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The Washington herald., 1909-11-07
By Jeanette Z. Glider.

but that AIRS. Shelley, and one cannot be
surprised at her attitude, objected
VIII you write 70 me? Shall we pro-
coed IN our discussion OF nature and moral
ity? Nay. more will you be my
friend. may I be yours? The shadow OF
worldly improperly Is effsced by my situa-
ton. our strlctest intercourse would excite
none OF those disgusting remarks with
which females OF the present day think
right 10 load the friendships OF opposite
sexes. Nothing would be transgressed by
your even living with US. Could you not
pay me visit? Ny dear friend Hogg, that
noble being, is with me, and will be always,
but my wife will abstract from our inter
course the shadow OF Improperly"
In another letter ne writes to her;
MY dearest friend (for VIII call you
so). you who understand my motives 10
action, which. I hatter myself, unisonize
with your own. you. who can contemn the
worlds prejudices. whose views are mine
I will dare TO say love: nor do risk the
possibility OF that degrading and contempt
ible Interpretation Of this sacred word, nor
do I risk the supposltion that the lump Of
organized matter which eushrines thy soul
excites the love which that soul alone dare
claim. Hencetorth viii be yours
yours with truth. sincerity. and unreserve
Not thought shall arise which shall not
seek its responslon in your bosom, not a
motion OF action shall be unenwafted by
your cooler reason; and. by so doing DO
not choose a criterion more infallible than
my own consciousness OF right and wrong
Though this may not be required, for what
conflict of a frank mind is more terrible
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state OF separate endeavor. 7 shall excite
you TO action, you VIII excite me to Just
speculation. We should mutually correct
each others weaknesses, and confirm our
powers"
Shelley wrote 10 HIS Elizabeth that Har-
riets, his wife. attachment 10 her would
even exceed his adding: She is warmer
and more affectiOnate than my heart. which
in its time has had so much rubbing that
It ought to be hard by this time"
Harriet. however. was much upset by the
fact that her husband wanted to add an
other woman TO his household and she fell
I'll Of a fever. He writes to Elizabeth
that " our dear friends are determined TO
destroy our peace Of mind II we live to-
gether; determined al for our good, 10
make Us all the most miserable wretches on
earth Thinking the picl1ax Of vulgar cum
ming. however sharp. not equal TO the
demolition OF the noblest tree in the forest
OF the SOUL We may, I assume. pass over
the consideration OF damage that cannot be
effected And what new thing have they
advanced 20 shake this cherished plan7
That you are 20 be my mistressi that YOU
refused It whilst was single but that
my marriage takes away all objections that
before stood in the way OF the singular
passion! They certainly seem 70 have &C
quired taste of fabricating the most
whimsical and impossible crimes"
Shelley was as fekle In hts love affairs
as some Of our modern poets and artists are
in the matter OF their afinities. II was
not Ions after he was begging Elizabeth
TO come and live with him and Mrs. SheIley-
that he was writing 70 Mary Wolistonscraft
Goodwin: I so passlonately love my own
Mary that We must not be absent long. -
Then again: "Ol nv dearest love. why
are our pleasures so short and so inter
rupted? How long Is this to last3
Know you, my best Mary. that fee
myself. in your absence. almost degraded
TO the level OF the vulgar and impure. ]
feel their vacant. stiff eyeballs fixed upon
me, until seem 20 have been infected with
their loathsomo meaning-tO inhale a sick.
ness that subdaes ne to languor. o. those
redeeming eyes OF Mary. that they might
beam upon me before I sleepl Praise my
1orbearance-Oi beloved one-that L do
not rashly fly to you. and at least secure
a moments bliss. Wherefore should de-
lay; do you not long TO meet me? All that
10 szaftsd and ouOyant IN my nature urges
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fallacp Of the "Wool Sack Aovtce

the call OF the Vandu and TO the half Dozen the full
things would Ike do That youngster railroad
division
conductor isn't natural boy The
the bridge steamboat. peak, prob
ably called by his fellows Yet there ovepus
OF sober railroad or men
Most Of the old school advising young
they know little nothing prepare premise According
this recipe the young place
where he would live grasp hold the
dosnd then do better than
the future is assured!
