Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-19
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st vio'inist - = woman. and . Young
woman not YET out Ct her swenties-
Maud Powell. born in Peru. lila SLs
10 that rzrest. sweetest gaft of nature
to mankind "a bora musical genins.
When she Was years oil. she played the
piano. At years cid shs used 20 70
home crying through the STREETS because
the village boys guyed her - the girl
who played the fiddle. But she did nos
gave IL Up On that account. The story
Of her first public appearance at y years
Of AGES peculiarly charming She Was
~ summer picnic with her family and
friends. and in an interval 81 the music
asked the orchestra leader II she might
take his violin and play something. He
consented. IS much amused as surprised
at her audAcity. Then. without . thought
that che was doing anything that drew
attention 10 her, but with most delight
full nsivefe and childish unconscious
ness. she took the instrument and poured
upon the air snch strains Of music
that il drew 9 speilboand crowd about
her. There was no suggestion Of stage
fright there. for the child knew nothing
Of that uneasy self consciousness which
Is the bane Of all our lives. and which
we ought 10 pray TO be delivered from.
The child's parents foresaw the marvel
Gus future that lay before her and wise
ly gave her every advantage She stud
led in Europe several years. leaving
nothing to chance or natural gifts, but
pursuing q study drill which few men
or women either would care 10 endure.
When she was Is. that greatest Of vio-
hnists, Joachim. who was her last teach
er. frankly told her that neither he nor
any other master could do more for her;
that she was to be one Of the masters
herself. She must develop the rest in
her own way by studying still and hear
ing all the good music she could Since
then she has been before the public
constantly, playing always in the lead
ing orchestras OF tho country. 1t is
very pleasant to read OF . career in
which there have been so few sorrowful
drawbacks and 90 little discouraging
waiting "a in that Of Maud Powell. But
let not, therefore. others who do have aw-
ful drawbacks and fearful struggle and
waiting give up. Somewhere and some
how the reward will come. We may be
sure Of that, dead sure. So TO the sad,
tired workers. greeting. sympathy and
hopel
Mrs. Dow. the lady who owns and
manages such large stree. car interests
at Dover. N. H., is said to be not only
the street car magnafe. but also "a skilled
housewife, . judicious mother, good
shot with gun and pistol. fine swim
mer and the possessor Of property worth
$500. 00o." Isn't that about enough for
one woman,
It is time our higher institutions Of
learning were opening their doors to
women. 1t is indeed. Otherwise they
would soon have no longer any distin-
guished students. The men college stu
dents Of this day are distinguished for
their hard kicking attainments in foot
ball, their proficiency in travelling negro
minstrel performances and their tough
arms in rowing matches. / have not
heard in five years. that / now recall. Of
neyoung man college student Of extraor-
binary promise in scientific or literary
studies. Very well! Let the boys go on
and kick high, throw bard and travel
through the country shrieking their col
lege yells. Meantime the girls will buc-
kle down to work and fulfil the real col
lege purpose. stealing from the boys the
honors the Longfellows. the Charles
Summers and the Phillips Brookses used
to win. We women are not complain
ing any. Why should WEI
The hand that holds the purse strings
is the hand that rules the world.
Mrs. Julia Brown IL Boston's first
woman undertaken.
The anticrinoline league OF Great
Britain has already nearly 5000 women
pledged not to wear the monstrous steel
hoped skirt. no matter though II be-
come the fashion twice over. We talk
about woman's emancipa-
ton in our time. To my mind crucial
test Of that emancipation will be worn-
ans willingness 10 put herself inside the
frightful iron cage that incased the sex
81 years ago. The steel hoopekirt Is
ugly and inconvcnient. IL
Is also dangerous. Many were the acct
dents that befeil women in the days when
IL was worn. They caught their heels
In it and tripped upon their faces. In
several instances girls working In fac
tories were canght by their crinoline and
drawn into machinery and ground 10
death. II women consent to wear that
frightful. ugly skirt again. shall have
my opinions Of them; that's all
The noble strength that comes 70 rs
from attempting and carrying through
difficult enterprises is the best part Of
cur reward.
In all your wrestling with the world.
TIE flesh and the devil. never cease strug-
Cling onward toward the sweet. lofty
IDEAL Of truth. sincerity and purity. The
absolutely sincere. just person gains =
power over mankind that sneaks and the
never can acquire with eli
their tTicke-y.
Miss Della Maloney is worthy forernsn
of District 40, Knights Of Labor. in New
York city.
ELIZA ARcHARD CoxxKn
eouidnt Rem~mher.
A good brother who recently offered a