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New-York tribune., 1908-12-17
"A NATIONAL DELUsIoN. "
That the American Woman Has No Superior
Is Absurd, Says Mary Heaton Worse

The idea that tho position of American women
IS superior that Of any other in the
world IS characterized by Mary Heaton Worse in
the January "Appleton's." national delusion.'
She admits that they undoubtedly the most
INDUCED and petted women in the world but
for real respect she thinks that the downtrodden
German hausfrau gets more. The German husband
may 10 unchivalrous in the minor details
of life He may talk with brutal disparagenent
about the female brain, but when he goes 10
amuse himself It doesn't occur to him TO alone.
He takes with him his wife and his children That
pathetic person whose husband neglects her for
society of men, for whom tears flow often
in this country, is not found in Germany
The reason assigned is that by her skilful house
hold management the hausfrau has become
source OF wealth 10 the country. The part which
play in the national life s what makes
them pre-eninent or relatively unlmportant says
the article. The amount of small courtesy shown
them really doesn't make much difference. Show
a country where its women add TO the country's
wealth by participating in the business that
country or by their thrift ana I will show you a
country where the economic position OF women is
higher one In France. where the is her
husbands comrade and business partner she has
the mos: power
"As q contrast 10 this the American man stands
alone The women folk OF his family not help
him. As far as his business goes, It's quite i'm
material TO MIN whether he has wife whether
he mas not our may talk as much az they
Ike about the Uplifting influence OF a noble
ana o. the tangible support that the thought Of
her nobility gives them. 1t does not alter the
that the average American man transacts all the
business Of his life without dreaming OF turn.
ing 10 his IIfes partner for any counsel in tht,
n1aiier-anI generally without her even having
snv knowledge of the business n hand"
There j. comradeship between Souug girls and
men Mrs. worse finds. put # ceases just Al the
time when the latter began The real business II
life For this state Of affairs she thinks The women
blame
When a man hrst masries il is his instinct to
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17

take his wife into partnership with nm. IL haIu-
raj for a man TO want to talk about that when
takes I'D most of the hours he is awake to the
person he cares for most in the world But the
wife checks these advances according TO her nature
and disposition Either she will slip her arm
through Johns and say coaxingly: Don't lets talk
abou+ borrd business dear: let's talk about some
thing nice You ought rest when you get home.
Or less agreeable and more honest. she may admit
frankly that business bores her
So the actually comes to think that ne ought
tn leave his business cares at the office He sits
,'bored and silent in his home,' while his wife
complains he is so absorbed is business that
he has no interest left for anything else
I do not for a moment mean the article con-
cludes ITO bring the influence OF woman in her
household down to a matter Of dollars and cents,
but it is not probable that the spiritual bond be-
tween man and woman ever less because they
were helpful partners each other in the affairs
Of everyday
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17

burnoose model Illustrated It be made from
cloth satin and every material that is utilized for
wraps of the sort. 1t involves almost no labor in
the making. and takes really ideal folds and lines
In this case rose colored broadcoth is trimmed
with Persian banding. but satin with lining of soft
silk and inte-lining of wool waddng is in vogue
and is handsome while for the trimming any band
ing can be utilized.
The quantity of material required is seven and
one-ouarer yards q inches wide three and three
quarters yards 80 inches wide. and three and three
quarters yards Of banding. The pattern No 6,l96,
is c,1t in one size only and will be mailed to any
address
Please give number of pattern distinctly Address
Pattern Department NeV-York Tribune. If in a
hurry for pattern send an extra two-cent stamp.
and we will mail by letter postage in sealed en-
velope
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17

