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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
WOMAN OF
THE F j 7 URE
Instead of Dickens Woman,
She Is to Be Meredith
% Woman.

Every now and again man devotes
his attention and his pen to the woman
of the future and spends his humor
which he pictures with the types which
have adorned society and literature in
the past.
Such a man always prefaces the
pen picture lie draws by abiding 10
the necessity that exists for certain
time -honorcd notions, possessing the
masculine mind to be gotten rid Of
Such as that which Possesses him with
tho conviction that q woman faints at
the sight of blood. climbs on a chair
to get ont of the way of mouse, uses
the five o'clock tea hour TO cavil at
her dearest friends, and grows furi-
ousy angry when she hears another
woman praised or admired. He uses
this class OF womenkind as back
ground against which he descants up
on Dickens's Agnes and Dora, their vir-
tues and their weaknesses. He de.
clares that Agnes Is well meaning II
priggish, and that Dora at least died
carly before she had developed into
absolute tnbearabicness.
According to this special man proph.
ct the woman OF the future Is to OUT
grow what Dickens the artist painted
and saw and attain to the large-soulcd
class, seen in vision by Meredith tho
seer. The Carlncthia Jane felt by Mr..
Swiyciler to be q surprise to every
one, VIII 1t is said take on the guise OF
nm intimate and familiar friend. when
ranked alongside women of tomorrow
who will call Alps hills and will be
only content when they arc pcrched
On a Hinalayan peak which no noe
as climbed ahead OF them.
Continuing. the prophet points out
that as he has dccently closed tho
fearful eyes OF Amelia sclby he Will.
by way OF compensation. unyeil the
clear orbs of Diana. That whereas
women In going across q city had to
be escorted from one station to anoth-
er. they will soon be using Central
Africa on the "Ill xiii you IL you don't
kill mo first. old boy" terms with hip
popotami. tigers and other wild beasts
worth hunting because women of the
days to conc are sure to be admirable
hunters.
Among the vanishing heroines OF
past generations thss facetious man,
amusing himself over contrasts and
comparisons, includes those portrayed
by Jane Austen, characterizlng them
as kindly, but too deadly small to fit
IN with the expanding canvas which
woman of to-day. according to her carl
caturlst. is shedding her smaliness.
Like tile genii in the arabian Nights
declares this inspired visionary, now
the cork has been removed. she is
Gardening the whole sky like pillar
OF smoke, but presently the smoke Will
settle into figure of gigantic size.
she viii be the Meredith woman soft
cned into reality as Galatea softened
into life. She viii not glide about with
uplfted fingers like Agnes. nor drive
tired men 70 distraction with her pratt
tie like Dora. nor wecp eternalIy when
George SIS unkiud like Amelia. No,
when she feels hysterical, she viii soi
and sit on a HImalaya till she Is cool
err. and when her husband annoys her
CUT OF her usual placidity. sticking a
few pigs in Texas or India will soon
put her straight"
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her father by Clytemnestra and Aegis-
thus, she saves her young brother,
orestes, and when he returns to Ar
COS, she helps him to take vengeance
on clytemnestra and Aegisthus. At
ter the vengeance is accomplished
orestes gives her in marriage to his
friend, Pylades.
sophocles and Euripides both make
her a chief character in a play called
by her name. and as it has been said a
more modern dramatic Interpretation
by Won Hoffmannsthal has served as a
vehicle for the expression of the SUI
preme art of such u musician as
Strauss. Electra has been the recent
European and American sensation in
the musical and opera going world.
A PASSER-BY.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
What more could one wish?

What more could one wish?
Are there higher aspirations? OF
happy dwelling on loved and beauti-
full themes, of long hours Of dreaming
over great books. of the exaltatlon, the
ecstasy of listening,
While music pours on mortals
It's beautiful disdain;
of feeling the sentiment and charm OF
this wonderful picture or that without
fastening to study the especial school
to which they belong, or reading what
the critics say about them; of these
and Of the inner and spiritual graces
born of reverie and meditation on
whatsoever things are lovely, the
American woman is as ignorant as a
SaNarp.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
Nothing So lard toBearas That
Which Might aveBeenP Prevented

