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1 i .x -.i 11 - " 11 I HI m ' ' ' i ' ' y mi ..... . v 1 ? . ,JTryZy on, rounder 4 y. ' V v - . : - : W ' r 1 . - v v : 1 :.m 4 41- I t.l k.jfM. II I VC: ' r ; v II I 1 iLi V. V .Thoughts' whoae, very sweetness yielded proof . That Utey were born for immortality. Wordsworth. HAT is th Hall of Fame, and why should the selection of a nsme for, position upon Its tab leted wHe b vuch an krnort one might aak. ... u.if a vhm am. when nlana fof tlS . extension of the New york University were fcj;'""; j bared, coinciding with a general extension Of the nvive. , mVntforhisher education: Ml"Wclen 0iUld. one of the - leading womon- or tnia generauwu, uwue - building, which ahouW aiand for all time a s an In contive to the ambition of youth; the contents ,wJ?'cA5m..C Vreeent to them the best exjmplos 'ViiiiS'hT.in - mot helotul and encouraging in American nlatory. , " It waS. in fact, to hold for America the lessons InouU ; cate.1 by the Forty Immortsls of th French Academy. Within this Hall of Fame it was propwy . brass tablet commemorating the names and Jtd ot those who, in Amerlosn history, had dons more for their fellow-man and for their uitr''-tn.nm.0' ij - M, .u. nt hA rnniift ranahle monern Willi. nUVTiruillK U L II . HI"" I ' " - r - . , Jury that could be sineirbled. were deonwd the eeders In phtlophv. philanthropy, law. ut"m;n,i,.,P; ,lt,r atnre. arteducation, Invention and public t n. k.. ,k n.maa af nersons who. by virtue . : of their achievements deserve to be remembered for all , Clme. and to be oxtolled for all tlme.ee modvia tor me amMtloua and pro a-reaaive youth of this -country. ,. it the lesdlng men of the dar Ka, Vlall nt Fkme. These One hunlred o wer chosen to select as In- eluded university or college presidents and other educa tors, , professors ot hutory snd scientists, .publicist, edl- , tors, authore and leading priests. Among them weso I resident Roosevelt, ex-FresMent nevelsnd. Chief Justice Fullor. of the llupreme Court of the United Htates; prldents of all the losdlng uni versities and collage and many scientists and hlstori- eal suthorttlee. - . . . . From time to time, these men hsv balloted upon namea to be Imperlsnahly fixed In the Hall of Fame, only peraone who were nsth'es of the Vnlted filalos, snd Viavn-tiMn A.. A m ,n r MIlM he considered. , so ths recent anlmoaltlea and rlvalrle oould not infla- ence the declsloa. ' Ss2tftfariv x7 -V niz'-onzGON Sunday i MONG those accounted toorthy a few I weeks ago of places in the Hall of -Fame of, the New York University are the names of three women. t v . : , They , are .those of Maria Mitchell,-per - xhafs the -greatest female astronomer of all Mary Lyont one of the most successful and progressive educators of all time. . '".;': Achievements of. each of these women marked a distinct f advance upon the dial pl4tc of human progress. . ' ; ; ' - - . .;t-V - . Thf flnt mm aalaetad vaa that af Oaorga WaWri ton. . Ha racelvad tfaa unanlmout vota of tha cotlege of . atactora.. 'r; . Otham ah-aadr choaan Ineluda Abraham Lincoln, San . lei Wabater. Hanrr Clay. Thomaa JaKaraon. John Adams A ares: ana lovinrfy canea , rne momcror me mm tn fi .,: t,,., n c.S v ; . rrs:-j ...L- Ut iJ e" quieter, but no l ' 7' 7" .:i'r ' j rTVJv accomplished for their sex T i, ' J;;.i- .- mankind tn general. . and Bnam!n Franklin among- tba atateaman; John Marhar aaajfor. higher aducaUon brought hr Into proml- thall, Joaeph story and Jamaa Kant, among na junau; Nathaniel Hawthorne, Waahlngton Iwlng, Henry ,';W. Longfellow and Ralph Waldo Emerson, among literary lights: U. 8, Grant, Robert E. Lea, D. O. Farragut, among; tha warriors: Robert Fulton. Ell Whitney and S. E. B. If one, among Inventors; aaorge.Feabody- and Fete Cooper, to represent philanthropists: John J. Audubon, as : a, great ' naturalist, Ulloarsv. snun, amonar hiumi Henry Ward Beechef; Horaoe Mann. Jonathan Edwards, w. e. Channlnc' amonsr tha great arators, educators and liberators. ' V " Anton- this Illustrious company of American "lmmor- tale" three women toave beea deemed worthy a tt". So far aa kaawn, they are the first womea to be eo honored, svand doubt, the Man of Maria Mitchell la entitled to tha high place It has now been given. - If wot the moat v in fact, tt la believed that, but