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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1908.
FIRST GIRL LAWYER IN PARIS
She is Only Twenty-One, But Snc Makes a Hit Witt Her Very.
Fint Case--Brilliant Career in View for Mademoiselle Miropolslcy
PARIS. Oct :i Madamoleelle Hel
en Mlropolsky, talented young
lady barrister, made her debut .
last week at the Palais de Jus-
. tlce. for the first time In the
history of the modern Paris law courts
a woman stood alone before the red
robed Judged surrounded by all the sol
emn majesty of Justice, pleading In her
own right as legal counsel, the cause
of another-woman who was being tried
for murder." No wonder that the court
was crowded with an eager public and
that all the other ccunsel, young and
old alike, who were not engaged in other
canes that day, thronged to witness the
ordeal of their young lady colleague. '
Clad in the sober black gown and
white bib of counsel, but without the
mediaeval bob-wig so familiar in Eng
land, Mademoiselle Mlropolsky was not
In the least overawed or outwardly ner
vous. She had doubtless looked at her
self In the mirror that morning and
recognized that the verdict of "the
men'' could not be other than favorable.
Mademoiselle Mlropolsky is a handsome
brunette with fine dark eyes; a wealth
of wavy black hair clustered out from
beneath the coquetish toque and, alto
gether she is pleasant to look upon,
lor she is in the bloom of twenty-one
summers. Even the public prosecutor,
her adversary, unbent from his stern
ml Ion as the avenger of. justice and
made a graceful little speech, welcom
ing his learned friend at the outset of
her legal career.
The case that this 20th century
Portia was called upon to defend was
a peculiarly pathetic one. It was that
of a poor woman, a button-maker, who
had managed to keep the wolf from the
door until she mated with a brutal and
laxy man. During the winter Helena
Jean found herself with her baby, on
many a day, face to face with starva
tion. Work had- fallen off and there
was no prospect of matters improving.
At last one cold morning in March sho
lost all courage and addressed the fol
lowing piteous letter to "Monsieur le
eommlHsaire de police:"
"Life is too miserable for it to be
worth living any longer. I have de- ',
elded to die, but I Khali take my baby
with me, for I cannot leave nlm to the
tender mercies of the world. I beg you, her arms lay down on her bed to await at last she left the hospital it was to
as a favor, to have all my belongings death. When, some hours later, the find the prison doors open to receive
old so that , a wreath may be bought door was burst open, it was too late, her as the murderer of her own child,
for my baby bov." the baby was already dead. Helene The young barrirter could hardly
Then she lighted the little charcoal Jean, who "was still alive, was taken to have had a more grateful case to de
stove, locked the door, filled up ell the the hospital, where she lay between fend than that of this bereaved, heart
cracks and then, taking her baby in life and death for many days. When broken prisoner, alive in spite of her-
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Miropolaky drew such a picture as only down the shutters, when a young wo- to the great revolution of 17S!, no wo-
a woman could draw of another wo- man of the quarter, Louise Brut by man was admitted to the br. 'The
man's sufferings and when she had fin- name, entered and asked to be shown a rules of the order were extremely strict,
ished the tears stood in the' eyes of blouse. While Madame Ltelellllie was and excluded "ths deaf, duailv mud,
many of her hearer's. The Jury's con- busy getting it, the young one was try minors of sixteen. omen, judges, no.
aultatlon was brief. There was only ing to get at the till. Fnfortunately. tarics, policemen and pen-ons belonging
one possible answer to such an elo- Madame Delillle turned around at -the to a religious order." When the revo-
queni appeal: Helene Jean was unanU critical moment. Caught In the ct, lution broke out the corporation of bar
mously acquitted. The young "advo- the Apache rushed at the old woman, rlHters sihareid the fate of every other
cate," her cheeks flushed with emotion seised her by the -hroat and kicking privileged toodv; It was dissolved ami
and triumph, was warmly congratu- her violently In tin utomach with her the bar was thrown open to everyone,
lated by a crowd f admiring confreres, knee, laid her on the floor. The ol! Many prisoners, most indeed, defend!
who pressed forward to touch their widow struggled desperate but Louise themselves and there Is more than one
pretty learned sister's hand. Brut held her round the throat with a famous Instance of women having come
Helene Miropolnky's triumphal debut grip like a vlre. A few seconds longer forward to plead the cause of their hus-
ras loitowea tne very next day Dy anotn- ana me victim would nave been a hands and fat
er "masterly" pleading in the same court.
This time, however, the subject was an
ungrateful one. It was the trial, for
attempted murder, of a female Apache.