today setting all classes besides themselves IhsI-
'anbitia' was what call to-day getting there -
the to rise at any cost TO a concuon HisHei
than that in which was born Even that moo
ern disease which call nervousness WAS "e
scribed by Horace.
Tho fact is that wh At the Romans called coItuP
ton was merely that enlargement OF need Which
comes with each generation. and which Is the
motive force wars revolutions, Industries arts
and science Starting where our fathers lett on
we are impelled to enjoy, to know, to possess yet
more"
The luxury OF the Romans appears. too TO have
been a very slight matter In the hands OF Slshol
F'errero it vanished almost into thin air.
We see for ourselves he said thal ule
Roman palaces were houses such as any middle
class family might occupy to-day. We can ge'
some idea OF the prodigality of Roman feasts by a
law Of Augustus which forbade the expenditure
of more than $50 for a nuptial banquet Lolita Pau
lima inortaiized herself by having gems that were
worth several million francs. There are too many
Lolita Paulinas to-day for them TO nope 10 gam
immortality in that way"
Why then. did the Romans bewail luxury IN
so much holier terms than the moderns. Slgnor
Ferrero found several reasons for it For one thlng
they nearer to realities and saw now the
whole life Of the nation bound with these
things Again the poets reflected the feeling OF the
aristocracy whose power was being undermined nE
the social changes with which these things were
associated. To-day" said Signor Ferrero. the
classes thai benefit by the foies and extravasances
power Hence IT is regarded as virtue 10 enjoy
and 10 spend
Finally. the Romans had smaller resources and
we're in greater danger OF spending and wasting
too much.
A Roman lady said the lecturer. might by
her purchase OF pearls and diamonds definitely de
crease The resources Of the empire The birth rate
fell no lower among the Romans than it has with
in France and England and the United States,
with all gaps filled up by the increase
among the poor In Rome il not and A
famine of men was real danger. They were close
n a. abyss. while with the abyss is so far
away that only few philosophers can see II, The
world is rich, population increases so rapidly,
civilization is armed with much knowledge that
We laugh The timd prudence Of our foTefathers.
Yet it may be permitted to a philosopher and an
historian o ask If may some time feel the
need OF this ancient wisdom il this magnificent wis
dom suits ell times, and only this IN which ma
lions like yours into being with dover OF
three million square miles
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17
Christmas Gifts Of the Wealthy

aim of providing seasonable pleasures The woman
too, has her outside list beyond the represent
ing ambition and fashion. and If her heart is large
many poor relative old dependent is made joy
GUS by the check she sends with few words Of
CHEEKY remembrance.
The cost of Christmas giving is great in certain
sets If a handmade gift is thought OF appro-
pirate it has to be bought at the exorbitant price
asked for anything in that line worth looking at.
Lamp shades at any sum from S25 to SO arti-
ces found on every Hiss, because so easy to choose
and so effective and acceptable and Jewel caskets
or desk in metal and glass combinations are
almost equally favored The various art studios are
rausacked the few weeks preceding Christmas.
also the old furniture shops where odd bits OF
china, old and brass sought. and for
which unheard OF prices paid.
The Jewels bought and sent represent small fort %
unes for many heiresses think nothing of giving
10 their dearest girl friends exquisite pin,
pendant other ornament. and in the family these
are the customary remembrances for the wife and
daughters. The women having generous spirit
and purse equal every demand keep lists from,
year 10 year of what has been sent each relative
and friend that duplicate Gifts avoided. and
the balance sheet of the attached prices may easily
add up into.the thousands.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17

One listener wanted to know If the persons "I'o
couldn't earn money were not jealous OF lhoSs "''
could. 49,.
"On the contrary" said Chaplain Beard thoSe
who earn money always sharing win those
who can't one old buys tobacco TOT lIi'e
other men who are too old to work AnotheT ouy ;
records for the phonograph, which al ehJo' II -
common \ good many have deposited money WI"
me for their burial have about 5000 l am nolo-
ing for them for that purpose
The men and women on BlackweIs tslahu a'7
very fond of hot cocoanut pie. and the lucky man
who earns 3 little money sometimes treats MS
ward mates to some Of that deicacy. no ueSsei
is served to the persons on BlackWelis IslaIu
even on Christmas. They have some apples on mat
holiday but apples" said one woman VINO VISITS
there frequently, isn't pie.
ChapIair Beard emphasized the fact that ine
men and women who make these articles that d. Q
offered for sale are infrm to do any real "o n
Tbev could not work for the institution ne sald'
could not scrub or lift. Many Of them are prison
ers in their chairs.
About S5 was realized at the sale yesterday
Visitors to Blackwelrs Island often buy thingS'
when the men and women in the wards see VS.
itors coming" said Chaplain Beard. they all get
out their wares
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17
TESTS FOR MARINES.
Long Rides and U1albs Prescribed
for Officers.

