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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28

WRITTEN FOR H SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
To thep patriotic leagues OF the different
countries. no matter whether they are
know as Jingoes, Chauvinlsts, Panger-
mans. Panslavists. Imperialists or Boxers.
the word patriotism means contempt and
hatred Of all who do not belong to their
particular country.
Patriotism. as these people see it, means
injustice. .sickly n abnormal suscepti-
bility n lack Of consideration to others;
it means the fercest egotism. total disre-
gard of every law which tends to limit
their own desires.
This kind of patriotism glorifes as SUI
preme virtues Of a collective society quail
ties which law. habit and morality con-
denim as %intolerable n inexcusable in
the Individual.
1t Is a collective form of insanity. ac-
campanied by a chronic mania OF perse-
cution-
1t is an e%xaltation of the primitive in
stincts which we should expect to find
only among the lowest tribes Of savases.
but which centuries have failed to ami
hilate In this particular form.
This so-called patriotism Is synonymous
with the worst form OF barbarisln, and it
is the plain duty Of every man who be-
lieves in progress to fight against it as he
would fight against superstition. ignor-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28

10y automobile, this summer, probably will and
should interest the people of the States between
New York and Missouri in the gOod-road campaign.
The Federal Government is also disposed to aid
the movement. as far as it may. So. there are pros
poets that the associations will gain many victories
in the next few years. OF course. the associations
are working in their own interests. bur so are
~wasonmakers. farmers and city merchants. There
is no reason why they should not have their own ir-
terests in mind. There is every reason that they
should consider their own interests in this cOnnec-
ton. as. in so doing. they are helping the general in
tcrest, which is for good rural roads.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
DOCTOR LoEB's DISCOVERY.


Stirring up 4 sea urchin and a startish with a
little salt solution and producing a brand-new breed
of sea "crtter'' is all very well. but. begging Doctor
Loeb's pardon. nothing very wonderful. Out here in
Missouri We think nothing of stirring up a couple of
tadpOles with plain rain water and producing almost
anything you like.
And as for the Illinois River water, you can mix up
a few microbes with that and the residuum would
drive a microscopic into the blue-ribbon society for
ever. When a bacillus Chicago-Canaliensus floats
down the Illinois and meets q Missouri micrObe mat
rimonially inclined the result is Il whole family of
typhoid germs.
Crossing a sea urchin and a starfish is perhaps a
matter for conSratulation from the purely scientific
standpoint. just as was the crossing by Alfred
Henry Lewis of a sewing machine with a window
shutter, producing a calico cayuse; but the need
seems to be now for something more practical.
If it were possible to cross an Australian ballot box
with n cash register, for instance, 1t would expedite
matters in Delaware. Here in Missouri it would
benefit us greatly if some genius could cross q
photograph with a kinetoscope and evolve a Y. NJ.
c. A. witness for the bribery prosecutions.
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And each year seeing the physical
charms fa~ding-each year realizing the
nearer approach OF that awful time when
neglect and insult must take the place
Of pursuit and fattery.
And then the depths of degradation will
premature old age and poverty and lone
liness and tho fictitious excitement of
dr!nk as the only relief from despair.
There are hundreds of sIch old womeD
In our great cities ~to-day-women who
made one false step. perhaps with The
idea of escaping drudgery; perhaps
because Of a misplaced trust. But, what
ever the cause. there must have been
hours in the early part of the journey
when each one of these women lOnged to
turn back into the straight path and be-
gin over.
And because she had been taught that
nothing but death could remedy IL wom-
ans fall and that no amount of repent
ance or Christianity could gain her the
respect of her fellow-mcn, she dared not
try.
Yet In our great cities. too. and In high
places. in the church and in society. wum-
en- walk who have turned back and cast
their follies behind them. There are good
mothers and good wives who have built
their own ladders upon which they climbed
from error. The world offers better OPP
portunities to women to reform in this age
than ever before.
All occupations are open TO them. and
in distant States and far from old asso-
Citations the woman who has the will and
the desire strong enough may and can
start on a new upward path.
Self-control. tears. sorrow, loneliness.
hardships and remorse will all be hers.
yet are not these better companions for
a few years than the inevitable results OF
a life Of immortality and folly? The world
Is sure to despise her and shun her IL she
keeps on.
II she turns hack now she can compel 1t.
after a time, TO respect the nobility Of her
life.
Do you want to begin anew?
If You cannot find the way back alone
there are sweet souls under Salvation
Army uniforms ready to help you. and
there are good women in silks and laces
who will answer IL you call.
And after you have made up your mind
to begin a new life. be careful and avoid
confessions and condolences. Your past
belongs to yourself and your God, your
future to humanity.
Walk an ascending path and keep 81
lence. You have as good a right to a
future a a wife and mother as men
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RECENT COMMENT.
Race to the Slow.


