New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-26
love az HOMFWAKING BRINGS NEW CIVILIZATIO

and wholesome would be found, and we d.,
all be immensely gay because work Is not -
sible without happiness.
"Ths happiness cannot be given to you,,
people The richest father, the most deyv,,
mother, cannot give the real future homs'
their daughters; it must be born in the su,
Of the young people themselves. And Il
greatness Of your nation must depend upon 4,
kind Of home each young American wonr
creates for herself.
81 believe that this new civilization that n
have in mind will come just as soon as Amer
can youth really want beauty in all the de:ai
Of their lives, and if they want this they me-
prepare themselves for Il. They must II
educGted for successful home-rnakers, and yUsI
progress as nation must be in exact ratio
the value Of the home each young Americr
woman is capable Of creating for herself a.;
her family.
THE SOUL IN THE SONGS OF FRANCE
"For instance, in my own work could no
be satisfied just to sing some pretty songs
some kind friends. | want TO feel that thross,
my art am contributing to the civilization q
the world. like TO feel that | am like d,
ancient troubadour who wanders from one lard
to another instilling into each nation the hve
and respect for it's own art by celebrating |,
songs the manifold beauties of universal ar.
at is in the songs Of France that the entir
national history is TO be found, the history 4
her soil, her heroism, her brain, her heart
the apotheosis, in short, of a race that exhbh
the reserve of serious and courteous strengt
which can crown life with roses or bow to deaf
with grace"
Nine. Guilbert, in talking either with you,
people or with old, gives one Immediately Il
impression Of an immensely capable wOnE
You feel that whatever emergency should &C.
into her life she would meet it deftly CT.
ageously and with great interest; that =
would be the good housekeeper, the maker (
bread, the designer Of comfortable cloths
that children in her house would never hd
for education, or for sympathy; her huser.
for understanding and companionship ~
has, unconsciously perhaps, developed with
herself these very qualities necessary for ts
new civilization which she is so eager ths
the young people of the world should have.
cannot imagine any situation in hon.
that she could not master. She has had u
all-around training, the experience that mska
the complete woman. am sure that she wouR
never for one moment consent to a mere lifed
drudgery, for she believes that singing, ar,
delightful manners, happy social intercOurx
are all various phases Of Intelligent home max
ing, and when one speaks Of her as an deal
home maker, it is never with the sordid ats
of life in mind.
It is an anomaly from her point of vew-sr
absolute wrong-that there should be scrdd
side to home-making. With the intelligenes q
the young people in America to-day, the kindd
education given them, the willingness Of III
parents to allow them to develop along q
lines, home-making should become the supren'
achievement OF youth.
It has been said that the French woman .
the super woman, the woman OF the creates
mental, physical and spiritual development sna
the more one listens to Nine. Guilbert talk, ns
more often one hears her songs, the more con-
pletely one realizes that art cannot be seps
rated from humanity and that only the mos
completely developed human being can express
the greatest art.
And we agree with Yvette Guilbert When shs
says that art is deeply entangled in the f's''
kind Of home life.