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Scarcity of Women Architect*. Mrs. Nichols of Brooklyn, the pion eer amons American women arctii tects, ascribes the limited number of her sex who enter the profession f 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, that all women should study architec 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. JftpaniM* MHiflfin* t Home. 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 ail 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, tho 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- j santhemum and chicken fashioned in j all sorts of odd devices. Everything is served in the daintest fashion. Fffnft Which Wan Not. on Program. One incident l 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 arm3 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. Dii it £lt*r.4 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 Parr Warfield Gibbons, is one of the Warfields 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 P. Gibbons; vice-presidonts-gcneral. Mrs. Libbie Beeson Butcher and Mrs. Reuben H. Taylor.—New York Tribune. Yiol*t Cone Out of Fashion. For the first time in many years the violet has lost its place as a fashion able flower in woman’s spring head gear. Tho rose has crowded tho 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 wa made in Paris, the makers had to pt 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 queen 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. Rule* for Vassal- Bills in 186S When yassar 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 best Included, was as follows; "Mental and moral philosophy, an cient and modern languages, mathe matics, 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 was followed, which ran like this: “Rising, 6 am.; morning prayers, 6.45 a. m.; breakfast. 7 a. m.; arrange ment of rooms (silent time). 7.40 a. iri.; morning study hours. 9a.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, C 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 Brenthine of Women. Asa 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 lobes 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 eificaey of oxygen as a remedy for nearly all the ills that flesh is heir to. The following are some excellent rules for improving tho 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 uneonfined; 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 ho 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 tc 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 fiont 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 lovely in coloring, texture and gloss. Some of thme have an embroidered design in white around the edge and all of them have silk fringe on the ends. They are pretty to drape around the shoulders, with a knot and ends at one side. Avery pretty gown has insertions of Renaissance lace with a falling ruf fle around the edge of the yoke edged with Cluny. Thi3 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 the tops of the sleeves of this gown. THE WEEKLY NEWS, CARTERS YILLE, GA. 'jwCjjildrein I’rinre O’ Dlinple < hiii. My mighty Prince o' Dimple Chin! High on his throne sits lie, And by his footstool here I wait, Jlis serving-maid to be. My learned Prince o’ Dimple Chiu! With wisdom all his own, He muses on affairs of state There on his wicker throne. —St. Nicholas. I'ase IngrHtif u le of an Oriole. The oriole. It seems, had tumbled out of its swinging nest and was picked up by a lady. When the lady attempted to put the bird back in the nest the bird objected. His little whim was respected and he was taken into the house. A diet of worms was fur nished, but Mr. Oriole scon showed a taste for the things that human be ings eat, and bread, boiled eggs and sugar took the place of the worms. He developed a fondness for candy, and that also w r as supplied. While he was very charming, he was also a very determined little autocrat. He had a way of waking up his mis tress in the morning and demanding his breakfast of bread and water. After he had been fed he would take an after-breakfast nap on his mis tress’s pillow. He was full of fun and enjoyed nothing better than to get hold of and tangle his mistress’s hair. In consequence, while the combing process was going on, this small, fluffy creature had to be put out of the room. When autumn came and the rest of the birds began to get ready for the winter trips southward the oriole be gan to get restless. One morning he was seen hopping on the window ledge. The next Instant there was a flash of yellow—and he had gone back to his own people and his own ways. His experiment in civilization was over. —Baltimore Sun. Seen Through a Stereoscope. When you look at an ordinary pic ture all the figures in it appear fiat, but when you look at a picture through a stereoscope the figures appear solid, and stand out from their surroundings, just as they do in life. Comparatively few persons, perhaps, understand how the stereoscope produces this effect, but the prinicple is very simple. When we look at an object, say the trunk of a tree, each eye sees it differently, the right eye seeing the front and a part of the right side, and the left eye see ing front and a part of the left side. In other words the right eye receives one image of the trunk and the left eye another, and it is the union of these two images that makes the trunk appear solid instead of flat. Now, if two photographs of the tree trunk be taken, one from where the right eye sees it and the other from where the left eye sees it. and an arrangement be made by which they can be united, so as to come to our eyes as one