The National tribune., 1910-04-14

brought to the dust and his heart brok-
en- by the tragic incident. To Miss
Adams the play is lesson in faith and
hope thru work, and until we know
more about it ourselves we Will be OBJ
liged to accept what she tells us.
Mrs Hetty Green is said to begin to
show some signs of failing health, and
Mr.. Carnegie is having trouble with his.
legs and quite helpless. Physical in
firmity is no respecter of persons.
Apropos of Mr.. Carnegie, he has been
talking good deal lately, and when
ever the steel magnate speaks people
listen with respectful attention. Mr..
Carnegie says he does not believe much
in the so-called philanthrophy. The
only class which can be really and salts
factorily helped by gifts of money are
the class that help themselves, and, as
a general thing, that class doesn't want
to be helped that way. Mr.. Carnegie is
not giving utterance to any new thought
in SAYING this. Mr.. Carnegie also says
he thinks that what is called the sub
merged tenth" should be dealt with by
the State. and he firmly believes that in
the future that class will be housed, fed,
bathed, clothed, etc, by State officials,
who viii, however, allow no marrying
among them. Very great and wonder
full changes will have to take place in
America before anything like that could
come about 1t is easier to conceive of
Mr. Carnegie'S pet scheme of universal
peace being realized rather than that
While the D. \. r. organization has
saved to the country many a historic
spot and building, our literary shrines
are few. We have the house in which
Longfellow lived in Portland now con-
verted into n Longfellow Museum, 1t is
true. and few others scattered over
the country. but the homes of the great
Of th I,n lnH 10
ature have been allowed to pass into
obscurity. Unlike most countries, there
has never been any organized movement
in America to preserve these and to
give them a distinct and honored place
in our history. With a singular indif-
ference to our own literary shrines and
"a generous appreciation of those of
England, we have deemed it a privilege
to use our dollars in providing stained
glass windows for Shaksperes church.
the graceful memorials to Herbert and
Cowper in the Poets Corner of West
minister. as well as the beautiful bust of
Coleridge, but as far as is known Eng
land has never signified any desire or
intention to return the compliment. The
home of Louise Alcott in Concord is
rapidly falling into decay. Under its
weather. beaten roof once lived a very
remarkable family. 1t is doubtful if
any woman ever wrote sweeter, health
ier, more popular books for young girls
than Louisa Alcott They are read to-
day with the same interest they We're
some AZ years ago. Unless something
is DONE and that right quickly, the
home of this woman, whose work
played such an important part in the
building up of our literature, will pass
beyond preservation. New England
seems Indifferent to her privilege in this
respect: but, after all, does not Louisa
Alcott belong to the whole Nation, and
should not every State have a hand in
the preservation of the Alcott home?
1t IS high time that there was some
organized movement to preserve these
literary landmarks, and the preserva-
ton of the home of the author of Lit
tie Men" and Little Women" would
make very suitable reason detre for
such organization.
Nothing better illustrates the present
prosperous financial condition of the
country than the sale of the late Chas.
I. Yerkes's collection of pictures, rugs,
tapestries, ETC. in New York City. That
Mr.. Yerkes had such an immensely val
liable lot of pictures will be surprise
to many, and from the number of Coros,
DiaZes, RouSSeaus and Millets one
would naturally suppose that this art
lover had a special fondneSs for the
BarbiZon. But the paintings in his gal
lery were by no manner of means con-
fined to this school, for there were also
canvases by Turner. Franz Halls, GrueZ,
Rubens, Van Dyck. Rembrandt Murilio,
Boticelli and other great artists. While
many of these pictures were bought by
representatives of foreign firms, a large
number were purchased by Americans,
Harry Payne Whitney paying $4,000
for one Howard Mccormick S52
AIillet which brought S44.1O0 and Diaz
n l.INr
chased for Charles p. Taft The high
est prices paid were S137, 900 for a
Frans Halls and $129.000 for Turner
All the rugs will remain in this country.
Each years crop of sweet girl grad
yates from the different colleges Of the
country brings up afresh the question
as to whether, after all, college edu-
cation fits or units a girl for the best
and happiest kind of a life. OF course.
the new woman says that question was
settled years ago, but there are still a
few people left who are far from being
convinced that the higher education for
the gentler sex is not a mistake. The
number of girls who go TO college TO
prepare themselves for some serious
work outside of the home increases
every year. Formerly the girls who
| took college course were those who
knew they would be obliged to support
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prepare themselves to become teachers.
Now the great mass of college girls come
from homes of wealth, but none the
less are they there with serious intent.
tho other vocations now appeal to many
of them more strongly than teaching.
| In the class which will graduate from
/ Wellesley College this year two intend
to take up farming as a profession, Sc
to become teachers. 73 will stay at
home, 20 will go on with their studies,
while the others are To take up differ
ent kinds of work. only 19 had not
made up their minds as TO what they
would do. The class consists of 22S
young women. 1t does seem a little
! hard that just as a girl reaches an age
to be of real help and comfort to her
| father and mother she should elect to
make her lifcwOrk something outside
i the home. Even if she lives at home
| her keenest interests are not in il, and
her people are made painfully aware of
this. But the cry of the vigorous young
women of the present day is '.individ-
uality," to be allowed TO live their lives
as they think best, untrammClcd by old
| fashioned notions How can they ever
| fit themselves for positions of trust and
| honor. TO take their places in the great
world fully equipped for any emergency.
| if they remain like good little girls un-
lder the parental control and roof, prin-
lcipally that they may he company for
father and mother? 1t is the larger
life" tiiese girls cry for. VIII il prove
to be the richer, better. purer life
Time alone can answer this question.
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