Show ROSE punch is frequently served in acry small gold bowls designed for the purpose A nat bonbon dish represents a faint ly tinted orchid in pale with ailt edges tin carafe is no longer fashionable and in its place has the cutglass cut glass ice pitcher the new fads we the exquisite porcelain which are used for after coffee and baskera of royal worcester ware arc much liked for olives and salted almonds A KNIFE used for cutting brick ice cream is of silver with a broad blade tapering to a point TOAST racks tinted in lavender blue and pink with graceful handles are very pretty for the table new platters for cold meats arc perfectly flat va a narrow upright rim and garnished edge QUAINT SHAPED or baited almonds are in the form of a half almond in soft browns and yellows bay olie long women will be admitted to german universities on an equal footing women were recently interviewed as to the animals they feared most and not one of them named the mouse KUSSIAN women and japanese men are said to axce all the other worlds workers with the needle by those who have closely studied the embroidery exhibits in different buildings at the worlds fair trebs has been some discussion as to who was the first woman to receive the degree of LL D in this country it is stated that this honor belongs to mrs caroline stealey dall who received the degree from alfred university alfred N Y there are now seven women in all who have received it ay iy this country twenty five hundred women aro practicing medicine two hundred and seventy five preaching tho gospel more than six thousand managing post offices and over three million earning independent incomes since 1880 the patent office has granted over twenty five hundred patents to women and in new york city twenty seven thousand women support their husbands |