Scarcity of Women Architects. Mrs. Nichols of Brooklyn, the pion eer amoDS American women archi tects, ascribes the limited number of her sex who enter the profession of architecture to the dearth of schools which admit women to the architec tural courses. She says: "In no other profession are women so handicapped. Yet I be lieve that architecture provides a fair field for women—especially in the work of building homes. I think, too, u that all women should study architec- I ture, as they do music or any other art. Such knowledge has a practical bearing on household economy, which a majority of women are called upon to administer, and as a social force will aid greatly to make of American towns the City Beautiful of our dreams.*'—Harper's Bazar. Jnpttnete Maideim at Horn*. The Japanese maiden of however high rank is early taught to sew, cook and be a model homemaker. The rich est women embroider their own gar ments, and nearly all make them. The family dinner table is unknown. In its place individual tables about a foot square and eight inches high are employed. A lacquer tray holding four or five little dishes is placed on each table. For the arrangement of the dishes there is a definite and in flexible rule, the soup bowl always occupying the centre and the rice bowl standing on the left. Exquisite designs are the pride of the Japanese chef. Fish appears shredded to look like snow; omelet in the shape of a chry santhemum and chicken fashioned in all sorts of odd devices. Everything Is served in the daintest fashion. Scene Which Was Not on Program. One incident I must dwell upon, writes Mme. Melba, because it was the most beautiful that has happened in my career. I was singing one snowy evening at the academy of mu sic in Philadelphia. When I started to cross the pavement to my carriage after the performance, my arms were full or roses that had been sent to me during the opera. A white-haired woman stepped forward and said: "God bless your beautiful heart. I have been waiting in the snow for you to come out. Your voice is the most beautiful in the world. Will you give me a rose to keep in memory of it?" There she stood, white-haired, in the driving snow, poorly clad in black and with lines of grief and age seamed on her face, waiting to tell me that I had made her happy. I gave her every flower I had. I kissed her on both cheeks and we cried there to gether.—Philadelphia Saturday Even ing Post. Daughters of Pioneer*. The National Society of the Daugh ters of American Pioneers has decided to have an exhibit of relics and heir looms of the noted pioneers in the colonies and states. The society was formed something more than a year ago, with purposes similar to those of the other patriotic societies. Any woman is eligible for membership who Is descended from an early settler, if acceptable to two-thirds of the local chapter to which she seeks admission. The president-general, Mrs. Mary Barr Warfleld Gibbons, is one of the Warflelds of Maryland and Kentucky, and holds membership in the Daugh ters of the American Revolution. Colo nial Dames. Huguenot Society and Daughters of the Confederacy. The other officers of the national society are: Corresponding secretary-general, Anna M. Shrewsbury; recording sec retary-general, Clara V. Leonard; treasurer-general, Mrs. W. M. Strauss; historian-general, Alvaro F. Gibbens; vice-presidents-general. Mrs. Libbie Beeson Butcher and Mrs. Reuben H. Taylor.—New York Tribune. Violet* Gon Out of Fimlilon, For the first time in many years the violet has lost its place as a fashion able flower In woman's spring head gear. The rose has crowded the mod est purple flower out. The milliners say that it is due to a whim of the young queen of Holland. The rose is Queen Wilhelmina's fav orite flower. She wears roses, pink, and white and red, whenever she can, and when her wedding trousseau was made in Pariß. the makers had to put lots of roses In her finery. That set the fashion in Paris, where . there are not beautiful royal brides every year, and all the Parisian mil liners took the rose into high favor. Paris sets the pace for the fashions here, so New York women are wear ing roses too and violets only hold their own at the florist's. Next year, perhaps, when probably there won't be so interesting a young tjueen to have a wedding the little bunches of purple may reappear in the hats. But it is an interesting fact that the fancy of the young queen of an unimportant European country Is setting the fashion in a great re public many thousand miles away.— New York Sun. Kule* for Vassar (Slrl* In 18G5. When Vassar college was opened on September 20, 1865, the course of study which had been arranged for the 353 girl students, and which had cost its founders many disputes as to what studies were be3t included, was as follows: "Mental and moral philosophy, an clent and modern languages, math®, matlcs, natural philosophy and chem istry, natural history (including geol ogy), botany, zoology and physical geography, physiology and hygiene, rhetoric and the English language, lit erature, vocal and instrumental music, drawing and painting. "What the life of the student was in those days can best be seen from the time table that wag followed, which ran like this: "Rising, 6 a. m.; morning prayers, 6.45 a. m.; breakfast. 