picture, precisely the same effect will be produced as if we looked at the object itself, and it will of course, appear solid. The stereoscope accomplishes this perfectly. Every slide used in the in strument bears two pictures. They seem to be exactly alike, but they are not, for one of them is for the right eye and the other for the left, and the lenses are so adjusted that they bring one of the pictures over the other and make them form a single image in our eyes. That is why the object appears solid, for in looking at the two pictures of it through the stereoscope we see it exactly as we do when we look at the object itself. — Philadelphia Record. A Helpful Ho bin. One evening recently, while lying in my hammock. I noticed a wounded robin fluttering and hopping across the lawn. It was making its way to ward a maple tree in which I knew a pair of robins had their nest. Having reached the foot of the tree, it made several futile efforts to fly up Into the branches, but only suc ceeded in fluttering around in a circle near the ground, as one wing was broken. It seemed to be a hopeless struggle, and I wondered bow it would end. I had recently been reading “Wake Robin,” and these words of John Bur roughs came to my mind: “One may go blackberrying and make some dis covery. Secrets lurk on all sides. There is new’s in every bush. What no man ever saw may the next instant be revealed to you.” The repeated efforts of the bird to reach Its nest attracted the attention of its mate. She soon flew down be side him, emitting piteous little notes. Aftar hopping anxiously around him for a few moments, she flew away, and the wounded robin Bettled quietly down in the grass. In three or four minutes the mate returned with a large worm in its bill, which it deposited by the side of tho sufferer. The worm was eager ly devoured by Mr. Robin, who ther. again rested in the grass, his mate meanwhile having returned to her nest. Presently the robin. having appar ently regained some strength, began to chirp, and was answered from the branches above. His mate again flew down to his side, and now’ the robin made a desperate attempt to fly or spring up; his mate, with outstretched wings, got under him. and by their united efforts they gained the branch es and their nest. 1 heard them chirping for quite a while, evidently trying to find a com fortable position for the wounded bird, and th( n as it had grown dark, I ceased to watch them. —Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. Mofcqnitoefl an<l Their The department of agriculture re cently printed a little pamphlet on “The Mosquitoes of the United States,” compiled by* Dr. Howard from infor mation gathered last summer, in the first place, the doctor found that the insect Is native in every part of the globe; that he thrives quite as well fet Lapland as in South America and Afrrca —somewhat more vigorously, in fact —and that he is scattered over Uncle Sam’s possessions from Maine to Alaska and from Washington to Porto Rico. Heretofore it has been thought that the mosquito could breed only in water, loving stagnant ponds and streams above all other nurseries, but Dr. Howard finds that immense swarms of them live in dry prairie districts, miles away from all water. While some scientists believe that this proves that the insedt can breed away from pools and ponds, the doc tor is inclined to hold that the hardy little torment lives from one rainy season to me next. Adult mosquitoes sleep through the winter like frogs and toads, but they very quickly die when confined under glass in summer. Without food they will thrive in a closed glass jar about eight days, but when provided with a ripe banana, renewed twice a week, they have lived thus for two months. The doctor also finds that, contrary to the general notion, mosquitoes do not require blood for food. There is a wide difference between the mouths of male and female mosquitoes. The males can live a long time without nourishment of any sort, and the fe male does not absolutely need the blood of living animals. The females are evidently natural plant eaters, while both sexes thrive in great swarms far from animals which form their usual prey. Potatoes and water melon rinds are food for both, and they sometimes attack fish and other cold-blooded creatures. Railroads play an important part in distributing them to new localities, and, though they cannot fly in strong breezes and generally take shelter in trees during gales, they have been known to travel surprising distances in tho suction created by a railway train. Awkward Johnnie. There was once a little boy who met with so many dreadful accidents that he was called Awkward Johnnie. He was always getting bruises and cuts, tearing his clothes and being car ried home half drowned or with Lis bones broken. The family got tired of pitying him, and on such occasions only remarked: “What an awkward boy Johnnie is!” Once he went to pay a visit to his grandmother. She felt somewhat ner vous about Johnnie’s visit. But she had always declared that if she had charge of him he weld not be so troublesome. •So when his mother begged her to try Johnnie, she could not very well refuse. When be arrived his grandmother said anxiously: “I hope you will be a good boy, Johnnie.” “Why, of course,” replied Johnnie. You don’t think I'm awkward, do you?” “No, Johnnie. I’m sure you are not awkward,” answered the kindly grand mother. But the first day Johnnie caught his leg in the reaping machine. His grandmother was glad when he w 7 as safely in bed. The second day he tore his best jacket to pieces among the gooseberry bushes. “Did your mother say she would come for