Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-12

The following beautiful tribute to wo- man is from the pen of the immortal Thackeray:
 "A good woman is the loveliest flower that blooms under Heaven. We look with love and wonder upon it's silent grace, its pure fragrance, it's delicate bloom of beauty. Sweet and beautiful! The fairest and the most spotless! Is 1t not a pity to see them bowed down, or devoured by grief memorable, wasting in disease, pining with long pain, or cut off suddenly in their prime? We may deserve grief, but why should women be unhappy? Except that we know that Heaven chastens those whom it loves best, being pleased, by repeated trials to make their pure spirits more pure"
 The legal profession was the last of three so-called learned professions to be opened to women in America, not because of reluctance on the part of the courts, but because women did not so easily apply for admission There are now not less than eleven law schools open to women and twenty-five states and terri tories admit women to the bar. There are over 200 women lawyers in America, nine of whom are admitted to practice before the supreme court of the United States.-Exchange.
 HG plcluiG Ol OIu iildidSllliOOh docSii ' seem to be as repellant as it was few years ago.. Here is what an enthuSi- astic admirer of the "spinster" of today says:
 The disagreeable maiden lady so ire uuently encountered. in the books of half a century ago is no longer recognized as a type of spinsterhood. How did she originated? She was pictured as fading or faded, angular, soured and her soul shriveled by disappointment. There can be no doubt that in former days, and even now in certain classes, some ap- proach to it may be seen Tn the unpleas- ant change that comes over women who have made marriage their object in life and have failed to attain 1t. All this has been changed by the opening out of life for women independent of marriage, and by proofs that are every day before our eyes that woman may be perfectly self-sustaining and contented without aiming at it. It is already fact that woman may be old without being an old maid She is only one when she sue cumbs to the disagreeable qualltles or one.
 Mrs. Griffin of Atlanta is to write the music for the chimes to be heard at the exposition. She intends that the na- tional and familiar hymn of every for eign country represented shall be rung from the bells. She has transposed many operatic arias, and of course grand old "Dixie'' will gladden. the hearts of many.
 
 Japanese women are very quaint. They are slaves to their spouses. The Mikado is the only one in his empire al- k lowed more than one wife. He has twelve. These young women are always dressed in rich robes of silk bordered by fnwrought gold and silver flowers The Japanese women are cultured. Unlike the Turkish women, they do not live in forced retirement. Among them in the past were and still are poets, historians and dramatists. They, however, do not possess any legal rights and cannot in- herit wealth. The beau who falls in love with a belle declares his intentions by attaching to her fathers door shrub known as the "Calastrus Alatus." If this shrub remains on the door knob the following day his suit is rejected. If taken, he is accepted. They are fond of music and paint well.
 It is a great pity that nearly all women of the south who have taken up the pen are writing over a nom de plume. By and by when fame smiles upon them they will begin to wish they had tempted for