7 a. m.; arrange ment of rooms (silent time). 7.40 a. m.; morning study hours, 9 a. m. to 12.40 p. m.; dinner. 1 p. m.; recrea tion, 2 to 2.40 p. m.; afternoon study hours, 2.45 to 5.45 p. m.; tea. 6 p. m.; evening prayers, followed by silent time, 6.30 p. m.; evening study hours, 7 to 9 p. m.; retiring. 9.40 to 10 p. m." When one adds that no girl was al lowed to go anywhere off the grounds without a chaperon, that she had to consult the lady principal about every move she wished to make and every cent she wished to spend, one wonders where the amazing amount of emanci pation and liberty came in which so startled our grandmothers and grand fathers. —The World's Work. The Breathing of Women. As a matter of fact, not one woman in a 100 breaths normally. The res piration of the average woman varies with every change of mental state or physical condition; grief, depression, fatigue, all have their influence in lowering the amount of oxygen that goes into the system, and it is a rare thing for woman to use her lungs un less she has had the special and defi nite instruction incident to the vocal training of singer or elocutionist. A little knowledge of physiology and a few hints on the subject, however, will enable any woman to comprehend the precise art of filling and emptying the lungs on scientific principles. The main thing is to be sure that the lower lobe 3 of the lungs are well filled with air, and that one breathes from the abdomen. After one has acquired this habit the chief thing is to breathe in as much sunshine as possible and to believe in the efficacy of oxygen as a remedy for nearly all the ills that flesh is heir to. The following are some excellent rules for improving the respiration and bringing it up to a normal condi tion; Stand at an open window or re cline on a couch with the waist and chest unconfined; hold the chest walls high and inhale in slow, long breaths; exhale as slowly, three times only at first. Gradually the number of times may be increased and the time length ened for the breathing exercises. Fifteen minutes, twice a day at least, should be devoted to this exercise to accomplish the desired results. To inhale long, deep breaths while slowly raising the arms above the head, and to exhale as slowly while lowering them, is one of the best breathing exercises ever invented. The practice of breathing very deep ly while walking in the open air is recommended not only for the general health, but is one of the best cures for obesity, as the increased amount of oxygen greatly augments the con sumption of waste material.—Home Advocate. In many instances flower hats have foliage crowns. Ready-made underwear has come to be almost entirely run with pink or blue ribbons, because these are the most generally demanded. A Frenchy scheme for the girl In half mourning is to have narrow black hems hemstitched onto the ruffles of her dainty white petticoats. In the new belt buckles a hook and eye forms a rather pretty clasp. The hook and eye are each an Inch long and are set solidly with brilliants. It is a mistake to head a petticoat ruffle with a ruche, because no matter how lovely it may be of itself, it makes a clumsy line on the dress skirt. The flare in some of the tailor skirts is produced by opening the seams on either side of the front and at the sides and inserting a plaiting of the material. In dressy thin gowns this fulness is sometimes of lace. A French fancy that comes as a startling innovation is the use of de signs of cretonne on cloth. Paquin is responsible for the idea. Garlands of flowers cut out of the cretonne are applied to the cloth, which is perforat ed to show the incrustations. Single-faced velvet ribbon is prom ised as one of the trimmings for fou lard gowns and it is to be stitched on at the upper edge. Graduated bands of piece velvet were stitched onto the skirts of the winter models, so it is only the same idea differently ex pressed. The new crepe de chine sashes are I lovely in coloring, texture and gloss. | Some of thme have an embroidered design in white around the edge and I all of them have silk fringe on the I ends. They are pretty to drape around I the shoulders, with a knot and ends i at one side. A very pretty gown has Insertions of Renaissance lace with a falling ruf fle around the edge of the yoke edged with Cluny. This ruffle is carried down on either side of the opening at the front, which is closed with little ribbon bows. There are insertions of the lace set in a graceful design at tho tops of the sl'-eves of this gown. PEARLS OF THOUCHT. Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.—Euripides. Nothing is more disgraceful than insincerity.—Cicero. Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.