Last December In the gray light of
eariy morning, an Old wioow, named
Delellllle, who keep! a little draper's and as
corpse. At that moment a second cus
tomer entered the store. The Apache
fled precipitately, but was arrestel
shortly afterwards.
The prisoner pleaded that she ai In
toxicated at the time of the outrage.
ithers. The first on record
was proved
was Mademoiselle Nina i'Ambrt,
whose father, the Marquis de Merle
d'Ambcft, colonel of the regiment of
Koyal Marine, had quitted France with
out permission for England, in order
to ;,ut liH wealth in a place of safe
on Iiih return he was seized as an
drank two cups of coffee and four emigre and brought before the terrible
glasses or aDsintne just Derore going ? evolutionary tribunal, beroro WHICH
to Madame Dellllie, Madamolsellf Mlrn- luirjly anyone ever dared to appear as
polskv was able to Induce the Jury in (h fenlinK counsel of a prisoner Mad
allow extenuating circumstance. Malm- .'tinoisi II., Nina d'Amhert fearlesslv pre
Henri Robert, the great criminal sinteil herself on behalf of her father,
vocate, could not have done more for The trilnm could iiot In decency re
nts client than that. Louisa brut whs fuie to listen to her. but her eloquence
sentenced, to two years imprisonment, was In vain. I he marquis was gutliO
Mademoiselle Mjrf-DoisKv is. there
fore, now fairly launched upon her
career, at the very outset of which she
has reached a degre: of celebrity that
many briefless barristers dream of. but
never attain. It is probnble that Hie
new "advocate" will confine her activ
ity to her own sex". Such at any rate is
her present Intention.
tlned ami tiis unhappy daughter died
broken-hearted.
It is a curious fact that the Paris
bar only now reckons 1.200 "maltres,"
fully half of whom never don the robe.
So there should be plen'y of room for
"inpsdarnes." in spue oi the fact that
we are clearly less lltlgiously Inclined
than our sires.
TUB PAlAIcf DTL JVcJTlCB.
By Eva Madden.
FLORENCK, Nov. 17. America plays
no small part in the art life of
Florence. To begin with, Mr.
Berensen, the authority on art,
has a villa Just outside the city
at Tonto a Mensola. Then George de
Forest Brush spends part of his year In
Florence, having there both a villa and
a studio. The studio of Hiram Powers
may still be visited, and the Casa Guldl,
used for art exhibits, is in charge of an
American, Mrs. Cobb, wife of the late
Arthur Murray Cobb, the artist.
To do the Airlcn studios, one must
seek the Via del Hard I, that deep, dark,
narrow old street to which the tourists
flock In search of the house of Rotnola.
Its houses are really old palaces, and
their frouts are washed by the Arno,
over whose waters they often project
fascinating little terraces and balconies
commanding views of river, bridges,
mountains, snow capped and violet, of
domes, boll towers and famous build
ings perhaps unequaled in beauty In any
city of Kurope. They are quite honey
combed by the studios of the artists of
nil nations, who rejoice in a good north
light and find Inspiration In picturesque
surroundings.
If you mount the steps of No. 30 you
come to the studio of Richard Ivlck of
Philadelphia, like Benjamin West, a
Viaker. turned painter. Pass through
th large drawing room, with its' huge
goldsmith. He took art lessons at night work won her a prize which the rules
at the Cooper Institute While working of the association do not permit a for-
at his first profession during the day. etgn artist to receive. In a way, Miss
and finally won the success Americans Seudder Is perhaps the most truly Amer-
love. lean artist in Florence, since she is a
The centennial brought him east with transient and goes home to undertake
his father, snd New York success en- a. statue representing Japanese art for
couraged him to become a pupil of
Pusseldorf. Later, leaving Munich, he
was one of the 15 young students who
followed Duveneck to Italy. After Paris
came London and the position as wa-ter-colorist
of rare touch, of sought
after portrait painter, and author of
such productions as the fine one at
Milan.
Professor Albert Harnisch. also of
the snlendid new KrnnKIvn museum.
Ilrst, however, she goes to Paris to be
near the museum of Japanese art be
fore beginning. Miss Seudder. as
Americans know, is from Terra Haute,
lnd. Her studies began under Ixiuls
Reblsso In Cincinnati. in Chicago
Lorado Taft was her master and it was
there that she modelled statues for the
states of Illinois and Indiana In the
World's Fair. MacMonnies ultimately
Philadelphia, dwells at the upper end became her master In Paris and such
of the Via del Bardie hla studio boost
Ing a delightful garden. In the days
of Puts IX Mr. Harniscli played bis part
in the fine old society of W. W. Story
and thofce of the Browning set. His
greet regret is that the tourists no
longer visit the studios as then.
she consider him today;
Miss Seudder certainly has not wasted
her days. Four bas-relief portraits, re
produced In silver represent her In lh
Luxemburg: she won a medal at St.
