The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18
~ 4 Pioneer Writer 4;
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Although one hundred and fouttess at
years have passed by since the dea thSG
OF Mary w oilstonecraft of I! EnriandSs SIS;
Gner .vtndtcation OF the Rights IL W.! q
+ tneh causes her to be remembered to "a
"a .a az as ehe FIRST Englishwoman ito put "a
her declaration Of Independence in "a Il
enne form OF precise statement, ..Itiis
She lived. and taught at the end sof &
the eighteenth century, and her teach s y
mss are Still ahead of the every Ia us
philosophy OF the twentieth century,;
When she went to London to become. 8s
reader and translator for Johnson s.
the publisher and became also d con. y
.rloutor to his Analytical Review, she 81
ala SO with the full consciousness THAT'S
she was pioneer in a new path. thai q
the majority of women had neye, 4
trodden Ny 5ss
In short while Mary Wollston ecraft
was recognized on a footing or COM
radeship and equality by men who
were leaders OF advanced thought in
England. For although she declared
the Fundamental need OF women: to ia Il
economic independence, she was by no II
means a fanatic on the sex question "a
Like tho broadcast minded writer's and
thinkers of the present time. she !dwelt
more on human rights than on the in-:S
dividualized rights OF women. IF
Her famous book. ..The vindica ton 3
OF Women" is pronounced by Mary
Wolistonecraft's hiographer,i G. n I'll
Stirling Taylor. to be "a monument OF
thought. In so far as any Individual i
teaching can stand clear of that stately
M nj -Hl,xtt, t,t
luton" continues tho biographer. SO
that extent is the book landmark iii
the history of human progress. AS 40 Il
often has happened, the .nw thought
tion." ,a1i3{
Mr.. BrockIehurst, Patron.
Perhaps some woman who has ad : 4
vanecd ideas on the subject OF. educa n
ton may be Interested to know: how
charity schools in England were man IL
aged early in the nineteenth century,
Charlotte Bronte gives very vivid
picture of one in which Mr.. Brockle-@
hurst Is all-powerful, by virtue of be-
Ing Its patron The description is 4
taken from "Janc Eyre and refers
to a. visit paid by the patron to the
school II represents Mr.. Brockiehurst5
as standing on the hearth. with his
hands behind his back, majesticallyF
| surveying the whole school. Suddenly
his eye gave a blink. and he said 9ips
more rapid accents than he had hi ther.si
| to used III a. il< ~ st
Miss Temple. Miss Temple, what Is
that girl with curled hair? Red hair q
ma'am, curled-curled ali over?" And
| extending his cane he pointed to the
| awful object, his hand shaking as he
| did So a-is5. Is
1T Is Julia Severn" replied Misc
Temple very quietly. 5s al
| Julia Severn, a'am! And why has
she, or any other. curled hair Whyf
In defiance of every precept and prin-e
| ciple of this house, does she conform
/ TO the world so openly as to wear her
| hair one mass of curls?" a
Julia's hair curls naturally, re-
turned Miss Temple, still more Quietly
Naturallyl Yes, but we are not to-
conform to nature; L wish these girls
to be children of Grace; and why that
abundance? Miss Temple, that girls
hair must he cut off entirely. will
| send barber Tomorrow; and / see
others who have far too much OF the
excrercence. Tell all the first form ito
rise.iup. and direct. their faces, to the;S
! WALL "
He scrutinized the reverse OF these
| living models some Ave minutes. then
pronounced sentence. These words fells
| like the knell OF doom: All those,
top knots must be cut oGi"s tsf.a I'D
"a Song Domestic. IS VI
| J sing of my Kitchen al !gyy I
Sing Sof oathedrals;; OF. dim n,irples5
crypt of dimpllng brook OF wind 81
4 swept grasses; OF, sun pageants OF I
| heay' n kissing hllltops; 20 q cities;
! OF castles; OF festal boards a. glIt-isA
| ter with cheer OF silver andtS
crystal. III, So s1S. 81
1 Sing you OF the feart-of + sears-of /,
| laughter--of love .a;s{ t: r; ;s s
| But + sing OF Lfe-of that whence
emanates the sap OF llfe OF the
shrine OF things domestic-the#
| W Kitchen. For birth and death may;
he achieved without it. but Ia &
| M LIES necessity, 5i5 i3!Asia
! Into the fabric of my song are woven 4
fl, many things. Humble thingsi My
/ tea Kettle! 'il33
a great plump shouldered vessel sing,
Ing Its time old hubby chant. It vs..
| tThe day is great without with a 4
| plaintive. whining little wind 1
! fpmbling at the Window But X
1 my tea TX ettle purrs softly on, hum
ming quietly to- itself. "a. l
/ What are you grooming, o tea Kettle:
"Ttt!is alunabyII sing Long ago II
i H8 learned It'll and my brothers. The I
hrst teu-kettle sang 1t from the \
hob -corner--sang 1T TO little one
sleeping In Its cradle blythe fire.
i Tho mother. wro yht at her; spindle
\ and pushed the cradle with her
foot She sang alone to tile child,
and her song was of the gray sea I;
4 M outside, or tile fishing vessels and {!
the bleak winds. And while she
4 sang the wind lnoaned inthe CHM
i ney and the babe frettcd. for herr
! c. M
And the kettle, ponderinE knew
! this, and at length commenced to
4 sing this same little lullabs. Of
mine. and the babe slept. and at
! length also the sad mother"
by Mary Brecht Pulver
Esmonh's iientrix.