The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-30
ETrTfA BERKELEY, A. NJ. A
novel by Josephine Bou.ecou
stenens. published BY Frederick
, A Stokes. New York.

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Ill novel by Josephine Bousecoss
III SteHsns. published b. Frederick
III ~ A. Stokes. New York
~f.esitts fserkrseys' feaas with
the problem Of sex ard the ar
gursnt o. how much man can do and
how little a woman can do before the
world gives f;s versscs % guilty 20 TIE
question which has astsafea the souls of
people since Adam ard Eve ate OF the tree
q knowledge. ard the mar settled the
Interrogation By putting ali the bssne On
tps woman
The story % 'fLefssia Berkssey'. IL that
Of a gtfs VITO on reaching womanhoad
feels an overwhelming desire Tor mate.
shs does what the world calls right for q
man ard wrong for woman. Let;sia be-
comes engaged 10 be married 10 Dr. Trux.
and tells him % this cne terrible expert
ence az her life.
"why did / not tell him befoFe.s' she
repeated. sweeping Mp and down In the
darkness. why. rather did tell him At
aft7 Feeling a. ! have .nsttncfivtIy from
the arss that ne would take II as he has
pssstonaseiy. personally, shocked out Of
al ability 10 rsason abous II and be fux
Why did he take 20 for granted that
was what his egofisna would have me- A
yessai tn3eed-sestaI 10 ali but him. What
right had he 10 expect 30 confidently from
me what he has rot offered me. what I
should be rated purisanicai indeed even 10
hop. from him, Yet do / not resent as
jeaiousiy as be the thought thai what 10
ms viii be so sacred may have thrilled
responsive TO another's touch. And how
many otherr7 and what others What
woman who WEEDS knows thatg What man
feels himself In honor bound 10 teil2
though The fact touch her ~ closely as In
case reverse IL touches him. 1t touches
her as II touches HMM the egofistic In
etincf of ownership. In the desire 10 be-
arss and unprotected IN tina; association
that IL most private and most near The
ideal 81 purity dasfss IT, but strip II of
that. and we find q selfish motive purely.
which only the power 20 enforce II has
made ints the obligation IL IL for the
weaker sax, from which th. strong that
lays II on prociaIrns It's right 10 60 free.
What dass Paris show the woman who
hath eyes 10 see--prostitutlon. poigamy SUI
preme. And this London here. with It's
shameless night parader Wherein the
woman's part In stamped criminal.
whilst the mans IL tolerated. excused.
ignored. because the man will have II SO.
and because the woman lets him have his
way Would It be the same II women were
EQUAL in power to men, Hardly. Blu;
would II l,s bctserf Are women better than
nienf Hardly again But different. yes.
with the differentiation Of different cir
rumssances. Ear what after all. are these
scr lines that divide uz so deeply that con-
science itself IS concerned AMI weman--f
can pardon freely In a man what can
scarcely hope | have excused In me- what
are these sex lines but direrenbations
which may be traced Ia an ever -aecrcas-
ing degree til Ii ceases altogether. and
reproduction, the sneaning and the end OF
sex the roo. and branch Of mafrimony
takes place within the individual economy
Yet what vast divide lies bn.ween such
bit of prosnplaan aud man. such Alt
OF proioplasn and me-. eating my heart
out here fer fear of the result OF an act
my reason may indeed justify. ha. which
my neral consciousness. that reasons
monitor. feels 10 De stain, We are indeed
bundles ~ Inconsistencies. We theorists.
and It Is feeling that really rules us. I, Is
feeling. made up ~ many elements. some
great, som. small. Gu, OF which his anal
81, lies heavy On all our acts. the burden
Of what the wcrki--ssf what such men as
he. O. my uodI who IA out here now to
tell me He has graeiously concluded 10
marry me In spite of my loss Of 1t have
decided ss-n be our virture. cur one
virture which has - swampei all the
rest that the same men can say with
truth that we are morally their Interiors.
A. 4 we too may not purchase at the
price OF that same virtue higher moral
ity, All. II ls false position all through.
saise'''
The story ends With I,e.l.fs's refusing 70
marry Ir Trux, on his agreement to for
give hsr~-hecaasa sh~ coula not see where
the forgiveness comes IN. she having done
80 she Id anterior Ia her acquaintance
with the doctor SAn goes 10 iiee alone.
refusing 81 aecept forgiveness when tove
alone was what her heart desired ''tetitia
Berkeley" Il powerfully written IN parts,
but lacks ofae essential thing Mrs Stes-
se.S gives heY readers the argument. pre-
and cora IS 60 wosnans se~calaed one vir-
tue SIZE DOES not, however, determine any
result and she leavss her Feasiers with
the closing Of her boek mWsa at sea
a. ever in regard Ia sbe fngch-etsc'issed
gurst9en whetaer sauce FOR the goose Is
sanee for the wamsirT. ar whether tire sev
enth commandment VAS meant onIy FOR
wossisn
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srs me ga'' Ttis is asia hy Max 10 Mar
vel after Eve years 81 sed}et llfe. aar-
img whieh tisns blindness haa prevented
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thought - be ht- scr. ara whom he sesog-
ntsea nron seeing az the sos - another