—Lavater. It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.—Thomas Paine. Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers.—Voltaire. To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath. —George Eliot. Only Imbeciles want credit for the achievements of their ancestors.—Con fucius. • By the streets of "by and by" one arrives at the house of "never."—Cer vantes. Never was the voice of conscience silenced without retribution.—Mrs. Jameson. We blame others for slight things and overlook greater in ourselves. — Thomas a Kempis. Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harm.—Shakespeare. Bad manners are a species of bad morals; a conscientious man will not offend in that way.—Bovee. A LAPLAND TEACHER. Wliut tlio Government Is Doing for tlie Esquimaux in Aluska. The government experiment of in troducing reindeer in Alaska has been a success. One of the main features in connection with the enterprise was securing the services of experienced Lapland herders and their families to care for the deer, but more especially to teach the Alaskian Esquimaux the method of breeding, herding and the driving of the deer in harness. There are some 8G Laplanders, men and women, now engaged in this work of instructing the natives. They are distributed at the several government reindeer stations and arc under a con tract for three years with the interior department. Mrs. Samuel Kemi, wife of the chief herder, is one of these teachers. She is very intelligent, and her particular duty is to teach the Esquimaux wom en the art of making reindeer clothing, which is the warmest and best adapted for Arctic Alaska. She also instructs them how to prepare the various food stuffs which the reindeer furnishes, such as butter, cheese and the cooking and drying of the meat. For this work she receives the same pay as the herders. She travels from station to station where the Esquimaux women are assembled from the surrounding country, from 50 to 100 miles or more. She then gives daily object lessons in her domestic work, and gradually the Esquimaux women are learning the advanced ways of civilization. Aside from the point of speedy transportation in the frozen territory, : the matter of establishing a perma nent food supply for the native folk was the main idea which the govern ment had in the introduction of the domesticated reindeer among the Es quimaux. The race was on the verge of starvation, as the white man had invaded their land and killed of all the whale, walrus, seal, caribou and other animals which form their sole source of sustenance. Now. however, by the use of these fleet footed and useful little animals, the problem of travel and existence has been solved for the Esquimaux, and It is hoped that the race will be changed from a hunt ing to a pastoral and civilized people. The interior department have been examining Alaska with regard to its capability of sustaining reindeer, and find that upon the basis allowed by the Norwegian government, of so many deer to the square mile. Alaska has pasturage sufficient for 9,000,000 head of reindeer. Wouiitn'ii Love for fteinH. In all countries and In all ages women seem to have Inherited a love for precious stones, and It is small wonder that these gems are popularly supposed to exercise some subtle mag netism that influences their natures. This inherent fact may account in a measure for the recent craze for mas cotic jewels, a survival of medieval superstition. Upon impressionable people certain gems appear to wield a potent influence. Who has not listened to weird tales of some heirloom talis man which greatly influenced the fate of some noble house? Imaginative people might even believe in the the ory of the Pythagoreans, who formulat ed the doctrine that inanimate things are endowed with souls. Certain evo lutionists of today trace the origin of man back to stones, asserting that in their adamantine bosoms they contain the all-pervading essence of spirit, and that the spark emitted from their hearts is the revelation of the im prisoned sold within. Prom time im memorial jewels have served as offer ings at holy shrines, as tokens of amity from one crowned head to an other, as mystic messengers of affec tion between distant friends, as pledges of constancy exchanged be tween plighted lovers. Men have bled and died, kingdoms have crumbled, over the disputed possession of some coveted jewel. Women of all ages have succumbed to the temptation of gems.