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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-22
By LADY HENRY SOMERSET

The relation of the child to the mother
is dependence and love, and the authority
of the father is again a different intiu--
once. He has represented the head OF
every tribe, and has been looked upon as
the chief. Through the slow mills OF
God this great central creation or the
human family has been produced and
perfected, until the benediction of the
Christian era resting upon 1t has mace
it higher and holler than In any. pfeGed,
ing age So with the larger family called
thelna ton, there came a strong sense OF y,
protective responsibility. which we cail
patriotism and 1t Is to this burning en-
thusiasm that Jesus Christ appeals Tor
a Kingdom of which He Himself IS kllg'
rhe world In all ages has had us pa
triots. The ideal may have been dm'
Lut still 1t has shone as guiding star,
HOLY hopes have come to all countries
upheld by loyal hearts, who nave pro-
Claimed the eternal truth that whose,
aver shall lose his life shall find it--find
II in the blessing he has brought to the
Humanity he loved; find It IN the larger
life which is eternal in the heavens; and
Il Is This spirit alone that has made many
neople great. 1t was this that enabled
I,ycllrg,ls to reform Sparta. It was this
spirit eapt up In the heartof the boy
who was threshng corn and sent MIN
forth strengthened by sign from GOD
to rally the people round him with the
watchworl 1.-THE sword OF the Lord and
OF Gideon 1t is the same spirit that
prompted the figure that Is Swallowed
forth in early Roman hitory, to take the
tata! leap thar immortalized Curtlus, the
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men of her acquaintance are more at
tractive than the single ones. On the
contrary, I should say. roughly speak
Ing. that single women are the moro at
tractive-prlncpally because as a rule
they take more trouble to make them
selves agreeable.
admit that the typical old maidlsh
'character--in whatever state or sex 1t
may be found--is neither lovable nor
stimulating. It's sympa,hies are SO mar
row-its methods so circumscribed. TO
live withit for long is TO feel that you
are looking at life through microscope
which makes dragons of microbes and
cart ropes Of hairs. and which never
gives you a glimpse Of the mountains
or the stars at all.
But the old maid falsely so-called),
who is one by state and not by nature
who has no right to the epithet at all,
save that In fer career she has missed
the incident OF marrlage-what delight
ful person she can be-and often Is! There
.isS certain charm about her which in
the very nature Of things the married
woman lacks.
In her case the flower OF romance has
never changed and developed and become
a fruit it is still fower-even II slight
ly faded-with a flowers subtle frag-
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have rejoiced to read the words by
Frederick Passy, In which he says that
It is not necessary, Tin order to love one $
own country to hate all other ciuntrles.
II is a sign OF the truer civilization .!
our time that this attitude is now almost
universal. The children of past genera-
tion used to be frightened into obedlence,
by being told that Bonapate was col'li,s
for them, and many little heaa ms
been ducked under the bed clothes ~ me
belief that the Frenchman was at hana,
But In these days of wider vision, qu,cke'
locomotion and stronger international IN
terests, race hatred Is dying fast. But
see no reason why this broader OUT.
look should destroy the proportion that
the home land ought to occupy on our
horizon.
There is no power, 1t seems to me. In
oil ages that has been greater no more
unselfish instinct, than the power OF pat,
riotism; and 1t Is to this patriotism,
THINK, that Christ has appealed. When
lie tells us again and again that lie
came to found the Kingdom of God
Over one hundred times In the four Cos
pels this expression occurs. and ther. is
a note of triumph. shout of victory
which appeals to the. most unselftsh N,
st!ncts that have made men great IN Az
ages, In the thought that we may be
patriots in the Kingdom of Christ.
The idea of citizenship Is the natural
outcome OF family life; 1t Is It's EXPIRES.
sion and Its expansion for the history OF
the family is the history Of the nation.
A family consists OF Ia group OF people
with variety OF relations to each other.
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cold-hloodcd greed which makes YOU
want to "dead-head.'
Were that the case tho rich and tho
prosperous could never be touched, where
as. In reality. they are as easily baited
as those to whom n five cent piece looks
as big as cart wheel
Take for instance the functions of the
cigar In public affairs and In social life.
