The National tribune., 1910-01-13

dancing. But Miss Duncan has a broth.
| er Raymond, and Raymond wife
! Penelope, who are quite mad on this
subject of old Greece. Raymond and
Penelope (who is possessed of marked
personal charms) are now giving lee.
evils of our modern civilization, show
| ing how life might be made one grand
sweet song and all kinds of work, even
cooking, changed in the twinkling OF
the eye into the most glorious and soul
satisfying of occupations by the aid OF
| the tunes of ancient Greece softly
chanted. The Raymonds appear on the
stage clad in true Hellenic fashion, he
in single garment, reaching scarcely
| to his knees, with bare legs and feet
| (Which costume seems lilly suited for
American Winter weather), with his
| long hair sweeping over his shoulders
and parted in the middle. What Pene-
! lope wears is not mentioned, but it is to
| be presumed she is also a la Grecque.
Raymond tells us how a cold in the
head, earache, rheumatism and even
I typhoid fever can be cured by chanting
this old music, if you know how to go
about it. Raymond does the talking
and Penelope the singing or chanting.
We don't do anything right, according
to Raymond. The farmers go about
their work villainously, and it's no Won
times. When you set out lettuce plants,
for instance, you should dance and
sing, putting the joyous spirit of these
old pagans into this operation usually
considered most unpOetical and quite
decidedly back-breaking. We should
go thru life dancing and singing, then
everything will be joy and poor health
unknown. oh, they are as mad as
March hares on the subject, are this
h11t i1-n n no
has just enough truth in it to catch
and hold some people. OF course, If
! We could only bring a care-free, happy
spirit to our work, If we could look up
on life less tragically and give a little
more attention to beauty pure and
simple, we would be better off in many
ways. But most of US think we cannot
do this.
The President of Radcliffe College,
! of Cambridge, is man with a heart
in his body. He says to expect a lot of
young women to spend their entire
time in studying or in finding their di-
versions among themselves is just a
little too much. 1t is perfectly natural
that they should desire the society of
the other sex, and they should be all
lowed to have tin moderation, of
course. The young men should be all
lowed to call on the girl, but they
should not stay so late as to force her
to burn the midnight oil in order to get
her studies in shape. But, then, the
President says, no young man worth
anything would be so selfish as to do
that, especially if he was at all in love
with the girl. And this sympathetic edu-
Gator also says that he thinks it a very
unnecessary thing to have chaperon
in the room while the call is going on.
Not only is it an unpleasant reflection
upon the young lady, but it is a positive
wet blanket to spontaneous, fresh, en-
joyable conversation. The girl should
be allowed to have her young man in
peace, and get all the fun and diversion
out of his call possible. A chaperon
should be in the house, of course, but
not the room. These agreeable senti-
ments will be warmly echoed by many
Dr. Cooks sister-in-law says the dis
credited explorer is a nervous wreck;
that he cannot remember anything two
minutes or think consecutively, and that
the reason why he has taken himself
away from people and is keeping his
abiding place secret is on this account.
He has seemed a little better once or
twice, but has experienced relief for
short period only, invariably suffering
disheartening relapse. Mrs. Cook, she