—Chicago Times-Herald. How She Arquirert Tliem. "What a clear, melodious voice that young woman has!" exclaimed the ad miring youth. "Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. "And what an air of queenly author ity!" "Yes. Both voice and manner are easily accounted for. She was once a telephone operator in the main of fice." —Washington Star. THE "R. M. S." BOYS. Interesting Fuets Concerning Some of Uncle Sum's Employes. "It is a singular fact in the make-up of the human mind that a man when dead counts for so little, while an in jured man comes high in law suits and even has a value in government em ploy." said a bright young member of one of Unci* Sam's branch armies of civil employes, known as the railway mail service force, as he swung out of his car at one of the railroad stations this morning. "If a railway mail service clerk Is killed in the line of his duty his fam ily mourn, his friends are sympathetic and the department regretful for two reasons, flrst, to lose an experienced man, for in our business experience and merit alone count, and second, be cause it cannot aid the faithful fellow's family or widow. "Under the law and the rule of the department if a railway mail service B employe is seriously injured, if tha disability continues even up to a full year, leave of absence, with pay. Is r considerately allowed him. If he is a killed his pay stops from the day of his death, and the government ean -1 not make an allowance even for his t funeral expenses much less aid his family, who may be in dire distress. If Congress would authorize it such an allowance would be possible, but in the absence of an express law govern e ing the point there is nothing for the department to do but to express re i- gret, though the dead man may have 8 given the best years of his life to the S service of the government, s "Shut up day and night in their 1 mail cars, which are often their coffins, a the general public has little opportun- V ity of seeing a class of men who are 2 indispensable and of the greatest pub a lie service. Last year four of our force a were killed, 51 seriously injured and 1 187 slightly injured in the performance { of their duty. In collisions, especially a head-on collisions, the mail car is gen t erally wrecked or badly splintered. Their skill and accuracy in handling i' and separating mail matter and in memorizing postofiice names and loea f tions is marvellous, a "There are 8794 of these men, and '■ last year they handled the bewildering number of 7,363,191,300 letters and 6,- 429,415,800 pieces of other classes of 1 mail madtS', making a total of 13,792, s 607,160 pieces. This amount in figures 1 makes the public debt look like 30 ! . cents. In addition they handled 19,- 5 850,000 other pieces, consisting of reg -8 istered matter. In spite of the total - running high Into the billions, there a were but 1,355,000 errors reported as i made by the clerks in handling this i stupendous aggregate, or a ratio of one • error to 10,175. 8 "All of this is done in rapidly mov r ing, swaying express trains, going at • a speed of from 40 to 75 miles an hour, and all under unfavorable conditions f as compared with work upon a large . floor as the Washington city postofflce, - for instance, and mostly under artffl t cial light. In fact, no less than 86 per - cent of all the mail matter originating 8 in the United States is sent direct to - the railway mail service cars to he 8 handled by these clerks. In addition 1 to all this pieces were I thrown out because they were ad ' dressed so illegibly that they could not 8 be delivered, though over 8,300,000 > of these pieces were returned to the 1 writers or forwarded to destination on 1 corrected addresses. No less than 1 305,400,000 miles are covered annually t by these men in crews in 3638 postal - cars. "Naturally after reading these as -1 tonishing facts and figures it is not ' to be wondered at that skill and expe ' rience and not political influence is ' desired by these clerks. The civil ser ' vice rules are strictly enforced in this 1 branch of the service, which largely ' accounts for its splendid record of efficiency. New and Inexperienced men are without practical value, and but for the maintenance of the civil i service it would go to 'pie' very quick -5 ly. There are over 76,000 postofflces 1 and thousands of routes on the differ ' ent railroads and steamboats, and - nearly every experienced postal clerk • has this enormous mass of names and ' locations well in hand. Their capacity ■ to master and to remember names is ' truly remarkable." —Washington Star. 8 A Strangd llnnninnlnn Custom. ' A strange custom, the blessing of | the Danube, has prevailed in Rouma ' nia through generations. Formerly at Chirstmas time a scaffolding was erected on the frozen river and on this was a large cross of ice. but ow ! ing to the extraordinary number of I people who presented themselves the ice frequently gave way and many 1 were drowned. The ceremony now ' takes place on the bank of the Danube, i The people in recognition of the oc casion wear turbans of colored paper and carry long white wands. These people, who are dressed to represent \ Pontius Pilate, Herod and other reli- [ gious characters, go from place to j place singing hymns. At the appoint-1 ed hour of the ceremony the nobility | 1 arrives in processional order accom-1 paniod by the priests. The services | last half an hour, at the close of j ; which the ice is broken and a small wooden cross is thrown into the water. ; Hundreds of people rush in after it, and the person who is successful in recovering It is considered very lucky. Sometimes the struggle to possess this cross is attended with severe penalties,! owing to the dispute arising as to its j ownership. In the scuffles which en-1 sue it is said natives' knives are some times drawn and used without scruple. —Chicago Times-Herald. In the United States army 304 offi cers speak Spanish fluently. 