for the saocess of Mrs. famous female astronomer of the world, she certainly WUlard, woman's entrance Into theaa advanced flelda waa tba moat famous III America, and the' name that hat . f would have been considerably delayed.' '- been lovingly glvaaj her, "Mother of the Stara," doea not Th work of nfoldlnc-sclenc . literature, , mathe aeem mlaolaced. . , .. "V " - r tas-tlos, philosophy all appealed to Mrs.' WUlard, and aha nor m Kantncket Island. Aucust 1. U1& Miss Mit chell grew up without especial educational advantages. la fact, she lacked nearly vrythmf m th way of men , tal training that a common schoolgirl ot to-day enjoys. ' ; HER OPPORTUNITY CAME " From her childhood, however, she developed th great- est interest In astronomy, and soon developed a wonderful "knowtadge of th mysteries of that science. As early as It years of age, aha became a school teacher, and after ; that alwaya earned hef livelihood. From berlSth to her . sth year, ah held poaitioa In a publlo Jlbtary at a .. salary of HO a year, t - 1 : one evenlns- she was than years ot age her oppor tunity to teal tha heights of fam cam, and It found bar readv. tie Jm She had long maintained an observatory in th little back yard of her home, where, with a telescope, she , nightly awept th heavens. , v , ' , On th evening- In question, aha was entertaining a party af invitea. gueeta, cut siippea away irora order to make her examination of the heavens. TRTsmriluTHCTI- Wturned gtid told hw a,tba that ah believed she haf discovered a new comet Ha went with her to th telescope, and found that her sur mise was correct. Borne years befora that, th King of Denmark had offered a fold medal to th first dlacoverer of a tele scopic comet Thla pruts .waa won by Miss Mitchell, and the achievement mad her famous all aver the world, among the unscientific as well as among th ranks of astronomers. . . Other honors speedily followed, flh was electea me first woman member ot tha American Aoadomy of th Arts and Sciences, and waa Invited to act a computer for th American Nautical Almanac Despite th fact that her salary had alwaya been small, ah had saved torn money, and with thlajihe went to Europe. Thet sh met many people of fame in the world of science, among them Blr John Herschel,- th famous astronomer, who took a great Interest In her. Returning homo. Miss Mitchell continued her astro nomical studies, and won additional honors. On ot her -cherished souvenirs of this period was an equatorial telofcope, presented to her by tha women of America; and another wss a bronte medal of honor awardod by . the little European republlo of Ban Marino. - In lw Mis Mitchell accepted an offer from Vaasar Collet to become Its professor of astronomy and ll- ' rector of the college observatory, and In this honored post she remained until shortly before her death in IN8. - During this time she published many articles In scien tific and popular Journals, delivered -lectures befora so oietiea and girls' schools, and tn -many other ways en deavored to make more popular the study t which sh ' nan nevotea ner me: - i - .In her manner, mips JKItehetl was unconventional. In fort, to many who did not understand her. vho seemed ' brusque and even ha rah. Through it all, however, her klndnesa of heart wns unfailing. - Little did rhe cars about fashion or dress. In fact ' her early etrtisvle hod been ao severe, that she rather looked with disfavor upon .display of any. kind. . emma vnxARrys cCaim 7 ' - With all her erudition and strength of character, she took delight in the girlish pranks of her pupils. Every year she gave a breakfast party, at which shafts ot wit. however directed, were hailed with Klee .by her, se long , as they contained nothing malicious. . The claim of Emma Willard to fam reate princt r patly upon th fact that sh wss the first to secure for - women the benefits of higher eduoatlon. When she absertnd, for Instance, that women were as capnbl a men of understanding the problems of geometry, ane aroused general Incredulity. She per-, sisted In working upon the tines of her bvllef. however. . and so college snd university education tor women in this country nad Its beslnntna. Mr. Willard bea-an Ufa aa Emma Hart In Connecticut ' In 1717. She oroved an enthusiastic student, and soon . learned pretty nearly