George p. Britt in Outlook.
In the winter CT 1922 Mr.. F. Marion Crawford. who
has. ! believe. published more novels that have met
with wide success and popularity than any other living
writer. brought out his first novel, 'Mr. Isaacs." Its
early history is curious and very pertinent, 1 think, TO
the points l am trying to establish.
At that time I was a beginner in a publishing house
and occupied the position of country salesman, visiting
booksellers in the country east of the Mississippi. Mr.
Isaacs' having been brought in manuscript to my firm
by Mr.. Sam Ward. whose protege I had been as a boy
and young man, and whose friendship I enjoyed until
his death, I was naturally anxious that his nephew's
novel should succeed. and staked what little reputation
I had on its sale. with the result that ! induced my
friends the booksellers to take almost the entire first
edition. Unfortunately for me for the moment. mfr.
Isaacs' did not find its public at once. and the enor-
nous popularity and sale which It afterward enjoyed
began only after 1t had been published some little time.
The early reviews were not particularly favorable, and
my firm. having apparently made up its mind that the
novel was unsuccessful. ceased advertising 1t, and my
next call or visit to my bookselnng friends was rem
dered unpleasant by the number of copies of the book
unsold on their counters-and yet. as 1 have already
pointed out. "Mr. Isaacs' eventually found an enor-
nous public and became the topic of conversation
among all classes.
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A we'll behaved and Industrious young
woman vanished from home. and after
a weeks absercc wrote to her family say
ing. Forget me-"
Those two words told the whole terrible
story.
But they told something else besides
they told the unjust attitude Of human
beings who compose society toward an
erring woman.
Had this young woman been a young
man and committed the same sins, can
we for one momen suppose that a letter
would nave been sent home to the waiting
relatives?
Indeed. no. The young man would
have gone back and his family would
have fallen upon his neck with mo ques-
tions asked"
Just as this silent attitude toward the
sins of sons Is wrong. 80 is the cruelty
severe attitude toward an e-ring girl a
stumbling block in the way of humanity's
evolution.
l wish every weak and foolish girl who
mas taken n wrong step. and believes
she must go on to the end Of the high
way. although she longs to turn back,
would take courage and make the attempt
right now, before she passes another
milestone.
The morgu n the potter's field. and
The Island are filled with those who
dared not turn pack.
In the parks and on the streets you may
meet blear-eyed old women in rags, beg
cling pennies of passers-by. On some Of
these faces rests the lingering remnant
Of what once was beauty-the beauty
which opened the door to temptation. per-
haps.
And after they had started on the path
they believed it was impossible to turn
back.
Yet had they tried. what fate could
have been more terrible than the one
they found as they passed along the high
way Of folly?
A few years Of fine apparel and fine car
riases, and wine suppers. and travel, and
excitement. at the very best.
Always the need Of hiding the source Of
these luxuries from the world, always
the need Of lies. n pretense. and Sc
crecy. or else the utter sinking of the
whole moral nature in a brazen disregard
OF public opinion.
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so perfectly human that one must be In
sane to deny it. =
Not to love the place where one was
born and brought up. that would be the
same as not to love ones own youth.
But patriotism is something more than
a normal beings feeling OF love for the
place Of his birth. 1t is the concrete
form Of the solidarity Of humanity.
1t may not yet have reached far enough
to signify an ideal tie between all mem
hers of the great human family, but II II
a step toward it
The feeling OF solidarity with all hui
man kind is not yet strong enough to in
spire to noble efforts and sacrifices. but
It Is growing stronger.
I have. however. a feeling Of eontempe
for those who pretend to be filled with
enthusiastic love Of humanity. but who
begin with turning their backs upon that
part of humanity which is closest and
most familiar to them.
These so-called humanitarians always
remind me of the misers who ~disinhertt
their wives and children and will their
fortunes to public institutions. and who
should rightly be classed with insane per-
sons
A human solidarity which Is not frst
a national solidarity Is always suspicious
because it does not follow Natures laws
of evolution, advancing by progressive
stages.
Copyright. 1904. by ": R. Hearst Great Hhe-
ain Rivhfs Reserved.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
CENTURIES OF DEPRIVATION HAS
PREVENTED PROGRESS OF RUSSIA.

the great spring Of Russian civilization ID
at hand. and that she has found her voice.
1t is certainly true. to say that there are
two great prophets who have conveyed
to the world the message of Russia's
awakening. The one is a painter. the 9th
err the great poet, reformer and novelist.
TOlstoi.
Verestcf,agin is a Russian of the Rus
slams. and nowhere does he show his na-
tionai characteristics more strongly than
In the terrible fidelity with which he de-
picts the tragedies OF life. Verestchagin
paints war because he has been a soldier.
and has probably done more than any
other to rob the battlefield OF its glamour
and present war, In its hideous reality.
The German Emperor. when he saw his
pictures. remarked: ''These are our best
guarantee against war" and. after look
ing long at that wonderful picture Of Ma
poleon on the march in the snow. turned
away and said: In spite of hat there will
still be men who want to govern the
world. but they will all end like this"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
A TRANSCONTINENTAL ROAD.