a Maine fisherman lost his little girl
in fog. He left the child upon an
island rock, while he went TO fish. and,
fishing, forgot her. The tide was ris-
ing. With the tide came the fog. When
at last he found his way back to the
spot where he had left the little thing
she had been swept away. To this
day it is said that the dlsordered faith
CIR reiterates these hapless words:
IF I had only stayed where / could
hear her cry!"
Piteous the truth but, like all truths,
to be faced. The fogs of life crawl
subtly between those who love, and
tides rise. and waves drown, while we
are having pleasant time and capa-
BILE of forgetting. Then we row back
desperately, out of our reckoning and
calling all the way. A little remem-
boring, little fidelity. little steadi-
dreadful difference. Perhaps it is bet
ter to know this too late than never to
know 1t at all; but in the bitter educa-
ton of life there can be no crueler
knowledge. Nothing isso hard to bear
as that which might have been prevent
ed.
It is impossible to put limit to the
power of the dead-or the will OF the
dead-to forget that they We're ever
grieved or harmed
One of tho supreme passages in all
literature is De Quincey's apostrophe to
the Bishop of Beauvais, who sentenced
Joan of Arc. Ever since child in my
fathers study. / first heard him read it
while sat listening, the words have
illuminated for me, like no others OUT
side of Holy Writ. the nature Of for
giyeness; perhaps the nature of liv-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20

Electra, Won HoffmannsthaIs Drama.
The critics have agreed that Strauss,
who failed in Salome, has succeeded in
Electra. in admirably adapting his
music to the subject of Won Hoff,
mannsthal,s drama. 1t has been also
suggested that the difference in the
character OF the two dramas may ac-
count for the difference of their treat
ment. In Salome the emotions of sex
predominated. and Strauss is consider
ed specially lacking in power to ex-
press such emotions in music. On the
other hand, heis most gifted in render
ing through his tones emotions OF
tragic horrortcrror, suspense forbear-
ing and awe.
Thus it is that Strauss has in Elec-
ira just the kind of drama that he
can most naturally italicize through
the power OF music, and thus 1t is that
he has been wonderfully successful
In the realism with which he has
brought out the action and feeling Of
the play. 1t has been said of his work
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20

ing and therefore a growing spirit:
My Lord. have you no counsel?"
Counsel I have none; in heaven above,
or on earth beneath. counsellor there
is none now that would take a brief
from me- Who is that cometh from
DoInremy? who is she that cometh
with blackened flesh from walking the
furnaces of Rouen? This is she, the
shepherd girl counsellor that had none
for herself, whom I choose, bishop, for
yours. She 1t is / engage, that shall
take my lords brief. She it is, bishop.
that would plead for-you: yes, bishop,
she-when Heaven and earth are sill
emit"
ELIZA RE,TII Still A pr pIIE1 pc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
sulged by a Standard. 7

0HUEtU Uy -StHHUHru, r9.7- ------ q
How many housewives can <rIly be
ing, when judged by the standard set
by the versatile Uncle Sam? Under his
.fwatchful eye dishes that had been
fwashed in the popular manner by
Nswabblng with an ordinary dishrag
were compared with those that had
been treated to an application of hot
water and carbonate OF soda, then a
& thorough rinsing in hot water, and IL
final wiping with a towel that had been
i'pterillzed by consignment to boiling
ibRateg since it had been used before.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
Girls Ike Popularity.