The cigar Is the battering ram Of the
masculine world. 1t has accomplished
what eloquent tongues and brawny arms
and ndescribable bravery and untold
heroism could not 90. 1t took some thirty
thousand dollars to buy Benedict Arnold,
but George Washington Is reported to
have been unpurchasabe. And doubtless
he was But what might have happened
if somebody had poked twenty-five cent
Havana at him when things were blne
as indigo at Valley Forge? Or even q
Pittsburg stogy, II no other tobacco was
available. The last mentioned delicacy. by
the way, would certainly have appealed
to the sombre patriot for In his youth
when he first began rushing into print,
80 to say--1Ya shington had Familiarity
known Pittshurg as Fort Duduesne.
And what a pity. too. while we are
phlosophizlng on the effect of cigars on
hlstory-that Catallne In his Roman con,
spirary was not equipped with liberal
allowance OF cheroots wherewith he
might have Gained the hatred and check
ed the venom OF Cicero. Nay, more: even
poor Julius Caesar might be living to this
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ran ride more majestically or look more
naughty when travelling on q railroad
pasy than he; mono can go to the theatre
on n free ticket and be more exultantly
crIticn, OF the play than he; none can
scoop IN a political cigar more gracious
iy or willingly and grlrnace more when
smoking 1t, and none is moro prompt In
HIS attendance a public functions where
there arc Refreshments free" Like thou
snnds OF others, he. perhaps knows from
decades OF experience that the grateful
4 rccptarce OF such favors Ia a save-ht-
the.srigot; lose-at. -bunghole policy,
INT after all, It's very, very human. and
IL be human Is to get dead loads Of fun
o,,t or life. Prudence Is good thing,
too but somehow It's a kind Of psy-
Geological corset, which, morally speak
Ing, makes you look mighty slim In the
waist TO others but keeps you a Wheel
Ing all the time at your own straight
laced principles
And there is n still kinder view to
t,kn of our desire to get something for
noth,np-a sort tof "easy fruit expiana-
Zion. no matter how hard we try TO
dead-h head or how keenly alive we are
fo our own interests, we are not apt 70
:, oat VIII, too much Of the free gratis
theory in this world. Wed better work
IL for ali It is worth when 1t comes our
way.
Ing processes Of the human mind:
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Poets may sing OF azure mountains and
sapphire skies and eeruenti seas and syl-
van dels and dewy meadows and stately
crest. unti they get q frog In their
throafa. hit after all there s nothing
which 40 enhances the beauty Of scenery
M ihe knowledge that YOU are riding
through IL on q free railroad or steam
boat pass. 49,,
rs 70 ever the same territory as mhtter
OF duty, you would rave az the gacrlli e.
ana poso as n martyr before your vile
far weeks and weeks. This. however,
dncs not Imply that you are naturally at
vo,,r worst In your Wlfcs company. 1t
s;nnn,y means that deep down IN the
heart OF every man there s implanted an
iyherent love OF dcadheadirg--of getting
something for nothing
And mind you. the rnlc doesn't apply
soielv 70 railroad and steamboat passes
Thev arc hardly worth mentioning. so
vast and 81 ramif1ed ARE mans dead :
heading ,,ropensities When we go out
- ret something for nothing we ARD
willing to take most anything-aiways
providing OF course that we land 1t free.
gratis .,.,.,.
certain solely to the down trodden.
sorimping, perpetually economizlng poor.
or to the parsimoniotis or the prudent
Every mortal In his right senses. let alone
a Hood many in various stages OF par sis.
IA a natural born dead head we may
have all kinds OF money and be so gene.
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By MRS. JOHN a. LOGAN

Justified In saying that his theory does
not hold good.
That there Is g large majority OF te-
male teachers in our schools is fact.
That the nation owes these noble women
a debt of gratitude goes without saying.
Women since they have secured enlarged
opportunities. have made marvellous
strides In every department OF education.
science and literature, and It has really
como to be fact that men are jealous
OF them, and are constantly trying to
raise insuperable barriers TO the attain
ment OF the high positions to which wo-
men aspire.
That they have been required to over
come greater obstacles and have been
obliged to do the same work for half
the salary paid to men. cannot be de-
MED They have also been Obliged to
compete with men for everything they
have achieved. 1t has been claimed that
the system Of examinations was estab.
lished to bar out women from places OF
trust and cmolument.
