monly said of him that he had a twist in his mind. When (his man was about sixty years old, some one remarked to the judge that he was clever. “Yes,” said the old man, s‘lowly and judicially, "he is a very clever young man,” and after a pause, he added, “If he swallowed a nail, he would vomit a screw.” ; It is not an unheard of thing for European or American girls to ad- Evertise for husbands, but it is very 'doubtful if any EurOpean or American 1 paper has ever contained such a poeti- cal matrimonial advertisement as this .one. Moreover, it is very doubtful ii any would ever thank of offering to share the same grave with the gentle- man, who might accept her offer 01 . marriage. Verily, they do things dif- gferently in Japan. A Japanese girl who desires to get married does not hesitate to inform the public of her desire. In a recent is- sue of the Japanese Journal, “Kana- zawa Shimbum," one of these girls, who signs hiarself, “Hosuijoshi,” is very outspoken on this point, as the following natice shows :-â€""I, the under-t signed, am a pretty girl with abund< ant hair, flower like face, perfect eye- brows and a good figure. I havc money enough to take life easy and to enable me to spend my years with some beloved man who will ever be my companion and who can admire the flowers with me by day; and the moon by night. If any clever, accomplished handsome and fastidious gentleman iI disposed to accept this offer, I can 0.84 sure him that I will be true to him for life, and that, after life is over, Iwil} be ready to be buried with him in on: grave.” ' ." ’,‘ A candid author, who writes to us from the far Vv'est, inclosing a few specinmns of his work, says of the latter: I’m not one of the born writers. I’m a butcher by profession, and when I’m not killing beef I’m writing poetry. And my frjends gell_me_t‘h'at my poetry {5â€"3.8 timgh as the beet. If yduâ€"agrei with them. please don’t. tackle it. NOVEL COURTSHLP IN JAPAN. CHANCERY CASES. A CA NDID POET.