Girls Like Popularity.
The allround fine girl wants 10 bt
liked by persons of all ages and OF
many types. Most of us are far toe
limited in our friendships. Some o!
Won are popular with girls, but not with
men; or with men and not with girls
with your own class, but not with peo-
ME OF another class; with people OF
another class, but not with your own
Begin to-day. then, doing things to
widen your social experience. Do some
little thing for four or five persons OF
different ages and entirely different
types. a Kindness to little child; an
attention to some old person. a walk
with girl of your age; n greeting or
n letter, or a book shared with one OF
your men friends; bit of sympathy
to the cllarwoman; conversation with
some one far above you both socially
and mentally. or. if such a person is
not accessible In the narrow rounds
of your daily life, at least he can al
ways be found on your book shelves
A recent American woman writer
describes the American husband as a
man Of affairs, absorbed. somewhat
melancholy and silent His wife, as
restless, hard. ambitious, feverishly
pursuing some, to her, important So
ciaI campaign with q thousand side
interests. 1t seemed sadly typical
case At last, one day. continues this
portraitist, when my sympathy flowed
10 this lonely, Neglected man, he open
sed his soul.
isn't Emma wonder?" he chuck
ingly remarked. '1'll tell you, there's
ono Of the most remarkable women on
earth She's got head for anything.
Never saw such head. ] get all the
fun in the world just watching her to
see what she'll do next. And she al
ways gets there" The ineffable pride
OF his tone!
The whole explanation of the whole
ching flashed upon me in an instant.
The bubble burst with the report Of a
I. motor tire. The bond between the
American husband and wife which
enables each to go his own way with
perfect satisfaction is-the game,
What game? Why, the pursuit inter-
est, enthusiasm, whatever it may be,
which completely absorbs ones facul-
ties. 1t is that respect for each others
game which creates the unseen. often
unsuspected. tie between the American
husband and wife.
No matter what his achievement in
art science. letters, war they do not
interest her. He can win from her but
one commentator, "a good provider."
The phrase is typically American,
tinged strongly with New-Englandism,
1t represents perfectly the ideal of the
American woman, the standard which
she demands a husband must live up
to. AS he measures to the phrase, so
he is Judged. BY this he stands OF
falls.
: Z '5s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
Electra, Won Hoffmannsthar. Drama,

ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-17

ness made the following report to the association
which carried conviction to the heart of every
present, who owned even an old milk COW. that this
association offers the best insurance to the cattle
man Of any plan of organization in existence.
Business in Totals.
The business of the Nebraska association is fep-
resented as follows: Total Nebraska cattle in
spected, 2S667O; proceeds from $50 strays sent to
secretary of the association, S6,S24.7S proceeds OF
2,491 strays sent direct to the by commission
firms, S94.433.S1, making a total for the ASH
strays Of f1O1,25S.59. This year represents the
largest business in the inspection of Nebraska cattle
ever done in the state, thus showing the need Of
carrying the association if for other purpose
than to the loss in strays to its membership.
The following is a summary of the inspection OF
wyoming, South Dakota and Nebraska cattle at the
two points, Chicago and South Omaha: There was
inspected for these three associations at the Chi
eago stock yards 1905 cattle; at the South
Omaha yards 6s2,149; total, Lib sac. There
were strays recovered at those two points fol-
lows: Chicago, total 1896 head. value $751;
1916; South Omaha, total, 3,442 head, value
$145,33O.4s making a total value OF $227,O92.14
The above represents the cattle returned to the
retaries of the associations of these three
The following statement represents the number Of
cattle and proceeds direct to the by the
commission firms: Chicago 14,O77 head. value
s67O,9O5.s5; South Omaha, 15,4sO head, value
$1.30s.642.27 making grand total OF cattle re-
covered of 34,615 head, value s1.536,73441, at
total cost of $1s,so4.s2 or SIN cents per head.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-17
Old Timers Not Disheartened.

The old-time cattlemel of western Nebraska are
not dsheartened with the present situation OF short
age in rainfall, drying pastures and prospect of
greatly reduced hay crop This is only fulfill
ment of the forecasts they have been betting with
themselves would sooner later spread the
country. They have faced these conditions before
and believe they will recur occasionally time
moves along. They are not engaged in dry land
farming enterprises neither do they concern them
selves personally about the termination OF seeds.
They do not whether the quality tests out 100
per cent or so per cent. They know what their
country is good tor; they know that grass will grow
in the sand hills in dry seasons, under conditions
of drouth when it will dry up and refuse 20 grow
in the rich soil of the surrounding country
The range cattle men are each year realizing
more and more that the Kinkaid s40-acre home
stead is blessing in disguise that the means
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-17

