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mother, with an injured ar. isn't
the design pTetty?"
Its very nice rug" admitted
Josie, struggling with keen disap-
pointment.
It's a sensible gtft," defended Mrs.
McCanopy. Il don't believe in fool
ish presents Your father wanted to
get some silly thing or other he heard
you talking about, but I knew this
would last for years, when something
else had been forgotten"
Let's ta6e it up and see how it
looks" said Josie
Il thought we'd leave it in the lower
hall for the present" stated Mrs. Nc
Canopy. when we can get the man
to come and paint the border around
your floor, We'll put it up there"
Josie sighed. She knew that it
! takes forever to get man to come
| to do anything like that. It was with
relief that she welcomed Phil's in
junction not to look around until told
to do so.
"Now!" cried Phil, dramatically.
ooh, oh, oh! Take him away or he
may bite!" shrieked Josie.
"He won't hurt you" encouraged
Phil. Mice old doggie. But say,
Joe, how d'you like him."
81 don't like him at ALL answered
Josie, firmly. Whose dog is it,"
"Yours!" cried Phil delightedly.
You wanted one, didn't you?"
81 never!" denied Josie. 81 didn't
say any such thing"
Eyes, you did, too declared Phil
hotly Didn't she, ma? Didn't she,
| Clara? You both heard her. She was
standing over there by that table, and
l said"
you said you wanted one" put in
Josie YEARLY.
yes, and then you said you wouldn't
object to one, so there!" yelled Phil.
Il meant that if you had got to
have one, I'd wash him every week,
and keep it from starving" explained
Josie.
HE hasn't had anything to eat this
morning" limited Phil.
The tears were in both Josie's eyes,
or all her eyes visible on account of
the bee stings, but she bravely ap-
preached the gift from Brother Phil,
and led it kitchenWard.
"Josie's SO hard to please" sighed
Clara. II wonder if she will turn up
her nose at that dear little dress Of
mine that Mrs. Wood spoiled 1t
doesn't fit me, but will be lovely for
Josie! couldn't buy her anything, as
I'm over my allowance now!"
Il gave her brand new dog, sheer
ed Phil, "but I notice poor Josie al
ways has to take your old duds!"
With this parting shot he strolled out
to watch Josie and the brand new dog
coming to an understanding.
Some one has come already" said
Mrs. McCanopy nervously. And Mary
is changing her dress and can't answer
the bell, and not one of US is present
able!"
Josie has at least kimona on,
observed Clara. "And it's her party,
anyway"
IF 1 had my dress on, I'd go" vol
unteered Cousin Phoebe. But !
haven't" she added with relief.
I'm a fright" rebelled Josie. 81
won't go!"
But she did go, holding her kimono
together at the throat with one hand
while she opened the door with the
other. Ben Overton and the SWEETEST
girl of Josie's acquaintance popped
in, and stared with surprise and IN.
restrained enjoyment at the spectacle
poor Josie presented. Josie, after Q
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Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)

miss Mary E. Woolley, president of
Mount Holyoke college, was graduated
from Brown university in 1894, and after
ward took a postgraduate course there;
SIZE has published articles on historical
subjects in the Brown Magazine, the
American Historical Review and other
periodicals. For five years she was a
member of the faculty of Wellesley col
lege, at the head of the department of
biblical history and literature. She be-
came president of Mount Holyoke college
in 1900 In the autumn of 1901 Miss Wool
ley visited the womens colleges in con-
nection with the universities of England
and Scotland)
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Too BUSY to Love.

