The Washington herald., 1908-01-12
WHEN WOMEN RULE
Leaders of the Sex Tell What
They Would DO,
NONSENSE. SAYS AN ACTRESS
Nine. Despres Doesn't Think Much of
Petticoat Government, and Mime.
BernhaFdt Relieves IL Would lie No
Improvement - Reflections on the
Druce Case-DOOm of Greek.

London. Jan. u-"What will women do
when they rule?" asked a recent issue of
the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger. Answers came
from all over the world. Here are a few:
They rule already, and always have, so
cannot understand your question.-Lady
Alma-Tadema
Nonsensioal things-Mme. Suzane Des-
pres, Paris tragedienne.
| They Will retain their good and bad
qualities, as men rulers have done, do,
/ and always wilL-Mme. Sarah Bernhard.
/ They viii not differ much from the best
of men rulers I don't believe in the su-
periority Of either sex. The world is for
/ both They must sway its destinies to-
/ gether-Lady sHenry Somerset.
They will have undisputed power to aid
my life work of supplying gowns to needy
| Iactresses-Mme. Yvette Guilbert.
I would destroy all but a few schools
and create a generation OF minds free
from the traditions of modern wretched-
ness. Until there is more new humanity,
reform can be but superficial.-Mme. Ell
len Key, Scandinavian writer on marriage
and maternity.
We would restlessly seek Office. but we
would not spend fortunes sending war
ships to the Pacific 10 terrify our neigh
bors We would strengthen industry.
make the church more popular than the
theater, enforce total abstinence. and
open all schools TO women.-Belva Lock-
wood. twice womans rights candidate
for President of the United States.
That any one should have expected TO
find the late T. c. Druce's body recog-
nlzable after forty-two years in the grave
created a good deal Of surprise when the
exhumation was demanded as a means Of
settling the Druce-Portland litigation
Physicians and undertakers say there
is nothing surprising about it, however,
and that they expected il TO be in better
condition than actually proved the case
when the coffin was finally opened
Il was present some years ago" says
one authority, commenting in a London
paper on the Druce case. 'fn vault OF
an old church from which several collins
were being removed 20 allow structural
alterations on the building
THE sexton called my attention to the
corpse of woman who had been buried
a century. The coffin was SO decayed
that it could not be removed entire. but
the body was Ike beautiful waxen fig
ure. 1t had turned 10 adipocere, or what
is known as grave wax and was still
recognizable as that of a middle-aged
woman Of good form and features"
For the large majority Of public school
boys Greek IS doomed. said Headmaster
Joseph Wood, Of Harrow, In an address
before an educational gathering this
week
"Other studies-newconersi in the curric-
ulum- rightly claim their share Of time.
and there is none left for Greek. Do I
regret It? Well, a thorough knowledge OF
the tongue IS a precious possession, but
the vast majority never learn enough TO
enjoy or even read the masterpieces of its
literature
THE study, when pursued far enough
10 appreciate its greatest works. Is the
most elevating and stimulating OF pur-
suits. but To go just far enough to read
Euripides with a crib is a waste OF time.
When the SartrOuville, France, police
heard a few days ago Of a tramp VINO
had just been buying champagne Of a To-
cal inkeepeT they made up their minds
thet there was something suspicious
about that hobo"
They were looking at the time for the
perpetrator Of a bold robbery in the
neighborhood. and the trail Of a vagabond
who could pay with a 1OO-franc note for
three bottles Of wine looked good to them.
They found the man with three other
waits, a. disreputable as himself, sitting
around a fire in a ramshaCkle roadside
hut.
Your suspicion Is natural but unfoUnd-
ed" the tramp explained politely. Here
are my papers"
And he handed over q bank draft for
$3.50. and documents showing him to
have been once a prosperous manufacture
er and mayor Of a commune In the Loire
department.
Then, with a cOmmunicativeness begOt-
ten Of champagne. he explained how, at
the height Of his prosperity years before.
he had been deceived by his wife, whom
he adored He came into handsome In
come, then he disappeared, taking to the
public road. For two decades he had lived
cut off from friends and family. His IN
come he drew regularly. spending &
among his wandering companions. The
police left him 10 his night fire and vaga-