Washington. Dec 1S--Physicai tests to- uz-ns
corps officers are prescribed in an Exec1rtTs oroe'
Just issued. They are 70 be made once N ITO
years In respects these tests srs similar %
those which army officers have 70 undergo F1eso
officers required TO take riding test Of nirsN
miles to be covered in three days. and line cEesrs
Of the grade Of captain Lieutenant vii haNs %
walk ffty miles in three days. actual ua-cains
time including rests. TO be twenty hours An IN
porant feature OF the walking tests is thus SCI e1'
in the order
In ba tile time essential ard ground nay nsSs
TO be covered on the run. il these officers ars 80
equal TO the average physical strength of tneL
&C npanies the Will be held back. rsSultns -
unnecessary loss OF life and probable defeat Coln
pany officers will. therefore. be required during on0
of the marching periods 70 double time two nln-
dred wards. with a half minutes then tnree
hundred yards with minutes and thsa
complete the test in a Two hundred-ysrd oaSn.
making in all seven hundred wards the 'couo4S
time" with one and one-half minutes rest
Field officers OF the permanent stan who hase
arrived age and rank making Il h12roosoie
that they ever would be assigned to active hela
duty may be excused from the test. but such 81
cuse will bar them from future promotion or prs
ferment along certain lines.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17

THE RED CITY Morel Gf The Sss0nd AsmiR- BT
Wnsir Mf,cl,eu N' D. Ii d illustrated by
Arthur !. Kel'er l2mo. PIP al Ihe century
Company.
The factional disputes OF Federalist and Dem
ocrat in the second administration Of Washing
ton oner no such picturesque background for
romance as is supplied by the conflict of Cont
mental and British armies. DR.. Mitchell accord
ingly labors against the disadvantage that the
time itself does not lend interest TO his new
story as st did TO Hugh Wynne." Not that he
leaves us quite without the thrill Of adventure
There is trip TO San Domingo, still flaming
with insurrection; there is homeward passage,
in the course OF which pTivateers are encoun-
tered Add g duel or two. outbreak of malig-
nant fever in Philadelphia and miscarried dis
patch that makes trouble. and the list Of dra-
matte vicissitIldes is nearly complete. For the
rest the story moves along at sober pace
through scenes mercantile. political and do
mestic patiently but effectively giving form
and actually to the Red City Of more than a
century since One recognizes even more dis
tinctly than in Hugh wynne' the authors
familiarity with all the numberless details OF
dress. manner, occupation and daily speech that
70 tc make up the individuality of a past epoch
Dr. Mitchell has a kind Of genius for trans
-ruting information into living fact. It is for
this recreation Of old Philadelphia that his
latest novel is chiefly remarkable But the
story itself is not very absorbing. II opens with
the arrival in Philadelphia in the year 1I92 OF
Rene de Courval and his mother. Huguenot
ernigres 20 high birth and reduced circum-
stances The young vicomte sets out TO earn his
living bv such honest means as offer. and finds
q ss+ustion as clerk in the establishment OF
Hugh Wrnne. well known and prosperous
merchant Admitted 10 the home Of culu-
waited Quaker lady. de Courval promptly discoN-
ers loyal friends in two members Of her house
hoid-Nargaret. demure but high spirited little
Cuskeress and German by the name OF
Schmidt man with g big heart and wise
head II is Schmidt who stands by him through
his greatest ordeal arising from the appearance
on American soil Of Carteaux, the virtual mur-
s.re- NJ Fene's father And it is Margaret, the
Pesrl" who gives him something more precious
than sympathy when time Of undeserved dis
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17
THE ISLAND POOR.
Pocket Money They Earn for Com
forts an BLack7CeU Wards.

