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II the present plan for army reorganiza-
tion. as urged by Major-Gen Wood. passes
Congress. the changes will b" many and
great. Not the least important will be
the creation OF n body OF reserves in the
United States. and owing to tho industrial
conditions which obtain. the big cities will
be the gamers In potential protection in
the event of trouble.
As things are the situation OF the enlisted
man in the regular army is very much
improved over what 1t was only a few
years ago While there Is still socially a
great gulf hxed between the man trained
at West Point and the ono who has worked
his way up from the ranks. this gulf Is
being bridged. and some Of the most valued
officers in the service never saw West Point
until they went there on some tour OF duty
after they had won their shoulder knots.
Any man now in the ranks. or possible for
enlis. .ment. may make his way through
warrant to commission. II he has the right
stun In him. There Is now on duty at one
Of the posts in tho vicinity OF New York a
Young lieutenant who walked into re-
cruiting ONCE only short time ago and
asked 70 see the colonel in charge. lie
was well set up. Intelligent looking. aud neat
in appearance, The Colonel was struck
with the marked difference between the
Young man who stood before him and those
who ordinarily oher themselves for en-
listment
Why do Won wnnt To rnlist?" he asked.
You are plainly a gentleman. and you do
not look like u man to whom Soldierina Ia
cover for social or financial defeat"
want TO enlist. Colonel" tho visitor
replied, because. although ] am too Old
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place where 1900 men. women and
children 60 to take lessons in sewing
millinery and dancing, to drink coffee. to
paint pictures. 10 model in clay. n place
wherc they have free access to library
cluhrOoms, day nursery. kindergarten
children's playground. labor bureau.
medical dspensary. bakery. diet Kitchen
visiting nurses. social. educational and
industrial clubs for all ages and purposes
and labor museum
She has cleaned up one of the worst
districts in Chicago. She has replaced in
the heart of this district ali i'll kept stable
with an art gallery and playground.
which is used by .2CO children
She has made long and vigorous fight
against druggists who sold cocaine TO
children. against the spread of typhoid
fever. against tuberculosis among the
tenement dwellers; she has asked for new
factory laws. and in each Of these case
she has won out. She has cooperated
with the juvenile courts she has secured
public baths. free reading rooms. better
public and home sanitation and cleaner
streets. She has established q model
apartment house with twclve model apart.
ments at moderate rentals. She main.
tains visiting kindergarten by means oi
which crippled children unable to attend
school are visited in their homes and in.
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on the head when she called Mr.. Hufer's
attention to the good work done by such
h,chelor maids as Jane Addams. Anne
Morgan. Countess Annie Leary. Helen
Gould. Martha Berry. Elizabeth Marbury,
Maude Adams. Jeannette Glider. Ella
Flagg Young. Maud Younger and hos;
Of others almost equally prominent.
This nationwide discussion CAUSED by
Mr.. Huffers remarks has served 10
direct attention to tho remarkable
achievements in almost every field Of
human ende1vcr of bachelor maids. and
the question very naturally arises:
II these women had married would they
have done the good which they have ac-
complishcd by remaining single? As the
case stands there are n great many people
who are mighty glad that they were not
banished to a barren island.
Take Jane Addams as first illust ra ton
because she has been called America =
first citizen. Miss Addams has never had
leisure to consider wedlock because
she has devoted all her time and atten-
ton. her life in fact, to the public good.
In the most unaffected manner she brings
her strong personality to bear upon hui
,nanity. Whether she devotes her ener-
gies to the regulation OF women's work
or the esta ablishment OF juvenile courts.
whether through her convincing public
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Niss Moa-eL1~ Derry


When the Windsor Hotel burned in
sight Of her home she threw the house open
from cellar to attic To the frcmen who
were working in the ruins. Hot coffee
was served day and night to tho men.
FoCd wes ready for ihose who needed IL
Exhausted firemen were carried IN To rest,
Those overcome by Tho heat and smoke
we're cared for there instead of at hos
ptal. The house was hospital FOR three
days. Its mistress wore a huge apron and
was as busy "a any &c her servants A
gold medal accompanying set Of reso-
lutons from the Fire Department was her
souvenir Of the event.
