Woman's World.

i ir (Spencer) Cliflora, wiuuw ui h u , nvendish Spencer Chfford, SireB;0" au of L Black Rod, í0"g S the way to a new profesnon STS? the board of trade, by u i, he has absolute command of a hl ?of ber own. Always fond of a Tunder "white WingS,'' and finding htins the only solace to a severe :,nfe c affl iction, Lady Clifford made 'l0ffl rrui-es to Norway and Sicily to :;T LT- ,ded by a consent ■ v,nt as many women have tP!diuoïercircümsances,Shofound me tfiviileil anthonty oí the owner ann H,e captain luu-dly worked well. When oí to any port beyond the regalar , track, Lady ('liílord saw that she was notsèonre againBt iraposition and insnlmrrliiíation. Safe as the roadwnys and waterways i coinparatively are for women in this jiineteenth contury, there were times when wine got in aud wit out in the male antocrat, who thonght a wonian was a "negligible quantity, " and when goods were apt to be brought on board rontrary to her approval and desire- tbis of course at the most inoonvenient stations. "If you want a thing done, do it Tourself," refleoted Lady Clifford, who was no6 a vpoman to put np with nonsense. She applied to her consul, got her wishes carried out and "sacked" her insubordínate servants. But a brief nxperience of difficulties was sufficient, and seeiiig what an immense advantage it wonld be to her in her cruises to have ntirecommand she set herself to study navigation. After the requisito examiuations, which she modestly opines were m:le very light for her at the board of trade, bnt of that we have secret donbts, Lady Clifford obtained the position of uaptain, the first; woman in England ■who has ever obtainod it, and with a good sailiug master under her navigated a 350 toii yacht in the channel and jiediterranean with such success thac -h8 proposes shortly to visit the east in tbe same ruanner. Before her marriage Lady Cifford, tben Miss Lowe, was already a pioneer. With hor mother, whose only child she was, Miss Lowe was the first lady to exjilore Norway in carrioles - Norway was then almost a terra incognito, and womn were less accustomed to travel any■wbere - and to travel in a similar way &U over Sicily, where they mounted Etna on Deo. 21.