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. ? STOOD. In on ot th pMt rail-
i I w,r tha.vothsr day at, a
-!L ..'" hnilthe..rt.workr pour
' - Into, London for th day'e tolL
' ; It was summer day. Ths streets were
, already giving promise, or tropical heat
,'.', under a mid-day sun. The""siatlon was
dusty and ill-smelling, and tha orowds
,' of paopl disgorged from each train as
It thundered under the archway was
bewildering. ; . ... ;
r Among tha crowd I noticed the Urge
'percentage of girls, and remembered that
: some years back that would hare been
.remarkable. I spoke of this naw phase
: to my companion, and a woman who had
given' many years of study to our social
'.conditions. " , . ..v. ; .
.', ..."Every girt in a certain class wants
o ba a typewriter," she said, "and go
v . into a city, office. Formerly aha wished
. t to teach, now a business Ufa is the sols
attraction." .,"',,.,. V r " ;
'1 i"To what t do you ;ttrlbut ;j tha
. chanf eft 1 asked.,' -v.
.'.. 5 -"Greater freedom," eh said, , "mora
defined work and the certainty, of knock-
ingveff on Saturday afternoon till Mon-
, "-day."" f .-, , ..,,.... . "1
. I looked at, the girls hurrying city
ward more carefully." and ths remem
brance ef Charles Kin gal ay's description
.-' of Naustcaa cams very vividly before
'me. For ths most part they were thin
' --'j.nd pale, with a look-of exhausted vl
Vtallty, girls who appeared to be lnade
' 'quately nourished and who worked In a
"bad 'air, neurotic ,nd 'generally ill -de-i
veloped. ! -f ,.;! '
turned away to take my train. Into
? , ihs country, feeling that tha overstocked
market of girl clerks was oertalnly not
, building up a healthy womanhood. . -
..Never bad tha country appeared more
ticlvantlng than - tbia- June day, - Tha
.hedgerows ware crowned, -with wild
'. ,roses, tha cheatnut tree covered with
a pi ra) blossoms,-, ths meadows golden
.' with buttercups, and the blue streak
, of river reflected tha .delicate tracery
, tpt tha pollard willows. .
. My thoughts turned with pity to tha
A.j-JrU..ahut up within tha narrow walla
v of city offices, and aa tha train bore ma
.vpn I.looked out on tha passing panorama
of summer beauty and wondered. ; .
-X, Then ,1 remembered " that kind - and
, helpful banda ware andeavorlng.to push
V open new doors . for women, doors that
'. led not to the crowded cities but into
r, fair ways of ordered gardens and sweet
smiling meadows, and I determined to
j. Changs my plans and Visit Studley cas
tie aa aeon as possible; in order to gain
- some clearer Idea ot what prospect ths
iTte Inf?crutatle Mystei
LL tha mysteries and marvels ot
light ar . by ' no means ex-
plained, even now, after three
. Mnturlea of critical reaearch
' by some ot the ableat men tha world haa
,, produced. For Kepler and Newton
' ...k Wai aftav ur in hon of solv-
,4 lng th problsm t tb agea, '-What
."inc Kepler began the study -of the
' nature ot light: ana in ""w1 "
" ar triangular plscs of glsss in bsam
of sunlight In ft darkened room and saw
- f white light : broken up and dispersed,
separated Into a aerisa ot gorgeoue
) colors. ! i ' H -f "2.
;'. Every objset on -arth Is lWack.
- 1 Color do not exist In any kind ot mat-
ter r material thing, but In th light
? It light Just ss received from th sun,
be passd through ft prism of glass end
; let fall n ft whits wall or screen, a long
, ban of color, will be ssen. This is
v called th aolaf apectrum,- The colors
,.- . arc ranged In regular order of. red,
I j.. orange, yellow, green, blue,, indigo and
Vi .'violet- - f ' ' " -
. Now red rose destroys, quenchea or
v ' absorbs ovary color of th spectrum and
c; reflects red. light only, and ft gren leaf
able to reflect green and no other
V tint There ar many thouaand shsdes
" of red, blue, green and ao on. th colors
V . merrin on into - snothar gradually.
-' ' ' There may ba almost an infinite number
;"-'"f tints. ..; ; , . v.
'-"'') Ths standing wonder of all time Is tha
'' hormous speed of light To th pbys
' Icists now living It is aa overwhelming
to an powers of mind as it was xo
thos' of tha discoverers, t In fact, no
brain IS abl tov comprehend anything
bout It - - '
JLIght is known to move with tha al
most Infinite speed ot llt.ooa milea per
scond. .- Thla terrlflo motion has been
measured ovsr and over again oy care
ful . Investigators and by means ot a
-variety of methods. ' , ?
Before tha " lima " of - th ' Iri!sh
'astronomer - Romer , aclentlflo -- men
thought that light was transmitted "in
stantansously in time." But he notioed
that when. the earth waa between the
aun and Jupiter that th eclipses of the
moon occurred about If minutes earlier
than when tha aun was between the
' .'v srth and tha distant world. Aa ths
- ' 'revolutions of th moon are 'regular,
' - th only explanation was that light ra
T T quired that 1tma to fly. across, the in-
' creaaed distance, tha diameter of the
: earth' orbit, or 1M.009.000 miles. Mod
rrn maasurea of exceeding accuracy
.'. -show- the true tlm to be t aeconds,
or 4tl to coma from tha aun to ths
earth, pr t minute It seconds to trav
erse ei.ooo.ooo miles. y v -
Th highest mathematicians On earth
-' admit that their minds cannof, think of
. ' thla velocity. It la sufficient to carry
'. light around th earth's equator nearly
.- seven' and oha half tlmea while th pen
. dulum ot a clock beating seconds swings
)'. one. . An hour, day, week, month, 'year.
