New-York tribune., 1910-05-01

ments and successes The charities are
not titful but continuous. and their range
Is wide For many years the signature
MARY Jeune'' was q familiar enc In
the newspapers, daily and weekly, and
was generally at the bottom of an ap
peal to the public for aid to we'll
considered scheme in behalf of those
who really deserved aid That is still
so. Her more private contributions were
not less frequent, and the energies de-
voted 20 both were, and are, nothing
less than wonderful. when you consider
they wero only part of the activities OF
varied and full life.
Perhaps I may add that politics also
were, and are one Of the many forms
in which that restless soul expresses
itseIf-In the form, that is, OF an in
telligent conservatism. A capable woman
has In England many more opportuni'
ties Of serving her country than In
America II Is not necessary here 70
plunge into suffrage movements In order
20 establish an influence or q notoCiety:
nor do wise efforts toward social improve
ment ever tend to result in clamor
for the vote. as they seem 20 beyond
the Atlantic. II is true that the Engllsh
-fsuffrasetteS" have done a real service
TO sound politics by discredttfng the
woman's demand for the vote me
practical Englishman asks himself III
they would use this violence In order 20
get the vote what would they do when
thew had got ft7-' Their agitation has
IA, rD,5s -r-1-n
It had no effect upon the policy Of
women who are content TO Work for
reform by sane and moderate methods
Schools. charities, hospitals, local gov"
eTnment and many other means are
open to women who think politics may
well be left TO men. Lady st. Helier's
latest appearance is municipal. she was
elected last month aR Alderman OF the
London County Council; not by popular
vote but by cc-optation- She will bring
10 the duties OF this new post large
experience and an executive capacity
Of the kind men think unusual In
women; as II Is.
II ever there were q woman Of Cath
olic sympathies Lady St Heller IS one
In view Of recent occurrences IL may De
discreet TO say that by Catholic do not
mean Roman Catholic The best COM
1nent on the word Catholic as applied TO
Lady ST. Heller would be a list OF the
people to be met at her house and espe-
cialiy of those TO be met there most fre-
u1lent1y But it would be too long. II
would include all, OF almost all, the most
eminent and most representative men
and women in England. and many more
who are not English. Lord Salisbury,
MI Chanlberlain.-eve IN those unre-
generate DAYS when he talked OF the
ransom" Of property,-Lord Randolph
ChurCnili-those three we're some or the
chief ambassadors from public life. NOR
/ think, Mr. Gladstone, for reasons In
teIlig1ble enough to those who knew no"
far political differences became soc'a4
differences in and after 1856, when It
was possible for Lord Spencer, man at
The very summit OF society, to say, We
do not get one invitation where we used
to get twenty" The Church, OF course
Mr., Jeune WAS the son of the Bishop or
Peterborough, and the predictions OF
the house were ecciesiastic- And since
the great dignitaries OF the Church OF
England are commonly men OF THIS
world as veil as Of the next, they seem
nc more out OF place at the dinner table
than at the altar. I hope the juxtaposi-
tion of the two words offends nobody
II is not meant to offend; II is only
meant to indicate the breadth OF ecclesi-
estical culture In this country. -
For the same reason / put next 20 t0&
Church another corporation often mem
toned in connection with 1t. II only foF
The sake OF the antithesis.-the Stage.
II IS true that the Society of London
has. as z, BODY. maintained an attitude
of reserve toward the stage The re-
servo has never been complete, as the
history of the Peerage, from the
eighteenth century down 70 the present
day, and especially az the present day,
sufficiently shovs. The process has been
one not Of exclusion. but Of selection ~
Is so now. ] imagine that the position
Of the better part Of the profession Is
s,,ch a. 10 leave the actors and actresses
indifferent or careless whether they are
,trecoenized" by Mrs Il or Lady q
When Royalty stretches ouL " hlClH q
friendly hand, as il does, they need not
r. overn1uch concerned about the rest.
As the Kings guests az Windsor, they
sre on level With anybody you like
But Mrs. Jeune vas among the pio~
,,ee-s: and she asked whom she chose I
do not think she ever took counsel with
The men or women who set themselves up
as oeneore. There is 2 sense IN Thich ~
NAV be said that she made some mis-
takes. but who does not? Nobody Is
inra1lihie. except HIS Holiness at Rome
and then only in matters Of faith rather
than of conduct But the point IS that
s1rs Jeune thought and acted FOR her
Eelr in social matters not waiting for
others. nor for a movement OF opinion
which should sweep her and others oIons
v.5tl1 II ali in the same direction toward
the game END. II WAS. presume, no part
Of her purpose TO get an example. Her
r,,r7,ose was 90 art on her own convic-
+i,1,- and her oWn predilections- II there
we're criticisms, as there were, they dld
rot disturb her. She knew her house
WAS an amusing house, and q dlstin-
p,,tsheG house. and with that she WAS
content. How many women are there
r.bo IA such matters. carve ont a career
for themselves?
When Nine. Sarah Bernhardt came 10
I.ondon. and Mayfair and BelgTaVia