224 are handy with their French and 136 are well up in German. New England Women Have an Abiding Faith in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After years of struggle to attain and merit public confidence, with a Art* and steadfast belief that some day others would recognize in us the truth, f'ood faith, and honesty of purpose which we know we possess, what a genu ne satisfaction it is to succeed, and to realize the uplifting influence of the merited confidence of a vast army of our fellow beings. Thus stands the Pinltham name in New England, and all over America, and nowhere is the faith in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound greater than in New England, its home. Merit, and merit alone, can gain this. ORGANIC INFLAMMATION. " DEAR MBS. PINKUAM : I was troubled very badly with inflamma tion of the bladder, was sick in bed with it. I had two doctors, but they did me no good. A friend gave me Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, and it helped me. 1 have now taken three bottles of it, and I am entirely cured. 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It is a splendid medicine. I am verythankful for what ithas done for me." Mns. J. W. J., 76 Carolina Ave., Jamaica Pla.%, Mass. If Lydia E. l'inkham's Vegetable Compound will cure these women why not you —you cannot tell until you try it. If you are ill, and really want to get well, commence its use at once, and do not let any drug* clerk persuade you that he has something of his own which is better, for that is absurd. Ask him to produce the evidence we do. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 & $3.50 SHOES L*. 1 The real worth of my p. 1.00 and J. 1.50 shoos compared with $39 vH 2#nS?nn to . Mv W.OO Ullt Edge Lino cannot bo I Insist on fcwlng\vTi-Tk.,iSsSos Willi name and price stamped on bottom. Your dealer shout. /V keep them ; I glvo ono dea er exclusive salo In each town If //. dfre ™trom factor t m!"osi'''- Wl | l for >">"• ""lor ftW : Over 1,000 > 000'satTsn u dwoarera. PrlCO Nw RKl n ™c!ita l iS"fS§: F.tColorEyelat.u.d .xclu.,„,iv. W. L DOUGLAS. 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City Hank of Lynn, SfMX), which will bo paid to any per son who can find that the above testimonial letters are not genu ine, or wero published before obtaining the writer's special permission. LYDIA E. PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. At least one co-operative colony— tliat located in Dickinson county, Kan. —seems to be thriving. It was formed three years ago, and has made money j from the start, clearing >1,842 last year. The colony lias a ranch, a general | store, a bank and an insurance feature. Titer* In a Ctsu nf People Who ore injured by the use of ooffoe. Recently thero has been placed in all the grooorv stores a new preparation called GRAIK-O, made of pure groins, that takoe the place of coffee. Tho moßt delicate etomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee It does not cost over \ as much. Children may drink it with groat benefit. 15 cte and it etc. per package. Try it. Ask for OoaiN-O. The celebrated Marble Arch, one of Lon don's most notable landmarks, is shortly to be demolished. This interesting object J™ I'" 1 It by George IV., at a cost of $400,000, as an entrance to Buckingham 1 alace, where it did duty in that capacity for many years. But as the gateway to the palace the arch was a failure. It had the effect of dwarfing the royal residence, and visitors who went to view the royai house from the exterior saw "plenty of gate," to quote an old description, "and very little palace." f nnglilnor I.ends to Consumption Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottlo froe. Bold in 25 and 60 cent bottles. Go at once, delays are dangerous. I About 5000 women and girls in New York City are employed in making artifi cial flowers. All grades are made, from exact imitations of the most exnuisitc French productions to the cheapest violets. The branching and other difficult parts of the work and some of the finer grades of flowers are done in factories, but fully two-thirds of the flower makers are "out side workers." Most of these home work ers are Italian women and children. Ono woman writing of tho Garfiold Headache rowdors says: "Thero is nothing I can praise more than your wonderful remedy." Thevaro so genuinely good wo shall be glad to have you try them. Send to: free samples. Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. One of Canada's most prosperous indus tries is the manufacture of wood pulp. One of Canada's most prosperous indus tries is tiie manufacture of wood pulp.