Louis, another nt Chicago, and has had
her Frog Fountain bought by the Met-
"in my Roman days " he told me, r0politan Museum of New York. Miss
dozens would flock Into mv studio
bearing my statues and statuettes to
America and largely into Belgium.
They brought life and Inspiration, and
the artist, perhaps, gave them more
than the statue or picture in return.
One who came to me for a bust of
himself was the father of Plerpont
Morgan. Of others, I have done a bust
of Miss McGraw of Ithaca, of Profes
sor Willard Flske of the same city, and
one of General Worthlngton of Jackson,
III. These are, perhaps, the best
known."
Just off the Via del Bardl In a llt-
Seudiier believes that an artist works
really best In her own country, and.
wlillo European residence Is an Inspira
tion it Is wise and good for work to go
back at Intervals.
open fireplace and art stlc furniture and rourt tRnds ,hp ,iousp pf" thj we
pictures, into the studio, rich In the out
put of a versatile and girtea artist.
Karly this spring there was murh to
be seen, for Mr. Levlck was Just ready
for his exhibition, which followed in
the Casa Guldl. In particular, of a col
lection of most lovely etchings, mono
tones and black and white drawings
known painter of Kgvnf. Henrv New
man. He has three homes a boat on
th? Nile, a villa near Florence, and this
town apartment. He conies to the lat
ter for a few months each year and Is
at home on Fridays when his friends
may see what pictures he has brought
irom igypt, usually nut one or two.
A Modern Gil Blaa.
Next to the last time It happened Mr.
Dowllng vowed that "if it ever happened
again he would do something desperate.
It did happen last Thursday, and then
Dowllng did the deed desperate. For
several seconds he glared at the slim
young man who had sat down In the
seat vacated by thss woman In brown.
Presently he spoke.
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ft1""' niny ui "in K. fca. W in- Offil
How the days of the week do haB ett,eil ,,own lnto olirB vei, ant, " Sl 'tm SV
roll aroundl It seoms as if the helped make us sad. Then, too, we Saa- p fffZ 0m 'i
nave neen nearing tne croaK or tne rTfr ( " arvii-
IF YOU SHOULD CHANGE
SOMETHING ELSE
By John A. Jayne.
'ERE IT IS Sunday night again:
How the days of the week do
roll aroundl It seoms as if the
forelocks of Monday had not
been sighted down the pike of
haven't, had a redu
fact remulns that n
friends have had. am
has settled down I
helped make
have been hearing the croak of the
calamity howler so much, that there
have been times when we. too, have
"Sir,'
life before the retreating fetlocks of thought that the country was going to
me.
he said, "that seat belongs to Sunday were being shaken In our face. ,he bow-wows and that we were going
Mile. Mlropolsky, First Girl Lawyer
In Paris.
"What's that?" said the slim young
The fathers of
talked
hundred
none by a process or ms own ano re- slnce are purcnased as qucklv B8
producing much that Is lovely archl- painted. Mr. Newman is a lover of all
tecturally in Florence. things artistic, especially of things Jap-
Pandering about Mr. Levies s studio, ,n(, nd h homs ,s wor,neifui in its
it Is easy to conclude that he has stud- possession of vases. Ivories, carpets
led and traveled in many lands As a Bnrt all things to excite the envy of a
oanei u. J - ' collector. His pictures are as well
lrosiien. At the famous Julian studio known as he Is and young America la
1 1
Hlonir with 1t Pnfinlo nlrtnir with thoi
years ago nthpr thlnffH ther. has hAAn mimh nun.
