The Washington herald., 1912-12-06

A doctors certificate should be as
| necessary to a marriage as a marriage
license, according to Mrs. Alec Tweedie.
| the English authoress and traveller.
daughter OF DR.. George F. Harley. F. r.
g., London's eminent physician. who is
visiting this country and is at the Pow
hatan.
Mrs. Tweedie has the same views on
most everything, and, womanlike, seems
| to be inconsistent on some of the most
important questions OF the day. For
| instance, she is a peace advocate, but
believes in the manly art OF self-de-
Tense. She is an ardent suffragette, but
condemns in severe terms the militant
tactics pursued by her English sisters.
She Is an Optimist, but does not believe
in Christian Science.
Speaking OF changing the marriage
laws, Mrs. Tweedie said:
In the comparatively few years since
the death of her husband put her to the
task of making a living for herself and
her children she has become one OF
Great Britains most famous women,
winning renown as journalist, writer
of books, traveller. and philanthropist-
At the Powhatan. where Mrs. Tweedie
f. staying, she talked vigorously last
night OF everything except her own
achievements. of which she spoke re-
she does not at all mind setting forth.
and while some of them are typical OF
that is regarded as the new school, Mrs.
Tweedie is rather indlvidualistic.
Marriage System Careless.
the most extraordinary unions take
place. Members OF families where in
sanity is known to exist. where drunk
tions, where consumption or cancer has
reduced the circle one by one, are free
to marry as they please, no inquiry being
made by the other party to the contract.
EpiIeptics are turned out Of GONZALES
cent homes in hundreds practically
CURED, maybe, because the outdoor life
they lead. free from care. worry, and
all responsibilities. cures them tempo
rarily, but when sent out in the world
again the fits return.
These people marry, and the children
born of such parents often inherit the
disease. Grave social conditions are the
result"
Speaking OF woman's suffrage. Mrs.
Tweedie said she was not a militant suf
fragette There should be no such ques-
tion as sex in the matter of brains" she
said. There should be no Question as
sex in the matter OF friendship when
being cooks. dressmakers, or nurses. !
When women are equally capable OF be- |,
ing lawyers, clergymen, or lawmakers, |
surely there should be no restriction be- |
cause they wear petticoat. Brains are |
brains and work is work.
"AII women cannot be breadwinners, |
and more then, all men cannot be SOL !
diers Women are marching onward in |
every land Their advancement and the |
1f,- 1E1aff ffOra or EyyF1nT tra
to-day. The greater the woman, the |
greater the country. Equality in all
things for the sexes will make happier |
men and women and more prosperous |
nation
A glimpse at Mrs. Tweedie's book, |
Thirteen Years OF a Busy Woman's |
Life" gives a fair idea of the varied /
and interesting career she has had. Her
husband and her father died within a
few weeks of each other, and she set
herself to earn a living for herself and |
her children with her pen. She has sue
ceeded, and at the same time has seen /
a great deal of the world.
She started with good opportunities to
know the world. She came of very
family, and SO had the Il
ent-ee to the great houses Of London
and to the scientific societies, where
she met with the greatest philosophers Il
Of Europe. She was educated at Queens II
College, London, and in Germany, and II
has participated in several international Il
of women. III
Mrs. Tweedie has travelled extensive
Iy, and while she has written some fie-
ton, her best-known books are descrip-
tons Of the countries she has visited,
and of the notables she met in them.
she spent much time in Mexico, and II
wrote biography Of Porfirio; Diaz that
IS greatly admired.
Besides her literary ability, Mrs.
rveedie has a fine talent as painter,