' scad and century of traveling t thla
' aeemlngly impossible speed would, any
, the power of trained ' minds to eomprs-
- - hand; yet stars are known to be at such
vsst distances that periods of . from
J, three to five and ten thouaand, not days.
. but years, ar required to reach the
'' earth. Astonishing ss all this may ap-
' -pear, and it Is aa surprising to ths math
ematlclan as to a beginner, It is ft true
- and well-settled , fact ot modern as-
,-tronomy,-" I
- A mystery about light la how It Igets
'"."" through a -layer of glass - and net
. through Iron. What happen Inald of
', glsss when light is passlagf
' . If a ray atrikes glass at any angls
" , less thhit ft right sngle. part of th light
' enters, passe and escapes, and ft part
f refuse -to enter and la reflected. And
' Jh portion that passes through Is bent
out of Its original straight line and
.'. thrown. Into another. Thla ta called re
fraction.. And If there wer no refrsc-
' tlon we would not b able to make
' spectacles, microscopes., telescope , or
- ny other optical instruments. .... -
T A great amount of hard study hss
. been expended on light Th great
theories have divided th attention of
. physicists the emlsslvs snd undulstory.
en t' e emission hypothesis, light wss
. ... t . - y rf corpuscle o
-1 ti t ,.
KNG FOR JWD: .- W
LADY- HENRY 8OUER8ET.
career ot agriculturist might fealty hold
for tha wage-earning girl. , .-'' ;
'. More than 19 years had elapaed since
tha idea had already matured in Ger
many, when Frau Hedwlg Heyl of Char
lottenberg put her extensive nuraary
arid garden at ths dlapoaal of tha Ger
man Society for tha Welfare of Women,
commonly known as "Frauenwohi." . As
a reeult of this experiment Herr Hea
dorffer took oyer tha enterprise and
undertook to train girls for the manage
ment of private gardens and to enter tha
profession Of florists, i :.
In Hl the horticultural cotlegb at
Bwanley, Kent, which hitherto had ec
lated only for man, opened lta dopra to
women.. .Two brave' women determined
to make tha experiment, and found that
tha work was good for their health and
improving to their mlnda. , Jn that year
a separata house waa taken and a dis
tinct branch atarted for women., Thirty
women passed through the course. - The
demand for lady - gardeners began to
grow and the college has become an in.
stitutlon of real importance. ... , ..
In .1818 Lady Warwick opened "her
farm hotel for women at Beading. , Sh
had ' the double .object, first, to trsln
women for tha career of horticulturists,
and, second, to raise up an army of en
thusiasts who could revive ths farming
Industry of England and do battle In its
service. Tha students were taught gar
dening,, bee-keeping and dairy work. . '
; Her dream tor ths f uturs Is, to make
women's agricultural settlements a pos
sibility. - Several women , could take ft
farm -or cottage together, and work at
market gardening, a bee farm or fruit
growing. She , also desired to traln
woman for colonial Ufa, and to thla and
she started branches for domestlo econ
omy, Wftlch include lessons In cookery;
dreeemaklng, poultry farming, etc. .
4 Sha endeavored - to - give women ' the
resourcefulness- necessary for euch con
ditioner and the system -worked upon
waa largely the. rule of "do without."
For Instance, no yeast was aupplled for
btead-maklng, but pupils were taught to
find it for themselves in the potato. ' T "
v But the number of application to
this Eden for the daughtera of Eva soon
far exceeded ; the accommodation, and
Lady Warwick- determined to aeek a
larger field f or her "activities, hence, the
college jiow established at Btudley cas
tle. i ;, -'.. ,. , . ,
Ths gray stona bouse stands In beauti
ful surroundings. It haa, tha splepdid
woods,- the broad - walks, tha . stately
walled gardens peculiar to the old coun
ceedlngly smalt and b shot frth
from alt luminoua bodlea with tha ve
locity of 184.000 mllea per second. .
, The undulatory doctrine t la that all
space 1a filled with a ' very rare me
dium called tbsr and that light Is aim
ply a wave motion therein,. like wavea
transvsrs to tha direction of propaga
tion, or up or down. In water. -- -
corpuscular theory, and it reigned al
most supreme, few questioning It until
Freanel cam and .attacked the entire
theory from 181 to 182. since when
thvosclllatory theorem haa held away.
So light la now called A mode of energy
extending between a shining body and
ths retina of th ye,
The physiological theory of vision Is
that the wave inthe ether boat against
th excedlngly delicate nerve filaments,
that marvslou network in th rear -of
tha eye called tha retina. How tha sen
satlona ar reproduced, aa actual forma
In the brain may never be found out '
Light ha been found of late to ex
ert , pressure upon th surface of any
thing upon which It falls. This is ao
fsebla that only the moat sensitive in
struments ever mad could- detect it:
but wonderful force waa rendered ap
parent by ths well-known - physicists
Hull and Nichols. ... When . this action
I MRS. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX'S OWN STORY
: v': ' '-f ;',:j" ! ' . : ' ' ; i By UL1 AN .-hawthorn Et; ; ;, .' , ; :. .;':y'r-r '''V:';;'
MRS. WILCOX is sn extraordP
nary woman. . That la a atato
ment , which no. on who has
followed her courss In litera
ture and In Journalism will attsmpt to
deny.-- She became generally known first
by ths publication of ber "Poems of
Pssslon," tba success . of which - wss
mainly . due . to th faithfulness with
which ths contents of th vol urns ful
filled Ur promts Of th title to their
passionate and graphlo-f rankness. And
yet,- though few would have believed it
at tha tlm,.. tba poema war poem ot
Imagination, - and - not of experience
save In so far ss Imagination, in thia In
stancs at least, might Je regarded as
the record of spiritual ; experience. i.