man. Ilu aooui time moving witn an fusion. Our old methods, old plans, old
Dowlmg repeated his declaration of " '"Kh'- " bat would they say routines have been broken up. From
ownership, and proceeded to embellish .tJey lived in this busy, bustling. Inflation we have come to change,
it with fervent explanations. bubbling twentieth century? Then These are the prime factors in the
"I hadTHar seat before that lady foundations were established and re- case. These sre the things that have
came in." he said. "I gave It to her. malned for years. Today a building is given "us our dull, dopey, discouraged
She only rode about a dosen blocks. It remodeled, tomorrow three stories are feeling
iooks tough to see some other rellow, ,uu. "i oay uie wnoie tiling is
who Is 1 ii nhle to stand at T m pulled down and a skvscraner takes Its
profit for the rest of a long trip by place,1 and that, too, passes away. We
my gallantry. That, unfortunately, haa are living In a peaceful revolu-
WHY DO WE LOVE STORIES
OF CRIME
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Paris he won prises and worked proud to possess the noted painter of been my experience' for many months, lion. The old order changes, a
under Lefevre and Cormon. He was for
n time at the Academy In Philadelphia,
then studied In London and ended his
student life In Munich. London hung
the
old Egypt
Across the bridge to lie Borgognis
The other day I made no my mind that new ! being established. Change, fre-
the next time anv fellow played me queni cnange, invariably spells rest-
fantl you find James H. Shearman of such a trick I'd stand up for my rights lessness In the life of the man who
one of his pictures.
Kronklvn hrothn ,-r Hi. lata Ti.nn..,.
. . . - . ...... . . . . I - .1 . I X I Vf 1 1 1 . F,
puiimii ui o. k. Mipaim.m. writer on slnale tax. an-
pens-ant of Brittany, on the line at the perintendent of the famous Plymouth
Academy. To perfect his art Mr. Lev- church Sunday school and counsel for
Ick wandered from land to land, living Henry Ward Beecher in the Tllton trial
fori year in Morocco and consorting Mr. Shearman's art career is uniaue.
Willi v ,., 1
ind demand the seat on the ground changing. Let a miin know that he
of prior occupancy. Tou, my dear sir, " a fixture ih one office, factory oi-
store ror a long term of rears, and
90 times out of the 100 he will live
-a year wnicn nas oorno After his children vrra rmrn nn on
most excellent fruit in his paintings educated Mr. Shearman resigned a iu
and sketches of that country, charming cratlve position as a designer and. com
ing to jiome. suddenly lumped Into
in color and noetic in sentiment. Nor
way claimed him also, as well as Hol
land, Germany. France and Italy.
fame as a water colorlst
In the Via degll Artisti is the stndlo
happen to be the usurper, so "
The slim young man smiled good
naturedly. "I see," he broke In. "I've been there
myself, and know how it Is. This Is
your seat, certainly."
The slim young man got up and Impatient, possibly careless,
uowiing sat oown. iy ana Dy no cynical.
chanced to cast a sidelong glaace at You are wondering tonight, brother.
tne woman Desine mm. Biie turned her wny you are so wearv anil forlorn
peacefully, quietly, and happily. Put
him In a position where he knows not
a week's work, the next month's loca
tion, and he becomes restless, fitful.
perhaps
in spite of his cosmopolitan expert- of Professor Lark In G. Mead, perhaps head at the same time, and their eyes Life has lost its zest. The tang has
You are thinking, brother, that you
would like to change places with "the
other fellow: You are thinking that
you would like to have a chance to
shift your load onto someone else and
take their load. Well, what someone
else? Whose load to you want? You
surely don't want the load of a multi
millionaire who has one foot in the
grave, or Is having his name bandied
through divorce courts or in an asylum
for tho insane. You don't want the
burden of "Tommle Jones," a cross-
eycu iwisieo-ionguea w-ire. jou aon t w,,h pleasure let
Billy Smith's" children. And. look
here, old man. you don't even want to
back to the days of your youth.
icy look mighty pleasant when seen
through the mist of the years, but, ah
Th.
ences, Mr. jevick; believes America to
be the place for a boy to grow up In.
and thither he means to go to educate
his only son. Though his versatility
expresses itself In water, pen, pftncll,
oil. In etchings, lovely portraits of
women In graceful gowns and poses,
gauzy scurfs and plcmna hats, he has
Ms own favorite line of work. "Once,"
be will tell yon. "I took a voyage of
niiinv months, going to America In a
sailing vessel to study the sea. Into
these pictures." he Indicated two pic
tures of Venetian waters, one here re
produced. "I have painted what the sea
lias told me. I never do my work with
s view to selling only. I believe thst
nn artist -must he true to his Ideals.