you tomorrow, Johnnie?” •inquired his grandmother. “Yes-um!” “I’m afraid you’re too old for me to begin to cure you of your awkward ness now 7 , Johnnie.” “Yes-um!” said Johnnie, from the bed-clothes. The next morning there was a slight shower. “But it will clea" toward night,” said Johnnie's grandmother. “Sit down and keen out. of mischief, for if anything should happen you won’t have a suit of clothes fit to go home in!” Johnnie sat in the parlor, reading all the morning. His grandmother’s heart was quite softened by his good behaviour, and after luncheon she gave his permission to go out on the porch. The rain had stopped. Andrew had dug a trench along the road to drain the garden, and the water was begin ning to rush through it in a stream. What a charming place to sail boats. A half hour later, while Johnnie’s grandmother was dozing peacefully in the parlor, she heard Johnnie open the door. “Is that you. Johnnie?” she said. “Yes-um,” answered Johnnie. "You don’t think I’m awkward now, do you. grandmother?” “Oh, no. Johnnie; I think you have improved very much since you have been here. I am sure you will become a very well-behaved child.” Then Johnnie stepped around in front of his grandmother’s chair, and when she saw him she said: “Good gracious!” Johnnie was covered with mud from head to foot. The streams of water ran down into little pools all over the carpet! And Johnnie’s smartness did not save him from the spanking he de served! —Brooklyn Eagle SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. Liquid air has been used to propel an automobile and for refrigeration and blasting. Other applications have also been-contemplated. Thus far, however, none e? these have yet been developed to a stage that insures a commercial demand for the product, and the problem of storing it without evaporation is not yet fully solved. Recent trials of heavy steam trucks by the Italian military authorities have demonstrated their usefulness as an accessory of the army transporta tion service in that country. Wagons carrying four tons besides their jwn water and fuel for a 20-mila run, have developed six to eight miles per hour over all kinds of roads on which 10 percent grades were frequently en countered. Motor vehicles in Holland are coming into considerable use, and the pros pects for American machines are good. The machines intended for Holland should be made narrower than those built for use in America, because the roads are too narrow to permit two machines of four feet eight inches in width to pass each other. Carriages must not have more than 2220 pounds weight on each wheel. Every cart of the Berlin Fire Bri gade is provided with a portable tele phone Instrument, which can he speed ily attached to the alarm pillars in any part of the city and operated by means of the same wires that are used for telegraphing. One operation does not interfere with the other. That is to say, one man can talk over the wire while another man is sending a tele graphic message. A slight knocking is heard in the telephone, but it 13 not loud enough to prevent the voice from being distinctly heard. Dr. A. Hesekiel publishes anew pro cess of color photography which gives transparencies. In anew form of plateholder three consecutive pictures of the same object are taken on a pan chromatic plate behind red, green and blue-violet filters, the plate being moved along after each exposure. The exposure for red is three times as long as the others. The three nega tives, developed and fixed in the usual manner, are printed on celluloid film, coated with bromide chromgelatine emulsion. The films are developed in warm water, giving relief pictures colored white by silver bromide. They are fixed and washed, and then dipped in colored solutions —blue-green for the red; red for the green, and yellow for the blue negative. After drying the films are superposed, and a transpar ency in natural colors is obtained. The exact way in which yeast causes fermentation and the true nature of the fermentation process has been one of the chief problems of recent biologi cal research. The point of greatest interest has been whether the pres ence of the living yeast cell is neces sary to produce fermentation, or whether a simple chemical extract of the latter will suffice. The last issue of the proceedings of the Royal society contains a paper on the subject of Buchner’s Zymase, which is held by many biologists to be the alcohol-pro ducing enzyme of yeast. The authors describe a long series of experiments for testing the above questions, and finally state at the end of the paper that the results of their investigation cause them to doubt tho existence of an enzyme and lead them rather "in the direction of a theory which refers the phenomenon to the vital activity of the yeast cell protoplasm.” KnnnitiK a Pump by Telephone. A pumping plant is referred to in the Electrical World (presumably electrical), where the actual pumping apparatus is located some three miles away from the headquarters of the plant, from which point it is governed. The fact that the pumps arc working satisfactorily is ascertained and a con stant attendance done away with by the use of a telephone. By simply tak ing down the receiver at the main of fice the working of the pumps may be listened to through the telephone wire at any moment, and any difficulty or imperfection in their running imme diately noted. A somewhat similar util ization of the telephone was reported some time ago in the case of a large new engine, in a factory situated in a small out-of-the-way town in rhe west. Something went wrong with it of which the local engineer could not