Heaven knows ought to is
Today that young opportunity
grasps his chosen work
shall find himself in great where
chances lie he bottom
prepared by special training higher up
all likelihood he will find authority OF
empoyt who his orders from another empOye who
his three other employees
that ultimate who say Yes say
chance question And all and the line
supeor jealousy envy, dislike suspicion doubts
cutting methods may troop almost unhampered
When speaker sacked country storekeeper
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she improves upon acquaintance. or Is u
only when contrasted with surrounding
Indifference and degradation? But all eX-
ceIlence Is comparative--exlsts by COMPARE
son; have therefore q right. The younger
is In prison; there is something In her more
noble, vet not so cultivated as the elder-a
larger diamond, yet not so highly polished
Her Indifference TO. her contempt OF sur
rounding prejudice, are certainly fine, But
perhaps the other wants opportunity. 1
confess that I cannot mark female excel
lence or It's degrees by a print OF the foot.
a waving vesture, etc, as you can, but per-
haps this criterion only holds good where
an angel, not a mortal. is In the case"
Sheuey's friendship with Hogg was deep
and devoted You have chosen me-" he
writes. and we are inseparabIe; not the
little tyranny OF idiots can affect Il; not
the Misrepresentation OF the interested.
You are then my friend"
Then he goes on to dlssect passion. which
he describes as incapacity for action,
otherwise than in unison with its dictates. q"
Then he discusses reason and truth:
loved a being. an idea IN my own mind,
which had no real existence. I concerted
this abstract OF perfection; annexed this
fictitious quality TO the idea presented by
a name; the being whom that name sig
nihes was by no means worthy OF this.
This IS the truth; unless am determinediy
blinds-unless am resolved caUsolessly and
selfshly 70 seek destruction, must see II
Plain! Is It not plain? I loved a being;
the being whom I loved is not what she
was; consequently. as love appertains to
mind and not body. she exists no longer.
I regret when I find that she never existed
but in my mind; yet does It not border on
willful deception. deliberate. intentional
self-deceit, 10 continue to love the body
when the soul Is no more? AS well might
I court the worms which the soulless body
Of a beloved being generates-be lost 70
myself and TO those who love me for what
is really amiable in me-in the damp. I'M
intelligent vaults OF q charnel house
Apparently HOgg was not agreeable TO
the elder Shelley, for the poet writes to his
friend:
" had a letter from my father; all is
found out about my inviting you TO
Horsham. and my proposed journey 10
York, which is thereby for a while pre-
vented God send he does not write TO your
father; it would annoy him. threw cold
water On the rage OF the old buck QIeS-
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Industrial Betterment Essential to City,

Let there be coddng decisions happy homes this
world fact and let be seriously felt that it well
that city ike Chicago has adopted industrial education
her public school system and is awakening the auxiliary
value Of her Libraries and museums in school work.
There plenty Of evils in the factories be which
however belong sociology and human than they
nduasm but the trend factory development
lily uplifting the individual the and tie racial the
in the melting pot" OF Americanism.
To be job elevang sentiment the cult
waited disposition keep busy the the cheerful
acts discipline for al-for social solidarity.
j. 3. Mills prediction that the only school genuine
sentiment society equals slowly working
Different classes different cults differing
cd and be that perfect ethical code possible
humble
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS bettermen-n the factory
10 the life OF city heat is the life OF On
depends the continuous making of something that viii
other the Of something sse neglect the
and the city will fade away
Honest earning good any citynot lower
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conditions changed almost perspective He IN the
old pony who might today
and tell how long viii take letter from St. Joseph. Mo,
Francsco-because he used carry them himself
When this particular business
aeng the New England general he
under individual employer himself Probably
boarded Free at his employers house In the end he have
his first life by marrying employers only
who sacked wool under the only
and made hopeless failure
Those old, who surprised beyond
in looking back how
have sided view their egostcal progress.
