Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-20

garments. In normal colleges pupil
teachers are advised not TO dress in
black any more than is necessary. No
physician of the present day will allow q
black garbed nurse to care for serious
case.
White makes woman look big,
wholesome, innocent, winsome and
classic. White is favorite color with
designing women OF the world. The
woman in white is generally the one
who takes away another womans hus-
band, while the girl in white with a
blue ribbon under her chin is the one
who has all the beaux at the party
Slim, sickly, careworn and colorless
women look best with velvet bonnet
strings and a lace ruche or scarf about
the neck.
A woman with red hair should beware
OF pink, strawberry and scarlet. Blue
above her waist is apt to make an un-
pleasantly strong contrast Green is
her color, white will be her stand by,
and there are red, browns, coffee. oak
and copper that will make her a model
for an artist who dotes on beauty.
A fat woman should leave plaids,
aounces and ruflles alone, and "a thin
woman must avoid stripes. Red will
brighten any woman but red-head; it
is the most charitable color in chro-
matte Invalids on their sup" days look
their very prettiest in red robes. More
than one pale patient with crimson
silk lounge coat has caught her physi-
clans fancy while convalescing and mar
ried him.
DR.. Julia Washbu Of Lexington was
recently elected vice president of the
| Homeopathic Medical Society Of Ken
lucky.
Mrs. Anna Alcott Pratt the original
| Of Meg in Louise Alcott's Little
Women, died at her home in Concord
| in July. To little women readers the
mother of the precocious Daisy and
| Demi was, like all the Alcott sisters,
dear and valued friend, and her death
will be to them personal loss.
Eleven of the general fellowships
given by the University of Chicago have
| been won by women, although the
women applicants numbered only one
third as many as the men, and the rela
| tive proportion of male and female stu
dents did not justify expectation for so
good showing. OF three new special
fellowships created by thu university
the women hold two-one in history by
a graduate of Vassar one in English by
Phi NJ of the university. AT Cornell
university the prize for mathematical
| " Was WOH ny WOludll, MISS
Anna Mackinnar of the University of
Kansas. OF the twelve candidates for
the prize three were women, and all
made creditable showing.
Brown university at the last COM
mencement conferred the degree of A.
M. on two women, Mrs. Lulu Bates of
Boston university and Miss Lucia B.
Clapp of Smith college. The women
wore the cap and gown like the other
masters, and walked in with the men
in places given to them according to
alphabetical order.
a woman has been on duty in the civil
engineering department of the Patent
office at Washington for ten years. Rail
ways are her speciality, and she has the
annual task of passing upon about 5000
| alleged inventions, of which scarcely q
dozen are practicable. She is majestic
looking woman, with great force of
character, and her name is Mrs. Francis
Sybrand of Ohio.
The M. A. list of the London university
shows that in three of the four branches
of study woman was placed first, while
in the fourth a woman was second. The
women were first in classics, math-
ematics, and mental and moral science.
In modern languages and literature q
woman toek second place. In the
matriculation list of the university
there are 1,0S8 successful candidates, OF
whom 270 are women. The latter, in
proportion to their number, have
secured more than their fair share of
honors, taking thirteen out of forty,
A benevolent German woman of
wealth and position has founded school
of gardening for women. The course of
study is two years, and the idea is that
women shall qualify for the post of head
gardener on estates and in country
houses Girls are also received who
wish to study gardening for their own
homes. The school is we'll attended,
and the pupils work hard. But they
like the occupation.
~
A most interesting series of prize let
ters appeared last week dealing with
the great question, Can woman re-
form a MANI" or, in other words the re-
verse of the still greater social problem
enunciated in ''The Second Mrs. Tan
queray," and touched upon slightly in
"The Heavenly Twins" Nearly all the
writer's seemed to consider the question
only from the view of reformation by
marriage, whereas q far nobler and
heroic case could be put for the woman
who, though by ber love and tenderness
she brought man back to his manhood,
yet still made him feel that the dark
| past must leave ltS 1OrDddlng shadow
at the portal of matrimonial happiness
The general opinion seems to be that
a woman can reform man, although in
most cases she ought not try to do So
One writer however, very powerfully
says: ''She is entering upon the most
sacred relation of life without any
sanctity in the bond; she is violating the
divine ideal of marriage, and has NO
warrant for expecting Gods help OF
blessing" No one answer can be given
but think the truth is that If a man
i. e., certain man, is to be reformed, il
will be by a woman's tenderness and
loving self-sacriice, and gradually the
dust will be blown from his eyes, and
he will come nearer the appreciation
af Gods most perfect gift-a noble
woman.
~.
"For internal use, says physician
replying to mothers query as to wha'
drugs shall be kept in the house fol
emergency, "wine or sirup of ipeeac i.
given as the safest emetic for children
when indigestible or hurtful things have
been eaten, and castor oil has first rank
among mild purgatives," Cough medi
cines and remedies for sore throat taker
without medical advice are not mucf
recommended, though FLAX seed tes