- But. for that matter, anybody who
eta out to- solve tha problem of Ella
Wheeler Wilcox without making the
spiritual part of It the chief subject of
study will hav hla labor for hla palna.
Hsr physical aspect Is, to be surs, strik
ing snd winning enough; where aha sits
is tho center of th room or th head
of th Ubl-;! ; ., '- ,
Her drees "Is individual and harmo
niously designed: her fscs and look hav
power and distinction; hsr movements
and gestures ar spontaneous, sxpressiv
and graceful. She Is never a person
who takes color from her surroundings,'
but shs Imprsss herself .upon them,
snd makea them her sccessortes; ao that
the eye of the observer Inevitably re
gards her as ths plcturs, and all else
as It, .frame. Tet It la not her dress,
nor sny beauty of face or figur or
eloquence of movement that constitutes
hsr real charms, but. Impressively and
predominantly, th tntens and abound
ing life which shines lh and. through
thee. '- --.
' It 1a "what aha is saying. thinking,
feol Ing what shs spiritually . la. in
short thst faaolnatss tha observer.
Th mind sad soul should, no doubt
alwaya reign ovsr th body, using It
ss their mere instrument and vehicle,
and Informing It at- all points with
their Immortal significance: but la our
ordinary social existence - this Is very
seldom tb case. Ths annals of society
funetlons In th newspapers Is found to
he an expert description of women's cos
tumes, . i.,..: '..
But Mrs.-Wilcox's costumes and ber
countenance and body with them ar
Imply a part ot her utteranoe -subordinate
aide In her expression. They af
ford to tha eye ths outline or foreshad
owing Of what In hsr reaches th soul,
-'.her person might wear bar clothee
, .- '.- : ' ' ; ; ,;
try houses of England, but now It la
tra"aformed Into a hive of Industry, for
"sweat girl graduatea" in nature's school
are every where buay aeeking Informa
tion or carrying out practical lessons.
Many of the ' girls appeared to be
quite , young, but hero and there' were
women who had reached maturer years.
They were dressed in very short skirts,
usually of serge or soma woolen mate
rial, broad-brimmed straw hata shaded
their faces, but some" who belonged to
the, "hatleas brigade" discarded all headgear...'-,
' " . ' . '. -The
warden. Miss Bradley, is held in
affectionate esteem. She , is an; expe
rienced horticulturist, L but she never
fails to -emphasise the importance she
attaches to '-orderly surroundings - and
Lreflned domestlo habits; mors especially
does shs believe in i - Inculcating - this
among girls, who wish to have an out
door career. The girls are put to all
branchea of work, not because a woman
can hope to earn her living by-digging
dirt or eawlng wood, for it la aklll.that
she will require, not strength; but it is
well that students should really master
how averythlng should be dons, in order
to be able efficiently to superintend tha
work of others. - . .
.'"The requirements.", said the warden,
USER - thinga - ar J happening
dally. ; Of course they are, you
say. Yet these queer things
are ' not merely platitudes
which wa must expect, They make the
gray matter work lit us all. : - ' '
. A widower down south wrote ma a
Isttsr ft short tlms ago, - In - which, he
made the urgent -request- that-1 should
find .him a wire in Boston. . He , has
read' something charming - about - ths
women ot tbia city.- ' ' i . -
"1 want," he saya, "a nice, plump,
pretty, honest, truthful, poor girl, height
about Jive feet and weight 'from 10 to
110 pounds." 'r--k
He is a woodsman and make a -pretty
good living. I answered his letter, snd
nsnt to work In search of t such a prise.
I have not been suooeesfuL -- Every one
approached ' Says: :
- - - Liglit
was shown, then the great - Swedish
mathematical : physicist, Arrhsnlua,
mads computations to. find the mass
snd dimensions of minute particles of
matter that wouM "awim - in apace"
around th aun; that la, the attraction
upon them exerted byPth aun would
be balanced by repulsion due to . th
pressure of light -, Now, If light Is made
-up of wav-se.-'ths' probtsin Is tmaur
their lengths. This haa been don with
an accuracy - paat all understanding.
Dim violet light . beats on ths retinal
nerve with wavea so short that 11,000
ar required to make an Inch; and dull
red so long that- 11.000 flit an Inch.
This la lass tbsn on "octave," for twice
ti equala ; ao th sys Is Issa sensitive
to notes then the ear, for we can hear
nearly 11 octaves. .