All Of Miss Gould's act = show a consider
aticn that reveals close following Of the
golden rule. Visiting one Of the Your 2
Men Christian Association buildings that
that she had erected for soldiers IN n
Southern Ci,y sho made ready one day to
take photograph Of group in he read
ing room. With camera focused and the
light Of kcon interest in her eyes. she
stopped and looking at the group with an
apologize smile said:
| III any Of you would rather not be pho
tograpLed please sep out Of the group.
Some people don't like to be pictured-I
don't
In his will Jay Gould provided that GER
tain matters in relation to the fortunes of
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master. Chief planters. chief leaders and
observers OF the secoad class, gun COM
manders and gun pointers draw 81 IA month
extra. while the mess sergeant draws 80
month extra.
More than this. Uncle Sam provides
bank for those OF the enlisted men who
desire to have something laid by for a rainy
day. They cannot deposit less than w.
hut this amount and larger sums are re-
oeived by any army paymastor and dero'
tied TO the credit OF the man. II the money
remains untouched for six months or lonset
the soldier on his discharge will be pala
interest at the rate OF per cent fo'
those serving beyond the limits OF tno
States the pay is increased 20 per cent ics
enlisted men. and the time OF service
counted from the date OF the departure
from the United States to the date oil the4'
return. Also. in computing the time 10.
retirement the soldier serving aorosu
counts two years Tor every one
actual service in China, Cuba. the Ph,lip
pine Islands. Island OF Guam and Panama
Any man getting the D. $; Q, medal
which means recognition for distingulsneSss
service, no matter what his rank or st@"I snnsI
may be. receives ~ hb mo m@hon on a." n"'tvs active
or the retired list. and II an enlistea ,irj ,m"j
dies hiie on the active list from any ~Sphts hi.
or disease which is not the result y, on,,ber
own miscondnct h,s G.Iisnofsd W,now Pr bv vh him !.
sntitlcd to draw an amount eHha' b,m y" At
months pay AZ the rate received Nv h'" ~
the time Of hi.. death. 49,. ,,,,,s,,.
With the indnc"ments tne cln"'' ,o !. uro.
vldlng Tor his boys IN blue ana nnan' ;vsry
iife al a private soldier will coinpa.e ~"
iavors BY with the life OF private c'''''"'
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listments. Ia provided with n cottage and
has other emoluments. Is supplied from the
Comnlissary department and after thirty
years service In entitled to he retired upon
three -fOurths Of the monthly pay he last
drew with $3.50 month In addition rs
communication for clothing and substance
and ss.?5 n month In addition in lieH OF
quarters, fuel and light II can be seen that
man OF equal intelligence and skill In
civil life has little TO brag OF over him.
Again. he may be married. Indeed. the
proportion OF married rAn In tho army
now Ia at least one-twentieth and officers
say that this proportion would be very
largely increased II the whole truth werc
known about the men. 1t Is fact that not
q few are married without permission. In
the old days enlisted men we're married
ION the strength Of the regiment" that Is,
an ordinary soldiers wife was given sIf-
flcicnt laundry or other work to enable
her to support herself; but as time went
on the cost OF transportation Of a man and
his wife became too great. the distances
between posts being considered for Uncle
sam to deem 1t advisable to give every
Tom. Dick and Harry permission to marry.
Then. again. this Is democratic country.
Commanding Officers assert that no one ID
harder to convince OF the degrees Of rank
than u woman. An educated woman may
recognize II. they say. but the ordinary
woman does not, "A man = u man for n that
with her. and tho ordinary wife OF the or,
dinary soldier s"cs in her hush lnd's Captain
or Colonel mere man. and not an oIiiosl
! OF rank. That kind of Ting may 10 tolerated
| In ol,il life. but not in army circles.
Tho old days when "Sl3 u month sne
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Mis.lAns,ie, ,LeNs-yS~

work in factories and she has devoted
time and money to the betterment Of
conditions among wage carners. Miss
Morgan's henevo,ence is not confined to
or entirely expressed in her gifts to char
ity. although these are many. Much of
her time and energy have been devoted
TO tho unionizing of women wage earners
and she took great interest in the shirt
waist strike as we'll as several other
strikes in which women have been in
volved.
Miss Morgan is not deficient in grit.