and mine Is to modify hard realism by
the artist of longest residence In Flor
ence. When about 26. in the vrar 1R(!1
he came to Italy and has since made
his home in Florence with the excep
tion of six months when he acted as
vice-consul In Venire. His art career
began with a charming story. On one
New Year's eve the snow fell verv heav
ily. From it young Mead modelled a
staturt of the "Angel of the Departing
Year," which won him enthusiastic,
praise and decided his future. The
world of America knows his famous
statue of Kthan Allan In the capitol at
Washington, the one et Montpeller. Ver
mont, and that of "Columbus at the
Court of Spain" In tho possession of
the city of Sacramento. For 20 years
now he has labored unon a i-nini
an interpretation of the idea behind the statue of the Mississippi, destined for
canvas. Poetry is the highest of the Washington. Forty-four tons of marble
have been used In Its construction. Pro-
met. Hlowlv a faint flush overspread gone and the sparkle Is no more. With
Dowllng s face. Byron you are saving: "Mv Java are
"Well. I'll be blessed." he exclaimed, in the sere and vellow leaf, the flower,
"I believe It was you I gave that seat the fruit of love are gone.'' You are
to Instead of the other woman." not exactly blue, but von are vellow.
n was, sne returneo caimiy. jaundiced, and there s ;i fee Ing of all-
ufflmi Kiwicm-as auiiiH nu iniii r- ii t iii uieui-
By Henri Lavodau. Member of the
French Academy.
E LOVE crime because we. are
men. This Is humiliating, but
certain. The best among us
find It "difficult to tear our
selves from the
Interest tht, every crime of the first
order excites in us as soon as the ghast
ly news bursts forth. A drop of the
blood of Cain rises within us. And once
we have sanely divided the correct
amount of regrets and Imprecations be
tween the victim and the murderer, It Is
s not fear the word
that we enter upon the phase of mor
bid and Irresistible curiosity.
Far more than in a case of nntural
death, does a. murder suggest the Idea
that It Is we who have escaped. When
"Then the other fellow
Dowlintr
"Had a right to the seat." she said,
"but he seems comfortable enough
w nere he Is, so i woman t say
more about It If I were you
"Well, I'll swear." said Dowllng, but
he took her advice and let It go at
that.
ctnes won t touch or chemists' com
pounds eradicate You've been doing
your work as well ns ou could under
nyining all circumstances, vet
up to your standard; If
it hasn't been
me, In their case it is simply distance some person passes away In his bed. do
li-iiuiiiS flldinii niiejll.
Neither do you want to be that addle
paled, cigarette-smoking, cuffed-coated
and trousered. polka-dotted stocking
young man that lives next door.
Honest Injun, when you get right
down to the facts in the case, If yoa
could change with anyone of your ac
quaintances, tnklug him as you know
him. taking his burdens, fooleries and
Xo Chance to Rnbbrr.
arts, and poetry Bhould play its part In
a picture.''
Mr. Levlck a next door neighbor ts
How did you happen to have peacock
feathers put on your hat?" thev asked
the pretty girl "Pon t you know they ?h' "'h'i f "
are bad luck? Don t you know they sav m,- ,i,at - hi,
they see everything you do out of those
eyes of theirs, the peacock feathers?"
If they can see over the brim of this
fessor Mead is much beloved of the
Florentines and a local Daner this vr
mimn. no American, hi I from t in ihiipi - mnKH nrnises nr ft n r-nimitBMina nn in
j.hla. the sculptress, Miss Katherine M. turning aside from his colossal labors nat." ral(l the pretty girl, who wore a
Cohen, well known Dy ner Dronxe ot to send an exquisite small statue "The n"1 aooui me size or n menium size urn
Lincoln, her "Dawn of Thought," her Queen of the Sea." to their "Association hrella, "they can ruhberneck all they
"Vision of Rabbi Ben Ezra Expounding of Italian Artists." want to, but I don't think they can."
the Law." by her seal of Grata college, A stone's throw from Professor "
her portrait of Mrs. Rohrer, her bust Mead's, in a studio surrounded by a For the first time In over 40 venra
of Dr. Thomson of Philadelphia, whose lovely garden of flowers. Miss Janet tobacco of a fine quality was raised the
daughter married Julian Story, and that Seudder worked all last , winter. She past summer in Montgomery county
01 uRiirrm Denver in me oiiiiin niciiiu- inaura inn riurmiin6a Dy exiiiDiting m Pennsvl vania. a rew miles rrom Fhlla-
you by a long shot. Tonight you are
Wondering what In the name of all
get-out has hroughi von to your tumble-down,
wretched condition.
Let's look at things for 11 little while
There's a good hit of chameleon
about a man. Certain it is that up to
a point he takes the color of his
a sui roiinaings. tie is
hich he associates.
liisn't satisfied fripperies es you know
them. you
Of course,
rial. Falrmount Park.