Th moat rsmarkabl fact about light,
perhaps, Jf one can ba mor.than an
other, la that It can pass through space
during 10,000 years. The impulse sand
ing out Hght must b powerful Indeed,
for In either case corpuscles, or wavea,
the energy required . to send oat - with
euch speed, and to auch enormous dls.
tancea. Is beyond all comparison. -And
another mystery, bow can nWlltona of
raya pass through ons point from every
posslbl direct lost Thus put a glass
In space, than rays will paaa through It
and her aspect, and yet,. being deatttuta
ot her spirit, would be merged unno
ticeably In the , general well-dressed,
welt-mannered throng. , ; . . t
' While, then,'. tha body, with moat of
us. Is tba veil of th spirit and some
times a very dens and misleading one,
with Mrs. Wilcox tha case might almoat
be said to be reversed her spirit shines
her body Into ft subordinate place. , , My
own notion la.. moreover, that this stat
of . thinga waa- not alwaya ao notice
able as It Is now, and of 1st years
has been becoming; It is a progressiva
evolution, th result of spiritual initia
tions and developments of bsr ' nature,
the character and aeope of which we can
only, surmise. '. In th beginning she
waa, -t wo may suppose, ' sn enigma to
herself, and ah waa Sjnrplexed and Buf
fered as only thoss can who ar to be
th channels of something mightier than
themselves.- .' '.- - , -'. ."
Voices sba hsard, summoning her to
do something, -which ,sh waa axtous
enough to do, but knew not ss yst what
manner ot deed it waa to be.- Voices,
indeed, we may conceive her to have
heard which seemed to her to proceed
from ths paat, sddresslng hsr aa a for
mer actor In scenes and events remote
from th present, oaltlng upon her to
fulfill promise mad- sges ago, sre aha
was born to hsr contemporary as tats;
urging hsr to compteta projects, to cor
rect errors, to stone wrongs, planned or
perpetrated - at periods . withdrawn -Immeasurably
fsr In th recesses of unre
corded tlm. , . '' -" , '
" To these mystic and myaterlous sug
gestions she lent attentive ear. and by
degreea (so we may venture to fancy)
th conylctlon grew upon her that hf
present -sojourn In this world wss but
tha culmination of unknown ' previous
experiences links in ft chain which, ex
tending back Into th shadows of what
hss been, waa destined aleo to be pro
jected forward Into th marvela of th
unknown to be. , , ,
' And thla growing faith In th con
tinuity of Uvea awoke In her a sens of
responsibility, a desire for beneficence,
and a craving for perfection, not for her
own sake, but for other.. Which" lifted
her thought above . the conventional
roMlne of world interests and led her
to regsrd persons! sxlstsncs as ft minis-,
Irv vrhlcti she wss bound by a higher
than earthly honor to perform. , But th
precis character ana manner or mat
ministry sha had yst to discover.' Her,
good will wss towsrd ait hsr fellow
sreatures.- but how should ah reach
"far a go4 gardener are these: The
strength to be on one's feet all day
long, to be constantly moving from one
place to another,, generally. ' carrying
something either in one'a hands or arms
or on a barrow. ;
"Tha strain of the new , work, aha
saya, "comae hard , opon a girl for a
time, but tha advantage,- tha Improved
health, th .absence ot nerves, are ' an
inestimable gain in the end." t i
' Boms girls were pruning," th fruit
trees, standing on, tall laddera aet
against th old brick walls. Others
were preparing a new flower bed to
be planted against th gray atone of
the castle. Others were bending ever
desks, writing their- papers for examina
tion. Out (n tha potting sheds, groups
again1 were busy with th young; trult
trees, and in tha orchards with poultry.
Helpful' and happy seemed to be the
mental ' attitude of tha inmatea, sun
kissed cheeks snd bright eyes and well
knit ' limbs their physical manifesta
tions. Jt Is a career which opens a
joyous, healthy life, full of never-falling
interest such- as nature alone pro
vides, for to those who aeek ber mys
teries and minister to her needs she is
ft good mother and an unfailing friend.
Surely In these days of sever, compe
tition and sordid struggle,' any prof es
slon which brings ft young woman inti
, purer 'and ; more natural . surrounding
is to b warmly welcomed, and all train
ing which makea her businesslike an!
Industrious and develops common, sense
Is ft gain not only , to the . success of
bar. future, career but to the . world at
large.. ''.,' . . - ' . . .', .
Ckbose Your Own
By ALBERT: E. GEORGE
,l"Why does hs not And soma one down
where he liveat - Oh, he's an old fool
and Is queer." ' .'';". '.'-',,',.. ' . '
Whan I look at his photograph and
study .bis features, he appears to bq.sm
honest, open-hearted , fellow, and I am
persuaded hs would make soma woman
happy In a h(imbl.home. " . .
But It ft man want a wife he should
be able to obtain one without much out
side help.' .;..:;"'-' '''
There Is a knack about getting a wife;
even a "widower' of 48 should And this
out. To tell me that 1 he has brown,
curly gray hair,, blue-gray eyes and a
brown mustache- Is ft" good margin ' ts
work with. ! i-' ' : ':., '
But woman generally, who ar matri
monially. Inclined, do not like descrip
tionsof ft proepeatlve. husband.. They
want to see tha subject themselves.
from at least oh hundred million suns,
in every conceivable direction that ta,
no matter where an eye might be placed,
it would see a sun through tba lens. .
Waves either shorter than violet or
longer than--red cannot be seen. But
tbey now have apparatua for more sen
sitive than tive eye. And millions of hitn
srtq unknown Waves ar being .discov
ered. v Thus the X-rays are in the region
beyond the "violet end of the spectrum,
and others, and many beyond ths - red
end also. - .r-Vi'-T ' ' . -,
m h'
1 ? Tb wood Old Tbaas. ';. i
Hsnry 'Wstterson in the ; Louisville
.-.5-. Courier-Journal.