discover the cause, and the engine builders were notified. Instead of sending an expert on a railroad jour ney of several hundred miles at a con siderable expense of time and money, they had him put into communication with the local engine room by tele phone. After listening to the engi neer’s explanation, without '‘getting any light on the subject.” he asked to be allowed to listen to the engine it self; and in a few minutes was able to explain the cause of the trouble and to indicate how 7 it could be corrected. A Item ark Material. A Mr. Simmons of Munich, has in vented a composition of asbestos and cement "which is mineral, and is not quite so heavy as wood. It can be treated, however, in the same way as wood, for it stands sawing, planing, drilling, and holds nails. It can bo pressed into all forms —can be polished like steel, and can be colored when manufactured, and used as imitation marble. It is wire proof and water proof. and so can be used for mantel pieces and the lining of fireplaces. It can be scrubbed and washed with soap. A material of this kind may find many applications. P o VSjitlOLp MINTS TilH<-(l VphoUttry | Tufted upholstered furniture Is no longer la mode. Mahogany of good de sign simply covered is much better form. Upholstered in Red I outlier. Red leather is the newest color tone fur the sear, coverings of dining ioon cr library chairs. This has been brought about by the vogue of the darker toned oaks with which it har monises better. Green was better with the light oaks in style several seasons ago, with which red would look just as out of place as the green does with the more sombre tones used now. Sandwich Suggestion*. Use wheat bread, rye bread, “kim inelbrod,” “pumpernickel” or salt water crackers. For filling use thinly sliced cola meat, fowl, cheese, eggs (hard boiled), sardines or caviare. Slice the bread thinly, and have the butter soft enough to spread evenly. Sandwiches should not be over three quarters of an inch thick nor more than three and a half inches square. Woodwork Finishes. Wood stains are entering more and more into the artistic composition of the modern home. Exclusive designers nowadays consider the tint of the woodwork in relation to the wall and floor coverings as much as the hang ing and tne furniture. The variety and beauty of the colorings given the woodwork is very effective. Dark green woodwork with yellow walls i? one of the latest schemes that is very fashionable. There is a light sage green tint that is stunning in a dining room, too. Tuiicheoiis and Hre<*kfasts. A breakfast and a luncheon are similar, but not identical, one is given at twelve o’clock and the other at one half after one- in the first place; then a luncheon may or may not begin with fruit, but it is imperative that a break fast should do so. Tho final course of a luncheon, before the coffee, is a sweet, usually an ice cream with cake, while a breakfast may or may not have this course, but it must have cheeseand crackers with the coffee. The ar rangements of the table, however, the doilies or elaborate cloth, the flowers, the cards, and favors are the sanio in both meals. —Harper’s Bazar. To (lean White CKtrirl* leather*. Dissolve into two quarts of rather hot water four ounces of white castilv coap cut into small pidte&j. ’Make the solution into a latner by beating It with a stick. Introduce the feathers or boa and rub well with the hand? until they are quite’ clean. If neces sary renew the solution, but this will not be essential unless the feathers are very much soiled. After the soap ing wash in clean water as hot as the hands can bear. Shake until dry and when entirely dry curl by taking a few strands of the feather at a time and drawing them firmly and quickly over fi. strip of whalebone. The curl should be very loose.—American Queen. I-nwA of Hettltl). Reading aloud is conducive to health. Coarse bread is much better for children than fine. Young people and others cannot study much by lamplight with impu nity. The best beds for children are of hair, or in the winter of liair and cot ton. Children should sleep in separate beds, and should not wear night caps. Children should be taught to use their left hand as much and as well as their right. Sleeping rooms should have a fire place or some mode of ventilation be side the windows. The best remedy for eyes weakened by night use is a fine stream of cold water frequently applied to them. From one to one pound and a half of solid food is sufficient for a person in the ordinary vocation of business. Persons in sedentary employments should drop one-third of their food and they will escape dyspepsia. The Care of Cane Bir<l. Cage birds require a good deal more attention than they get, and many people, though devoted to their pets, are thoughtless in this respect. Green food is as necessary for our little feathered friends as it is for us, and they should have some daily. A lettuce leaf will be greatly appre ciated, the succulent mid-rib will be eaten voraciously. Groundsel will oc casionally find favor, and can be varied with chickweed and apple, but it will generally be found that lettuce is best liked. A little hemp may be given, but it is heating and should be only given wheu the bird will come and take it from the hand. A spray of millet should always b“ in the cage, besides a glass of mixed rape and canary, three parts of the latter to two of the former being the right proportion. While on the subject of our featb ered pets, let me remind my readers to remember the daily oath, which should be attached to the cage and not laid on the floor, for in this way the sand is made wet and the cake un healthy.