Like Mr. Levlck, Miss Cohen was In
the Julian studio, studying later, how
ever, in America with St. Gaudens and
MacMonnies. She has had a studio In
Philadelphia and In New York, Is an
ardent American, and lives abroad only
because of her health. She is the daugh
ter of the well known Henry Cohen of
Philadelphia, her mother being Mrs. Ma
tilda Cohen, founder of the famous com
mittee of thirteen which arranged for
the art exhibit at the Centennial, giving
America her impulse toward the art fu
ture sho is now striving to achieve.
Miss Cohen herself is an honorary
member of the New Century club, also
of the American Art association In
T"l I - 1 I. ..klhlla t V. mAa M
X mis, mill tin v 1 , " ' . - v. 1111 t viii,.. n 1 1 ,
the salon. An Interesting bit of work
is her desltrn fo$ a medallion for the
Automobile club of Italy. St. Christo
pher is the patron saint of all who
motor in that land, and this medallion
Is to be placed In each machine of the
club for protection. It is to- be hoped
that Miss conen s saini win De as suc
cessful in
their "Belle Arte" this spring and her delphia.
Coming events not only cast their
shadows Into his life, but surrounding
circumstances make him very largely
what he is. Now, in this quiet, confi
dential talk, one with the other, jus
between ourselves. you know we
wouldn't want to talk it out loud let's
recognize the fact that the terribly
hard times, which are pretty nearly
blown over, have had their Influence In
our lives. Perhaps we haven't, or per
haps we have, had a cut in our salar
ies; perhaps we have, or perhaps we
wouldn't make the change,
you wouldn't.
That being the case, suppose vou
take George Cohans sdvtce and "get
acquainted with yourself." Then you'll
say with him:
"I'm the best pal that ever I had,
I like to lie with me:
I like to sit and tell myself
Thinps confidentially.
I've made a study of myself,
Compared me with the lot.
And I've finally concluded
"I'm the best friend I've got."
So, then, brother
"Just get together with yourself.
f "with you.
urprlsed Kow well your-
noi even to commend our souls to God,
since those murderous persons have not
the decency to allow us the time.
Assassination is. as It were, the a n-
tremendous Kina pectoris, me apoplexy, ino eniuuiiniii
01 me neaimieHi person. miu lis arwui
come so swiftly that Just thinking of
them for a moment takes one's breath
away.
Then what personal ardor we display
in aiding, within the limits of our small
means, in the hunt for the wretches who
might have killed ua! How we rush, to
the aid of justice, finding it bungling
and too slow! Oh, If we only had tn
consulted! They would have been guil
lotined already. The cleverest sleuths
seem to us Incapable and morning and
evening, as soon as the newspaper ire
out, we follow with the eye of disdain
the false trails on which they so blindly
set out.
The simplest explanations make us
shrug our shoulders and instinctively
we adopt the hypotheses of scandal and
mystery. We must have the eld ro
mance. The hunter and the polloeman
that slumber somewhere in the breast of
the most honest and peaceable men
nwake and take the trail. The first
tales of robbers told o us by our
nurses, reports of the' police courts,
memories of novels, that old sediment
which the thick flood of the Gaborieaus
and the Eugene Sues have deposited in
plowing over our youth all these rise
and blend in the upper strata with the
And trust yoursel
And you'll be
self
Will like you if you
do.'
we cry out: What luck: It might have
been tne?" No, because we all know
that, thank God. such an accident is not
for us, iio strong are we. A still, small
voice oh, linw small It Is -hints to us
that some day we, too, shall have to
ross that li.irrier. But that will be a
long time hence we shall be old. so
old that It t silly even to think of It.
and we lull ourselves nitli the thought
that, if we really must take this Jour
ney it will he without noticing it. We
are wrong.
Assassination, on the other hand, ex
erts upon our senses such an Impres
sion of hm ror thai every stricken per- Leblanc and Leroux and we soon regret
son Is almost d.-i 10 us. even if tin- with the bitterness of misunderstood
known. We almost imagine that he hua genius that we are not the very guar-
saved our life Between him and u dians df our security.
an immediate and affecting relationship Which of us, as a matter of fact, in
Is established. It produces an effect these days of unknown murderers, haa
uim .is as if we had been menaced by not conceived the idea of realising 'The
that blow, mid it ha fallen provlden- Thirteen" of Balzac and bringing them)
tlally upon our neighbor instead of up to date? Thirteen Independent and
upon us. resolute young men, making use of ail
"That milit have been me' Such is the power that audacity, intelligence and
the selfish and naive crv of well ordered money can give, , and united by the re-
charlty that hursts from our lips. For doubtable bond ' of determination to
we feel with a vague certainty that stamp out crime, whatever it be, wher-
wlth the care and tenderness or triencis ever it be: A banc! or counter tninga,
and the aid of science, we can evade the performing their duty of brutal cleaning
ambushes of illness, hut assassination
Is one of those brutal, unexpected.
crushing and final dangers, against
which there ts nothing that can be done.
