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frank as an ideaIist. She admiTes
goodness and longs to emulate 1t IN
all sorts and conditions of lie, but
she is by no means insensible to the
glOries Of position and wealth. She re
trains. however. from making these an
end in themselves. she prefers to re
gard them as a means to an end.
The distinction of nOtoTiety Is not
despised by these ambitious schoQl
girls thus. I wish most to be Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, because many
; people all over the world admired her,
and she freed the slaves.
In considering the heroes OF these
American girls we get the following;
George washington and Miss Helen
Gould head the list. The former. whose
incapacity to fabricate a plausible nc
ton has made him pattern for child
hood is still the hero par excellence OF
the American school child want
TO be like George Washington, writes
a little maid of 10. because he was
the greatest man in America, and ne
never told a lie"
Miss GouId's wealth and good works
excite much admiration. She has
more money than any one else, and
she does good with 1t always, writes
one fervent admirer. The greatness or
Washington and the wealth Of Miss
Gould come first; the veracity Of the
; former and the benevoience Of the lat
q ter are secondary considerations.
Louisa AlcOtt. the author Of Little
I w omen, comes IHlIu III me on ~
of the New England school girl, ana
truly she merits the loving admiration
I of all English speaking school girls. To
/ be 13 years old, to have half-hoHday'
and ones first introduction to Little
Women" is an ideal state Of things
/ which rarely. recurs in a lifetime.
Several things strike one in glanctng
/ through these papers. Firstly, the
/ heroes are all real persOnages and toll
/ erably modern. There is no instance
4 of a character from literature, poetry
/ or remote history being held up for
admiration.
/ Secondly, the New England girl shows
! no desire to fight for her country. She
/ includes no names Of generals or var
J riOrs among her list Of heroes. The
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Chance of pulling in the Major, but the
-Ilandlady and her Friends Kept after
him At last, just to Humor them, he
promised to attend one of the Meet
ings. He slipped into a Back Seat and
listened to the Horrible Example. Next
day he requested an Interview with the
Lecturer At tfiSethere was much re-
jOicing. II seemed as though the legal
Dfps0maniac was beginning to weaken.
When the renowned Temperance .Ad-
Vocate entered the Majors Room, the
Major received him with formal Cour-
tesy.
Il understand that you we're the
Champion Booze Fighter at one time,
said tine Major, pouring a gOodly Slug
from his private DeCanter. Now,
want you to smell Of that and tell me
whether it is Rye or Bourbon
The Lecturer began to edge on.
What kind of Bitters are used in a
Manhattan" demanded the Major, Sc
verely.
Il don't know what you mean?" said
1 his Caller.
And vet you boast of a Record!
What did you drink during all the nj
I teen Years that you We're on the Turf 20
Rum was the weak Reply
go to- said the Major, Indignantly.
do you think YOU can deceive an Elk
! pert? Rum is not a Beverage, 1t IS
] a Remedy for a Bad Cold. No one
! drinks Rum except in the Nautical
/ Novel or a Story by the Rev sheldon.
/ Perhaps you can tell me what Sour
Mash is2"
Il am afraid not said the other
Then 1 -denOunce you as a make~De-
lieve ROunde-'' said the Major. when
I heard you misuse the Terms in your
! Lecture last Evening, I saw that you
did not know the difference between a
Remseu Cooler and a Shandy Gait.
( And an that Talk about throwing your
Sister against the red-hOt Stove and
trying to choke your old Father did not
go with me. Don't you know that when
a True Gentleman is Corned he goes
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Home and gives Money to his Rela-
tives2"
Il have always understood that
Liquor makes a Brute Of a Man." said
the Lecturer.
Not at all 1t is a Shortage OF
Liquor the Morning After that causes
one TO be Disa greeabIe. You should
have studied UP on these Details before
Drunkard- I don't believe you have
had any Experience whatever
II tried to take a Drink many Years
ago, but it made me i'll" said the Lee
turer. Il discovered, however. that IN
order to be q Power for Good In TEN
perance Work I had to tell about be
ing on prolonged Bats around the O.
cent DOggerieS. The Slums have an
abiding Fascination for Well-behaved
People who never 20 near them. and,
of course, there is nc Risk in Stringing
them. But when I strike a Saloon
Specialist, such as you, my Talk does
not 80. I trust you viii not Expose
me"
Certainly not" replied the Major.
