“I think I could guess,” she added, with a wizened smile at her companion, “but what difference? Society here, my dear Nadège, as you have already discovered, is in the hands of the men. We women are the vases on the mantelpiece.” She grinned in Mistress Geoffrey’s face: “Some of us are particularly decorative. Mistress Grantham, for example.” The younger woman eyed meditatively the sharp yellow face under the resplendent turban. “One has a good view from the mantelpiece,” she began, when a young man entered the room and advanced to the fireplace. [_To be continued._] WHEN NELLIE SMILES. By D’Arcy Moore. When Nellie smiles across at me, She’s well worth coming miles to see. Deep dented dimples find a place, Best suited for their added grace, The one on either side her face, Dan Cupid capers high in glee When Nellie smiles. When Nellie smiles, dear girl, at me, Her blue eyes twinkle roguishly; She bows her dainty head the whiles (She’s mistress, past, of woman’s wiles) And thus the willing wretch beguiles. Ah! surely there is witchery When Nellie smiles. L’Envoi: If you would keep your peace of mind, So often wrecked by woman-kind, Be warned in time. While yet you may— Cover your eyes and run away When Nellie smiles. SERIOUS PROBLEMS OF SCIENCE TO-DAY By Charles Baskerville, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, the College of the City of New York. Dr. Charles Baskerville, whom we present this month to our readers, belongs to the younger generation of Southern men who are giving evidence of their capacity for leadership in fields other than political and forensic. Born in Mississippi in 1870, he is now, at the age of thirty-five, head of the Department of Chemistry in the College of the City of New York. After his graduation at the University of Virginia, he spent some time studying in Germany, and was called upon his return to the University of North Carolina, where he occupied the chair of chemistry. He is the author of a text-book on chemistry, and has written numerous articles on scientific, educational and technological subjects. He has distinguished himself in the field of original research and experiment, and belongs of right to the select band of scientific men who in these latter days, are so eagerly bringing to the light the laws that govern phenomena in the wonderful world of Nature. [Illustration]