Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-15

comes as revelation. Here are sketches
OF thirty men, more or less, who stand
individually as the makers of modern Ger
many. Concealed by the turmoil OF plau-
dts for the kaiser himself these latter
day Teutonic knights have been left in
peace TO build out In one and another di-
rection for the gloriication and stability
of the fatherland. Heading the list is
sketch of Admiral Won Tirpitz, creator of
the navy" Here. too. is Zeppelin. com
mander of the air" Prince F'urstenberg.
as the IMAM behind the throne" and
Ernst Won Heydebrand, the 'uncrowned
King Of Prussia" follow, and behind these
are merchants, bankers. road builders.
strategists. diplomats. Journalists. doctors.
poets and playwrights-the 'orignators,
organizers and administrators, who have
made Germany what II is. and what It is
to be- The point of these brilliant studies
in personality is to make it quite clear
that many men working together under
Emperor William. and not the kaiser
working alone. have brought about the re-
cent astounding growth of Germany. That
to these are due Germanys expansion In
wealth, population. trade at home and
abroad. in its development of a merchant
marine, its transformation of the navy,
its innumerable and supreme triumphs in
science, industry and art. Mr.. Wile's ia
cilities for making these important studies
in contemporaneous history were of the
y
as New York press representative. he
came within seeing. and speaking. and
hearing distance OF these Teutonic
knights. The essays themselves are the
high tribute to his powers Of observation
and coordination, to his uncommon skill
in terse and picturesque writing.
WOMAN IN SCIENCE. BY H j.
Mozans, A. NJ. Phi. D.. author of
Along the Andes and Down the
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pleton & Co.
In addition to the Importance and in
terest of its inner content, Woman in
Science" bears the special and peculiar
advantage of making it's appearance at
exactly the right time. This timeliness
turns the study into body of evidence,
constitutes it, as 1t were, a witness for
the defense. To furnish proofs Of the fit
ness of women for enlarged rights and
the increased responsibilities incident
thereto is part and parcel of the present
woman movement, and this volume
stands. within its scope of investigation,
as positive affirmation of the long moot
question, the intellectual equality of the
sexes. Not alone in the poetic role of
inspirer to man does woman stand out
here Nor alone as collaboration with
him. While these offices have place
here, by far the larger substance of the
SluuS lids " dO Will WOiHdH dS SCIcHllAlC
investigator and discoverer, making prac-
teal application of her discoveries to the
conditions Of human progress. Women
in mathematics, astronomy. physics
chemistry and biology; women as in
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here in impressive personality and
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traces the long struggle of woman toward
this slowly lifting summit. From this
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special achievement A long and brilliant
procession of women unwinds from out
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