1--WE are justified in doing anything to
push along q Good Cause. But am
going to ask you to make q quick jump
to the next Town You have democrat
! lied my Boarding House. The Land
lady has been so Busy trying to get
Hammer-LOCk on the Demon Of Strong
/ Drink that we don't get anything to
/ eat"
Il thank you LOF keeping my secret
/ said the Lecturer IF you were to
/ SqueaI on me and let it be known that
[ have led an Exemplary Life all these
/ Years. I would not stand One-twO-seven
with the Respectable Element.
] Next Day the Town settled back to
| its usual Calm
Moral: Any one who is going into
7 Reform Work should get a thorough
/ Technical Education.
! Copyright, 1901. by Robert Howard
/ RusselL)
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Y 4ttbr7pt was recently made to
"a compare the ideals of English
- and German school children ny
considering their answers TO two
questions. Which ~ ouId you rather De
q man or n v-9mau-and why w nlcn
man or woman of whom you have ever
heard or read would you most wish TO
Ee-aud why2 The same two questions
have been sent to nearly 500 American
school children, with interesting re-
sEIts.
The sets of papers about to be con-
Eidcred came from schools in New
England and the western states The
contrasts between the two are. In some
particulars. very marked. so IL is well
TO consider 1nsm ser ARA tciS- The Amer
ican school girl is more Interesting
than the school boy, chiefly on account
or her Individuality. the variety or her
aspirations and thu lOftiness of her
IDEALS, and this paper deals only with
From the New Tngland school girls
there we-a nearly loo papers. of these
only f5 per cent wished 20 change their
sex Eighty-five per cent Were vOntent
as reason that the loo Of women was
preferable 90 that Of men
Man has q choice OF many prOfes-
SONS. if "a woman goes into professions
like lawyers. men are jealous besides
she does not get so much 20 do
men can be poets, and I want 20 be
q poet like Shakespeare"
Men needn't DO homework, and all
other wOTk IS nice ,han this
These rsmarks are just and TO the
point One damSeI Of 70 says, forciDy;
OF wish most @ be "A man because this
Is mans world. and I want my share
OF st." She sums no the whole gospel
OF the woman's suffrage in this pithy
Hr
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lions. The ordinary Man who never
had been through the Tremens or as
saulted his Folks had 20 retire to the
Background. feeling small and un-
worthy. Anyone whose Lushing had
been limited to a few Schwaben Schut-
zerfests and Annual BanQuetS dropped
back into the Amateur Class and had
nothing to say. The Men who attended
the Meetings and observed the POpu-
larity Of the recent Drunkard began to
realize that they had made q serious
Mistake in sticking to Sarsaparilla.
The reclaimed Tank was invited
somewhere to Tea very Evening, and
there the Women would hang upon his
Words and beg him to tell once more
the sweet and simple story of how he
swatted his Sister with the Poker
The Meetings were a Grand Success.
All the People who did not Drink came
to the Fr0nt and signed the Pledge two
or three times q. Week. Every man who
was suspected of keeping Beer in his
Cellau or taking Flask with him
when he went Fishing was entreated to
get on the Water Wagon or it might be
a matter of only a few Months until
his Children would be crying for Bread
and his Wife would have to Sew for
Living and he would be Dead to the
World. lying face down on the Cement
Sidewalk.
In this Town there was, an Attorney
known as The Major. He was regarded
with Suspicion, as he was supposed to
be High Church, although he. never at
tended Services. His nose had an iri-
descent Climmer and ne was little
Watery in the Eyes. The Major had
been brought UP south Of the Ohio
River in a Household which held that
the Side-BOard and the Cradle were
equally Indispensable He had been
taught that when the copper-distilled
Essence of JOY is more than twelve
Years old, Intemperance may be con-
-sidered a Virtue. He held that a
erhn1ar and a Gentleman never took
Water afterwards. 1t was an Article
of Faith with him that the genuine
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wonder whether she would be able to
live no to it. She was sent up as
rocket was there not a risk that the
fall might be terrible2 She had OBJ
tanned her success by wor and talent;
there had been no sensational advertis-
ing and putting. The success was as
genuine as IL was unqualified.
Jealousy, that characte ristic short
coming Of the members of the theatri-
cal profession. began to do its work.
Yes" they said. she is very good IN
The Second Mrs. TanqUeTay; the part
seems made for her; she viii never be
able to play anything else Some went
on TO say. she looks the part; she
could not play the part of a good and
sympathetic woman to save her life.