thousand OF them had youthful conception
they attain With good constitution, doske willingness
follow and do bidding without question and Tha
and unmaginave enough pOd by and urdiy
somewhere finally beyond widest they
Having diagnosed their
they egotsca enough young today
and the wool opened and its
Business TO the is about nebuus Prop
sion is the he finally is He
ing spells Of puppy love before he finally mares and settles
proportion this young susceptible
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fighting all define separately;
things pity surprise desire justice, delight
The ideas the really subtle
ideas; them subuy In it does
express all those occasions now only too rare
when it INDUCES insurrectOn and
for the otherwise unreasonable fact OF the
Poets those who share these popular sentiments
express them that they themselves the and
things they really Poets draw the shy refine
the abble The poets the popular sentiments
splendid pitch but let always be remembered
popular sentiments that they carrying No
poetry show that childhood shocking that
gay farca that contemplate because
his single sword with three The people who
tain this the professors prigs.
The those who above the people by understanding
them, saying all their DIM pejudc
supersons The pgs make the people feel stupid the
make the feel wiser than they could have imagined that they
There many weird elements this situation The oldest
all perhaps the the practical politics The
poets who embrace and admire the people pelted with
and crucfd The who despse tho people
loaded with lands and crowned In the house OF Tor in
there quite number OF pg but comparatively
poets There people there at all
BY have said do people who write poetry
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Bp @. Eowaro fuller.

eypectaband city sophisticated youths will stay
half baked the lonely
cultural homes centralized then the tide may turn
Baron Liebigs factories.
Any close observer factory conditions any
city knows that beement has taken steadily Factory
improved; they pospered they
their work; they healthier, they dress better
In factory life there greater intelligence
considerably young
grades-the kind qualified understand the JOY occupation
who rebuke cyncs among super
fetal frenziel, and unframed thinkers
Trade building reputable building or writing
books and Chicago New York pur-
the world they the middle
this call young
with education. ambition. and courage
There atTusm in trade building, and optimism
but scientific meiorism tear
healthy ndusasm offers the means
shop laboratory, and wearing away
between the and between the classes.
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prospect furnishing worthy
onal life with broad wholesome respect the
The OF the nations is with wrecks of culture and
dominating todaynohng There
will be enduring the nation
them whole and through adequate vocational pride and skill
perhaps, certainly parassm partial
Japan has shown Germany teaching and dsoned
system proper articulation with
growing vtaizng industSm based meorism the fac
tory, the warehouse but detached tricky and
did commercaisn.
1t is the hope meom that mankind has reached
epoch by controlling acting
evolution believed that only enlightened
dustraism shall which should be
impossible any TO be depraved poor"
which viii Undue bred with
respect for the hard Of
practical
century, when scientific deadly competition with
great empires be in battle royal
life worth living
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WHEN JAPAN LEARNS TO HUSTLE. BY HARRIETT FERRILL

The word hustle In connection with Japan
sets one trembling for the beautiful old Gus
toms in all their daintiness. grace and
charm II Japan were actually turned into
the United States. Il the big dragons. the
faint odors Of the cherry blossoms. the jim
rikishas, the kimonos. and the artistic pa
per lanterns and umbrellas were no more,
a sweet something. which tinges ones
thoughts about Japan, would be lost to the
world.
When the japanese no longer have time
TO manipulate their ehopsticks and resort
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TO the speedier tool. the spoon, when they no
shoes before entering house or temple.
when they no longer spare a half hour 10
cultivate flower garden before their own
doors, when they no longer take their lunch
baskets and spend a whole day at the the
alter, and when the feet legs Of the jlnrikl-
sha boys are supplanted by steam and steel,
then what change VIII come over Japan.
No longer will the Shinto temple OF white
wood with a roof OF thatch, hold a god with
a flaming halo, three eyes. and six arms,
calling for worship four times a day
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than the balance between two opposing
importances OF morality"
Elizabeth did Join the family circle. but
she did not live In Il long
Come and 1--we with US" Shelley wrote
What will the world say?" he adds.
e. What they please, precisely" is his an
swer. Those who know anything OF our
public and private character viii believe
any scandal as soon IS Sir F. Burdetts
friends would give credit TO the story OF his
keeping FIVE mistresses IN Tottenhan Court
road. This one OF the Morning Post stories
Nor VIII the worlds whispers affect our
usefulness. In what manner? Who will
credit that when made a Scotch marriage
with q woman who is handsome. that any
crlminality OF the nature OF infdellty can
be attached 10 me?
