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Rh Marriages reported since our last announcement.

Miss Harriet Halteman to Mr. J. B. Merideth. Home, Sioux Falls, S.D. Miss Elizabeth DeWolf to Mr. George A. Fiske. Home, Delivan, Wis. Miss Irene Gilbert to Mr. E. P. Hathaway. Home, Wheaton, Minn. Miss Flora Keith to Mr. Robert Newton. Home, Jerseyville, Ill. Miss Emma DeVoe to Mr. George Biggers. Home, Rochelle, Ill.

Miss Ella Campbell's letter for Reunion came too late for that occasion, and almost too late to mention in THE OREAD. As she has many friends among the readers of the paper, we quote from her letter. She says: "Though my greeting must pass over miles of land and water before it reaches you, I trust somewhat, at least, of the warmth with which it starts may be retained. I send most cordial greeting to the Faculty and the Alumnae, and join with them in welcoming the 'new girls.' I feel very thankful that God brought me safely through all perils of the deep to my desired haven in China, and after a six months' residence I can say that I was never happier in my life than I am now. To be sure, the darkness of heathenism surrounding us is terrible, but to feel that God has given me health and strength to study the language, with promise of being able to speak deliverance to these captives of Satan, I ask no greater blessing in this life except that my work may be such as God can own and bless. . . . . My home is with my brother's family. Doubtless some of you remember his wife as Jennie Wortman. I wish you could renew her acquaintance as the mother of four bright children. She wishes to be remembered to all.

"Our work is among the Hakkas, the Scotchmen of China. They are superior in intellect to most of the Chinese, and the Hakkah women never bind their feet. Please do not forget this people; you are sure to hear good news of them in the years to come."

POLITE SOCIETY AT HOME AND ABROAD. By Mrs. Annie R. White. Published by L. P. Miller & Co., Chicago, III.; Stockton, Cal.; Philadelphia, Pa.

This book is what its subject announces, a complete compendium of information upon all topics classified under the head of "Etiquette." The book is gracefully written, and while instructing as to outward forms, plainly shows that the manners of the real gentleman or gentlewoman have a foundation in principles dependent upon the better elements of the individual. We commend it to the young.

WHAT IS "THE BURLINGTON." The " Burlington System " has long been a house-hold word all over the United States for that network of first-class railroads which radiates from Chicago over Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado, and acquired a justly earned fame as the great route East and West. "The Burlington" is the nom de plume of the Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad, the latest addition to the "Burlington System," being the link which connects 6,000 miles of railroad with Minneapolis and St. Paul and the rapidly growing empire lying north and west of those cities. In its construction no expense has been spared to secure a road-bed unequaled for solidity and smoothness, and an equipment unrivaled for elegance and comfort, enabling unsurpassed time to be made, insuring travelers prompt connections in all the principal cities. Its advent into the railroad world compelled at once shorter time and better accommodations on the competing lines, notwithstanding which it remains par excellence the best and quickest line from all Northwestern points to Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis. For tickets and all information apply to any railroad ticket agent, or address W. J. C. Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agent "The Burlington," St. Paul, Minn.