The contemplated journey this summer of a COM
5any of vehicle enthusiasts from New
FORK to Chicago. and thence to st. Louis. will strike
be average person as being a mere effort at dis
lay, or Il sensational advertisement for the several
ypes of m~otor-wagonS.
But there is an important significance. measure
ty removed from selfish motives, that must not be
verlooked. While the automobile manufacturers
md owners are naturally DESTROYS to popularize
heir machines and have good roads built. that they
nay use these good roads. they are producing i'm
lense benefits of 4 practical and unitarian nature.
hey are giving great impetus to the campaign for
bod rural highways.
Many of the Eastern States and a few of the
gorthern and Southern States have approved the en-
eavors of the regular good-road associations by en-
eting State laws which provide revenue for con-
fructing rural roads. Every county in Connecticut
as agreed TO take advantage of the State law.
fnce 1898 the State of New York has invested
tpre than $2,000.000 in road improvements and the
tunties more than S5.OOO.0OO. and there are ill.,
cations that, as in street paving, the improve
Eents have created a demand that the expenditures
iall continue. for the plans for the immediate
iture are gratifyingly comprehensive
New Jersey. Massachusetts,, Pennsylvania, Michi-
N, Texas and other States, in different parts of
se country, are directly interested in the good-road
;ovement. In some counties of one or two of these
sates convict labor is used in the work, and it is
id that experience has shown that the usual OBJ
ctions that this system interferes with labor con-
Mons is not strong. 1t is admitted. however, that
lnyict labor does not achieve the best results in
nd building.
The object of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS manufac-
rers and owners, who are members of the leading
od-road associations, is to interest the States Of
1io. Indiana, Illinois and Missouri. as well as other
jacent Commonwealths. in the laws and works OF
o Eastern States. The New York and Chicago
lad Association will meet in March in Erie, Pa,
d will probably take such action as may create
5endly feeling in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
The evident plan is to have a public highway
,m New York to Chicago. via Cleveland. and from
dcagO to st. Louis. Ultimately the road would
come a transcontinenta highway, from the At
tic Ocean to. the Pacific. The proposed journey
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
V BY CAPTURE.

We grew considerably less romantic as we be.
come civilized-or more civilized. Nothing in these
times possesses the generous flavor Of romance
which marked the seizure of the Sabine women.
Nor do we have 10 go back that far for romance
tempered with strenuosity which strengthens the 70
nance. There are tribal marriages in distant lands
ut the very present which for that quality which we
may call rude poetry almost equal the Sabine cpl.
sode.
And in our own history we have but to 90 back
to Colonial days for a dash of the genuinely ro-
mantle, which in a sense is the heroic. The sudden
ness of some Colonial marriages-not that We do
not observe this characteristic in the matrimonial
exploits, commercially conducted, of these times
was a marked feature; frequently exhibiting the
groom's valor and strength of purpose. An instance
is given of the widower in the year 176O, who
was riding homeward after having left his son Us a
harvard freshman. Passing the outskirts of Cam
bridge, the godly widower met a lad and his sister
riding into town. They halted and the sister in
quired of him. Pray, sir, tell ME If we are on the
right road to the colleges? We have missed a day
on the way making a wrong turn, and I fear my
brother may be hindered thereby in his entrance"
Her clear, sweet voice rang SO pleasantly in the
widowers ear and heart that he stopped at the very
first tavern and waited there until he saw the sister
returning alone to her home. He learned her name
IL WEUpc " tuc pdlsOu u uer nome cnurCn, QoClar.
ing matrimonial intentions and proving his good
standing; followed thither himself, offered marriage
within two minutes Of meeting the girl, and ere
two weeks had passed installed the girl as q bride
In his home, with her four orphaned brothers and
sisters, to be a mother to his OWE two little girls
and, incidentally, to the eight children which came
to them both in succeeding years. In these days
we have no romances to equal that.
There were romantic incidents surrounding mar
riages in that day which gave the institution n
strong favor-not that we decry the institution as
it now stands, or belittle its remaining features,
some of which are indeed very excellent and inter-
esting. Judd's History of Hadley. Massachusetts.
gives the names of a number of stolen brides
Mrs. Job Marsh, married in 1888, being the last.
A group of friends Of the groom would seize the
bride in an unguarded moment and post of with
her on horseback to the nearest tavern, whittier
the groom was compelled to redeem her with a first
rate supper and plentiful drink for the raiding
party.
Alice Morse Earle. writing of our own times.
shows, however, that the :charivari has not lost all
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28

