The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28
RICHMOND VA SUNDAY JANUARY % 1915

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he paused moment as his eyes rest
cd once moro on tho Virginia hills.
smotc his hands together as though In
some excess OF inward agony. then
mounted his gray horse, Traveller, and
rode calmly away
II that We're the very Gathsemano
or his trials. yet he must have had then
ono moment of supreme II chasteneu
JOY. AS he rode quietly down tho lane
ieaainE from the scenc of capitulation
ne passed into view OF his men-of
such as remained OF them. Tho ncwn
Of the surrender had got abroad. and
theS were waiting. Ericf-stricken and
detected. upon the hillsides. when they
caught sight Of their old commander
on the gray horse. Then occurred one
oil tho most notable scenes In the his
Tory OF war. In an instant they were
about him, barehcaded, with tcar-wet
races. thronSinY him, kissing his hand,
ms roots. his saddle. weeping. cheering
MIN amid their tears. shouting his name
TO the very skies. lie said: Men, we
nave fought through the war together
L nave done my best for you My
heart is too full to say more"
To say that no Virginian of the pres
cnt day could he better htted than
Mr.. Page for writing biography of
which makes for clarity OF vision, seems
almost superfiuous. Unhurried by tho
hustle and turmoil OF modern life. he
has here accomplished n clean cut,
thoughtful. scholarly piece of work
and contributed to tho history of Vir-
Yinia and of ono of tho greatest of her
sons and soldiers n memorial volume
that cannot ba read without imparttng
much toward which attention in general
hi iirpp I'd n
rected very imperfectly.
"Thc Modern womnn's flights Move
nicnt.r
BY DR.. Kathe Schumacher. Trans
lated from the German by Carl Conrad
Eckhardt, Phi. D. The Macmillan Com
pany, of New York aud London. $3.50.
The author states in her preface that
the first edition of this book appeared
in 1905. The new edition takes into
account the recent statistical data and
gives an account of the woman's suf-
frage movement which has been spc-
ciaily characteristic OF these later
years.
The chief demand of the woman's
rights movement" sho says, ARE: TO
enjoy the same educational opportuni-
ties as men. freedom in the field OF
labor TO choose any occupation and
eunal pay for the same work; In the
hcld OF civil law the full status OF II
legal person before the law and full
civil ability; In criminal law. the repeal
of all regulations discriminating
against women, in public law, woman's
suffrage; in the social field, full rec
oSnition OF the high value of woman's
domestic and social work."
The book treats of the movement
and its progress In the Gcrmanic and
Romanic countries OF Europe, in the
Slavic and Balkan states, in the ORR
ent and the Far East.
Among the Gcrmanlc countries DIR.
schumacher ranks the United States
hrs, and makes it the cradle OF the
womln's rights movement American
women having, as curly as the Pf1iln-
delphia convention OF 1857. claimed the
right to vote. The Constitution OF the
United Stntes was then being draw
up, and in nine of the original thirteen
colonies the right TO vote, rs the author
points out, In municipal and state af-
iairS had up to this Time been cxer-
ciscd by all freoborn citizens or all
taxpayers and heads of families
Among these frecborn citizens. tan
payers and heads OF families" says DR.
Schumacher. there were naturally
many women who were both votors and
active citizens. So woman's right to
vote In all the thirteen Statos oxcept
Virginia, New York, Massachusetts and
New Hampshire WAS practically cstab-
lishod before 1888 The example go, by
virginia and Massachusetts in 1879 and
i77I had been followed by Maspachu-
sets and New Hampshire In 1880 and
17Si."
Matters were in this condition. ac
rordinS to tho author, when women at
tempted 10 secure. by Il recognition OF
their civil rights through the Cousti-
tuition, that of the whole federation Of
States But the convention left the
conditions of suffrage to be deter
mined by the individual States To be
sure. In the draft of the Constitution
the convention IN no way opposed wo-
man suffrage But the nine States
which had practically given women m,
right TO vote had abrogatcd this right
through the insertion of the WORD
man" In their election laws, and tho
hret attempt Of American women 10
secure an expressed constitutions,
recognition OF their rights az citizens
failed.
In Australia women are represented
I" have full and equal privileges in the
universities and all occupations open to
them. The women have succeeded In
getting many reform laws passed by
The Australian Parlia ment. The hook
thus takes up the history OF the wo-
man movement In all Germanic co,in-
trleS alike. giving many valuable facts
In each Instance. Conditions among
ffench, Italian, Spanish and Portu-
snese women. also the women of the
Latin american states on the Continent
occupy br. Schirmachers attention to
an Interesting degree. After these
women come those of the Slavic and
balkan states. and lastly the women
OF the Far East. where. except in ia
pan, women have almost no rights and
but little education
Book Notes.