Next she appeared in Mr.. Ptnero.
THE Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith. 1t
was not a triumph for her, but 1t was
another great success. The critics
praised her. the public admired her
again. and the cOnfreres Of both sexes
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nothing but the Low Ball, which means
a full Jigger and then about another
Finger for Luck.
The Landlady of the Boarding House
at which the Major lived was one of
the Earnest Workers. She was a Good
Soul, and She Ionged to Wean the Major
away from the Old Stuff and get his
Nose bleached. She advised him to
take the Gold Cure, but the Major said
they never would get a Drink Cure in
to him unless they hurried it into him
while he was Asleep. The Landlady
gave him Ten Nights in a Bar Room
to read, and had g. little Girl sing,
Father, Dear Father. Come Home
With Me Now for his especial Benefit,
but it did not seem to do any good.
Also she gave him a Chart showing
that the Interior of the Moderate
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The American School Girl and Her IDEALS
NV afherfneL DOdd

Of humanity to these children are ''u1y
mother" Miss Helen Jackson. George
Washington and Florence Nightingale
These are equally admired Next In
order Of popularity comes a group con
sisting of Miss AlcOtt. Martha Wash
ington and Queen Elizabeth.
The admiration for my mother
sDeaks volumes for the home life Of
these children. Il should like 10 be like
my mother. because she is the nOblesL
woman ever born" MY mother, be-
cause she works as easily as she plays.
and she has a sweet temper Miss
Helen Jackson comes in for a storm Of
enthusiastic admiratiOn-''b because she
has been on the mountains. because
she could write poems of every thing,
because she is great are among the
reasons why she is so greatly esteemed
Florence Nightingale is admired, be
cause she was noble in action ana char
acter' because she was saint ana
thought Of the wounded
She is a IOvable little persOEz, this IN
diana school giri. hayward and wild,
vet sweetIy reasonable. She has CloEa
Imagination and less convention IN her
hero worship than the New England or
the English girl she ranges over NJ
erature. life and history in search OF
ideals. and neither time nor space linn
it's her
Her devotion to her mother and her
passion for goodness which she IS ever
striving to express, are among ner cIlleL
charms. Her standards Of worth are
truer than those Of the German girl
She recognizes dinIy but as surely as
Whitman, that the inner life makes the
real greatness of man or woman, and
she develops along her own line
She acquires and grows largely IN
her own way: therefore, her education
is not fixed on rigid lines Her spelling
and composition are less correct than
the New England school girls, but her
thoughts are longer and deeper Inc
chief evil of modern education is that
it provides young people with ready
made thoughts.
The tendencies Of the Indiana school
girl are set in the right direction and
/ She viii surely find her way 70 her as
( pirations in spite Of her Wanderings-
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Fables:
BY George AIDE.

~ NOE there was a Town that was
having a Total Abstinence jam
borea. The Excitement over
Temperance was becoming IN
temperance. all on account of
Reclaimed Sot who was con-
Quoting a Series of Meetings at
Central Hail. The Lecturer claimed
10 have been Ossided for fif-
teen Years at a Stretch He had a
eodden Past that read like a Session Of
the Legislature. He had been down in
the Gutter. and told about 1t every
Evening The Front Rows were filled
with horror-stricken Old Ladies and
Sympathetic young Girls who. Shud-
dered when he told now ne usea 20
hoist Strong Drink until he would see
green AuaCdndi and pOlka-dOt Lizards
peekiug out from behind the Morris
Chair.
The former Soak took particular De
light in telling what a Brute he had
been all during the Time chat he was
doing Business with the Rum Fiend,
According TO his own Story, ne must
have enjoyed Thirst that was a ZIP
pin lie touched M the Black Bottle
Cvery five minutes or So In the Whole
fifteen Years of continuous loot he
never had been known to Compromise
on "a Shit or take n cigar ana puI TIC
in his Pocket to smoke After O. w ME.
Nothing but the Red Eye would do for
oscar when ne started ON Bender he
said that he sold q LOcket containing
his Mothers Picture in order TO get ms
Mornings Morning. once he broke
open tine Savings Bank belonging TO his
.iUtle Brother and took out 60 Cents
TO blow for alcohol When his darling
sister demonstrated with him. NJ
chased her with a Poker. lie forged
his Fathers Nam~ to q Check rather
than do without mis- Liquor. In fact,
ne had been an all-r0und Pup, and ne
wanted every body 10 know it.
