SCHOLARLY LADIES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 724, 23 March 1881, Page 2

SCHOLARLY LADIES.

Referring ; tb the fltrikirig^ ; KflySto : TTniVeroity Oofeftyn. don, the Pall Ma)l Gazette writea :-« ia'tiow- two years since ; womeMfl» » : admitted to the classes in the Faculties of Arts and Laws of Science in Oollego, London; and the result of. their competition, with the. male, students, as shown by the announcement at the prizeeiviris are sufficiently remarkable.' in olassics they parried off both the Latmand one out of the two Greek prizes. ■ That the standard is.fairly high,m,proved by the fact that the second'competitor for the first Latin prize has won a scholarship at Oxford.' This was the women s most striking, because the leaat to be expected, , success j but it was not singular." French they won two out of three priz69,j in English four out of nine, in history onb out of two, and in political economy the only one given. Of course, in estimatingthese results, many things are to be taken into consideration.. On the one hand, the women are mostly'older than the men, 1 and are probably much above the average of , their sex intellectually; on the other hand, they have commonly had fewer early advantages.- 4 It is certain that they are more industrious and singleminded in their work, and are only too little distracted by any taste for amusement. Nor is it less certain that the young men of the future will, find a competition, already severe,.b'ecomeyqt more intense." .

' Keminiscbhoes of YY.M.biwi'ON.—lnthe year 1845 a worthy oitized pioaded'hislway with some difficulty through fern and ti-tree to Te Aro Flat being in searoh of the surveyr's opeg which had been driven in at the corner of what is now Cuba and Dixon streets, Upon this spot was erected a small house, in whioh a very successful drapery business was carried on by two ladies of' remarkable talent and energy; who have long since retired from the scene to the 1 nd of their birth- '■'■':' ' "Land o* the mountain and the flood, Land of brown heath and shaggy wood. In the year 1866 it passed into the hands of Mb James Surra, the present proprietor, who gave to the promises the appropriate name of Te Aro House, and under whose management business has. steadily ■ progressed with the rising; fortunes of the city, until at length it was found that a considerable enlargement was necessary,'and the result was, Te Aro House, as at. present, one of the mo3t complete and Extensive Drapery Establishments in the' colony of Now Zealand. The ; general Drapery occupies a large spaoe, being 49 feet by 25 jfeet, amply sufficient for all Manchester goods Fancy Dressos, Silks, Gloves, Hosiery, Eibbons, Laces, &c- The Men's, Boy's, and Youths' Clothing Department measures 24 feet by 14 feet, and has attached a'ebmhrtable fitting-room. Carpets and Household furnishings have a similar space, allotted to. them. The Show-room for the ssle of Millinery, Mantles, Jackets, Costumes,-&c, is a very spacious apartment,- elegantly'fitted up, and beautifully lighted from the roof, and measures 39 feet by 22 feet.' The stopk of goods s at all time's large and well selected, and patterns are forwarded post free on application;- A .special foature at To Aro House is the Order Department, and very careful attention is paid to the wants, of Countiy Residents, AUorders are eseouted under the immediate supervision of the proprietor, and scoarely packed and forwarded to their destination with that ..promptness and despatch which have always distin guished Te Aro House, Cuba-street, Welling on.—rADVT.I ■