I take no stock In the lamentation of
the aentlmentallats about what they
eall- ths- Md "I tlmes. i There is a
deal of stuff and nonsenss trolled off on
this text Every man over 10 who Is
not precisely- a boor is described aa "a
gentleman of th old school." We need
but turn to' th English satirists from
Fielding tOvThsckersy -to learn that all
tha essential Ingredients of Vsntty Fair
had their existence-100 or 100. years ago:
la tha proportion that there wer more
nature and coarser . fibre there . were
livelier doings. . In proportion thst there
wer fewer dramatis psrsons upon-ths
stag there was better play for th In
dividual. 1 confsss. that I Ilka ft little
blood In mln Sincerity even Inwtcksd
ness hss a flavor quite Its own.But he
who fsils to ses ths world ss It is and
refuses to take It aa he finds It falls
Inevitably betwixt the three-legged stool
of a very false philosophy and th hlgh
bscksd chair of very ill-judged per
versity, with consequences sometimes
serious and alwaya humllltattng. .
them t ' And In what form should hsr
message be delivered T ',
, Th publle platform' and th dramatis
stage are, in our day, open to women as
thsy hav never be for been, and one
might think that either or both of these
would suggest themselves to Mrs. Wil
cox as a medium for her deliverance;
few actreeae or lecturers possess quail
flcationa ao favorable aa her to theae
careers. . But it not seldom hsppens that
ths courage and energy of tb spirit ar
not eupplamented by a corresponding In
trepidity of th physical nerves; ga un
conquerable aversion from personal con
splcuousnsss besets some whose minds
ss trenchantly, and adventure without
fear.-;' "' -.').,. ''- j-;
A shrinking timidity of this kind
must wo may Infer, have stood In the
path of whst might have been th ora
torical or histrionic triumphs of Mr.
Wilcox and she, poignantly-conscious
of that Interior warning, wisely,' doubt
tees, forebore "to defy the Injunction.
Whst ' shs hsd to convey to her genera
tion must 'not b presented by personal
publlo utterance; shs was to rssch her
audlenc In ft mor-Interior way. Use
liable to 'the dlatractlona and promiscuity
of great assemblages; sba must address
the Inner, not tb outer, eye and ear.
We might have been prone to miss ths
philosophy nod insight of what ah said.
In the vistbls faaclnatlon of her saying
It. We were to take her words horns
with us, and meditate upon them In our
heart, and let them fructify In alienee
and seclusion. ' And to each on ot ua
was It to ba open to approach her with
our Individual problems and doubta, and
receive from her our special solutions
and encouragements. , - - . .
By ' what atsps It came to pass' that
Mrs Wtloox entered Journal Ism I am en
tirely uninformed; Indeed, surmls has
of necessity bsen my chief Instrument
tn this discourse. Though I hav th
honor of th lady's acquaintance, my
opportunities for -Improving it hav ben
rery few, and 1 hav been restricted. Ilk
so many others, to th evidence of her
published writings for my conception
of whst shs may he. It I enough to
know; however.' that. Journalism proved
to be ths mesns of communication, with
tha world; and yst her position in Jour
nal I ant Is ao unique that It might -be
more correct to aay that Journalism
daptsd Itself to her. - ;
-B that aa II may, th community
haa for yearg paat been aware that a
pythons la prophesying to It la ft
jjlSSlANREVOLUTIONUML-.
'7-::r:: v- :-Vv . Br CHARLES E. HANDS. . , ,-
trTTHE Russian revolution. -
I tlemen: and may w alt live
. ' 1 , to se it!" . -
a . 1 ' , I suggest that as ft suit
able toast for any assembly of genuine
sexagenarians. For thos who llv to
ses ths Russlsn revolution will Jlvs a
long, long time. ' ': "-,
Ruesla is a difficult country to prophesy
sbout for Just th Same reason that it I
difficult to forecast a day ahead the ac
tion pf a man who does not know whst
hs wants to do. Moreover, it is immoral
to prophesy except about horses. ' About
the doings of tslking animals it la more
virtuous snd prudent to bet,
I bet against tns Russlsn revolution,
snd if that tremendoua and fascinating
personality, ' th. "principal- operator."
whose recorded exploits amid th shouts
and. traropllnga of Tattersall's are fol
lowed with admiring interest in remote
corners of the earth: If he ta thinking
according to his habit of "throwing ths
wslght of his influence into th market"
upon this event, f. would earnestly rec
ommend Jilra to follow in. For this
horss, though a. publle fancy. Is 1 have
it atralght from the stable a bad
stsrter, an ungenerous beast, on the light
slds aa regarda bone, backward in bit
preparation and ft non-tryer. , . ;
It is necessary, of ur, to know ex
actly what is meant by "revolution.''
Vagu general terms are well enough for
Wife
to you blame them T. We do not btfy
horses; without - seeing them. , Why
should ' a second party bargain , tots a
wife? ' This Is queen business. . . ..
Now, my advice is thlsr When ft msn.
especially a widower, wanta a wife, he
should have gumption enough to look
sround and Investigate for hlmeelf. If
he tacks this, be la not deserving of ft
partner. ' . , '.- i-J:. '
, It Is ticklish business t find ft wit
for another man, even when you have
vivid description of whst Is wanted.