This came out when she started her lunch
room in the Brooklyn navy yard. In
this undertaking she ran up against the
opposition Of the neiShboring saloons. The
proprietors sent n crowd OF hangers on
to jeer at Miss Morgan and her charity
the day ahe orencd her restaurant. but
she stood her ground and came through
with flying colors.
Among the notable bachelor maids
in this country Miss Annie Leary is the
only possessor OF title. that Of countess
which was bestowed upon her by Papal de-
cree, because of her effective work among
the poor OF New York.
Some fifteen years ago Miss Leary
established her first small mission among
Italians in basement in Sullivan street.
BY attracting the children. and then the
mothe through the children. work
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When Col. Roosevelt went South h
was entertained al the Berry school and
given big stick. All Possum Trot was
there. doubtless to see the head OF the
school as much as the Colonel for tho
Sunday lady. as Miss Berry is known,
never ceases to be a wonder at Possum
Trot. As an instance OF the devotion
OF pupils TO her it is related that in the
mountains a little tombstone that marks
the grave of one of her boys bears this
inscription: HE was faithful unto death.
BY request OF Miss Berry
IN the stage there IL more than one
bachelor maid OF prominence. but among
them all Maude Adams stands out a. the
most distinguished. II seems strange to
some people that she has never married,
as there is nothing Of the masculine in
her makeup A homelike woman. with
gentle. intimate graces, a fanciful humor,
retiring. shy and unworldly. she has but
one ambition stage.
Few living men have a fame 80 wide
or a personal influence 40 far reaching
Each year she plays to half million
people. She cares little for money, yso
she yearly earns twice the salary Of ths
President OF the United States. Success
full as she Ia in New York, her importance
is even greater throughout the smaller.
less distracted cities, and no geographical
area appears to limit her popularity.
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become a fact. or perhaps while it is
merely a hypothesis or hope. she sells it.
Thus from the preliminary stages OF
artistic creation to the happy end OF
royalties and affiuence she personally
conducts him step by step.
She advises the terms of sale. draws
the contracts and collects the money due.
The strength of her position Is that she
knows not only managers. actors and
authors. hut also human nature. Incl
dentally she knows tho kind OF piece
that each manager is looking for and the
kind Of piece that each separate star wants
to shine in. and especially the kind Of
piece that each separate star ought never
to attempt
As a business woman she is entirely
self made. Brought up with the usual
accomplishments OF society she found her
self unframed to do anything. Neverthe-
less she resolved to do something. First
she tried newspaper work. but soon she
saw her opportunity in the world Of the
theatre and announced herself as play
agent. To-day she has offices in New
York. London and Paris. and Is known
wherever there ia dramatist with play
and q manager with a theatre.
In the literary world. no bachelor maid
shines with greater prominence than Miss
Jeannette Glider. She has keen eye for
merit and originality This has enabled
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found" constituted tho entire inducement
for man to enlist have passed away. Now
a private Of the second class draws SIS and
one OF the flrst GLASS in the Engineers,
Ordnance and Signal Corps draws SIS.
This. 1t must be understood. Is the initial
enlistment. For men of this class. although
they may not have gOne up for any higher
grade. the pay 10 increased % q month for
and during tho second and third enlist
ments. and q further increase OF dollar
q month for each subsequent enlistment
UP to and including the seventh. II man
reenlists within three months Of the day
Of tho discharge his service IL considered
continuous for the purpose OF increase
OF pay.
For the Sis man and better. up to $40. the
increased pay for subsequent enlistments
Is 81 a month for the second enlistment.
and further increase OF 81 month for
each enlistment up to and including the
seventh. Men In the higher grades OF the
warrant officers. whose initial pay Is go and
better. receive an increase OF u a month
under the same terms as previously set
forth.
There arc other emoluments. however.
A qualified gunner. frat class In the artil-
lery. draws o. month additional OF the
second class the additional pay Is reduced
81. An expert riheman who qualities draws
d month extra. a sharpshootsr - month.
and qualified marksman % month IN
addition to his regular pay.
