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Show Women as Lay Delegates. Nearly a hundred Methodist societies in the Chicago districts have voted upon the wisdom and expediency of admitting admit-ting women an lay delegates to the gen eral conference. The vote at each meeting meet-ing represented a minority of the church members, but such as it is there is an overwhelming majority in favor of the women. Pastors and others promi- i nent in tha church declare, however, that the silent majority will "table" the proposition and swamp the movement. Miss Frances E. Willard and her large following do not seem to entertain this opinion. Chicago Journal. i Tlie youiifr women in the Salvation Array tvbont tho streeta of New York sflliiiK tho Salvation Army journal, often after a hard day' work in tlip Mnuitt or barracks. Like tho Sisters of Charity, they go in couples and circulate a combined average of 20,000 copies a week, the entire circulation of tho paper being 600,000 a week in England and America. Miss Marion Talbot, secretary of the Woman's Association of Collegiate Alumna', gives this year a course of lectures on political economy to the students stu-dents of Wellesley college, in which the jjirls ere unfailing in their interest and jttend.-mce. Ainonrj the new pupils ut -ho college i a young Japaueso girl, 'iadzu Saglye. ' Tho Romans deemed it an ill omen to wieet certain animals whilo on the way .o have the marriago ceremony pronounced. pro-nounced. A hare, dog, cat, lizard or serpent were extremely unlucky animals to meet upon such occasions. A wolf, i toad, ox or horso waa lucky, Women clerks aro invading oven the heart of tho city of Lotidon. Iu a large , financial bouso in Graeeohurch street a Ktaff of female clerks hiia been engaged, ; and tho managers aro delighted with the success of the experiment. Standing vases pr.raiiso to rival stand- ! ing lamps in popularity. These vases , iu-e designed for long stemmed flowers, ' and in sorno instances stand as auch aa four feet high. Mrs. Welti Escher, of Zurich, ha ' made a donation of 3,000,000 francs to the Swiss confederation for the creation ! of n federal institution of plastic art. j Miss Kate, Marsden sailed last month ! in the Paramatta on her mission to tho j lepers scattered throughout Russia, even i to the utmost trt of Siberia- |