After each Meeting the Ladies would
cluster around and offer COngr2tuia-
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part of the world.
Vanity is not characteristic OF these
girls; only TWO mention phYSlcal at
fractions. One says: 1T is nicer TO ne
a woman, because they have long and
beautiful hair" and another remarks;
Women have finer shapes and nicer
waists than men3
Among the reasons urged to convince
us Of womln's superiority, we get the
following:
7 want best to be a woman. because
know many good women, and 1t IS
hard to find good men
A glad, confident note shows itself IN
the assertions of these little maidens
which brings hope to those Of us+whO
wait YEARLY for the good time coming,
yet one cannot help plying the men,
now that their universe is lettering
y want to be q woman, because
theirs is best; they get a good educa-
ton. while the boys quit school before
they ought to-
a woman has more shd1v in society,
and. as the law is now, men cannot be
school teachers, and Of all occupations,
/ like teaching"
After this one feels inclined to doubt
the New England girls statement that
"this is mans world J"
The Indiana. school girl is sweeping
in her condemnatiOns, and, judging
man from a religious and utilitar1an
! standpoint, she considers him more or
| less Of a failure.
She SAYS: Women are more gOdly
than men, ana they can do better
/ things
''I would rather be a woman any day;
men get drunk and steal, and they
| can't work or make chfldren's clothes,
I or do anything useful"
Women are more industrious than
men are"
We refrain from quoting more ex-
| anrples. A sufficient number have been
/ given to show the inferiOrity of men all
along the line.
/ Twenty. per cent could not endure the
( dreariness and nonOtOny of mems lives.
/ Women's lives, it appears, are rich IN
/ incident. fun Of possibilities, surprises
/ and chances. Mems lives, on the con-
I trary, are dull and commonplace. This
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province of protecting the country IS
evidently exclusively Telegated TO men.
Thirdly, the admiration shown by the
American girl toward her own sex is
marked and sincere. There are very
few mems names among a long list or
women TO be eHcuIated-
There were 200 papers from school
children in the west In considering the
answers to the first question. we ind
that only IA per cent Of these girls
wish to be men, and the remaining IS
pei. cent are quite content to be wo-
men.
A variety of reasons are given for
wishing to be man. Some wish 10 get
through life easily
Il would rather. be a man because
they have an easier time" and Il wish
to be a man because they have not so
many responsibilities as q woman.
Ihen there are those who reOel
against duties which bring no material
reward. thus 4 would rather be a
man. because they don't haft to be
shut up n a house. and hart to COOK
and wash dishes. but they does regu-
lar woTx they Is paid for.
There are those. too. who are skep-
tfcaI as to the perfect equality OF sexes
in their country. Here are some eX-
amples:
81 wish to he a man. because he al
ways gets work quicklier, and he gets
more wages
7 want to be man; he has chances
of being better known and being some
body"
The Sc per cant who are content with
a woman's position may be olassed as
follows;
Thirty-Hve oer cent believe that their
sex is superior.
Twenty per cent wish to escape the
monotoHy and pettinc5s Of mems
lives.
Seventeen. Der. cent believe in wom-
ans work Cor is own sake
Fourteen per CEN are cautious, and
evade a direct ~epiy. but they allow one
to infer that the balance is in favor Of
I a woman's lot
A cursory g1ance at these papers
COnvinCes one that Providence is en-
tirely on the side Of the women in this
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Map of Asia Minor. When he came
down to Dinner he found at his Plate a
Card representing d Snake with a
forked Singer cOiled around a Bottle
Of Rhine Wine, and below it was some
Printed Matter to the effect that UntOX-
icants used in America cost more than
the Public Schools. The Major FetOrted
that this was a clear case of Value Re
ceived. The Public Schools had dlSsd
his Youth with Sorrow, while the Dis
tilleries had helped him to forget his
Troubles for thirty Years.
After each of these Efforts to save
him the Major went to his Room and
took a, Gentleman's Drink out Of a
Tum bier, just to prove that he retained
his Personal Liberty.
There did not seem to be much
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,oTFINc S. more difficult or more
~ interesting than to find out
,-b,t o. child really thinks. IT is
only after we get Old ana c'a4-
1ous and hardened that we NE y -. ~
o-5r deals out Of their s"ao,1iiiiS
Iiatbee and exhibit and discuss them,
rrbe young soul is as shy as via
s.s@5 III lives IN deadly fear OF 'oelng
st3.ed with ridieule and 1T Is only uh-
- ne rarest conditions that you can
Cosx III to your hand and induce 1t to
.,,,.-+be few shriu sweet notes that are
ITS really heaT song.