In the coast artillery tho Increase Ii still
mors. A casemnte electrician. observer
Of the nrst class and plotter. hnds % n
month over and above his regular pay IN
his check whom It comes from tho pay
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The Rev. Mr.. Huffers Statements Re-
futed by Practical Achievements Of
Bachelor Maids in Many Fields

arguments she compels the city to en-
force it's laws on sanitation. whether
she is conducting political fight against
corruption. whether she is toiling on the
Board Of Education. experimenting the
stage at Hull House for dramatic So
cieties or helping to bring up young
children Of the tenement districts who
show talent for music and art she Is
always leading up and out.
1t would he difficult to enumerate all
the philanthropic endeavors which claim
the attention of Miss Addams. She also
finds time to contribute freely to the
press on the subject Of social settlements
and their relation to the labor movement
and true philanthropy.
Her work for the improvement Of social
conditions by legislation has led her to
support the woman suffra ge cause. espe-
cially in municipal elections. She be-
lieves that city government has come to
he an extension OF household economy
and that the housewife and the mother
the women workers and taxpayers. have
as much at stake to qualify them for the
elect crate as me, have.
Miss Addams is considered the hest
woman public speaker in Chicago and her
arguments are as free from artifce as
are her life ard methods. She lives a
simple bachelor life ct Hull House and
numbers cmonc her friends thousands
of the poor Of this congested district as
we'll as some Of the leading PERSONA ges
in the United states ard abroad. Miss
Adams i. Of the firm convict ion that the
real pivot Of modern life is in the homes of
the lowly.
II is generally considered that Miss
Addams's greatest work has ieen the
establishment Of HUI House. The idea of
this crert Industrial ard sociai -et, lemcnt
for the poorest workers "a me SIR, light from
her hear. and t. grew fto nn restitution
which bv i'- accomplishment has set all the
world tili,iaE. She vas only 20 whe:. she
orcnnd Hll House.
WHAT Miss Addams accomplished in
Chicago cannot be tolu briefly. but these
things she has done She has provided
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prospered until at length through the
generosity of Archbishop Corrigan o
church was secured at Bleecker and
Downing streets. where a dourishing
Italian congregation was soon built up.
Since tho day of the establishment of
her first mission Miss Leary has unin-
terruptedly continued her worX for tho
Italians of New York. She believed that
they needed enlightenment in tho faith
of their fathers. She went about winning
their confidence by doing things for them
She found that they. were going to the
non -sectarian settlements instead Of the
parochal schools. and that is why she
decided to enter settlement work.
When hcr work in Downing street
overgrew the confires OF the mission
she took the first step toward the founding
of a great art school. Under hcr direction
The Christopher Columbus Art and In
dustrial Institute was opened at 40 Charl-
ton street. Her plan Is eventually to
bring out in New York all the artistic
forms OF expression characteristic Of
Italy. Miss IIeary looks upon the Charlton
street house as merely step toward
great Italian university to which 1t
has been said she will leave the bulk OF
her large fortune.
In the business world a bachelor maid
who has made name for herself is Miss
Elizabeth Marbury. She invented and
carried to success a business different
from that Of any other woman.
She is a play broker. but that term
falls conspicuously short Of describing
either her or her usefulness. Her busi-
ness is as broad as her sympathies. as
far reaching as her interest and as deep
as her personality. Miss Marbury's
special function is the development OF
playwrights.
She has the gift OF discovering ideas
in young mon and young women before
they are themselves conscious Of these
ideas. She expresses to the would-be
dramatist what he il trying to think
and say and how to make it into play.
II he needs training she puts him to school
with playsmith. and when the play has
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WORLD OWES MUCH TO THE WORK OF SPINSTERs
Improved Social Conditions Especially
Due to Jane Addams and Other
Unmarried Women in America

her to discover more than one liter.r,
light. Among the books she recognizes
in manuscript az great were Archib.H
Clavering Gunter's "Mr. Barnes Of Nav
York. and the Eng lish translation of an.
Journal Of Marie Bashkirtseff" She and
her brother Joseph B. Glider started m.
Critic in 1881 and subsequently chanp.d
IL into a monthly Miss Glider remaipsd
its editor to the end Of its days.
Shc has written several plays, anon,
others dramatization OF "Quo yadis'
several hooks on literary subjects. And
many stories. among which "rhe Auto.
biography of Tomboy" and "Tho Tom.
boy at Work" have been the most sue.
cessful.