WHY NOT COOPERATIVE KITCHENS? Charles R. Lamb Strikes
Out a Plan That Would Solve Housekeeping for an Entire Block
1
T 18 all very well," aald the art- An elevated driveway from the two
ist'a wife, "to plan memorial -Crln ?,T"8 "V?"1" would extend
. . , .... into the building through arcbea on
arches, new boulevards and that the north and south sides. Only portions
sort of thing, but why don't you of the first floor of the nearest dwell-
think of something to help house- wSuld.,,?e required for this, driye-
, ,,, " . way. By this, means the supplies for
keepers like myself make ua Inde- the entire block would be delivered cn
pendent of servants, who are always platforms In the central building,
leaving, and of drunken cooks?" Covered ways would extend from the
The hint struck the husband as a central-plant to the basement floor of
, , . ., . each dwelling. In the plans there are
good one. He does not say how much mnln corridors extending to the east
the plans that followed were inspired and west, not less than four feet wide
bv the b.lntort dinner. ri hniium.Ma and with tracks tn the floors for trucks.
controlling chauffeurs and who were not. The reader Is concerned which would, carry the heavier loads of
protecting harmless pedestrlana aa he la only with the results. The artist, "nen or rood- rrom the mam corridors,
lovely from an art standpoint, Charlea R. Lamb, atarted to work out narrow passageways would furnish ac-
On- the opposite side of the narrow bis domestic redemption by making out to the L basement doors of each
Via del Bardl Julius Rohlshoven has a his design of. a cooperative kitchen and dwelling. The floors of the passage-
t,,,1in nnnnlar that which he nn- laundry. wh.t kuuiu ue " vtiiirni, iiir i" u
i.j ,1n. I- T nwxAnn UU Tha IH ? tha Anmlo-n la n mob TOof S Of COmigOted IrOll
large apartment is decorated In true art every person "living lit a typical New u CfntmP,ated .thH' skylights
merely telephone their order to the cen- The buildings of a New York block de- wholesale in large quantities and use a
tral kitchen, and when dinner time voted exclusively to dwellings shelter at checking system by which account is
came wouia receive me 10011 111 covered leajsi lou persons. There are between keDt of a I the suttnlles withdrawn from
up, alongside and often over the heads
of the authorities.
Childish follv, it may be said. TTn
doubtedly. And yet Is It more foolish
and less likely than the successful ao
oompHshment of manv of the crime
which by the boldness of their prepare.
tlon, by the ihasterllness of their calcu
lation, have disconcerted society and
sometimes remained forever unpun
ished? There would be nothing more
extraordinary than learning tomorrow
that three amateurs had discovered the
assassins of M. Steinheil. Mm. Japy
and M. Remv than there was amazement
at learning the exceptional tircum- .
stances under which this .lpie murder
succeeded so perfectly.
dl8.is 0,r..pan1' fresh irZm thS flro- 90 and 100 1w'l" In such an area, the stores every day. These vary great- sfi, Tn he the rood
"The idea of giving each housekeeper The typical New York family, according ly according to the patronage, and have ' 'n,,n '.IL'l tVl v Jn known bu fin
precisely the sort of dishes she wanted to the census ratio, consists of 4.5 per- resulted In a general rule which applies V"""5 Ti?h f,?irir astuteness wh.x
fie continuer, "Is capable Of almost end- on8. Such a block occupied only by to all food so!d In restaurants. f?om t?v?rvt hfn d.rsto'.yTry-
less variation. The housekeepers who families therefore woulii rv' h ..... ... . . . . from tne very rirst nrs unqersiooa
nreferred to do their own marketing i,T,il JlwJZ 4ns Vrn -s" - , " A typical steward's list in one of the thing, who alone, with his smalt but
could have their meats and provision! ' m f rm 40a ,0 450 NeW Torkers- better class New York hotels shows that formidable resources, haa followed up
sent to T their Tomes and thence taken to This estimate dos not take into ac- the actual cost of the provisions for a his idea, and who, at the moment when
the c'oooeratlve kitchen merely to be rounJ the boarding or lodging houses in ulnner served to persons was 37 cents all is ready, go, full of f rji timid tv
cookei the housekeperfn a block tl,e block' cach "heltering 10 or more for each. Ih this Ust, $35.34 was and demands to see the chief of pollc.
