The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-17


remains q detached part Of human
experience to US and therefore has
an added charm.
BY Becyles Wilson. Houghton.
Mifflin Co.
A series OF short biographies Of
the Methodist saints includes Mar
tin Ruter. by Ernest Ashton Smith.
William owen. by 8. Parkes Cad.
man Francis Asbury. by George p.
Mains: Nathan Bangs, by A. II. Tut
tie; Jesse Lee. by w. II. Meredith:
William Arthur, by T. b. Stephen.
son: william Morley Pushon, by
Joseph Dawson. and others.
Abingdon Press. N. Y. Methodist
Book Concern.
THE Millennial Dawn Heresy." by
f. L, Eaton. II. d.. which has for It's
mission the eradication OF Mormon
ism. Millennial Dawnism. Second Ad-
ventism and Christian Science. has
unduo its appearances.
The Abingdon Press. N. Y.
"reminiscences always remind us
OF funerals. We don't like them
much. for when people cease TO look
forward they begin TO die. Rem.
inisce1ces are the mumified bodies
OF things once alive. and no amount
OF oxygen pumped into them from
without can give the semblance Of
life and health.
II Is q favorlte and perhaps nat
ural thing for people past a certain
age TO make clearing house OF
their minds and settle things up pre-
paratory 10 the Great Departure.
Putting their houses in order. as It
we're.
Lyman Abbott has written a book
OF the past. which will probably be
read with reflected pleasure by
those who no longer live in the pres
ent and the future. but why not go
on and on until we are cut down.
not In the flower OF our youth, but
ia old age?
Houghton-Mifflin Co.
In Denmark. an unmarried father
supports his child or loses his vote
At the polls. The woman question
Ia working itself out in Scandinavian
countries where equal suffrage pre-
walls. There are no divorce scan
dals in Finland and man Is taking
his share Of responsibility and pun
ishment In wrong doing. Wonder
full women have come out Of that
country. Women like Aino Malm.
berg. who was one OF the organizers
of the great national strike which
gained for Finland autonomy from
Russia: and Ellen Gleditsch, not yet
80. who Is a Professor In the univer'
city Of Christiania and one Of the
leading authorities OF the world on
radio-activity and Mathilda Wrede.
known throughout the country for
her reform work among convicts.
She refused to become the wife of a
rich baron that she might not be
hampered In her work. All these
out OF the frozen north. and with
all their wonderful achievements
these women are model housewives.
THE Free Women OF the North"
by Mabel Potter Daggett in Pictorial
Review.
How many or us, II we had been
consulted, would have chosen our
parents" asked Anna Steese Rich.
ardson. national chairman Of the de-
partment Of hygiene, Congress of
Mothers.
The question was answered by
many present. There was q pathetic
child story in the life Of every one.
A sick mother. drinking father,
poverty or unsuitable conditions.
The article, Health and Hygiene
for the Child" Is q plea TO youns
people TO think. not Of themselves,
but of their offspring before yielding
to a marriage which may bring un.
told sorrow TO themselves, their
children or both. II IL more than a
problem In eugenics. for many fac.
tors beside physical well-beins must
be considered.
II young men and women could
be brought to realize and regard