Down in the South lives bachelor maid
who. IL matrmony had claimed her in
her early days. would probably have
never started her remarkable educational
institution. She is Miss Martha Berry
and her school bears her name. II il for
the poor mountain whites living near
Rome. Ga.
The whole work grew out Of little Sun.
day school that Miss Berry established in
the mountains near place called possum
Trot. Beginning with five pupils in Jan.
uary. 1902. the school has now over .oo
pupils. Born in log cabin. it has grown
to fill houses built Wy the pupils themselves
The first real house the school put UP cos,
5000. Now. the property is worth $500.
600. The original board of instructors
and officers consisted Of two persons To.
day there are twenty six teachers. These
thingr Tell the material side of the schools
history. but they have. after all, small
value compared with the less tangible
part Of the work.
The poor whites NJ the mountain dis
tricts of Georgia have never vet been
able to thank Miss Berry sufficiently for
what she has done for them. for in plac,
OF illiteracy she has given them education
She has also shown them a means Of
liveli ,ood. a. the pupils OF her school
are instructed not only in the ordinary
school studies but in the useful trade.
as well.
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structed by trained kindergarten teachers
Miss Helen Gould is in her way almos,
as noted a bachelor maid as Jane Addams.
Hers is no isolat ed. remote chcrk writing
philinthropy. She studies personally the
needs Of those she spens - assist; and
s;e plans to give aid mos, effectively
Her hene;al ions are also Eota' lc for the
wide range they cover.
Al the Brooklyn navy yard there is The
finest sailors clubhouse in the world. II
was Miss Gould's gift to tho navy. and the
blue jackets have en- many occasions
shown their appreciation "f it.
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Niss Helen Gould .,

remained a bachelor maid because che
so decided. Many wife seeking men and
some fort une seeking men have mistaken
the kindliness of her naturc for personal
preference for themselves. Marriage
has been no part OF her life plan. It has
seemed as remote from her as society,
which she has no time or desire to enter.
Another philanthropist among the
spinster da aughters of New York 3 rich men
is Miss Anne Morgan. daughter of the
banker and financier. Her heart has been
touched by the dcplorable conditions
under which some girls are forced to
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MD maids should he exiled to a
barren island as waste humanity
= so they could not hinder the

barren island as waste humanity
~ so they could not hinder the
pro.rcss O: civilization"
Thus said the Rev. +. F. Huffer. pastor
Of the First Christian Church Of Grand
sermon on "Love. Courtship and Mar
riage."
Mr.. Hufrer thought he was making n
telling point in his discourse. hut 1t is
rrobable that he did not foresee the criti-
dsm and denunciation his remark would
provoke. His sermon attracted more
notice than it woild otherwise have
received through his action in making
public n faxed letter attributed to Miss
Helen Gould. In this letter Miss Gould
was represented as saying that she felt
that "such persons as herself and other
bachelor maids were not hindering the
progress OF civilization but advancing
it, In telegram TO THs SrN Miss Gould
denied the authorship Of the letter. but
other women wcrc reused to answer
Mr.. Hufiers statements.
Miss Mary Boyle O'Rcilly. n daughter of
the poet. asked Mr.. Hufrer if he realized
that ~the care Of the helpless and the
weak. the poor and the sick has almost
always been done by the unmarried
women who have given up their lives to
the services of the Church" DR. Laura
A. G. Hughc', women physician OF
Boston. writes. There are many notable
and philanthropic unmarried women in
this world. and r Trey had Ill been wives
AID mothers humanity in General would
Miss Helen Grimes, a Pittsburg SUI
fragist. drew Mr.. Hufrcr's attention to
the fact that III it wore not FOR tho old
maids MAN. OF tho children born 70 this
world would not grow up. Old inlds are
the nurses and teachers" Miss Gertrude
Gordon. ais, oe Pittsburg. said. You
may as we'll put all the food in the world
on a barren island as 10 put all the old
maids in exile"
1t remained for Miss +, l.. King Of
Monterey. Cal, to hit the n iii squaroly
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the younger children should be arranged
in the family council. Miss Gould at
tends these councils, practically presides
al them. sometimes o,he momentary dis
appointment Of her brothers
"Helen's heart is So soft" they COM
plain.
There is no doubt that Miss Gould has