' A woman may ba thankful when aha
is put upon tha track of a man who la
deserving of a good wife,
Thla Is ss far as one earee to go.
But arranging for f uturs msrrlagea and
trying to- work Cupid to uberve your
schsmsa la a dangerous Interference. . .
By
E are totd that Lovs goes
where It Is sent -
lata lha ai, ,iKK-a mrA tar 111 flit
V - mind of ths mortal man or
woman is ofttlmes th sender. .
It seems to" be! the nature of a certain
order of men and women to desire what
la difficult, and' dangerous to possess.
A woman,' brought up-W the Protestant
Tftglon has been thrown In close ss-
soclatlon with a Roman Catholic Driest.
and ah has become Infatuated. She
Imagines It to be the passion bf a lifetime
and believes her whols earthly existence
is to be mads unhappy by. his hopeless
hv. v' ,. t. ',',.''.; ' v .
She 'has tried separation and absence,
but ths. lovs still dominates her. - Is it
right is it natural, is It necessary," shs
asks, . "for this man t give up ail ties
ot borne, and wife, and children, to earn
Ood's approval T.. - ..i. ...
"Do you believe he I following God's
wlllt . - - ' . '
"Doe God make human beings with
natural emotions and desires and affec
tions, and thsn demand that thsy crucify
them .; . -, . -v . ' .:..'!
"Ar they any better when they do
Yuotfy-themT " ",7
"This priest Is th most sunny natursd
and cheerful man I have ever seen, but
strain tha like whereof haa not been
heard before. She sits. Osllsd. at th
receipt of th custom, and extends heal
ing hand and apeak a Inspiring word
to ths sick, halt and blind who throng
to bsr for counsel, and auccor.- Faith,
hope, charity, courage, ar ths burden
ef her meaaage; aa they have been the
inner purport of an great 'messagas
from on being to others; but Mrs. Wit
oox haa analyssd these slements Into
special applications, fitting thsm to each
soeker. and haa enriched them with In
timations of esotrlo mysteries and bean
ties such sa aeera have been wont to
behold which bring to her counsels ths
stamp of an - authenticity higher than
can be claimed by . the individual.
Whence haa ah herself derived them?
, That Is question which, in no csss
of this kind, hss, perhsps. . even been
categorically anawered. Th secret of
th Eleualnisn mystsrie. wa never be
trayed.' becaus It was not-a thing that
could b translated ' Into words. - The
Inltlatea ' understood, but except for
th language of s look or of gesture,
thsy themselves might not even to one
another communicate what they knew.
What haa really happened in each ln
stance I a change lri th nature, kdmlt
ting tha subject of ft to a world hitherto
unknown. It is a world, or a sphere,
in j g. plans above ours, composed of now
substances and forma, which stand to
thos below In a relation to be likened
to that of cauas and effect. A language
It haa; but of ft richness snd meaning so
profound and vaat that the llmltatlona
of mortal tongue and brain are wholly
incommensurat with thsm. Ths hour
of vision comes, and It goes; but there Is
left, during th Intervals. . for mortal
purposes, only a finer Intuition and com
prehension of svery-day problems snd
doubts thst wisdom merely mortal can
possess; ths full communion ef fhe spirit
la Incommunlcabls. '', "
Tha Eleuainlan myaterlee have alwaya
existed, snd will exist. In terms suitsd
to successive 'sges .of - human history.'
None but t he Intttstes hss believed In
them: but they bsv been ths source of
whatever spiritual light baa found It'
way Into this world. Its' aprtatles have
often been persecuted snd slain; but we
hav now arrived at an ags less dark
and -intolerant, and - th messengers of
ths Immortals are suffered to do their
work unharmed. - i
Mrs. Wilcox Is probably th object ef
th grstltuds snd sf feet Ion of s terser
number ef person e tnsn is sny ot er
woman In America.- She has faith In I r
mission, and ah diligently pvrsuet . ,
AAA
the loose practices of prophecy, but for a
question that has climbed to the highest
plane of a -wager exact ' definition of
terms snd conditions are necessary For
a theorist expounding ths probabilities
of ths next big race It is proper to be a
little mysterious and "pin his faith" to
"th upstanding son of Frylngpan" or
to talk ot seeing ths popular lemon .snd
vanilla Jacket once mors triumphant.
' 1 But when, ths principal operator comes
Into the argument with his methods of
expression the horss he fancies Is spoken
of very definitely ae "Pancake." And
no doubt he will be careful to have It
clearly understood .what. Is meant by
"revolution", before ba begin t make
his Investment, for revolution Is far too
looss ft tarm for serious wsgerlng. It
wouideuss wrangling -na-to" -Its tntsr
pretatlon, repudiation of responsibility
and lll-feeilngs Incidental to a reference
to the commute of Tattersall's. ,. .
For example, a bad loser who hsd bet
on ft revolution taking place In Russia
might easily argue that a revolution Is
already occurring. If, indeed, it hss not
slresdy occurred. The Russian system 1
haa broken down; general discontent haa
expressed Itself in a sort of passive re
slstsnce to administrative authority.
The people having ceased to give willing
obedience, the government had- prac
tically ceased to govern. ,- -;
It would be difficult to contend that a
nation In auch a condition ia In a stats of
revolution. I should not psy ovsr con-'
structlv revolution. Also I bar palacs
revolution. - Thst Is s dark kind . oi
borae that has affected many startling
surprises In Russlsn history, and may
ssslly bring off snot hi r coup soma fins
day. .(-V' - .'"