all that oouid be taught to. girl In the schools of th days. aturally. she took un teachlnc. and durlna her leis ure hour studied all th branches of knowledge that she hsd. mtasf d as- a nunlL This continued even after- her aisrrlese, in to Dr. John Willard. of Mldflleburg, Vt - Very often ewemlns; misfortune ha determined a sue-- tti career, Mrs. WUlard, perhaps, would aevsr nav rcniXATia suhday horning. uqvei.zzw i ?, 1905. jcu. . What Jefferson did for liberty of body ... and conscience ; what Fulton and Mors ac.' cotnplished for commercial advancement; what Story did in law, Audubon for natural history, Webster for imperishable oratory; Grant and Lee for military fame, these worn' less potential, ways, and for the eleva- v 0Ar wom may be worthy, a tablet in the Hall of Fame, but no one will dispute the righteousness of the verdict that placed there the names of M Lyon. started upon "hr worid-famou durational ourM had It not txen (or financial rvraM whlqh br nuaband u- ' tatnad. : : ' . ' ' At It waa.'ab opanad a boardls achoal for younc woman, and her advanced Idaaa aa to tha aapablUUes ot nanca. w Later aha remored to Watarlord and started a school., and atlll later to Troy, where her Institution Is still known as tha Emma, Wtllard School. . , Mra. WUlard was tha first to. saeura the passage throngh any Stat" Legislature of a bill grtotlng publ)o: assistance to any school for women, and Incorporating . . men m acnooi. ma ocoumnce was www mum iwiiuny at Waterford, Mt It waa hot' Until she arrived at Troy that tha appropriation became aTitlable.""" " Thla eaexesa -marked tW baglnnhiart foollges-Tor women In America, and wheh ens at tha graduates ot her school. In 120, passed a publls axamlnatlon te geometrr. 7 tba event waa as sensational as waa the advent of wemea ; ' lata law and medicine in any years laur. snnght by every means In her power to Impart her knowr edge to th young people of her aex. . Step by step, she built up tha possibilities and the Ideal of femlnln education, until the day cam when women were acknowledged to be a receptive of. the higher sciences as men. - c Not only did she teach these posalbillttee In her own school, but she mad many tripe all over th country,' preaching tha doctrine of th higher education of women. To her (Torts la attributed th establishment of many schools for her aex that otherwise, perhaps, might have been delayed many years. ' , Mrs. WUlard was always punotlllous as to correct and exact dress. She waa one of tha stateliest, aa well as one of th most Beautiful, woman af her day, and was gifted with tset as well as taste. A beautiful monument, surmounted by a llfe-slaed statu of herself, has been rected In Troy, N. Y at a cost of lS,Q0a, -While all was not as prominent In tha educational', world as Mrs. WUlard, tha work of Mary Lyon la re garded aa entitling her to a plao In th Hall of Fame. Not anty does tha fact that she waa th founder of Unction In th mind of th present-day Judges, but dur ing her career as an educator, mora than three thouaand young woman passed under her care, and had their char acters mor r less moulded at her hands. . PUPILS BECAME FAMOUS -Many of her purils later aohleved fame. Among them uriii Itue th department for women at Oberlln College; Miss Han- nail T.fmafl tfc -mt kmiMmi Vmv r u. III,, d(l u Howmr flr,t president of Wellesley, and many It la stated that Wheaton Seminary, at Norton, Mass.; Lake Erie Seminary, at Palneavllle, Ohio; IMIla Semi nary and College, In California, and not a tew others made out their plana and received their teachers at the hands of Mary Lyon. This constructive achievement In Itself, !e regarded as entitling her to a hlgti plac tn national annals. On ot her puptls, Fidelia FIrke, established a semi nary for girls in Porata. More than fifty others became. foreign missionaries, snd bore out In their work the Christian teorhlmr of their own beloved teacher. Born In 177, and dying In IMS, Mary Lyon left a' com pleteness of achievement that is Vouchsafed to lew per- -sons, and. certainly, to few women. She waa a teacher by Instinct, and began her mission of training at the age -of 17 years, receivln; 75 cents a week '"and board." - , i ho was the first to Introduce Into those schools ot Massachusetts the study, of geography with mans. Aft erward, in th higher field to which ah was called, ah war always an advocate ot the moat advanced Ideas of . education.