An effort is being made xt the present moment to solve our great domestic servant problem by means of aco-operative society to be; known as" The National Registry, Limited." The idea is to establish all over England registry elfices on co-opera tive principal. Both mistresses and servants will be invited to take up £1 shares and they will be guaranteed five per cent interest on their investment. It is proposed in the first instance to open four hundred of these elfices and ce-operate will be invited with the Giels' Friend; the "Young Women's Christian Associa tion," and kindred societies. Personally [believe s0 little try offices that [have but little faith in the movement.
It seems to me also that if servants are to be shareholders in the cancer. it will be to their interest to organise constant changes without which the concern must languish. 1 believe the eventual outcome of the difficulty will lie in the adoption of the American system of day service for small households; lunge blishmeuts have but little to fear, L for many years to come—it is the general servant who clamour for her evenings to herself and one can scarcely blame her xs her days are often little better than a species of slavery.
Rhodew' scholars at Oxford, With its usual spirit of enterprise the "Daily Mail" sent a reporter down to Oxford one day last week with instructions to bunt up the seventy-two students who ure there at the present time owing to the munificent bequest of the late Mr. Cecil Rhodes, and gather from them impressions with regard to university life in the historic city. It was what the Americans would call somewhat of "large order" as of course there are young fellows from many of our colonies in addition to Americans and Germans taking advantage of the wonderful opportunity afforded them of going in for u college career. The impression gathered soens to be that on the whole these students from the New World regard the ancient city with veneration, but xt the same time they think it " centuries behind the times." The dons they stigimatise us "nice old gentlemen and very kind" but they fully endorse the famous criticism of their benefactor us to their chillishness in all matters pertaining to busi The Americans, especially, had pi say on the subject of games. They marked that they liked playing "Rugby football but that it seemed very tame after the game played in the States. "If your boys were to play our game with heir knees bare like 1 saw them y terday there would be a goo few ambulances needed after every game." Customs at the Oxford Theatre are likewise a source of great surprise. "In our country they said, we only clap and stamp; here you fellows seem to help the xetors along by shouts and yells, and even by singing their songs for them." This is certainly {absolutely trae and I hear thet the xétors often miss the kindly aid most sadly in the next town they visit. On the whole it appears, however, that the newcomers ace not only being taught but are doing a little tuition on their own account and, as the " Mail" says, it seems possible that Mr. Cecil Rhodes' scheme for converting " provineial into an Imperial University will advocated Unions among women and be very largely realised.
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