. A mar chsng of ruler or even a
change ef dynasty without sny alter
ation In th principle or system of gov
ernment does not constltuts ths sort of
revolution that I ass betting against - It
would be so easy. .
Tba revolution I mesn la th full
blooded French article national move
ment, not a family affair. When the
people of Russia rise in overwhelming
might tb sweep away the systsm and to
trample on th fragtnente of th broken
machine.' that will be a real revolution.
But they will llv long who llv to se It.
. Th trouble is thst ths Russlsn om
elet, indolent and incompetent as for te
moat part ha may be, la a modal of sn
ergy and high-minded devotion to duty
compared with the Russlsn revolutionist.
The number ot people lit Russia who
desire sn Improvement in the systsm of
government Is rather larger svsn thsn Is
generally suspected. It comprise th
entire population,. and Includes ths csar,
moat of tha grand dukes, ths greater
Love and Duty
ELLA WHEELER -WILCOX.
I cannot believe h Is rsalty satisfied
with his life. It aeems ao unnatural to
mat v . , ' - : ' - " '''
"Do vou think tha vowa ot celibacy
and. poverty necessary to tba living ot ft
religious lifer , . - -. -'-
- In snswer tq thss questions "1 can
only ear what my personal beliefs upon
this subject r. I am .neither a Roman
j Catholic nor Protestant I believs In
a Rullnc Spirit of Intelligence and Love,
and in a succession of lives. I believe
In ths Immortality' of all life, and
In th existence of Innumerable realm
about, above and below us. where dis
embodied, spirits dwell. And I believe
that each man ahould worship th Crea
tor of this universe In. his own way and
according to his own Ideals and- eon
vistlons.' vT . -
Tb Protestant clergymen . who works
among the poor and help to sustain ths
weak, snd to uolift th fallen, wnu ne
enjoy hi home lire snd performs ths
dutisa of a good husband and father, t
serving God In accordance with hie Ideal.
The Roman Catholic, or th Hindoo, or
th Buddhist priest who takea tba volun
tary vowa of celibacy and poverty and
keeps them, devoting all hla vital
powers to religious work ana inougms
and aspirations, Is serving his Creator In
and aha has faith in herself. And when
An autobiographical narrative ' of her
career was snnounesd. It waa doubtless
hoped thst It would comprls a revela
tion of many thinga pertinent to her
spiritual sxpsrlsncs. But It wss Impos
slbls that such an expectation could be
gratified. All that sh could writ di
rectly concerning herself must needs b
only such outward facta as belong to
tb Ufa of worldly jsxpertenc,-.
Th secret of hsr life is not to be
sought there, but thoee who read bar
writings which srs not contained in this
volums, sod which wer written with no
conscious autobiographical Intent, may
divine much concerning her which could
not otherwise be conveyed. In the sams
way, what is of dee pest. Import In the
face of nature cannot be aeen at a direct
glance, but sometimes it stesls upon us
swiftly, unawares, ss ws look away. .
For tho rest, th little book is delight
ful reading, picturing forth ths dawning
of genius in ft girt removed from con
genial surroundings. Ignorant of ths
way, and with none to guide her In It
Tet genlua la never really alone; it even
seems, often, to b Immured In solitudes
In ordsf thst it may there find It true
companions.- Thera were an Immense
energy and vitality In th girl' heart,
enabling her to overcome her obstacles;
snd Emerson's vers wss true of her:
'Th eye aeea omens ss It go, and
speaks all languagee -the roe." - Bhe
lightly trace her courss. till sh meets
ths fellow spirit who .wss destined to
complete for her th conditions of her
mortal destiny. There, ' where life be
gins, ah leavea her reader; and tha little
supplementary eeeay by a friend, grace
fully and aympathettcally written. Itfta
no essential veil, and leada to no untrod
den paths, '- '.,
What, mora, after all. do wa need to
know ot Ella Wheeler WUoox than that
sh live snd doe good work for ber
fellow creatures? Ws need not know, or
snare, ner pnuosopntcaL convictions: and
if we, hav mat with a benefactor, we
do 111 to be curious a to th sources
wheno wssVdcrivsd hsr power of benefi
cence, to ner personal friends sh 4 a
woman, simple, nstural and lovable; to
th rest of her generation ah la a vole
speaking good tidings and exhorting to
faith tn what la good and high. If I
have auggested further aspects of her
character. It has been, but In lh Irre
sponsible pursuit ot my prtvst speeu
lstlona, for wMrh, perhaps, my apolo
fee sre t , l at a e noseeeses a g'
r " ' wtuet ff - -
(
part of the officiate, tba po'
army of all ranks, ia ad.i.
peasantry and the profession, '
clal and Industrial classes. Lttt
ber of people who srs proper .
part In any actlv sreaaurea i t
ing a better system I no gr
ths number of thos who oons. t
salve qualified and entitled I I
bead ot tha .movement-
There l-nb TWfder with whose 1
ship any ons else ia content Ths '
1st ion Is dlssstlsf led with tha ex
stat of things, but hss not th fa
notion of how to set about Improv
The so-called tnteileetuala wn t
as ths leaders of ths vsrious reform ,
tie do not possess ths affectionate t
fldenc or even the admiring reaper
"the -peopI-t1rgs. Professors,' t
ver learned and able, do not leas
popular movements, and aa yet their ;
no 'one els to lead. f : t . .
i There ar manyx eminent and his-,?,
quatlf lsd : Egyptologists, --, eoleoptsrlst,
philosophers, phllologers, aatronomsrs.
