The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-01
Literary Notes.

And not the nearest. dearest heart,
Goes with il to that inner room.
Literary Notes.
At the last meeting OF the Missouri State
Press Association. Mrs. Geo. Il. Dagan,-
May Myrtle''-ot the Sedalia Democrat,
read touching and appreciative poem en-.
titled Paper Suspended"
Miss Susan Blow, who introduced the
kindergarten system in st Louis, contribut
| to the current number of the Journal of
| Speculative Philosophy, popular Dantes
Inferno which is one of the finest literary
! and critical papers of the day. Miss Blow
and sister are located in Boston for the win
! ter.
THE Ideal Home" is beautifully portrayed
by Mrs. Elizabeth Boynton Harbert in The
New Era for February. Equality, justice.
love and forbearance are the corner stones
| of this ideal home, and husband and wife
| are joint rulers and workers. Mary Dunham
writes of mrs. Cougar at Home" and DR..
| Leila G. Bedell discourses on Evil Social
Tendencies, and how to counteract them"
Miss Frances z. Willard contributes de-
lightful Renaissance of a journey in Egypt
to the Woman's Magazine for February. In
| a paper entitled Free Schools Mrs. Emma
2. Ewing compares the opportunities offered
by Vassar College, the Starr King School
and the Iowa Agricultural College tor the
practical education OF the average woman,
| and takes the ground that instruction in do
nestle economy is essential.
Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian poet, sup.
ports the modern theory OF woman's rights
and has pressed the stage into service. He
has written two powerful and remarkable
dramas entitled, Mora; or Dolls House"
and Ghosts which have been translated
and introduced to the English public oy
Miss Frances Lord The first instsllment of
Ghosts is published in the January num-
- 81, Of Cate -
Socialism," To day."
A readable account of the recent agitation
at Cleveland. Ohio, over the proposal TO ex
clude girls from Adelbert College. is given
by Mrs. Sarah X. Bolton, in the English
womsn's Review for January. This number
of the Review also contains reports of edu-
cational affairs in England and Ireland; an
account oil the Norwegian Woman's Union,
organized last June and now numbering
nearly 900 members; summary OF recent
! inventions by women, record OF events
and much other matter of interest. Miss
Caroline A. Biggs is editor.
A recent and valuable contribution to
woman suffrage literature is made by Rev.
J ID. 2. Liyermore. The scope and purpose OF
Mr.. Livermores book are Indicated by the
title, Woman Suffrage Defended by lire.
futable Arguments, and all objections to
woman's Acknowledgement carefully exam.
med and completely answered." The intro
ductoIy chapters consider suffrage as a
natural right and as a political
ters are employed to answer the
arguments and objections presented about a
year sgo by Mrs. Clara I. Leonard, Mrs.
Kate Gannett Wells, Hon. Geo. G. Croker,
Hon, Mr.. Williams and Hon. l.. P. Pollard,
and cover the ground completely. Mr.. Liv-
ermore makes strong statements and forci-
bic deductions and presents remarkable
array of facts regarding women in the in
dustTies, in public affairs and military SER
vice. Aside from its worth as an argument
in behalf of woman's enfran chisement this
book is valuable for the amount OF informa-
ton 1t contains and for its citations from
numerous authors. 1t is published by Lee
and Shepard, contains 225 pages. and its low
price. fifty cents in paper covers makes it
available fer large circulation.
Expressions.
Oh. say, can you see. by the dawns early light.
What you ialied TO perceive at the twiiigntf
A cranky concern that through the long might
Ger the bed where you slept was saucily
The SILK patches so fair,
Round, three cornered and square,
| Give proof that the lunatlc bed-quilt IS there.
Oh, the crazy quilt mania triumphaatly raves
And maid, vile and widow are bound as III
slaves.
The Boston Lying in Hospital makes ii.
| y y
men. This year il reports 80 women admit
ted, with 325 children born, and all the ply
sicians men. 1t would be easy to see the
impropriety OF an arrangement which pro
vided only women ply sicians for an institu
ton where men only were admitted as pa
tients. who would require personal treat
ment of as spec al nature as that which
must be had at a Lying in Hospital. There
was time when women had not the advan
tages of q medical educstlon but that tins
has past. This yearly report should surely
include women as physicians. aud only ar
Won an'e Journal.
The Chicago Tribune now rises to declar,
that "Mr. henry James sketches class o.
girls so utterly fiat snG silly that they ar
devoid of interest. II may be possb bic tina
there are such creatures in existence, bu
who wants to know or hear of them? Why
should they be dragged out of their nativ,
insipidity and dullness and be placed befor,
public which cares no more for them il
books than it does in real life? In point o
fact, neither Mr.. James nor Mr.. Howells ha
yet succeeded in portraying the typical Bos
ton girl; bat there is this difference between
them-that Mr.. Howells is not malicious il
his work. He, too, is apt to fJl his stories
with very weak and uninteresting womer
who might better hove been left in theil
original obscurity, but Mr.. James evidently
intends to lampoon and caricature-"
Mr.. George Bancroft and his wife have
beautiful home life. He Is as tender of he
as mother of her child, and as gallant as
lover to his sweetheart. Her health is greatly
improved since last winter. and while Sd.
can not receive visitors formally, she feel
we'll enough occasionally in the middle o
the day to see one or two of her friends IL
her own room. A lady who lately saw he
in that way speaks Of 1t as the prettiest pic
ture she ever beheld, when Mr.. Bancroft, re
turning from brisk walk in the sunshine
came up to his wife, and with most courtly
grace presented to her pink camellia, which
he had secured while out. saying, II hav,
brought this TO my beloved" He, with hi
snowy hair and beard. and the fresh Howe
in his hand, and she, with her dainty morn
ing robe OF gray cashmere trimmed Will
wine-colored satin, aod her cap, with rib
bons of the same color, surmount1ug he
; gray hair, made group, Gays the lady. lon
| 70 ha xarna.,a haxnd nth tia FIRE. LIGHT anc