Who viii believe, when they read our
publications. but that our conduct Is in
some degree regulated by such impressions
and repeated endeavOrs 10 counteract gen
eraI decentralization? And supposing, after
all. that they did believe this. are we an
swerable for their silly notlons2 Is our
usefulness and happiness, which latter
must in some degree eonduce 10 the former,
10 be sacrificed to opinion? Is expediency
10 be the rule Of our conduct7 Our minds
unisonous IN reason and feeling to be sep
arated by the differences which others may
draw from their conduct? Let US attempt
to form this Paradise and defy the destroy
ers. Calm, consistent reasoning will de-
feat the most terrible. Besides, you may
be eminently useful; the union OF our minds
would be much more eficaciouS than the
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When Japan learns to hustle. the dreamy.
expression Of the little Madame
Butterflies will turn to the rude. pesvish,
strained look Of the overworked scold Tho
mellow voices will lose their leisure tones
the round bodies their contours. Lines will
groove the plump cheeks. from the mad race
with the m monthly styles WEAKNESS will
shake thu frames, from going the pace Of
the charity balls. Brain flag will result from
the deslreto be well Informed. But why ex-
tend the picture? When Japan learns to
hustle what number OF dream images
will be gonel
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old fashioned modern youththe
speaker to tell how he began working New England
store, sackng Woo, 81 a month.
had personal acquaintance with this him.
But know his type what his position and financial
And he sacker to the last He inch
above his mental stature after be began sang and doubtless all
his life he devoted hreddng wool the
Of the who his and listened Men OF this
fond Of "reminiscences They cyclists. almost without
exception One OF these who 90 old working for SO
month holds feeling envousness the modern who
20 years may be making $40
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lie claim OF meliorism is not that life is good or
bad, but that it can be made worth living:
industrialism chooses from the families, races,
classes, castles, and cults the strongest persons.
making them friends and exercising them in
consideration for one another.
This constitutes dependable selection and
seems now 20 be the social line OF least re-
sStancc, since eugenics as well rs natural
selection, appear 10 lack efficient adaptability
10 present emergencies
In the effort 10 effect and maintain ma
tional equipoise do we not need less individ-
ualism and more amalgamation Of the Mt
more team work?
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HAVE before me an utteranee OF success
ccssful business man in New York, made just
before his last illness, in which he advised
the young man AZ large TO 90 to that place
where he wanted 10 live; there to choose the
work which OF all others he wanted 20 do,
and in doing this work. hold before him the
task OF doing that work better than il ever
had been done before.
The money will come he assured these
young men whom he was addressing. Don't
Jet the thought Of money enter your mind;
YOU need every bit OF your energy 10 devote
10 your work if you are to make it a success"
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advanced industrial melonm is gracefully
accepted blending binding the better for mankind
either indusaism the old mitarism, the
cuhe thingshavng failed to bring honorable
tranquility.
Strange that have learned regard ndusriasm with pride
shy trade" culture
with Ike fakrs sdehow although draw
work and trade; while history nd-
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letters Shelley"

~ HE book FOR which have been walt
ing with keen antlcipaNons IS just
about ready THE LETTERS OF
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY" col
lected by Roger Ingpen (Scribner' s.
The book IS in two volumes and consists OF
E78 letters which. the editor tells us. are
considerably more than three times as
many as have appeared IN any one previous
collection Thirty-eiEht of these letters are
new and more than Af;y OF the others con-
tain additional passages. The new letters
are the most Of them, addressed to Miss
Elizabeth Kitchener, Thomas jefferson
Hogg. Leigh Hunt. Thomas Moore, God
win, and Peacock
Mr Ingpen gives us copious notes which
show that he IS thoroughly saturated in
Shelley literature.
