The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-02-20

her hair, his hands dratoino her TO
htmr-thts toaS nsdrria0eP'
Critics, purists, the general public al
mad something to say about Together
IL shocked comment from those who nra
1erred to be silent. Others reveled in n
mrs. Herrick approved it-appareutly
others of the series followed "A lii
for Life" and The Healer" Tire
years a go Professor Herrick wrote "Ont
"omans Life" Then Mrs HerricE
packed up and went to Newport, L. l.. &c
I'VE. she announced that she wished tc
De near her thirteen-year-old son whr
was attending an eastern school But ar.
Quatntances and intimates in Chicago did
not believe. Had 1t not been renorted
tnat the heroine Of the Professors latest
taie was sketch of Mrs Herrick her
self? And did not careful reading Of the
story seem to prove the report true
Events, character-exaggerate a bit
perhaps-were they not still to be recog-
nlzed? Furthermore, was there not fhe
meaningful statement of tie author him
sen' tnat MS portrayal was absolutely
Professor Herrick had made an init
mate study of a woman-and had framed
ths study In words and hung il before
the eyes OF the world. And the woman
resenting the staring outlines of the nor.
travail, had gone away.
is the feminine mind incapable of de-
tached reasoning? Weaknesses fail
ures, problems which beset the sex. and
the world because of the sex-is the
feminine mind incapable of considering
these; considering and applying imper
sonally? Or must ANALYSIS always twist
them around particular chromosomes
ho'olng them up IS the sins of a par
ucIlar woman?
Is there not. in the whole world
woman capable Of sacrificing vanity to
the benefit Of other women
MRS. harriet P. Emery Herrick repre-
SCENTS super-development, unhamperej NV
tradltlon convention or narrowness ~
surrounding. She has been lrnfred for
keenness of intellect, independence of
viewpoint, and advanced ideas on
women. She worked with her husbsnd
on his formulation of a new nbiIosonhr
and applauded his effort to bring hefors
the world realization of weaknesses, even
tnongh they happened to be the things
whlch other women fight to hold nm
changed-home, marital relation, women
themselves
And vet with all the cool logic of her
viewpoint. with all her sure understand
HS and her wish to help other women
whether the wish we're altruistic or the
'NiIoliy lSInlnlne creative instinct
at the nrst mint of practical service she
Immediately becomes the pampered fem
lnine' sore with hurt pride, angry be-
cause the male has outraged her secIu-
sion
Never thought does she give to the
naturalness of being used as a TYNE in
ner husbands book. After two decades
OF married life, would she not be the
woman whom he would sketch, knowing
her as he could never know anv Other
" oman? And would not his sketch he
lmpersonai, inasmuch as one woman Is
more or less & composite OF all women
MRS. Herrick moved to Newport and
a aS the court for divorce. At first
she said her going away meant onIv
separation. -'
He mas his work to do and I have
nine' was her explanation. Then the
'uIt was nieo In which she charged de-
'ertfon and asked maintenance for her
'eI and her SON.. The almost stimuli
aneous fling OF perfunctory answer by