The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-25


talented and brilliant of English war cor
respondents, died not long ago at Lady
smith, where he was representing the
London Daily Mail" He was but thirty
years Of age, and had done a considerable
amount of very remarkable work, the most
striking Of his letters being those pub
lished under the title with Kitchener tc
Khartum."
Those who wish TO get a clear Tea OF
one OF the most sensational trials of mod
crn times will do well to read The rage
dy Of Dreyfus." The lucidity of its style
and the vivid and graphic quality of its
descriptions cannot fail to impress the mind
of the reader with the main facts OF the
story thus dramatically told. Excitement
over the Drey.us case is now past. and 1t
seems to he ractically forgotten; but Mr..
Stevens book would be worthy of place
in any library as pure fiction IL there had
never been any Dreyfus, from us in
iTinsfc interest There is not much sen
saiionalism in it, apart from that Wi h
is inseparable from $50 theatrical and ex-
aggerated mockery OF justice; bu. there
Is force in every line. The author is Cle
OF the modern English school Of writer's,
who believe in using strong words for u
strong situation. Here is his picture OF
DTeyfus, as he appeared during the trial:
lie was still the dcAd man half-alivc but at
ltas. he becoming used TO his seni-life and
commanded himself. Yet these dass OF un1nsv er-
I'd accusation wtfc an ordeal and Drcyfus HIM
fcii was urrarthl,. Al times he seemed be
pctriilIng back 10 living death again. In every
Look At the hall, in every photograph, though the
pace fall Of fine heads, he grey-whitc clay
white Dre,ins was tie only thing you saw The
iia's! profile w;h the strong forehead and nose,
with the bar Of black mousIacAe cutting it like
the empty grin Of a Deaths had, the long.
gauut law. and COMMUNICATING chin, tic naked
Uranium, half bald, halt cropped-it all looked
groiesquCls like an illustration In phrenologis
shop window. Or. again. il you saw his whole
body, the thick shape pressed clu~ely into the
char, ihe klccs clcsc together, and the feet to-
eethcr, bending backwards, reminded you Of an
ancient Egyptian statue That, and the smooth.
Oriental skull, the stern, fnoTe!css. Oriental mask
he might Just have come to lite after -iitin.
entomhed through centuries in stone before
tomb Of Thcbes or Nineveh. mummied image
Of Chsd1ca, the forgotten god Of a lost people
any thing bat living man OF the year OF our
Lord, 1879.
One OF the epigrams in the book-and
there are a good many-comes in during
the summing UP Of the effects OF the Drcy-
fus case. Mr.. Stevens points out that I'll
attitude of France on this question was
that of a nation frantically taking sides
without respect TO right and wrong, with
out regard to evidence. He thinks that
the ordinary Frenchman. seeing all this,
will avoid expressing himself positively at
all, since the results may be disastrous,
and he ends with the remark that cow
ardice viii become a principle of public
life" New York: Harper & Bros. sL25.)
How Women May Earn Living" by
Helen Churchill Candee. is book of mod
crate size, as ii should be to meet the
needs Of those who Will read 1t; for the
average woman out of work is not likely
TO have much money 10 spend on bulky and
expensive treatises. The book is one
which will be useful and valuable in pub
lie and college libraries, or any other
place where girls may seek reading. Ii
is dedicated TO All Those Women Who
Labor Through Necessity and Not Cap
rice The first chapter is addressed TO
workers in general, and then follow chap
tiers of advice on keeping a clearinghouse,
becoming an actress, typewriting and stem
ography. household industries. nursing,
housebuildng and decorating, etc. The
average reader will be surprised to find
how many things there are that bright
women may do TO earn living; and when
the book comes TO be put into practice,
there may be more cause for surprise in
the fact that SO few of these multifarious
occupations are relnuneratiye at all I'M
less one gets into the right place and is
willing to wait a considerable time FOR
success. All the same, this is the best
bool. on a much-vexed subject which has
yet appeared. and most girls can come to
no harm from reading it carefully 1t is
sensible honest, thoughtful, and not OPP
timistic.
The great trouble with many women who
are looking for chance to earn a living
is that they are not willing to take any
thing they can dc" nor are they desirous
of taking up some piece of routine drudgery
and making il an art by the way in which
they do II. The author Of the present bool;
may have made q mistake in giving the
impression that there src many places in
which, with proper training. an intelligent
young woman can earn considerable sal
ary without much actual labor. For ex-
ample. she says in the chapter on house
hold industries. that the trained nursery
maid may have a position in the household
which compares well with tnat Of the
trained nurse for the sick; that she is re-
lieved OF most of the disagreeatle duties CT
the ordinary nursery maid, and not even
required TO wheel the perambulator. The |
families in which any woman, however well !
trained could earn living by this sort of
supervision are few and far between. But !
the particular merit of the work is the way |
in which thoroughness is insisted upon. |
The author explains over and over again |
that the difference between the well-paid |
worker and the drudge is in the quality |
OF the work supplied and the amount of |
brains put into it, and no young girl |
should fail TO understand this or fall into |
the error of believing that well enough" |
is of the same market value as perfect"
New York: The Macmillan Company
THE Stage As a Career" by Philip G. |
Hubert, ir IS a slender volume, contain
ing n thorough discussion OF stage life, |
intended for the benefit of amateur actors |
who think OF adopting this profession. 1t |
is a strong plea for justice TO actors and |
actresses, and for good morals and high |
artistic merit in plays The author takes
the ground that if the old prejudice /
against this profession can be removed it |
will be adopted by many people who will |
help TO elevate the stage to use much |
abused expression.
However this may be, the advice OF the |
average critic to the amateur who wishes to
enter this profession is Don t." and the
present volume is sort Of application
of this monosylIable. old-fashioned peo-
pie used to argue that this advice indi-
Gated that stage life was vicious to the last |
degree but anyone who reads this book |
will see the matter differently Owing to
the peculiar influence which the player has |
over the imagination, droves of stage
struck girls and young men are always
eager TO 70 on the stage when they have |
neither sufficient talent to make such n
step advisable, nor enough moral stamina |
to resist temptation in any form. II COM
PEELED to earn their own living anywhere |
in the world. isolated from their friends |
and the restraints of ordinary humdrum /
E.fr a.