There are two classes of people who try my
patience" said Chaplain Beard Of the City Home.
on BlackwelTs Island in informal talk he gave
AT the sale Of articles made by infrm workers in
the New York City homes held in the United
Charities Building, yesterday "One is the class
who never come to BlackwelIs Island and know
nothing about ft-fancy 1t means penal institutions
and nothing else. There arc many people in New
York who know more about Madagas scar than
they do about Blackwelrs Island. 7 met man
of that type recently clergyman, too. lie was
astonished when l told MIN l was on Blackwell :
Island.
What do YOU do there he said,
I have services said. and talk 70 the peo-
pie who come to my office.
What on earth do you talk TO them about?
The news of the day said Books, religion
anything they like to talk about
Wei. he couldn't see how one could talk to the
people or Blackwells Island-seemed to consider
It a kind Of geological park.
The other people who irritate me are the people
who do corle there. And they see the clean
wards they the men and women there are
pretty well fed. and they go away and say. Well.
l don't what more those people want They re
we'll taken care Of.
Nov that shows a lack OF knowledge Of insti-
tutional life Why. any Of Us might go 10 the
Plaza Hotel. and if were told that We must
stav there aIwaNs-never could leaye-it would soon
pail on Us. We all need change Now. these poor
peopIe on B1ackwells Island can't get away They
cant get change or recreation They are housed
and fed. but they are hungry-hungry for friend
people-grateful for any little attention-that ever
saw
Chaplain Beard said that the monotony OF In
stitutionaI life sometimes bred a peculiar form Of
insanity and il was something he said in one Of
his reports about cases OF this kind on Black
wells Island tnat led to the Introduction Of basket
ma king mat weaving, wood carving, etc, there.
This work has values he said First. It
gives those people something to occupy their minds
and hands. I used to dread to enter Ward L.
There were men without legs. without arms
blind men and paralyzed men sitting there all day
and no effort was made 10 lift them out of their
gloom. But now-why, it's pleasure TO go 70 that
ward. Every is busy cheerful and happy.
In the second place, the work brings those peo-
pie little money of their own If a man wants
paper of tobacco he needn't come 10 to beg for
it. And those people on BlackweWs Island haven't
lost their seif-respect. There who
needed wheel chair. but he never would accept
one Now by making little articles and selling
them he has earned chair
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17
FERRERO ON "GRAFT"
Ancient and Modern Methods Of
Getting There" Much Alike.

The corruption OF Rome which so greatly a1flict-
81 her poets and historians at the time when the
.rnnire was al the height Of its power and hao YET
sees 10 rule vas translated by Signor GugleImo
T[-o 81 columbia University yesterday after
noon into modern terms
The -Iuxurio' OF the Romans" said ssnoT feI-
zero was merely desire 10 augment PERSONA
con,-enfe.ces luxrries and pleasures, and was the
.,s r,szs;on which sti-s Europe and America from
ton 70 bottom to-day. Their 'avaritia' vas the
s--sed and j7ppzt:ence TO make money that We see
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17

Mr.. Hakluyt Egerton's Liberal Theology and
the Ground Of Faith &c. P. Dutton q to') Is
an attempt TO indicate the defects of some OF
the more popular 'restatements' OF Christian
helef The fault OF the new Christology is that
IT does not preserve unimpaired the significance
and value of the person of Christ. and the olill-
Guilty with the liberal adjustment as Whoie
is that it is based on Heselianlsm: system
whose distinctive marks are pantheism ana the
rejection of the miraculous. Considering t"e
fact that the miraculous element in the life OF
Jesus can be avoided only by ignoring the true
.'separateness" of that personality. the author
can see in the Christology OF contemporary
ideslisT1 only = destructive approximation to
unitarianism In relating liberal theology to
current idealism Mr.. Egerton is on safe ground
only he pays inadequate attention TO the large
company OF churchmen whose Hegehan SYM
na+bies nrove no barrier TO their Catholic faith
They might well be taken at their Word
when they reverently acknowledge true sep
srateness' in Jesus AS for pantheism ana
unitarianism it will always make some differ
ence in q discussion whether the words are
used as terms of description or as epthets'
Miss Lille Hamilton French has performed a
useful service for prospective builders OF lux
urious dwellings in writing THE House Dignl-
6ed" &c p Putnam's sons, a book discussing
matters OF design, arrangement and decora~
tion # is an old story, that knowledge of the
historic s+zIes has not always kept pace in this
country with the increase of fortune permit
ting 2 man TO embellish his surroundings on
lavish scale This is my Louis Quinze room'
p cornplacent householder once said to a fas-
tidtous and somewhat sharp tongued visitor
Ouoth the latter What makes YOU think so%
Miss French does not tear quite so heavily
upon the ignorance responsible for TINS episooe
h,,t she candidly alIudes to the source In the
immature phases of social development OF
+be+ oo,cberie which accompanies much of our
1,,,1,r,- THAT which strikes the observer most
forcioI,-. indeed" she says. ARE the unsuspected
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17
TO RESUME WORK ON YANKEE AT ONCE