Jurists, physiologists aad geologists in
Russia and aa immense number of atu
dents of thas and ether abatrus sci
ences; vry on ef ' whom haa ft theory
of his own sa to the kind of constitution,
which would be most agroeabl d con
venient for Russia whan ths tlm com
for a constitution to be estsbllshed.
Imllsrty In-other parts of fh wortt
there are large numbers of amiable en.1
reepectsble people who find a pleasln
solace for their poverty 'in rocking-chair
speculation aa to what they would da
with ten thousand pounds ft ysar If eve
they should have such a fortune lei I
them. Th most practical of ths Rus
sian reformers, ss far as I hav be
stole to observe, are thess -who look t
th benevolence and good will f th s
toe rat for son amelioration of the ev
of autocracy. That th csar it h llv
and continue to reign wilt grant prudeni
concessions of eivtl liberty to his peo
ple la generally conceded, and whan they
com to vote, however littles authority
at first their - votes may carry, their
vague discontent will begin to crystal
lis Into clear Ideaa ot what they want
snd how they propose to get It When
thst hss happened a leader may mrge,
and thinga may begin to march. Bat i.
present ths only man I know of In Rus
sia who knowa Just what hs. wants. to S
and knowa Just how b propose to do it,
snd with a clear purpose before him,
throw himself with energy and eapaci '
Into Its achievement m General Trenot..
Reform Is in the talking stag In Rus
sia at prevent - II General Trepoff hal
happened to ba born ft revolutionist th
reform, movement might hav taken
more practical shape. . , - -
hi way, and wbovvr tries to ledd hl
from hla resolutions Is doiag wrong.
Thla applle only to the priests
who have voluntarily chosen hls. life;
It doe not apply to the wbo'-tiav been
driven into It by pareata, err by trad!
tiona, and compelled ta take-up a course
which ta distasteful to thsm vr for which
theyjrsmlnntly unfltted., -. ... . ,
No man ahould beooeae . priest-unless
from overwhelming convictions and
dominating desire to devot ' his whole
life to spiritual things.
No parent, ne teacher, haa the right ts
aay to child. Ten must become a
priest." j unlee they as ! confident the
boy la born Into Ufa wUo tba awakened
spirituality , which will find Its truest
happiness and lta widest usefulness , la
such career. , , ' v
have 'known priests who Wer abso
lutely happy tn their self sacrlfloe. sn :
who lived so la the spiritual plan thst
ths desires snd ambitions of ths ordinary
man did not reach them or appeal ta
them... , i ,'.
I recall a beautiful young priest ef tt
Roman Catholie persuasion wb r.
taken hla vows from choice, and w
gloried In his llfs of poverty aad cbastl
and I recall that - greatest soul it w
evsr my privilege to encounter, t
from India, who bad vercome th o
Jectiona of hla high casta family by 1
persistent clamor for. a religious. II.
and who regarded hla vowa aa th gre
est privilege ft mortal could an)
Human lov - and worldly rtchee a
honors held nothing for him; be v
always enjoying a wealth which t
gsrsd tba billionaires of earth. -
I heard foolish, sentimental aad " "
women sigh over his saciific of r
tlea and family. Incapable of under ,
Ing the high altitude of tb men.
heard women say hi life waa unnatu
Tet to the man It waa the only att
Ufa possible for him to live. . 1
outlived the domestlo sxlstsncs hi re
incarnations. Ha waa born Into ar
for a religious post-graduate course, .
ha left hla work and hla example behln -him
when ha passed on. , .
But whst folly- for aay parent to at
tempt to thrust such ft career upon ft
on I Priests, and Yogis, and great re
ligious masters ar born, not mad to
order. Th averag human being needs
ths developing experiences of mortal
lovs, marriage and parenthood, aad they
serve God's purposes through being good
buabanaa apu wiyea and cttissna.
But becaus you and I And this Ufa
th natural one we have no right to In
sist upon It for ths priest or tb Sister
of Charity, who takea voluntary vows of
-celibacy and' poverty, and finds Joy in
keeping them. Nor hav w th right
t try and tempt them to break tbelr
resolutions. I do not believe It a sin for
tba man or woman who has taken the
vowa without due understanding of ait
thsy Implied to abandon them.
I knew ft young man who bad been
sent Into priesthood aa deliberately as
hla brother waa sent Into th army;
h had nothing la his eaters t mak
th calling of a priest natural, or agree
able, or holy, and he bad everything
to make him devoted head ef a family
and ft goad, shrewd buaiaess msn. ti
fsil In lov and married, and la doln
tb world a good service as a hlmi
husband i and father and ft ehariuhi
cittaen today. -" . k
This la ft thousands times better ths
It he were a misers We, unhappy, d
contented priest carrying, a turbui
human heart ailed with earthly de.,
under hla priestly robe. God hss i
punishment in stors tor suck a r
but He baa penalties for thoe who I
fOod wnTnot be "snary" with te r
who finds he hss made a mists'-
calling, but Hs will not approi,
woman who goes sbout trylnv f
vine the happy snd falfful y
rejoices In his lifs of devo. n I
thins thst be to on the
This le not h'rh !" "
tent we ta.
jv'er a to s'v t
she w'i.l t 1 f '
I - ef '