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be trampled upon. liz 1860 at her in i,
stigation. the New YorI> iegisla ture |!
passed an act resigning 10 married |
women the control of their earnings
and the guardianship OF their chill |
dren. Since that time and as result
OF Miss Anthony's efforts, women have
been granted all the rights and privi-
leges relative to life. liberty. prop
erty and the pursuit of happiness.
Miss Anthony strove for only one OBJ
ject which she did not obtain--owan
suffrage She worked under the cour-
age of conviction. and having outlived
the jeers and derogatory remarks con-
corning her principles. stands as one
OF the most courageou figures of our
age.
But we must hurry on to that field
in which woman has welded a might
Ter weapon than the sword-the pen.
1t has been said that the novel is the
only kind of literature in which women
have been truly successful, and the
most famous OF novelists is Marian
Evans, better known by her nom de
plume, George Eliot. She was
woman of vast intellectual capacities
combined with immense practical
knowledge. and these qualities are APP
parent all through her works. We learn
to love and sympathiZe with her char
acters. and our interest is held by no
sensational events; nor are we trans
ported to another world where we
may behold the actions and lives of
creatures of our imaginations: but we
are existing in real world and we
are living the lives of real and noble.
though humble, men and women when
we read her novels.
We have spoken of the best
efforts made by women in prose
literature; but shall me omit po-
etry-that happy medium through
which so many noble. inspiring and
therefore civilizing thoughts pass?
T.. 3. Browning answers mo-, and
countless others reiterate the cry. In
poetry as we'll as in prose the writer
must put into his work some zeal,
some interest-and what is more
pleasant than z. B. Browning's pro-
auctions? more pleasant for these very
reasons. Her writings are a reiteration
in verse of her own life and thus are
expressed with all the courage of con-
viction, which necessarily holds the
attention Of the reader. Doubtless she
lacked patience, restraint; and perfec-
ton in form; but what genius!
What imagination! What passion!
What marvellous powers of ex-
preston she possessed! ''She has
adorned English literature with poems
which can never cease to be remem-
bered by a great and admiring poster
ity." No writer ever eXerted better,
gentler, happier influence, and truly
she worked out the purpose of poetry,
which purpose Wordsworth has so
beautifully conceived: "To console the
afflicted. to add sunshine TO daylight
by making the happy happier. to teach
the young and gracious of every age
TO see. to think and feel, and there
fore to become more actively and Sc
curely virtuous."
Closely allied to literature is art-by
art be it understood. painting-'for is
not literature wOrd-painting? Our
Raphael is the French celebrity, Rosa
Bonheur, whose work is widely known,
especially her masterpiece. The Horse
Fair" Her life work lay along the line
of depicting animal life and many were
the medals She received for her pic
lures. The Empress Eugene further
rewarded her by granting her a MEM
bership to the Legion of Honor. an
exceptional reward. The popularity of
this artist is so great that every aspir-
ant in this field is assured by her adj
miring friends that she will some day
become "a Rosa Bonheur.
But we have Rosa Bonheurs in mu-
sic the painting OF thoughts by means
of sounds. musicians who have stirred
thousands by the magic of their art
musicians who have moulded hearts
of adamant into hearts of clay. What
wonder that the ancients conceived
of a god able to move the trees and
all inanimate objects by the stroke
Dl MS HdluS dCTOSS HlIe SOlucH StIllSS
of the Tyre! Was Lorenzo far wrong
when he said:
The man that hath no MUSIC in his
soul,
Nor is moved by concord of sweet
sounds
Is fit for treason. stratagems and
spoils?"
In the category of the worlds ia
nous musicians Clara Schumann oc-
cupies an exalted position. At d very
early age the marks of her genius ap-
peared and at present she holds the
enviable reputation of being both the
wife of the famous composer Robert
/ Schumann, and also one of the great
est pianoforte players the world has
ever known. Those who heard her
thought themselves transported TO the
Elysian fields and drinking in the di-
vine melody from the harp of Orpheus
himself
/ There is another myth connected
with music-the story OF how the ST.
rens by the melody of their voices