The sequel has shown that 1t has re-
suited In raising the standard Of excel
3lence of the civil Service. professional
and all yocations, that women have lalr-
~ won all they have received. and that
mon have lost by the adoption Of the
system.
Women's opportunities were multiplied
primarily to enable them to lll the places
Of the men who were in the military and
naval service during the Civil War.
since its close they have held these
nlaces and have acquired innumerable
others by dInt OF their perseverance, In
domitnble will, Industry sobrety. ability
and faithfulness.
The position of this committee comes
in bad grace from an association Of
American male teachers, who probably
owe their own education to female teach
ers who taught them in their youth. It
Is hard to believe they would be SO un-
grateful and unfair.
che Is willing to admit that many
school boards have given employment to
vo,,ng women on the ground of economy
when they should have given the posi-
lions to older, more experienced and moro
expensive teachers.
Doubtless in many OF the districts IN
the large cities where an excess OF Tor
eian and sometimes vicious people are IN
tl,e majority it would be better to em-
NOV male teachers, as some OF those
children are very refractory and are not
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cannot for the life OF me see why Q
woman who happens to be married should
consider herself entitled to look down
upon a woman who Is not 1t has often
puzzled me- and neither as single nor
az married woman have been able
to penetrate the mystery. II married
woman considered herself superior 10 all
the women whom her own particular nus
band had not chosen, could understand
1t better naturally-if she Is a dutiful
wife-she must consider that the woman
CHOSEN by man who Is superior TO all
other men must of.necessity be superior
to all other women.
That seems logical enough. But In that
case her scorn would include her mar
ried as we'll as her single sisters-whlch
most certainly 1t does not And her
openly expressed opinion OF many OF the
husbands OF her acquaintance precludes
the idea that she considers their choice
mark OF any special or distinctive mer-
H.
i It cannot be that she regards marriage
as altogether Testimony to woman
power OF attraction. because no woman
with a head on her shoulders and eyes
in that head can pretend for moment
that, taken as whole, the married wo-
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dav and eating 1nacaroni at this very
hour n the Eternal City had he had
The forethought to distribute Man About
Town cigars" or even "twofers" among
ouch designing souls as the lean and
hungry Cnsslus, the cursed casca and
the misguided Brutus,
Let II be granted, however, that every
body doesn't smoke. and that. therefore,
cigars would have no noticeable effect upon
the nbstemlous few. Such unusual NOR
tals. n ninety.nlne cases out Of hun
dred at least would accept the cigar and
vsbly softened and obviously Modified,
would put It into their pockets But even
IL they didn't they could be reached In
another way. Bride them. Not bit OF
It! Money by the nogsheadful couldn't
turn ,em, but if you mentioned the little
matter OF beer or n late supper, though
full to the muzzle they'd melt like wax
and loosen UP like a jug OF moasses
on tho Fourth OF July. Funny. isn't 1t?
well. yes, barring the fact that there
are about SOOOO,0O0 other folks in tho
United Statesmen counting yourself--who
exhibit the same peculiarites. Those who
question the assertion have only to re-
member how lrresstlby magnetic are
those two little words" Refreshments
free"-which so often are to be seen as
the climaxes Of polite invitations.
II is not the purpose Of this eccentric
locker on in Vienna to critcse dead
hcadlsm." Quite the contrary. None
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WOMEN IN SCHOOLS.

amenable to appeals to their manliness
and principles. They require that con-
ditlons should impress them with the fact
that physical force Is available II it
should be necessary to enforce conformity
to rules and regulations.
Statistics will prove that In proportion
as the number of female teachers has
Increased the ratio of educational au-
yantages has Increased and improved.
Not that 1t follows thai women should
monopollze the profession of teaching.
BY no means eliminate men from this
important vocation. Let men and women
work together for the development of all
the talents of the nation. each an I'M
portant factor for the perpetuation of
our superior educational advantages for
the masses and the still further advance
nent of them.
Neither sex possesses all the qualities
necessary for the successful training of
the human mind. The combined natural
and acquired qualifications are indispen-
sable to the education OF great intel
ligent, free nation like ours
The theories suggested by Dean. Tufts.
of the Chicago University, and DR..