With H0gg. Shelley seems 20 have been
on most Intimate terms, for he tells him
OF all his personal affairs. the illnesses in
his family and his financial relations with
his father, with whom be has come TO
terms. Il call them good ones writes
Shelley, speaking OF the terms, u am 10
possess zoo por annum. l shall live well
upon H."
Not only does he write Of family matters,
but he writes OF books In his letters 20
Hogg The o Confessions OF Rousseau .
are the only things OF the kind that have
appeared. and they are either a disgrace
to the confessor or a string Of faIsehoods
probably the latter Nor could blame them
Tor such an opinion, as probable truth IS
20 be the judge OF testimony and singu-
Iarity must be improbable OF II would not
be singularlty; nor do I think that It has
often come under the observation OF the
world that two young men should hold
tuch arguments. come to such conclusions.
and take such singular criterions FOR rea-
5oning."
or HIS own novel, a." Leonora," which had
been offered to various publishers and
turned down. he writes. apropOs OF Rous-
Beau's confessions: q defy zealot to say
Il does not support orthodoxy. II an au-
thor's own assertion In his own book may
be taken as an avowal OF his intentions il
does support orthodoxy. I could not do
more and yet they say mine is not printa-
Bile: il is as bad as Rousseau, and would
certainly be prosecuted All danger about
prosecution is ever; II was never more
than a hum"
Again to Hogg he writes: Miss West
brook the elder, have heard from today;
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liucs Of real psychological cleavage
The class called people TO which and with no little pride
profound assumptions which
called commonplace that children charming, or that
twilight sentimental that fighting three is
crude; they simple
The children subtle; it complex to the extent Of
being contradictory 1t its pane mingled of regard
hay regard hepesues The sentiment Of twilight
IN the yugas drawing the coarsest pair Of sweet
hearts subtle sentiment 1t strangely bal
pain might be called pleasure
tempting pain
The plunge impatient chivnry by which all admire
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lUGHLY speaking, there three kinds Of
people in this world The first kind Of peo-
pie are people; they are the largest and prob
ably the most valuable class. The second
class may be called for convenience the poets;
they are often a nuisance to their families, but,
generally. speaking, a blessing TO mankind.
The third class is that Of the professors, or in
tellectuals; sometimes described as the thought
full people; and these are a blight and a desc
lation both to their families and also to man
kind. OF course. the classification sometimes
oyerans. Ike all classification. Some good
people are almost poets, and some bad poets are
almost professors. But the division follows
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1909-11-24
4 cERE70N2Ak PROCESSION WREZXZEHxN

Is the dwelling in "tabernacles booths for
days. Under perfect blue sky, surrounded by these
eternal hills round about Jerusalem amid ancient olive
trees in desoate stony fields Of ruin stand the little
jewish coones-and by each house its little succa" for
celebrating the feast Each colony has its syna
gogue and here the rabbi leads the congregation the
songs of thanksgiving, while the women prepare the
festive meal to be served within the green booth
the family will meet In deep happiness because they
have been able to fulfill the command of Moses their
'awgiver," again-and in the Holy Land
The feast of Thanksgiving commentaries Gods good
ness in the past to the lsraees in the wilderness
long wandering in the journey to the promised land
symbozed by their residence by day in these booths
the space of week This festival is also called the
feast of Ingatherng This thought is illustrated by the
plants in the "succa" and by the branch with which
1t is built; also by The palms and willows and lemons
which brought into the synagogue and reoced
All the services exceedingly picturesque and all
the customs surrounded by symbolical tokens and
hguratve acts and oarabolic speech For this ancient
people belong to past age. when chung to symbols
and to oriental cline where all speech is howery
filled with imagery. In this land sacred by its
full history, mystic by its strange traditions ancient be-
the birthplace of venerable religions where the
city walls inclose beloved ruins the barren stony
hills speak sorrowfu(y has been and is no more
there is something peculiarly touching and appropriate
In the continuance OF these old-tme customs
The construction of these "tabernacles" furnishes
time OF great amusement 10 young and DID, for all
bers OF the family tafe part In the rearing
ing OF this airy home within which the feast is be
celebrated. Some choose the large open courtyard
the house TOR the site Of this temporary residence and