The Washington times., 1906-01-14
JOHN BURNS SHOWS
DEMOCRACY'S RISE
Labor Leader in Cabinet
Deserved Recognition.
MAN OF TRUTH AND BREADTH
Never Plays to Gallery or Flatters, and.
Is Deep Student Of Social
-. Problems.
MAN OF TRUTH AND BREADTH
By LADY IENRY SOMERSET.

of that rising tide of democracy ja Eng
land can be seen than the fact that q
working man occupies a place an the
cabinet
1t may be taken as an axiom hat the
man who can really succeed with the
working classes is tfae man who can
succeed anywhere. Burns is a politician
who has never played to the ga nery. He
has always been perfectly strai Eht with
the people whom he has led. be has
never worked upon their weak ies,3es for
his own ends
1 shall always remember a. great
meeting he held in Faueuil HILL. II
was to my mind one OF the finest
speeches that L have ever hestrd de-
livered. His advent had been awaited
with The greatest possible interest and
enthusiasm and Burns had CONT to ad-
dress the wOrkingmen of New England.
II il very easy thing for a man be
longing TO another race TO fla ter the
people whom he visits. TO say thu things
that are most palaJable. and me st like
~ To obtain him the popularity which
most men cOVeJ. but Burns spoke
straight from his heart. He told them
their virtues. he told them their foibles
and their mistakes
lie warned them OF the dar5ger that
Law ahead for labor in America. | have
never heard a more stralghtfo rward.
simple, or more splendid speech, and
the way il was received did humanity
credit. His outlook upon life is broad.
and he has that. which is the saving or
most situations. d strong sense OF
humor
In his littla bousa AT Lavender Hill
Battersea. his own room is crowded
with books but there is not one
writes a man who is Well able to judge,
which is stupid or useless, and among
the books that have most influenced
the labor leader are John Stuart MIL
Carlyle and Ruskin."
Women Would Be Lawyers.
English women are amazed at the fact
disclosed by the last American census
that there are over thousand lady
lawyers in America. This revelation
is beginning to wake up the women Of
England There Is a large opening for
such work in this country, especially
among the poor
] have been much struck again and
again at the fact that the poor have
literally no one TO consult. In the dis
tricts where they live the lawyers are
usually of the lowest possible type, ard
are little TO be depended upon Their
fees are enormous, and they have no
mercy on their clients. There cOU'd be
no better opening for woman than 10
undertake the legal work Of the poor.
Mrs. Whitney. Of New York who lives
on the East Side. and represents the |
Legal Aid Society asks only a nominal |
fee for her services. and does a mag |
nificent work among those she assists I
with her advice There are many /
thousands of hum bic people who need |
the services OF a lawyer and who are |
quite unable To pay cxOrbitant fees but /
this lady of independent means has /
placed her talent at their disposal.
There seems TO me to be no reason I
whatever why law should not be a good /
opening for women. She has ready wit /
a quick appreciation of a situation, |
imagination TO put herself into other /
peoples places and persuasive powers,
and all these gifts could surely be |
turned 10 good account in endeavoring
10 obtain justice for those who need her
services.
The old cry of unwomanliness will be
raised. but how does she degrade her
sex more by working side by side with
men in the cause of justice than by
taking her place with man OH the board
of the theater to amuse the public The
only time when a woman is never sup
posed TO lose her dignity is when she
is supplying amusement or pleasure. il
IS only directly anything is useful and
touches the money getting monopoly of
man that she is supposed TO be unseXed
Defends German Housewife.
The General German Women's Society
has lately been holding its conference at
Halle, and the Union of Progressive
WOmen's Societies have just met in
Berlin. Deputations came from all parts
of Germany and the most lively interest
was taken in the discussions. The Po-
litical and Economic Foundation of
Matrimony' was the first subject for
debate
Fraulein Lischnewska gave expression
TO the very advanced views ON the sub
1ect OF the reform OF the marriage sys-
TEN. but Kathe Schumacher defended
the old-fashioned housewife. and depre-
Gated the depreciation Of the value of
the purely domestic aspect of woman's
life. but cOntended that the very fact OF !
the absolute necessity of her control OF
the worlds material needs gave her
equal rights with her husband
Among those who represented the legal [
profession were two ladies. DIR. Anita I
and DIR. Fr;da Du-nsing Both '
read papers on the care of the young, {
and both ladies have taken the degree /
of doctor of law. s
Swedish Women Fence. .
Germany Is certainly strange anon a
ally. Among ali the nations. Socialism is >
probably stronger there than anywhere =
else, and although women are supposed T
10 be amongst those who have made n
the least progress, the forward band o
among them are as advanced and GER
tainly more enthusiastic than in almost !.
any other country. +
In Sweden women also are making 4
good progress. A number of Swedish
women have now taken To fencing, and
a club has been formed at Stockholm n
These ladies are of opinion that fencing Z
Is the most excellent exercise. that ii Y
develops smind and body. induces supple T
ness of the muscles and alertness of \
-he brain. They endeavor to use both l.p
hands alike. thus developing not only o
both sides of their bodies. but also both
obes of their brains. %
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