WRITTEN o THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
1t is a truism to say that climate condi-
lions affect the character of nations.
In spite of poverty and hardship. the
Italian is laushter-loving.
The sun melts his misery into ripping
mirth. and life is gay even under the
most difficult conditions. In like manner
We could show how. in England. the gray
er climate produces somberer thought. and
now the further we travel North the
gravity and somberness increase.
What wonder, therefore. that between
the women of Japan and the women Of
Russia. the women of the land Of the
sun and Of the land Of ice and snow there
should be a strong contract?
The tragedy of life comes equally to the
Japanese and to the R%ussian: but by the
Oriental It Is not anticipated. not brooded
over: II comes as the result of circum-
stance. and IL so accepted: not to be
mourned or resisted. but to be met with a
tranquil and serene spirit: but over the
Russian there broods an atmosphere Of
melancholy which amounts almost to NOR
bidness, as though their whole being i'm
potently resisted the gloom under which
tOO OltCh kucy oIc diiC u htt.
This characteristic, however. Is certainly
not met with In those ladies Of education
and wide cosmopolitan knowledge who rep
resent III Russian nation in Europe.
For at least thirty years after the Cri-
mea the Russian woman In England was
enveloped in an atmosphere Of mystery.
often darkly alluded to as q political spy.
and II she was fortunate to surround her
self with men Of talent and Of political
power she was supposed to WELD extraor-
binary influence and to perveft the minds
Of statesmen in favor of Russian policy.
Princess Leden was said to exercise
such a power in days gone by with Lord
Grey. and Nine. Olga Novikof, whom I
well remember as one of the most brill
liant onfe In English political circles.
supposed to hold Mr.. Gladstone by
her fascination and to guide his policy IN
favor Of Russian despotism. But when
the relations between Russia and England
became less strained the charms Of Rus
sian women were recognized as politically
innocuous and a delightful social acqui-
sition.
In order to understand the conditions I'M
der which the Russian woman Of the peo-
Pile lives in her " home. We have to
think for a moment as to what a Russian
winters day really means.
The charm of such a Gay is unques-
toned. the sky Is oiue, ana over the
snowy road the sledges glide, with Mich
olas on the box seat. dressed in his long
blue caftan. with a flaming colored belt
and fur-crowned cap upon his head.
Or the sidewalk figures are moving eau
tiously upon the ice. mufhed from head to
foot. some of the poorer with perhaps only
a wooden wrap about the head; but as you
grope your way with uncertain steps along
the street you see silent professions max
ing their way toward the church, and you
will hesS Of a young man who y about to
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN TO
REFORM IN THIS ACE THAN EVER BEFORE.
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

have to be husbands and fathers. once
you reform.
II is not an easy thing to do. but tine
life YOU are living is not an easy one. and
the future holds nothing easy If You go
on.
1t holds the certain drifting from hulo;r
to street. from fine apparel and carriages
to rags and the begging Of car fares anc
night lodgings. or the norSue and pau
pers burial.
Not one woman in ten Thousand in yo::
position ever saves a dollar OF her liz
earned money for the certain day when
she loses the physical charms That arc
her only hold on fortune.
Bette. face a few years of hardshlps
now In an effort to begin life anew than
TO go on to f,ardships and horrors indie
scribable.
DO not think OF yourself as Il hopeless,
blackened sinner.
Think OF yourself as a foolish, weak ard
mistaken woman. no more lost to hope
than the 10000 men who are received by
the world and society in spite Of pas.
errors far deeper and darker than your
OVID.
The loss of one virtue does not mean
the extinction of all.
The possession of one virtue does not
mean the possession of all.
II you have fallen through one mans
peTHUy, Ut tuEOuBu al CAVES VI AOfc "a
intensity. or trust. you arc simply q hui
man being who has gone wrong through
misdirected virtues.
You are like a plant that has become a
weed through neglect Of proper culture
and care.
You are not as wicked in Gods sight
as the jealous. backbiting and mischief
making woman who ruins the happineSs
of all her associates by her evii-speak'ng
tongue.
You are not as wicked in Gods sight as
the woman of fashion who marries a man
she despises for the wealth he can give
her, and who hates her unborn child.
But your future will be more disastrous
than that of either of these because of the
rules of society, and you have no time to
waste If you would start on the way Of
reform.
Cut lose from all the association
which you are compelled to hide from the
world. Seek some new place and s,ene and
go to work and build up a good life for
yourself.
We can be what we will to be.
Copyright. 1904. by w. p. Hearst. Great Brit
ain Rights Reserved.