directly 70 the lift, and went aboard the
Roc. It was lats in the afternoon. The
engineer was impatient for his party, and
swors an unblasphemous oath Of relief
as they appeared below. Carson looked
down and saw a rising oval spot OF black
and white checks. which he knew to be
the flat cap OF Silberberg. and he breathed
hard. Also, however, there was a parterre
OF millinery under which must be at least
two women, and he breathed easier. That
hound was going. then-and Psyche. too.
How inexpressibly annoying. and completely
ecstatic 81 was! They went forward; and
when Carson joined them, tie ladies had
vanished into the cabin, with SiIberberg.
What do you think Of the weather.
asked shayne.
The low has reached Omaha" replied
Carson. and has deepened rapidly. We
ought to get into stiff south winds soon,
increasing all the way"
Let en- increase reioined Shayne.
Wen make port quicker. II 1t should he
northerly weather, now
Wed have to moor" qusried Carson.
Naturally"
What I'm going 10 talk to YOU about.
said Carson. lis a machine that could
make Chicago against the fiercest gale
tonight"
"oh, yes" lightly replied Shayne. I've
had en- offered me that would do it in
an hour-in the inventor mind. And they We
been announcing them ever since the time
OF Santos DumOnt and We are still about
where the Old Brazilian left the art, Meth
anose and light engines help some bal
we're helpless yet in a forty-nile wind
I'VE may be so tonight" said voice al
their elbows. The forecast is mist and
clouds north OF Meridian; and it's blowing
hard at Memphis sir
How hard
"Thirty-two per-" replied the engineer
But us freshening every minute, they
say."
"ltlI be with US" answered shame "Pul
hcr tail 70 IL. and hike"
The earth was a concaVe cup with rh'
setting sun a flaming wick on its RIM II
The north was a huge black sccumula tior
OF clouds watch seemed swelling Witf
startling rapdity. but the weather-wis,
aviators knew il 10 be their own heDdlc-
flight which brought the clouds nearer witf
such speed. giving them the swift upheava
which mimioked the approach % storm
The silence was absolute save FOR th'
mufred exhaust OF The engines and the par
OF the driving screw astern; FOR tie Roc
kept apace with the blast, and the hgh
breeze that swept her decks was from
prov. eastwardly 20 stern. as she edges
up into the great .eyclonic whirl and out
footed the wind. Darkness stole over nh
earth. and the foreshortened landscape va
niutt-,i ,,,.i. en- grhne the suns rays stil
silvered the greai euising oyerhang Of ~
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-17

MonopIists get their hooks in" supplied
Silberberg. Lets take the fool north. and
see what he's got"
Most sensible thing you've said" re-
piled Shayne.
Now this conversation must not be taken
as proof that Mr.. Shayna had decided upon
any unfair treatment Of this cocky young
chap who walked the Roc's deck like a
young bull in his own proper pasture. His
services to virginia entitled him to fair
treatment in business. or fair payment in
money. They might not entitle him to
both. In matters asronautical, business was
business II Wilmer could learn Carson
secrets il would do nobody harm Tor
shayne to know them. All these things
were mere business truisms. so he talked
with Wilmer aside. and by the time the
aeronat libratinE over the aerial harbOr
and obeying her descent SCREWS gently
purred into her berth, he mad discovered
that Wiener really Knew nothing, but was
in position, as he said TO find out a deuce
OF lot, having seen a mysterious some
thrS in the hidden shed 90 the south beach,
which be declined to describe principally.
as Shayne plainly told him, because he
couldn't; but it might be worth his while.
he added, for Wilmer to take another look.
~HN AAohS . ShcAlh VI 81.
Carson waited in glum silence until the
second descent OF the lift. refusing to o.
cupy il along with Silberberg. Shame
urged him TO stay abroad for the night
"trip to Chicago. II vas only one day there
and another back, Tor The weather map
indicated northerly winds outward and
southerly ones returning-one OF those fine
prosperous flights that sometimes gave to
ha -
rulership Of the air.
The weather, north" said Shayne, &c is
the mildest known for March. We've plenty
OF furs and top coats il II falls cold. We
can discuss your project Mr. Theodore.
over our high-balls going up. It's vour
only way to file your tale ~ woe come
with U.S.
Very Well sad Theodore he would go.
with many thanks
He wondered about the niece and Siiber-
berg bat he asked no questions. Ills fer
vent wish that Psyche" might go was
born OF "a natural desire 20 know IL sha
hal recovered from her terrible experience.
He yearned so strongly 70 pay her the
merely formal attention OF inquiriuB about
this that ne wandered about aimiessb
growing red and ungilg 70 his fingers
ends az imaginary passa ges between him
SELF and Psyche. running Into dangers
from moving trans and motor vehicles and
walking in a dream slap aboard a Guaya-
Quil liner, under the impression that he
was strolIing up Government street Win
unseemly haste he rot Off. on his next
land-fan would have been the cana! zone
not Chicago.
lie cleared his eyes Of Psyehs dust, srryd,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-17
South Omaha Loses.

