Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-09

Queen Margharita of Italy is an ex- pert rider of the fascinating wheel, and recently the cycle club of Milan present. ed her with a gold wheel, which is the most beautiful and valuable wheel ever made With English women, who are extremely fond of cycling, it is becoming quite the fad to have wheels quite out of the ordinary. Lady Dudley has white enameled wheel with handles of beautiful ivory. Numbers of silver plated ones and finest polished steel have been made.-Ixchange
 young Roumanian woman, Miss Tereza Stratilesco, was sent to England by the Roumanian minister of education to study the methods of teaching there, and her report brings out some facts re- garding the schools of Roumania. Edu- cation there, from the lowest grade to the completion of the university course, is entirely free, without restriction of sex, so the girls have the same chance as boys; and, further than this, sex makes no difference in the salary earned by the teacher A man and woman competing for vacant post have an equal chance of winning, and pass the same eXamina- tion.-EXchange
 Miss Jeanette Douglass was the first woman who ever filled a regular clerk ship in any of the departments at Wash
 
 were appointed several days later, she was employed to separate and trim paper money-a labor which is now done by machinery.
 Several young women have started very novel and extremely sensible dress making establishment. They take last seasons dresses and make them over m the prevailing fashion. No entirely new dresses are made and the charges are a lala a--I)pmOTpStS s MagaZlQe.
 Color combinations are even more bi- zarre and startling than heretofore, ana for tbose who like bright color there IS plenty of it. Yet the truthful chronleler of modes must record the fact that the most elegant and successful gowns are in quiet tones, with bright color used very sparingly. It requires master hand to manipulate such complhatloliS as dark blue, green and heliotrope and pale blue with purple in pleasing way and yet they are the newest and pret- tiest combinatons.-EXc
 Four-button glace gloves in tan and modes with wide stitching, either self colored or black, are the general choice for every day wear, and are dlsplaclnS the russet shades, so much worn during the winter. Millinery is fantastic De- yond precedent. Some hats are enor- mous in size, the aim being to balance inc extreme breadth of the sleeve, II IS said. When a bonnet is worn it is broadened and expanded in the greed to mass together more of the seaon's beau- tiful trimmings.
 Frances Benjamin Johnston in Dem- orests Magazine says: Few of rash ions Vagaries possess so reasonable a reason for being as the present and all most universal fad of orchids. These ouaintest most brilliant and most un- canny of flower folk seem to have Stormed Dame Fashions cltadelS ana forced her Votaries everywhere to DOW before their silken banners. Orchids are now th5 most beautiful and elegant HOW CTS for house and table decoration. Even the autocratic artists in feminine head gear seem to have felt their all-pefVaslNc influence, as many of the latest lasclnat- ing apologies for hats and bonnets sug- gest the bizarre forms of some of the orchid flowers, with wings spread at the top at the most unexpected angles, and crests that nod and droop-
 Women have the genius of charity man gives but his gold; woman adds to it her sympathy A small sum m the hands of a woman does more good than a hundred times as much in the hands or d man. Feminine charity renews every day the miracles of Christs feeding multitude with few loaVes and nshes.- Selected.
 Perhaps housekeeperS would like to 5lnoW how to freshen old mating. Where s really good, article was originally pur- chased it is frequently the case that the colors fade and the straw gets shabby look long before the fibre is broken or the economical soul can bring herself to replace 1t with new. When brought lace to face with this new difficulty remove the tacks so that no broken edges Will mar the mating, and then roll after roll let it be thoroughly beaten. Great care here should be taken to prevent cracking the straw, grown brittle with age. Pin an old dust cloth over the brush of the broom after which the broom may be used with effect. When the beating is done lay the mating down and sprinkle with fine corn meal; be not sparing, but let it fill every crack and crevice. Next use perfectly clean broom, and brush with great vigor, for every particle of the meal must be brushed away. You will be rewarded by d nice, clean mating.
 
 When tired, warm and weary after a days outing, do not plunge the face in cold water expecting to be refreshed or you will be more than disappointed After the first cooling contact with the water the flesh will smart and burn, and you will be warmer and more un- comfortable than eYer Instead of Sooth- ing the over-heated skin. cold water acts as an irritant, whereas tepd or hot wa ter produces a contrary and pleasant effect. After removing the dust and cleansing the pores thoroughly, butter milk rub will heal, whiten and keep the skin tissues in a healthy condition.
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