In England people are too busy to
love. A man faded to death by 40
letters and Is kilograms q day can
not in the evening indulge in the ex-
element of either a heart-shaking
tragedy or the passion of an allah
sorbing love 80 he hirts.-Dr gnil
Reich IN London Tattler.
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now open to women and IN the wide
opportunity for choice which they Of
fer. The state universities and great
endowed institutions like Cornell and
Chicago offer eeeducation, Harvard
has it's annex, Columbia and Brown
their affiliated colleges, while Bryn
Mawr, Vassar, Wellesley Smith.
Holyoke and hosts of smaller instltu-
tions afford opportunity for study IN
the distinctive woman's college.
AS broad a choice is offered in the
curriculum and in methods. varying
from the required courses and closer
classroom work of the smaller col
lege, to the wide election and lecture
system of the university. There are
no subjects, no lines of work from
which women are debarred; they may
study architecture and civil engineer
ing in the best technical schools, the
ology in the seminaries, and medicine
and law supplemented by practice IN
the hospital and the law Office, as we'll
as literature and art, domestic science
and pedagogy. The advance during the
last ten years has been largely in the
direction of graduate study and the
college, woman of to-day who expects
to enter teaching or any other profess
sion regards her undergraduate course
ar preliminary simply to the advanced
work which she hopes to do at some
time in the future. The opportunities
for such study are not less numerous
tslan for regular undergraduate work,
some universities, as for instance Yale,
opening their graduate courses to
women on the same basis as to men,
while not admitting them as under
graduates.
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The Cherry-The next day, while
Josie was down on her knees scraping
the crushed refreshments out of the
carpet, she extracted much comfort re-
hearsing the bright answers she would
have made to Ben Overton had he no
ticed her at the party. While Josie
was a great little anticipationist, shS
was even better as a retrospectfenist
Copyright, 1901, by ". G. chapman.)
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notice poor Josie has to take care Of
them, or they'd starve to death"
"She has to take care of your old
parrot" fiared Phil "And mas birds,
and all the rest. You needn't talk!
If was Joe I wouldn't stand for it,"
"Smarty," sneered Clara.
eft wouldn't be much more trouble
TO feed dog" interposed Josie. 81
wouldn't object to dog"
you're all right, Joe!" cried Phil,
grabbing her around the neck. ell
do something for you On your birth
day."
I'VE might as well make out the
party list now" proposed Clara brisk
by. Get pencil and paper, Josie.
seeing you're up. There's the Hayden
boys, John Gray. Sam Peterson. Har-
old Munson, Dave Midge--~ began
Clara.
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An Early nlscouerv.

your epigrams and adages show
great wisdom" said the dependent.
EYES," answered Marcus .Aurelius.
, Il cans deny that regard them as
something very wise indeed. Theirs
is nothing like them for popularizina
an administration.
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But He Was cora

I tell you what" said the sad-looks
Ing man, its pretty hard for q man
with large family to live on q small
income"
Yes, eagerly agreed the stranger,
but it's great deal harder for his
family II ne dies on one. Now, my line
is insurance; let me interest you
Eli? What's your hurry?"
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Women in Odd Occunationa.

In Lewiston, Me. there is a young
woman cobbler, and in New York state
a blacksmith shop is run by thrae
women.
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Some better" answered Josie, "the
swelling has commenced to go down"
Poor Josie, and it's your birthday,
tool" condoned Clara. you win be a
sight at the party"
Never mind, dearie," said Mrs. Nc
Canopy cheerfaliy. Here's what your
father and have bought for -yeu!"
''WhY-it's rug!" gasped Josie. II
thought it was going 10 be a."
Dent you like it," demanded her
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aQdoQ, trying TO appear CASUAL anu
disinterested. One Ben Covington
would compensate for whole roomful
of Dave Midges.
"Are those our chickens dipping up
the flower seeds you planted yester-
day, JOSEF" queried Mrs. McCanopy.
1--WE got my lap full, or I'd go out
and shoe en-
I've got my hands all over dough"
began Josie. Send Clara; she's only
drumming on the piano.
"Cla-ra!" called Mrs. McCanopy.
No answer.
ella" she began once more.
ooh, I might as well go first as
last" mumbled Josie. When she re-
entered the house her hair was blown
and her face was red.
Dear me-" she sighed, "a party's a
dreadful sight of work."
Its YOUR party" reminded Mrs.
McCanopy, putting her lips together
firmly. 1--WE are trying to make your
birthday pleasant"
Josie, who was somewhere between
II and 80, was looking forward to the
day when the family was planning to
pay up it's Indebtedness, not only
with party, but with gifts freely
limited at in the home circle as some
thing-you'd never guess what's and
"just-wait till-you-sees!"
MY only regret is I've got to have
that mean old Dave Midget" muttered
Josie, as she sat down to stone rails
ms and plan what she would say to
Ben Overton.
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this is Marys cleaning day, and"

