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theme in most of the poems coutLiilsu
III the book dealing with questions ol
progress and practical social s , esG
monte concerns. The poem above IS
taken from the little volume OF verse.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman has been
n marked figure In the field OF soclal
plogress and reform since lsso' ~h s,,,
her Revolutionary poem Similar cases
attracted attention Throughout the
readinp world. and her initial work
IN the platform identified her at once
With rho movement for economic prog
ress. Both as speaker and Writer, MIS-,
Gilman inherits her ethical passion ana
special ability from New ENGLAND an
cestry, prominent for generations III
churches colleges and courts. She y {.
grand niece of Henry Ward Beccncf
and shows the altruistic fcrvor OF MS
sister Harriet Beecher stowe. Since
tho anpearance of 4.'Womcn and Eco
nonlics'' in 1898. she has become
recognized power i'll progressive
4 thought in Europe as well as IN Amer
lea This is translated into German,
Dutch, italian, Russian. French, Hun
earian, Danish and Swedish; and tins
poems and later books are also being
translated. Concerning Children" was
published in 1900, THE Home" in 1907,
and Human Work. 1904. This last is
an important contribution to social
philosophy. connecting and unifying az
her. earlier works. AS a lecturer alid
preacher Mrs. Gilman has also an In
ternational reputation, standing always
fol. social evolution III all lines. She
brInrs TO the study OF our present
world problems a distinct philosophy
Of her own, clear simple, consistent,
and arousing increased attention. In
the International Congress OF Wolhel''
held In London in 1899, she was a prom
inent speaker, and also In the next
meeting Of this congress in Berlin in
1ao4 IN 1905 she was called to Europe
again and lectured in England, Hol-
lard. Germany. Austria and Hungary
Il MRS Gilman Is that rarest OF persons
a ,.eformer with a sense of humor, a
nreacher who is never duli, 5satlris'
who is still essentially a poet.
Salt Lake lovers of Dickens Will os
Interasted in the following London dis
natch which indicates that the Eng
fish government exercises paterna
care over the offspring of its einineh'
men, even to the third general generator.
Tho Miss Ethel Dickens, the type
writer referred to in the dispatch, wa
described in the recent series Of iet
fore pIblished in the News Sentltie,
"Pilerimage of "a Salt Laker.
london, July SIN recognition Q !,
the literary eninence of the1r giai.u.
father, and in consldeIatiolil " ~. 49,,
sl-ailened circumstances IS me reas y,
alyea In a white paper issued today 10
the granting of a civil list pension :
s255(, a week to each of four grand
daughters of the late Charles Dickens
Il The recipients are Mary Angela Dick
s ems and her three sisters, i.
s5 One of the granddaughter OF tfl
novelist Miss Ethel Dickens, Is PUT
lie; typewriter in London with a p u.
establishment in Tavistock street y.
vent Gardent. She opened her first 9, ot
fcasin the place where her grandfathe
edited a publication
Mary Angela Dickens, who Is q move vs.
ist also owns a shirtwaist shop. ME-
cecil Dickens has been secretary OF y
London board Of health. Still anotht
sister. Miss Evelyn Dickens. took =
Kindergarten work. All four are daugi
tors OF Charles Dickens, Jr. .--s-..-.