The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-22
WOMAN'S
FIGHT.
BRAVE

The struggles Of a plucky young
erl against the sitting philanthropic
atmosphere in which she has been
brought up are described with some
humor and more pathos in Juliet Will
Dor Tompkins's The Seed Of the Right
eous The Bobbs- Merrill Company. In
dianspolis). She is the youngest child
Of a celebrated philanthropist in honor
OF whom a statue has been erected
somewhere in New York city. His
family makes 1t a point OF honor To
live up to his reputation. His widow.
who shared In his work. is engaged
In all kinds OF benevolent and uplift-
ing undertakings which call for her
constant attendance at meetings of
ONE She is full Of the Early Chris
tan communistic spirit. and ~ she
10 ready to give anything she has to
any worthy cause. so she thinks II nat
ural to call on her friends and &C.
qu%aintances for any service or assist
ance she needs for herself or for the
objects she Is interested in. She IL
sincere, and as unconscious Of criti-
cism as she is blind to the incon-
venience she causes.
She quarters her son. a literary
weakling Of over delicate susceptible
ties. on a rich widow. lie disdains to
work for his own support. is dabbllng
weakly at tasks that are too much for
him. thinks only of his own comfort.
and after inducing the widow to sink
q lot of money in producing an i'm
possible play he has written kindly
allows her TO marry him and support
him a. he deserves. Her elder daugh-
ter also has IA mission hat raises her
above remunerative work. she has
entered whole heartedly into the
Noman movement and Is ardent in
support of eugenics: she runs a So
ciety for the spread Of the idea and
u sent about the country to preach
Its gospel.
As the younger daughter. to her
for any special kind of uplif, work
the burden of this shiftless IL high
minded family falls on her. She is
always there TO do the work which
the others drop whenever they are
called upon to help humanity alon :.
The care of her brothers motherless
boy also falls on her AS he wears on
his fathers nerves and interferes will
his intellectual strivincs. The child
with his love for animals and his ak
with his grandfather's statue is de-
lishtful. The girl on loves her
fathers memory and draws comfort
from her imaginary discussions with
the statue. She loves her mother too
and cannot bear criticism OF her ways
but her eyes are naturally more opsn
to the flaws in her sister inc brother
While she is looking about for 'he
phiianthropic speciality in which she
shall engaEe her uncle offers her a
salaried position IN his real estate OF.
fee. she spurns h offer as an in
dignity TO her family. In spite Of hei
. loyalty. however. she chafes at com.
ments on the family ways, at wearing
clothes that are bestowed on her. a
unpaid bills and other unpleasant
matters. She think the matter over
takes the place and enjoys the work
and the feeling Of independence. She
4 IL in love with her cousin. who is 4
practical and level headed youth
though rot ove~rburdened with polite
ness when expressing his contemp'
FOR her family. This leads TO dissen
son between the two at "A critical mo
meH,. when the mother dies heroicailS
and the girl. left alone. brOods owe
her lovers harsh judgment. The chile
has been taken away when his fathel
marries again. Her ather's statue
has been removed because ii Offend'
the aesthetic taste OF a Board Of Alder
men which wishes to widen the street
The girl is d~esolate. but f~ortunatel'
her lover Is able TO make up for every
thing even TO erecting a more suitab',
monument for her father and mother
The portraits of the several person
who have allowed the burden of
great name and the methods Of phil
en'hr0plc work To affect their live
are SO vivid that readers in many com
mnni'ies Will he tempted To attribute
real names to them. The story. how
ever, IL Of the awakening and develop
ment Of "A very lovable girl, 80 child
IKE IN her innocence that We resen
me cruelty of the blows she receive
N II. rnInG the ways of independence