this is Mary's cleaning day, and"
'Send Jennie. It's Saturday." sug-
gested Josie. I've got the bird cage
to clean, the pets to feed, Spanish
cream to make, and 1 promised Belle
I'd
1--WE got to study for examination"
whined Jennie.
After [ get few things done, I'll
CO." consented Josie.
"Say, where's that blue sweater Of
mine with the white stripes?" shout
ed Phil McCanopy, rushing in.
Seems to me l saw it on the top
shelf in the spare ROOM" unused Josie.
"You might. look there"
Josie, you go like a good child"
pleaded her mother. phil will pull
down everything, he's so rough"
"And Josie, while you're upstairs,
will you open the windows and let it
air out?" asked Clara. 1T has stop
ped raining"
Bring me down a clnan handker-
chief, that's dear girl" Tut in Cousin
Phoebe. 81 was just going after one,
but no need or both going.
when you are up that far, would
you mind getting that screen that's
in the attic, JOSIE" coaxed her mother.
"Josie's a great little step saver"
commented Phil.
81 don't know what we'd do without
poor JOSIE" said her mother. But
wen make it up to her on her birth
day"
AS for Josie, she realized she wasn't
pretty, like Clara. nor bright" like
Jennie, nor boy, Phil; she
believed it. was possible to be so
sweet and obliging that one may be-
come universally loved and admired.
JosieS ambition was to be universally
loved and admired.
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Those bees your father was fool
enough to buy at the Miller's auction
seem to be acting funny" observed
Mrs. McCanopy, gazing out of the
kitchen window. Il wonder what we
ought to do?''
i've heard of them all swarming
off" said Cousin Phoebe. But I
think if some one was to go out and
throw a shawl over 'em, they'd calm
down, and when it comes night you
could slip the cage, or whatever you
call it, right over them, and there you
are!'
Clara left the room hastily, and
Josie moved uncomfortably on her
chair.
I'D go if I wasn't so slow on my
feet said Mrs. McCanopy. Il couldn't
do it quick enough. Josie, it would
please your father, after all he is do
ing for you" limited her mother. ct
certainly would be great disappoint-
ment to Chester to lose EN-"
Josie, with the resignation of a
saint and the courage of a matador,
grabbed the big gray shawl and went
out toward the community of strik-
ing honey makers. While Cousin
Phoebe wasn't an authority on bee
culture, the proposition as a whole
looked as reasonable as the usual mis-
sions upon which Josie was sent. Ac-
customed to look after the family
pets, she was willing to dust the hive
every morning if her father wanted
to keep few bees, but she hoped the
perches didn't have to be disturbed
often.
Unfurling the shawl, Josie foated
like great winged bat toward the
buzzing cloud. She did just as
Cousin Phoebe had advised
Afterward, when she had been re-
lieved from pain as much as possible,
her father said:
you ought to have more sense,
Josie, even if the others didn't have
any!" Which shows that gratitude is
apt to be proportionate to the amount
of SUCCESS attendant upon the good
! deed.
"And to-morrow's the party!" groan-
ed Josie, avoiding the mirror.
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A line of graduate work receiving
new attention is that of pedagogy.
Teaching as profession demands as
thorough training as law, medicine or
theology and already emphasis is be-
ing placed upon this department, both
in England and in the United States.
In the former country pedagogy is re-
garded as distinctive graduate work to
follow the university training rather
than to be incorporated with it; hence
the rise of training schools or. colleges
for teachers in close association with
the university. At Oxford the move
ment is very unpretentious one, lit
tie group of women, most of them uni
versity graduates, forming class con-