Newport r. l., Dec l6.-The naval collier Ieha-
non arrived to-day at Penikese Island near where
the cruiser Yankee is sunk bringing apparatlS
from the Charlestown navy Yard he used iu
the attempt To raise the Yankee Additional COM
pressed a.: apparatus has arrived from New York.
and il arranged that work should De begun
Immediately.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17

limitations of those occupying enVlable posi
tions the mental awkwardness of men anu
women who do not know how to 1--we WIN III"
rare objects around them, people who do not
know how 10 be comfortable upstairs, perhaps
br1+ who can never quite learn the secret oil be-
ing gracious on the parIor floor TINS eu'hoi
has too much good sense and too much taste
IN labor this point She does not lecture her
readers. but she goes Systematically TO work 10
make them see how important 1T Is TO use
Judgment in the decoration Of their houses
how important it is to furnish room III SUI sun
wise that It can be lived in, not so that II VIII
look like the dsordered storeroom OF museum
She treats Of entrances and halls, stan Ways
dining rooms. drawing rooms libraries and bed
rooms. and she has chapters on windows anu
doors and frepaces. The numerous 1hustra-
tions. large halftones from photographs. illus
trate some of the costliest mapsions in Amer
ca but Miss French makes these well serve her
quite ,Inpretentous purpose. She refers the
student of these things to fine examples OF dec-
oration the teacher OF painting IeleIs Hi'
pupils to the old masters. The principles she
advocat tes are certainly not made any the less
interesting through being exempithed IN such
pictures as are here gathered together Re-
straint discretion purity of taste, sincerity
these are the ideals set forth in this volume IN
her discussion of details of design and decora-
ton as we'll as in her talk about general prin-
ciples the author reveals knowledge ana a
sound point of view. Her handsome Noume IS
practical in the best sense of the word
From the International News Company We
have received the usual attractive shear or Eng
lish weekIies in their Christmas numbers ac-
companied as always, by amusing pictures
printed in colors and large scale Ihese
holiday publications entertaining In fash-
ion all their own. We pick up THE Illustrated
London News" and find that ii opens with "A
Moonlight Effect" good story by MI Nilllam
+ Locke, and there is another bit of romance by
Mr. Max Pemberton. We read and are pleased
but II we are not in the mood We may turn TO
one picture after another of fun or seasonal bic
sentiment" Pears Annual is filed with
Washington Irvings "Old Christmas, cleverly
Illustrated Holly Leaves, the Christmas
number Of The Illustrated Sporting and ORA
matte News" contains capital stories by Eden
Phillpotts. Frank Richardson. Jack London and
others and in "Ye Graphic Christmasse Num-
ber''-which has a particularly good cover by
Mr. Frank Craig-fction and comic pictures are
both generously supplied. Decidedly these
ges are welcome by the evening fire at this
time of year
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17
COMMANDER RusT RERRIMANpEo.

Washington. Dec 1S-Secretsry Newberry today
administered a reprimand 10 Commander ArEils-
tead Rust in execution OF the sentence imposed y
the court martial before which that ofacer Va
charged with neglect OF duty IN allowing ths "A''
TO run on a shoaI in the Delaware River
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17
Literary NesUs and Criticism

grace comes The chief historical figures OF the
period are to be met with in this book-Jel-
ferson Freneau. Hamilton and, OF course
President Washington now nearing the eho Oh
his career. broken by the heavy weight OF politl-
cal cares The scope of the tale is. indeed. sur
nrisInsl, compreheusive The total effect, if not
romantic is workmanlike and soundly interest
ing.