The sun., 1900-03-12
CHARMING G|RLPH|lOSOPHER
Boston College Student Spoke
to Single Takers at Opera
House Last Night.
Is A CHARMING LECTURER
They Were Doing to Emancipate
Their FelIowman From the
Present Industrial Slavery.
Everyone Has a Right to
the Use OF the Earth.

"What are you doing to emancipate
your fellow man from this industrial
slavery" asked Miss Anita Trueman, a
girlish philosopher not yet Is years of
age, during an intelligent and interesting
address at meeting held at the Grand
Opera House last evening under the
auspices of the Single Takers of this
city.
Miss Trueman has blue eyes, round
cheeks and an ingenious grace. She has
blonde hair, and wore a blue waist, with
white tie, and black skirt She lee
tured before the Metaphysical Club OF
Washington yesterday afternoon, and
for this reason she did not reach the
Grand Opera House until about 8 so
O'Clock.
Miss Trueman said in part: ''People
are kind enough to call me a philoso-
pher. am simply a student and an
exponent OF natures law. | find single
tax as philosophical as any other reform
| have come in contact with. l have
found Single Tax cnre for that Ameri-
can disease, trying to get something for
nothing" 1t is also a cure for another
disease, the narrowness of life among
ladies. take philosophical and per-
haps feminine view of Single Tax.
'If you once get d woman to under
stand Single Tax, she extends it to all
life's problems. II broadens her mind
considerably. She endeavors to under
stand why sugar costs so much and why
coal goes up dollar or so now and then.
81 don't know anything about the
political side of Single Tax. / have
spoken in other States where the Single
Takers don't have party like here in
Delaware. In those States the work is
done entirely through emotional meth
DDS. | always feel at home with Single
Takers.
"If we remove the false crust from the
human mind, we will discover in every
human being the idea that every one
borne into the world is entitled to the
use of the earth. This is Henry George S
principle, that every one has right to
the use of the earth and the use of his
faculties on it. The greatest genius in
the world is the man who makes it clear
for all to use the earth.
After she had spoken for about forty
minutes, she paused and said that she
did not know whether she had any more
time allotted to her--or not This re-
mark elected applause and cries Of GO
on.'
She continued speaking for a short
time. She said that her connection with
Single Tax had begun in 1887. She took
part in the Mayoralty campaign in
Greater New York, when Henry George
was a candidate, and recited poem
which she had composed and used in
that campaign.
She made reference to Edwin Mark.
ham, author of "The Man With the
Hoe," whom she claimed as one oi
their workers. She recited Markham
poem "The Desire of Nations in an elo-
quent manner.
Miss Trueman is a student at the
Emerson College of Oratory at Boston,
and also an instructor of philosophy al
the institution. She will BE- the gnest o
w. P. Hinsou, 1925 Adams street, during
her stay here and will GO to New York
today. She is the daughter OF the presi
dent OF the New Haven, Conn, Single
Tax Club.
William Meredith was chairman 9th,
meeting and made neat address ir
opening it. Professor L. F. Leyburger
OF Philadelphia, made an interesting ad
dress preceding Miss Trueman.