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Show the lAlR I'Sr.I'l'l. AMI OII.VVML'NTAI. Very useful na well as in natiicntal la a glided silver bracelet, passing twice around Hie viM, which has the cn.li bent In such a manner (hut they can bold the handkerchief nnd j bag securely nnd fi the owner from till the uliMcly ot olhci a ic caring for III. in. MII.AliY'S MOMlt'I.n. Lorgnettes arc glvipg way to the mono, le, and inllmly. if not daring enoiikh to wear the sliule giasa sunk ill tlie eve, at least tlanlea one on Hip cud of her Jeweled thin, and plays With It cITecllvcl). M iclcs imido wllh short bandies are making their lippcm-iincc nml nre n pretty toy, hut Iln y are condeiuii. ,1 by ultra fnsliluti. uhlcs aa nut being the real thing. SCPAItATi: MEDICAL COLLEt;F.S Dr. Hcleiie Frlclerlcke Sleltm r rx-prcsses rx-prcsses her disapproval, In the Mcllc-lulschn Mcllc-lulschn W oehensenrt of Munich, of Professor Sticln's propo-al Hint there slioiild be separate mctlcal colleges for women. She believes Hint In such a caae Hip women sin, tents would have lo put up Willi Inferior teachers, collections col-lections uud opportunities for clinical clini-cal study and practice, with thp result Hint people would refuse to engage women doclora, 8III5 TIIAINS DONKEYS. Miss lltiggles Itrlae. of Spalns Hall, ltrulntree, Lssex, Luulnml, Is an expert trnlni r of donkeys, A'-iiirdiug to Country Coun-try Life, tills linly takes a very great luierest In her miluials, ami personally attends to their training nnd general ninmigemcnt. and the consr,iieiiee of thla earn Is that the animals develop both physical nml mental iialllles of a most remarkable nature, for. contrary con-trary to tl.o general belief. Hie donkey la very far from being a alupld animal. ani-mal. Miss UiibkIi a lu lae generally bnya her donke) s when they nre from two to three years old, nnd nfter feeding feed-ing them well for a short lime she begins be-gins their education. NO cmNOL!Nl7TIIi:V PAY". The great French costumier, being Interviewed on the ipieatloti of the crinoline, bus little or no faith in Its reliitroductlim. He puts tin limits to the vngnrlea nf fashion, but be does not think it nt nil likely (but the cn-pncloua cn-pncloua petticoat of Hip I'uiplra will once more be adopted by ladles. He' aserlbea tlie Idea or Its reappearance to Hip fact Hint the ib-esaca worn at present nre more ampin than before, nnd Hint somp of the dressmakers hnve Inserted n small steel hoop nt thp bnttom of Hie petticoats to give Hie lllliba greater freedom. Messrs. Itod-fern. Itod-fern. of sartorial fame, after having given n Icnrned dlaijulaftlnii on the origin of Hie crinoline, expressed likewise like-wise their disbelief In Its restoration. THE HMALLEU COLI.F.OE S. President Thomas of llr n Mawr, In her report ou "The lMiicntlou of Women," published in ls:H, nltempta to grade the lusiltiitlotis of widely different character which claim the name of college. From Hie 4st col-legea col-legea listed by the Coiiitulsslouer of Education, she chooses lifly-elgbt na of true college grndp. Only four Independent In-dependent colleges for women fall w ithin thla class. 'I hern nre oilier women's colleges which are deserving uf Hie natiio, but which by reason of smaller tlmiticlal rcsiiurcca cannot offer thn full advantages of the stronger colleges. Just ns the small college for lueu lias played nn Important part In tlio development of educational lileala, ao these women's college of relatively slender resources, acnltiireil over the country, hnve done most d-mlrablp d-mlrablp work. In thp proccsa of evolution evo-lution the amnllcr, lnndciiatcly equipped equip-ped collcgea uro doithtlesa dootupd to gradual extinction; and possibly we have no right to regret the displacement displace-ment nf a atrttgglliig, hnlf aim veil Institution In-stitution by Hip tiiagnlllcenlly equipped creation of State bounty or of princely prince-ly private endowment: but we can, iieverthelesa, recognise wllh gratitude tho work of Hie sum II college In Us day nml generation. -.Inne A. Stewart, In Ilooklovcra' .Mngaxlne. FItE.NTII WOMEN IN LAW. Since tho Paris bar hus been open to women, not a few members of Hie fair sex Live taken advantage of the new privilege accorded them to plead at tho Palala.de Justice, Tho pioneer In this direction waa Mile, Chaiivln, whoso dehtit na "avo-euto" "avo-euto" excited a great deal of attention, and whoso presence In cap and gown made a great aeusntinn nt tho I'nlnts. Her debut, moreover, bad the effect nf letting tho fashion among Pnrls-lennes Pnrls-lennes of wearing the white cravat of the French lawyera. Ninon Mile. Chauvln'i debut In ISIK) curiosity has died out to great extent, and no bad effects of the law have been noticed. no-ticed. It la even possible Hint If the good results could hnve been anticipated antic-ipated thp law would hnvo passpd the Chamber by a uiintilmoiis vole Instead of by 81(1 to 171. Aa a rule women Inwyera have had men aa their opponents op-ponents at the bar. and one could Imagine Im-agine himself In a sort of .ludlcinl Kaloii, If compliments ami gallant S lies were Hi-., criterion, Hill the other day two women Inwyera Inw-yera round themselves antagonists In n case. It was funny tu see the cm I I ; I . leirrassmeiit of the Judges, for each lawyer il .l lei' Inst to captivate the , "'Hi h. 1 Hi iy, . Iteucll could not out ,,f ii. ,,r,i.e l .t nv.ir.lln; the V 1. lory to I,. Ih sld. a. so the Chlv- nllous Judges took teri'igi) tinder weltktiowu formula nnd reserved I their decision for a fortnight. |