rXlU ; agree unor f a sVrieTof meals on tenants. There -would be. therefore, a charged up ror meats and vegetables, at once on an affair of Importance
Em? tabE T d'hote nlanT donT know possible - basis- of patronage for the co- 33.T8 to the fruit pantry for vinegar which bropk. no delay-nd who, wh;n
what our wives wou d UMnk of that in operative kitchen of 400 or 450 persons milk and fruit; 1.33 to the help s hall lMV.";,Ti't,r
?ny case th"t migl it be a series of paying proposition, as restaurant 13.74 for materials for the pantry. 8 o6'0,!?!?.?"" JTi't!?" ,r.'"
brkfa?ts and a. UsV of dished from ee.er. aid. cents to the engine room. 18 cent, toth. Zdffi&mZiVffw iZ
which the people in the block could al- As an offset to the cost of the invest- laundry 3.1S to the bar for seasoning. J?" S l thl T Vria in thi iinr.vi!
- - - .w - . -. v. 1 . , in , r . - - . - aauirnfln.
way. order at pleasure. ment there would be a saving to each uu f soap. ing of which you hav md no prow-
The Question of cost would, of course, housekeeper of $40 a month. This .is a Thjs hotel meal was much more elab- r Well, it is all settled. If v,. 1
In th roofs be the vital one in such a plan. So nu- conservative estimate of a cook's wages, orate.-wtth Its numerous courses, than will be kind enough to follow m. t
merous are the variations tn property in a well to do family and the cost of the dinner of an American family of murderer is at this moment at suei, t
lues nnd the. combinations or owen- ner rooa. it also includes tne cost or a average means. . jt a cost of 37 cents such street, sum .no such a ivm
l , h- r,i. ji.i larare rftnvRa tiletiir. far as their favhlea aid laundries ara plenty 01 llgnt ana ventilation lor mo ings. onarning, or apartment i;me i.i i"-iy wy. nil ine uisnes unoer ins mr 01.-11 pvrsun, inn dinner or nu m wnere j ran jy jij nuiun upon ru t,
in a kind Tof Vanit FairTfUfewh.cn concerned I A. iMr Lamb explaimsd 1 interior.. a city block that it would be next to cooperative plan being washed at the city, block would mean an expense of Eut.no, all the while t a.tt- inn,,, , - ,
'S' "gftbufon t the exhlbltlm? in vThl cpTratlv? buflding would --When we come to the practical bene- Impossible to fix the cojt of th. build- central plant. f 1.6 for material. - ; P- - ( - J" the mmupmtnt t .u,.,.,,.,,,, .
Milan. Mr. Rohlshoven, a. the world be in the middle of the block, the site fits of such a .cheme. " continued Mr. ings and the extent of the plant Thev Restaurant manager. were inter- Breakfast and luncheon, the restait- thing.. 1 fel sure thy will r,.,i t , ,,
knows, la from Pert oit, the son of Fred- being atrip, from) eight or 10 unprofit- Lamb. 'I think there will be only one wou d depend on the conditions tn.each viewed regarding .the cost of operating rant manager, said, cost on the average Morea the pity?
erlck ftohlshoven and ona f tb Am'r- able back yarda The structure would opinion among bousekeeper. it would block and the number of residents, such a kitchen. They said that the sup- one half that of a dinner. The families " -
In-tn born son. of German parents wlu b three stories in height, wtth a laun- save i.tem endless worry and probably agreeing to the plan. Other figures are Plies of such a plant would necessarily in the block using the cooperative klt.-h- pt- new printing teie.-
Kt-inir tn im.rira ids art hvaran dry in !. haaement. store rooms, and 1 nmnev on. . Wtvea woubl nn longer ha available, however, to show the economy be as extenslv. and various as those of en would therefor nay Stmt a dav for ehlue. from 7 5 to t't m
with notice from another artist when a receiving court oi.the first floor and, uitterly dependent on their cooks". Ail
working at his father , business of a kitchen on the second. . hoilr or ao before a meal they would
of cooperation from the, housekeeper', a restaurant of the better crass. The their meals, an average of 31 for each ran he andifd hv
tandpolntv , larger reatauranta . uy - provisions at person, , kntiwie!si tf ttr
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