Thompson, of the Normal School OF Chic
ago. and those advanced by the Commit
tee of Male Teachers of New York does
not argue we'll for the curtailment OF
the uuI1peIl VI elclllhiC lCdNhSA' s>''s7
of the schools. In the face OF the fact
that there Is no evidence that any wo-
man teacher has lent her influence 10
ANYTHING that lowers the standard OF the
moral or intellectual ambition OF the
youth of this country.
Faculties and school boards should en-
ercise more discretion in the employment
of teachers. Insist upon the highest NOR
al, mental and tactful qualifications with
out regard to the SEX Put premium
upon perfect training In the line they
purpose to teach. Cheap teachers are
like everything else that is. cheap-invar-
lably worthless In the long run.
The greatest Americans nave given
credit to their mothers for their achieVe-
ments In one sense female teachers 9, e. &
- that of n mother upon her children.
The nearer young men follow the pre-
eepts Of their mothers and teashs fosco an1
30, IN business. church, State army or
navy nav, 1mbedded principles do not pro-
duce towards. but heroes.
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rance and delicate bloom. The garden
Is still her place rather than the store
room-the atmosphere which surrounds
her Is yet the breath Of spring She has
never crossed over and entered into that
promised land Of which all girls dream In
life's beginning; she has only stood alone
upon the mountain tops and seen its
beauties from afar. For her the morning
mists have never faded away In the light
of MONDAY. but still surround her with
their soft and pearly haze. y
Therefore, her sympathy With those who
are no older in years than she Is In mind
Is perfect, for at heart she is al young
as they; only in her case youths ro-
nance Is tempered BY womanhood's wis
dom-youth's hopefnlness by woman
hoods tcnderness-and youths smiles by
womanhood's tears. She Is fresh with
out being crude. inexperienced without
being hard, imaginative without being
vague.
or truth there Is no more delightful
parsonage living than your delightful old
maid (so-called). And It takes far
cleverer woman to be an admirable old
maid than an admirable wife; let no one
forget that.
There is a growing tendency among the
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CITIZENS OF THE WORLD

same idea that inspired the Eng snsI ,fn
Who went to the Soudan, thaL stlrFeu ,e ere
hearts OF that group standlng, :, , wne "a
Gordon died, when the nag &, q Engthama
Snatsd over the crumbling building, where
fourteen year ago he kept ms ip,.,eay
watch; when. after the rustns wnnisb,er
of the Lords Prayer, II Was me e., a u,a
Soudanese who played ABIDE Wlthslntee;i,
II is the same spirit that sent the FL
grim Fathers across the Wlnlry sea ~
braVe the hardships Of an unknoWn
land to found nation built on re''s'ous
But in this age patriotism is not 1oto only y;
but rather BY the evolution of tho highesr
ideal which has made the peatselui ,r WIZ -
the worthy citizen, and this Ideal ! peneve
to be the distinct outcome or Snr'sti.hmlay,
the great line Of demarcation between
Christ's Kingdom and the natlonal IKE
az heathenism. He has left us TO giard
this Kingdom here, and some are tolu OH
r. sentinel duty, some to command ana
some to obey, but all to fight a bloodlesg
hattie against the enemies of GOO; ana
inst The same stirring of the heart, Just
Inc same Quick throb of anxious desire
10 do our duty, Just the same blessed
emniaSi ion TO receive the word OF praise
from our great Commander should iilt
our hearts who fight In this holy war.
For the Kingdom of God has come now;
Il il not in some future state, not IN a
civ With streets OF gold and gates of
pearl. but here in this everyday world;
outside In the main street, ana IA the
alley and In the slum.
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man comes to you and says: Dearly be-
loved. am Informed that YOU need O.
horse and need II badly. I cant make
you a present Of one but I'll do the next
thing to 1t; III let you have my $500
colt for 500. You make $500 clear by the
DEAL
Before you risk your $780, however. you
investigate the previous chaste charac-
ter of the would-bc vendor. You also
investigate the pedigree OF the colt All
To your astonshment Is as the man said.
You oose the deal and later on. wien
you've wearied OF the horse. YOU actually
sell 1t for $500 and clear $500.
Now. do you feel grateful to the origi-
nal owner of the colt for putting s4oO
clear into your pocket?