Quoted by Miss Cooper, along the same
lines as those followed by Mr.. Keat
ing in his work with the men. At
Cambridge the work is more ambitious,
training college for teachers, founded
18 years ago by Miss Elizabeth Hughes,
and now numbering nearly 100 stu
dents, supplementing the university
course by as scientific and thorough
q O4Ao do dAy PlOLSSSioAAA oSAAooA WOuAd
give.
The development of such a system,
already begun in the United States,
promises to meet need which neither
the normal school nor the college has
met--that is, the demand for teachers
who have thorough academic course
as well as the pedagogical training.
This means the rise of another profess
sional school, which will appeal espe-
cially to women, forming SO large a
part Of the teaching class and which
will incidentally tend to place teach
ing on an equal basis with other pro-
LESSONS. 1t Is a narrow view which
looks upon the opportunities for study
open to women as of value only in the
preparation for earning a living. In
certain sense the leisure class in
American scholarship is the women
rather than the men and they must
bear large part in the development
of the love of learning and in the en-
richment Of the world by the discovery
of its treasures. Scholarship need NOT
be selfish; rather 1t should be made
synonymous with service and the
scholar regarded az the public bene-
factor.
MARy y wooTIEy +
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education which comes from contact
with men the fame of whose learning
is worldwide, and from access to Ii
braries, museums and laboratories
whose treasures have been accumulat-
ing for generations and even for CEN
turtles, but also that which is as the
very atmosphere of the place. The
eye is charmed, the mind stimulated
and the imagination quickened by the
beauty of the surroundings. Even
more powerful than the aesthetic and
artistic influences are those which
come from the memories of great men
and their achievements. England Is
not slow to recognize and commemor-
ate heroism and genius, and the men,
ing fingers in its university halls as
an inspiration to the student life of
to-day, which still feels the touch Of
the vanished hand and hears the
sound of the voice that is STILL
Into this rich inheritance the wom-
ans college of England and Scotland
has entered In Scotland three of the
niyersities-Edinbur Aberdeen and
St. Andrew s-admit women on the CO.
educational basis; the fourth, Glasgow
has a woman's college, Queen Marga-
ret's, in. utilization. In England the
woman's college has developed in gen
eral from the amalgamation of "asso-
Citations providing lectures for women
and those providing halls of residence
.or women attending the lectures. .
The last quarter of century has been
significant indeed in thS development
of this movement, for it is little more
than 25 years since the first small be-
ginnings at Cambridge and Oxford, rs
sulting to-day in Newman and Girton
at the former university and four col
leges, Somerville, Lady Margaret's, st.
HiIda's and st. Hugh's, at the latter.
Long before Oxford and Cambridge
thought of opening their doors to
women the movement began in Lon
don by the foundation in 1849 of Bed
ford and Queens colleges, not "col-
leges" in the strict sense of the term,
but nevertheless an attempt to offer
higher education to women. Not until
very recently did these colleges become
affiliated with the University of Lon
don, although for several years they
have prepared for the university ex-
aminations.
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There are certain advantages in ths
university system. The college an
ters into rich heritage, and if culture
is something more than a shibboleth.
that of the university town is not to be
underegtimated. Not only is there the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-08-31