- ' - 1 . - -, -- t- Mlss Lyon, wss not beautiful, and ahe lacked grao ot - manner, taste in dress and feminine daintiness. th did pusses an affectionate disposition, a keen sense, of humor, and a general epirlt of hopefulness.. She was generous . to 'a fault. ..j. - It Is sstd that aa principal of Mount Holyoke she re ceived a salary of only m a year, 'and of thli ah gar more than one-fourth to foreign missions. All her lite she waa deeply interested In missionary work, and did -a great deal to further its scope and usefulness. , Other women In the history of the nstlon hsv beea more conspicuous, perhaps, -but the work that Msry Lyon did I regarded by latter-day Judgea aa entitling her nam . to a laating plac in th American Kali of Fame, j f.iz... . . ' i ' '; -HORSE TRAVELED JRAPIDLY TUB conversation waa sbout trusts 'and their ability to escap kgal ntsnglmnta, "Tea," said Senator fpooner, of Wisconsin, -it Is a hard task to contend with the Innate wlckedners ef a shrewd man. . , I recll a horse doeies- tn Wisconsin who made-av" fortune dishonestly, yet stood honest and unmolested In . the eyes of th haw. . 'Tor Instance, on on oooaslon. In expatiating n th merits Of a' horse, he said to a prospective buyer, "Only, twa dnys sgo he made a mile In two and a half minutes.' 'The 'buyer became interacted, asked a tew more questions, snd then placed S200 in the horse dealer' hand, 'You say he made a mile In two and a half minutes.' observed ths purchsaer, as he proudly examined his new possession. ' . . " 'Te.' answered th dealer, as be placed the money ' . tn his pocket It occurred while the horse waa In tran pertatloa frost Milwaukee t Madison.'" :..:7- - . . " r: --mCM'& 1 , , n lfr-r-:--: ; II 1 Que e rib Ttocra in jfaZf&&c2I3?ih Sferern A LTHOUGH a Queen, the" chief royal M consort of the Ameer of Afghan- istan is as jealous as a chorus girl.- Because of this unhappy disposition, the women about her lead very unhappy lives. Of ungovernable passions, wilful, domi- neering and capricious an odd mixture of the termagant and shrew she strives to maintain by violence the place in the royal household which she fears may not be held securely by her personal charms. ; "SJ? Tfiufl is alt Jo be hwribly disfigured by this woman, lest her beauty attracLhueye If the V A handsome slave brought to the Ameers biy aispg attracts1 ruler. With her own hands she has killed no fewer, than three upon whom her husband had looked with approval. ; Bewar of Jealousy; It lathe green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeda on, Othello. " Jealousy as cruel as th f rav.-Song of Solomon. ' WHEN young H&blbulla Khan ascndd the throne of Afghanistan four years ago, he was the hsppy or. perhaps, unhappy possessor ot seven wives. . Three of these he promptly divorced upon becoming Ameer,, because the priests told him thst the spirit ot ths Koran forbade more than four spouses. It is said that he has sines regretted not making tha divorce proceed ings wholcsals. . k. Of the fous wives thst renmlncd to comfort Habl hulla amid tha cares and labors of statecraft, the favorite, known as ths chief Quuen,' was a woman ot dignity, per-, annul charm and accompllsbment.- Educated at a seminary In India, she read and wrote, sang and played tbe piano. With all, an, waa a woman of considerable beauty. . ' Never an admirer of her Afghan husband, however, nor of his country or people, her proud spirit could not brook many of the customs of tbe capital, and she freely expressed her mind upon the subject. It wss on of frank expressions of opinion that brought about her duvri- Consequently, thle wif retired to th tnconsplcuou position' Of an unfavored spouse, joining w " had-.'som time before,. traveled the road to harem ou- seiirlty. ... . Ti1rwVi.,.7-1 T . Ti. Vnk wilt. mother of the Ameer's youngeat son, Kabir Jan, now a Not long wss shs la taking advantage of her orapr tunlty. Very forcibly she Bought to Impress upon The minds of the courtiers that she. and ah alone, ws the favored Queen or tne monsren. . 