Not bit Of It. You don't feel the
least oit beholden to him. YOU wouldn't
even 20 to his funeral, much less send q
floral design Even after he's slowed
away IN his wooden ulster and planted
in the ground. you can't quite make up
your mind whether he Intended 10 give
YOU raw deal,' on the horse or not.
lie was too substantially kind to DO trust
cd.
But II tho same man were to SEND
yoh fifty-cent box Of cigars you would
say he was a brick (not gold prick,
however, generous hearted thoughtfui
! fellow, bully-good chap. all WOOL and !,
! a yard wide, and you would cheertuiiy
lend him $500 III you had it) and run IN
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Copyright, 1901. BY American Journal Ex-

Copyright, 1904. BY Amercan-Journal-Ex-
amner
The position taken by the committee
appointed by the Male Teachers Asso-
citation in New York to investigate the
status OF the schools is very surprising.
4 especially as 1t Is based upon criticisms
made by Mr.. Alfred Moseley. OF England.
who crIticlses severely the American prac-
tice OF employing women as teachers. and
condemns particularly their admission az
such In colleges on equal footing with
men. charging, enormously. that the
large number OF female teachers employ
ed has a tendency to make male pupils
effeminate.
II the committee had gone step fur
Their In Analysing Mr.. Moseley's criticism
they would have found that his position
could not be sustained by facts. In bust
ness and in war Americans have dis
played more mamliness and courage than
have our English cousins of the present
and last generation, the majority Of
whom were under the tulelagc Of women.
1t Is not true that women govern pnd
educate by appeals to sentiment, and not
by impressing upon the pupils that they
must be governed by principle. and that
thing must be done because 1t is right
to do It.
them the highest and noblest principles
that has brought the whole nation up 10
the loftiest standard OF moral and noble
womanhood and manhood that has given
Americans tho first place among all ma
tions In human!tarianism and advanced
civilization.
The charge Of want OF tnanliness has
never been brought against the American
people. In war and In peace they nave
won the admiration OF the whole world
by their moral courage and daring on the
field OF battle and in the business world.
Their inventions and dauntless cour-
age In private or national cnterprises
have given them phenomenal success ana
excited the envy OF rival nations.
1t Is perhaps. unfair to remind MT.
Moseey that there were charges during
the Boer war of lack of courage on the
part OF the Kings officers and men. ana
that many plumbers were made that were
directly chargeable to want of lntrepidity'
No such accusation has ever been MADE
against Americans.
Judging from the preponderanca OF male
teachers in English schools one would 10
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cocoeescoooc,
BY THE ). i'd ! :. -E j:

terrible risks OF an awful sculdins BY
your wife for 30 doing. For the cigars.
though warranted to kill at 40 yards. and
calculated to infuriate your consort.
would flatter YOU. and the thought OF the
unsolicited favor, bursting suddenly upon
votr existence, would brighten your life
and for the nonce make you a phllar,.
thropist. Surely we are funny critters.
with lots of corners In our inake-ups and
a sort of half-lean half fat combination
OF cussedness and generosity in our ma;
turc. hut, after all, we ain't half bad. q
Finally. Here's one at least who al
,yays hopes to be registered on the,lfree
Ilst-a champion deadhead, who has TWEEN
~ four hours a day to devote to getting
something for nothing. And there are
others.
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Ing their state. {
Sometimes they mako this mistake be-
cause they prefer the pleasure and indie.
pendence Of single life: and som etlrn en-
they do 1t in the hope that II they walt
little something better will turn up.
something. In short which they consider
more worthy OF their choice. Hundreds
OF girls spoil their lives by expecting to too
much. And the absurd thing IS that
while they demand SO much. they OFFER
so little What are they, forsooth, that
they should expect IDEAL perfection OF I
mind, body, and estate In a husband:f
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girls OF the present day not to marry.
In our grandmothers' time every woman
considered marriage as her raison detre.'
and spinsterhood as an unmitlgated cal,
amlty; but nowadays many women de-
llberately prefer to remain single. And
there Is much to be said in favor of the
single llfe with its Independence and Its
freedom from anxiety and responsibility.
1t has fewer Joys than the married state,
but also fewer cares. And a single wo-
man has a far better time now than she
ever had before, owing to her increased