I'D like dog" said Phil, disconso-
lately. Mas got the birds, sis has
got a parrot, Cousin Phoebe has four
Persian cats, the chickens belong to
Jennie"
you have six white mice and two
squirrels" reminded Clara, tartly. 81
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MARY =. wooLLE
Stranner Tnan EIefion

Remarkable thing about that WON.
an" said the hotel clerk, jerking a
thumb In the direction of styRshly
dressed lady who was passing
through the lobby.
What was it?" asked the land
lord.
She didn't come down after be-
ing assigned to her room to ask
whether we couldR't transfer her to
some other floor Chicago Record
Herald.
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The last form of college is an Amer
lean institution and has no counter
part in England. The Royal Holloway
college at Egham, Surrey, approaches
perhaps most nearly to the American
conception, in that it is not situated
in a university town and has its own
resident of lecturers, but its work is
to prepare for the Oxford or the Uni
versity of London examinations and it
grants no degree of its own.
The first impression which the OBJ
server of the English system of higher
education for women receives is that
of the close afdliation of the college
with the university. 1t is not strange
that Oxford and Cambridge are words
by which to conjure; with the intel
lectual prestige of centuries, with their
halo of famous names and great
achievements, it is easy to understand
the hold which they have anC why 1t
is SO difficult for the English } COM
prehend cur system and the value of
the degree conferred by college
standing alone and on it's own merits.
An ESglishman of wide knowledge
and Of marked intelligence, to whom
had described the location Of Mount
Holyoke college as very near Yale uni
versity and Saith and Amherst col
leges, observed: 81 suppose, then, that
they all receive the Yale degree!"
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A sketch describing the opening OF
the University of Edin burgh to women
says: 1.-THE almost universal extern
sion of university privileges to women
has been one of the most distinctive
notes of the last quarter-century."
The opening of opportunities for the
higher education Of women has indeed
been distinctive note in the history OF
the last Is or so years, and every year
increases the number of those who
avail themselves of these privileges.
The progress has been most marked in
the United States, and the increase in
numbers far greater than in any other
country, an increase due in part to the
fact that so many institutions are open
to women and so many forms of edu-
cation are possible, Coeducation, the
affiliated college and the separate
woman's college offer wide opportun
ity for choice and each form has its
peculiar advantages. The college afil-
lated with an old university has ac-
cess to it's accumulated treasures of
libraries and equipments without the
necessity for coeducation, to which SO
many friends of higher education OBJ
ject. The coeducational institution as
sures to it's students the best instruc-
ton of the university and the stimulus
which comes from contact with the
masculine minds and their different
points Of view, and the separate wom-
ans college has the advantage of a
more distinctive life and courses and
equipments planned especially for her.
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1t is interesting to compare the op-
Great Britain with those offered in the
United States There is no comparison
as to the numbers availing themselves
of these opportunities. Newman has
about 100 students, Girton less than
125, Somerville 80, Lady Margaret's SO
or so and st. Hilda's and St. Hugh S
about 25 each. There are larger num-
bers at some of The colleges affiliated
with the University of London and at
the University Of Edinburgh, but in no
case are the numbers comparable with
those at the principal American col
leges for women. A partial explana-
ton of this disparity is to be found in
the larger constituency from which our
colleges araw, hut the chief reason for
the difference u that the higher edu-
cation OF women has not as yet become
a popular movement in England. 1t is
not in any sense fashionable" and as
result the class Of students Is dis
tinctly an earnest one, with few, II
any, who SO simply for the college life
and experience.
In comparison of the English I'M
dergraduate course with the American,
one is impressed with the emphasis
placed upon specialization, an under
graduate going up to Oxford or Cam
bridge fer a three-years' course in the
philosophical or historical school" de-
voting his entire time to the one line
of work and winning his degree upon
that. In some eases liberal educa-
ticn preeedes the university training,
but that is not Invariably true and the
comparison with the American system
seems to be that of high degree OF
specialization Yarsus a broader and
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When She Stops to Think.
When woman stops to thfnk the
man generally loses out.
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Distinctive
Woman S COLLEGE
an American
Institution
BY 6Nary z. Wooley

In No Other Coantry Have Women
Such Opportunities for Higher Ed
Observation-Disclosures Atmosphere Of
College Town Imparts Culture-Col-
lege for Women Not Questionable"
in England-American Women May
Learn to Become Architects, En-
gineers. Lawyers, Doctors and Min
isters-Women as Critics-The New
Professional School, Pedagogy.