(From the New Zealand Mail) Whether is man or woman the superior ? has long been a moot question ; wherein many a wordy war has been waged without getting any nearer to a solution of the pro blem. Doubtless in the world of unseen in fluences, women play by far the most im portant part. But let not supremacy—or even equality—be claimed for her in the arena of life. Where nature differs so widely there can be no comparison between the sexes ; each has undeniable points of pre-eminence. Still some people adhere to the old-fashioned belief that women are in ferior beings made solely for man’s comfort and convenience. A visit to the Grand Duohey of Finland might—as all travelling does— o pen their minds to new impressions ; for in that paradise of females a new religious agitation is manifesting itself; whose pro fessors declare their belief in the superiority and supremacy of woman as head of the family. The new creed requires that all its disciples shall confess their sins to certain women once a week at least, if not oftener ; and the name of the religionists is “ Pure by Excellence.” I. wonder how long it .will take them to find out the weak points of their divinities ; really this is an age of ex tremes j and folly is just as rampant now as in the so-called “dark ages.” _ The follies of fashion are endless, yet much as we decry them we all like to know what is the latest craze, though we may not dream of following it. At any rate I should bo sorry to see our girls bleaching their hair. You rememb-r that not so long ago no hair save golden was considered “ the thing.” Dark hair was quite a source of sorrow to its possessor, who vainly hoped that soon the wheel might turn and bring the despised hue to the front again. As yet this has not occurred, and now fashion decrees that hair shall assume a whity-brown color, something like grocer’s wrapping paper. 