The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-23
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The Lddv's Pictorial in an article on
"Petticoats in Parliapent' says that Sir
Charles Dilke's proposal that woman should
not only have the suffrage but be eligible
as well for election to Parliament has taken
away the breath Of even the most ardent
female suffrag ists. The bill which he hopes
to introduce this session will Of course
be rejected, but It is the boldest measure
Of it's nature ever brought forward. 1T
is startling TO think what it implies con-
tinues the English writer. 1T 10 almost
paralyzing to ponder on what may ulti-
mately come Of it IL IL ever passes, For
it comes to this, that il Sir Charles Dilke's
proposal should be accepted at any time
there would be no barrier to woman's
election to the position now occupied by
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, which is
absurd!'
The GentleUomdn is responsible for the
statement that vigorous efforts are
being made to revive the art Of oonver-
sation in England and that professional
conversationslists are to be employed to
stimulate small talk at the tables Of the
wealthy-people who nave the knack, as
Emerson put 1t, Of making others say
things they never thought to have said.
@She had no real conversation" was the
excuse given by a young man In a police
court for fitting his sweetheart, which goes
to prove that it Is not only in the upper
social circles that the fine art Of talking Is
appreciated.
Mrs. Stewar TT Erskine's Beautiful Women
in History and Art" impresses the fact
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women, whose beauty will be q Joy forever
through the medium Of art, they would
have enjoyed happier lives. The sorrows
of the world seem bound up in this book
Of beauty as one turns over the pictures
| Of such women as Anne Boleyn, Mary
Queen Of Scots, Henrietta Maria, Nine.
R&oamier, the Ill fated Josephine and Lady
Hamilton, and remembers how fatal was
their gift Of loneliness.
With the publication OF DR.. g. Weir
| Mitohell's "A Diplomatic Adventure
which comes out next month In book form,
eighteen books Of fiction stand to the Phila-
delphia authors credit, besides five vol
umes Of verse and unoounted papers and
treatises on neurology, serpent poisons,
comparative physiology and kindred
themes. These are the reoreations OF q
busy physicians leisure hours. DR..
Mitchell Ii one Of the nine children Of DR..
John K. Mitchell, himself a well known
physician and writer. OF his education the
author has said: Il can't say that I had any
but he went for several years to the old
grammar school Of the University Of Penn
sylvanla, though illness interfered with his
graduation. His later studies were fol-
lowed at Jefferson Medical College, and he
holds degrees conferred by Harvard, Edin-
burgh, Princeton and Bologna. Ranking
among the greatest nerve specialists Of
the day, DR.. Mitchell holds Office or mem
benhip in the National Academy Of Sci
enoes, the French Academy Of Medicine,
the British Medical Association and the
Philadelphia College Of Physicians. At
81 Weir Mitchell offered his first book, a
small volume Of poems, and was advised
by Oliver Wendell Holmes to withdraw
his verses and reconsider them ct 10. At
70 the prolific writer has finished his latest
story.
1t Is interesting TO read concerning Ameri-
can hospitality In an English review Of
Mrs. John Lanes Champagne Standard"
I'VE are glad to renew acquaintance In
some of her pages with that type Of Ameri-
can hospitality which is at once refined,
transformations and generous. 1t Is a form
largely experienced by voyagers across the
Atlantic, but 30 far too seldom recognized
In discussions o n the subject"
The collected library edition Of the
poems and plays Of Mr.. W. B. Yeats, un-
avoidably delayed in publication. will
appear later in the spring. The author is
now ranked as one Of the heralds Of the
new dawn In English literature, an import
ant factor in the reaction against imperialis-
tic writing. "Mr. Yeats says a recent
writer on the subject, lis at the heart of
which in the past few years has made Irelandv
on the remote boundaries Of Europe, the
centre of one Of the few living and COM
polling movements Of the age"
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Mr.. Charles F. Holders exploits with big
s~harks-diving among them to brighten
them, e%ntioing them about his boat with
blood to study the saturnalia, his capture
OF giants single handed, suggest that there
are adventures in angling quite as exciting
as tiger hunting from the top Of a big ele-
plant, and that the Log Of a Sea Angler
must have some thrilling pages forthe lover
of sport.
Mr.. Ernest Ingersoll, the author Of An
Island in the Air. has written a new book
under the title Of THE Life OF Animals
which portrays the affairs of four footed
furry creatures, their ancestry, their
place In nature, their means Of making a
living and their chara cteristics and accom-
plishments In general.
An Anthology OF French Poetry: From
the Time Of Froissart Up to the Beginning
of the Present Century" has been compiled
by Mr.. Frederick Lawton and will be pub
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