7 V. ;V7.r-. ia a mm la the affairs hooa. and wholly under tn-.lnnum or etners. n csn Even In Afghanistan women play a part in in artaiTs ; .hi mi,. of state, and mix In domestl pollUcs. often witn more seal than, juagmeni. ,v One of the moot energetic women politicians of the c.u:,rTOS Is the Queen Dowager, Blbl Hallma, widow ot the previous Ameer; a .woman f engaging personality, who at on time held at court a position somewhat resembling those filled by th Empress Dowsger of China and the Lady Om. Quean to the Emperor of Korea. .- The present chief Queen does not appear t0xercls very great Influence over the Ameer, but ahe ia able to maintain considerable authority at court by reaaon of her position and because of the money at her command. Kseh of the four Queens draws an annual allowance. : proportioned to her position. The allowance of the chief Queen is 10O0O9 rupees nearly 160.000 a considerable sum in that country. The other Queen are allowed P,KA 0,000 and 80,000 rupeeo. respectively. It la not because of the dtitlea and perplexities ef th Ugh position that thla Queen walks a troubled pathway, bat because aha la constantly tn fear that soma athe 'J Ameer oAgA&afsaA -' Viewed with terror by the three other wives of Habibulh Khan they have all bee t forced into subordinate positions by her this royal vixen is a constant storm centre of trouble. ' . She frightfully punishes her handmaidens hen they displease her, and. is especially (ruei t0 the nod-looking slaves of the palace, D e ti tolitics of A fthanistan is never without the disturbing effects of her interfer ence. OvrrpowerinrjealornrxoadrheTdarBxl , wiu-em j j W No expression of vindictive hatred s tOO CrUft fur Htr nnn 1. vito m warded as the most consumingly jealous Queen in the world. "and more attractive woman will supplant her. ' ' Formerly ? Tokhl slave, sh realises that tha fate or fortuno that elevated her aiay at any mem eat reverse h favor and hurl her from power. J-. In every way she endeavore to retain the good-will f her royal lord. Sh sings and dances befor him, but appears to bore as often aa ahe entertalna him. 0 Lacking tha subtle craft of the Dowager blbl He Mm a and the genUe dignity of the accomplished woman whom she supplanted, she endeavors to maintain hef Pce b cruelty, a showof fore, and constant resorts t bribery of thos about her. " . V Whils th wives of tha Ameer are limited ta four, th extent of his harsm is unrestricted, and this fact keeps the Jeslous Ire of th chief Queen at white beau Constantly recruited from th ranks of beautiful slaves Is the Ameer's harem. Pretty girls are brought from all parts of th-nation and from other Oriental countries, to sing, dsnee, plsy upon musics! Instruments snd am use the picasure-lovlng monarch to whom they be long. ' Most unhappy la the life ot a good-looking Slav con signed to the roysl household. If she should appear to st trsct the attention ot th monarch, a disastrous fate awalta her. No fewer than three Kav been killed by the chief Queen with her own hands. Many other have been hor ribly disfigured by her, with all manner ot physical ture. se that their charms would r.o longer appeal to th royal master. In fact, thr la scarcely 'shy sort of fiendish cruelty to wnicn tnis woman vmi not resori in uispo m snuei or possible rivals when shs I aroused by a Irenay of jeawusy. wnicn la frequ iientlv. Such thlnss ore possible In the household of the Ameer bctcausa of the T.csk personality of that ruler. Unlike his father, who died four years aso, th present Ami does not posses tbe confidence of his people r ewmclui strength of character to dominate the situation. Weak willed, swayed by the prejudices of ths prlt- " . " Kent busv bv tha affairs of state, and without the or personal Inclination for work thst etrnx, When some Dartlcularly handsome slave sirl piss- his royal faocy. he may, perhaps. wondr v.hy an nuletlv and mysteriously dlsaprsrs. ur, when h s her stain, she Is probably minus nose or ears, or c f gured In om otier way, so that he doea not ren. hr'But there ar thr beautiful slavea In th harem, a In contemplating a new charmer J probably -.uf. th old; unconscious, too, perils n. of the feet K 1 xpres.lon ot his royal favor he hs. eono-rer,.-! (U P, girl to torture. Jeoth or ruthless Mnihm. The fact thst she wss sls. h-r.-lf sr1 camo a Queen, no doubt eontinu.liv su's n. I t her own overthrew sad the ...-erlmi i a n.i -... wl'h any day and any sapric of and huabsnd. I