The contest in the removal proposition resolved
itself in the candidacy Of W. B. Tagg of South
Omaha and c. C. Jamison of Ellsworth. The vote
ON removal of the office of secretary was presented
and taken as a solution of the secretaryship and
resulted in very large majority opposed to South
Omaha as its location, thus virtually electng Mr..
Jamison in the decision of this question.
The election OF officers for the ensuing year
suited as follows; President, R. M. Hampton, AL
lance (re-elected) vice president Al H. MetSger.
Merriman; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, C. c. Jamison. Ellis
worth, The executive committee elected consists
of the following fifteen members: c. H. Tully
lakeside e. p. Meyers, Lena; Rube Lisco, Lodge
pole; q. e. Lowe, Hyannis; w. M. Fleischman
Bailey; Robert Graham. Alliance Herman Krause,
Long Lake. j. H. Monohan, Whitman; Z. NJ. Searle
jr., osalalla; A. R. Modisett, Nashville; E. NJ Ell
dred. orlando A. G. Davis, Hyannis; Dan e, HILL
Gordon; Robert A. Cook Lakeside; John Orr
Lewellen.
The committees that shaped the affairs Of the
association in planning its business direction we're:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-17

with u.s." said he, I'VE shall
Thank you" said Theodore. II have
breakfasted; and while it is very hygienic
| have no doubt. kosher food doesn't APP
peal to me"
BY God, my man." shouted Suberberg,
''if you say another word"
Carson turned upon him. and SiIberbers
sank into seat. Carson walked back to
the engine room. saying that he would
look the craft over. and see Mr. Shayne
after breakfast
For the tourists it was not a Jolly meal.
Silberberg conceived himself vastly insuIted
by this fellow they had picked UP. ana
gave his host rather a bad half hour.
We owe Il to him to allow him TO be a
little nasty said Shayne. secretly smiling
at the thought OF the reception awaiting
this story OF the kosher food In certain
clubs where all Silberbergs wealth had
not made him a social favorite Think
what ne did for Virginia, YOU know Sill
berberg."
BY iove." sried Slbsrberg. II would
rather she had-sr that is 7 would not
allow any service even to her 10 atone
for such an insult I don't allow ony one
to- Ae must leave the Roc shayne, or l
Will"
But bis machine may be worth white. -
urged shayne, using what he judged would
be valid argument with his guest. IAN
idea is an idea, Max. and this art Of H.
ins needs Improvement"
No idea" insisted Max els worth that
much. suit yourself MI Shayne, but Us
for me"
siberberg waved his hand closing the
debate. Mr. shayne prided himself upon
his ability in handling people, and was.
moreover. most pig-headed himself. He
grew fouder OF Mr. Carson's project as
slberberg grew hotter i'm urging tls Young
mans dismit sal. The ship passed Magnolia
springs. loft Point Clear far 10 nar;. sailea
maiesticaily over Fart npe. and was half
way across the bay before the meal ended.
With the argume stiI Undecided though
Sbayne was winning prceressi-eIy By force
Of hearing their harbor Al they rose they
detected Wiznef standing behind them hat
Ia hand as q av aiting a word with ttem.
OF eavesdroppiag, a. The case might have
been.
Wen" said Shame rather angrny.
II just wanted 10 saw" replied Whine r..
that { know what this young follow !
proposition is
so do we,r said Mr. shayue. ITS some
kind Of flying machine"
Yes, said Wiener "And n You don't
find him reasonable to deal with, come 70
me, I've seen hts model. Il amt protected,
OF course, ana can build one Ike II I'm a
few weeks-with money enough I'm learn
MIN 20 butt 10 and take customer from
me-
ID rbefE aud shayne booked significantly
az each other
hvH 'rr'H'urs ran cut besan saayne