-rbis gives a peculiar interest 70 the
..t.-,,f which has recently been made
~na an account Of which is given above,
10 md out the point Of view Of the
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own pioddine, against all odds, on
level with EleanOra Duse- and Saran
Bernhardt. Then, in. q country where
problem plays are abhOrred, she pro
duced the most DARN of modern plays,
Mr. and Mrs. Daventry,' almost
repulsive play, which liberties abused
and the public rushed to see.
Slender, with q beautiful, sympathetlc
face. deep, dangerous eyes, full of
magnetism. absolutely natural, always
unconventional, Mrs Patrick Campbell
has fought a hard battle with all that
courage and determination that men
are cOnceited enough to say you hnd
in their sex only: and she has Won
decisive victory which Is absolutely
final Her position is now unchal-
lenged. In the modern play she has
not her equal in England. There IS no
conceit about her. and that is what eX-
plains her wonderful success. she mas
studied, she has worked; she has taken
advice; she has left aside, unheededs
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ever seen, but nobody wishes to see
him with frock coat and trousers on;
there is nothing modern about him.
On the other hand, Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell looks at her. best in the very latest
fashions. AS Juliet she was not a sue
cess. But the press, instead of ac-
knowledging that this actress was not
suited with a good part for her, began
to abuse her shamefully. Some insult
ed her. called her almost a fraud, an
impOster, and they went on to reproach
her. for daring to stand on the pedestal
which was Of their own building and
not Of hers. Sneers, jeers, insults, eV-
ervthina of that sort was hurled at her
face.
At last Shakespeare was laid aside
and SudermanE's Maggie was pro-
duced. She was good in it, but her
work received no recognition from the
critics. and, although Mr.. FOrbes-Rob-
ertsOn was in the cast, the play re
manned only a week on the boards. For
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corruptfble British matron in NINA
ture. but the American school girls an
swers are almost sexless in their indie
pendent views of life.
And. indeed, the American school slrI
constitutes "a distinct genus by herselI-
she is generally an intense and nervous
and oVerWoriSed little body. who IS ram
to console Herself with chewing gum
and chocolate creams in the strenuous
struggle with papers and .grades,
and the other troubles OF an educa1on'
lbut she has made her own shrewd little
observations on what the world has TO
give her sex, and the best way OF get
ting g.
Nothing. for instance. could be more
diVerting than the philosophy with
which she accepts the lot of being q
woman Only the very few ambitious
ones. and womens ambition generally
runs to social triumphs, want 10 be
boys. The others perceive that IN
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said: 'She is lucky; this IS another
part that suits her"
Now. we witness her temporary fall.
Shakespeare has caused the ruin Of
many actors. As soon as they have
made hit, they want to play Hamlet.
Some actresses, too
Mrs Patrick Campbell Joined Mr.
Forbes Robertson in the Lyceum the
atre to play Juliet to his Romeo The
dear brothers and sisters of the pro-
fession rubbed their hands in delight,
Now" they said, we are going to see
the fall Of the shooting star The more
charitable ones acknowledged that she
would be interesting Artistes who
have a personality always are.
Now. never was a match more Ill
suited than that of Mr.. Forbes Robert
son and Mrs. Patrick Campbell. The
former is romantic. poetic and pic
turesuue; the latter is the essence of
modernity. Mr.. Forbes-R Robertson is
miles away the best Hamlet have
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America. at least. most of the cakes
and ale go to the gentler sex, and they
stand ready TO accept the goods the
gods provide.
Those to whom the new woman, win
her ideals OF financial Independence
and woman's rights, is a bugaboo viii
have nothing to fear from the girls
who are glad they are women, because
women travel more and spend more
money" Women have no hard work
10 10 and v1erf have" Women have
nicer dresses and wear more colors-
woman is not punished so much as
men. for the 4av, is not hard on them =
This is the old-fashioned, orthodox
platform. with no new-fangled. new
woman planks ia it. on which Inllhons
of successful feminine campaigns have
been conducted and it is cheering 60
know that IS per cent Of the SCHOOL
girls intend to stand on il. There are,
however. dissenting views. All scheol