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The Washington times., 1918-03-27
By Beatrice Fairfax.

IN TUDT .sarsfulIy the 1iess Of
these two women. Madame
~ Dudsvant, whom the world
recognised under the name OF
George Sand. and Marian Evans
who became famous a. george
Eliot
In youth-sVsn in aEe-Ssorgs
Sands face had that impslTinE quail
fly that challenges interest atten-
tion and love 1t wasn't beauty,
though her mouth was pretty and
her eyes we're magnificent It was
the indsnnable something. to which
men nine times out OF ten eapitu-
latA She inspired and she ''yam-
pired." she loved prodisally and
she nled the men who loved her I'M
consciously, for future reference
And years after. from the ashes. OF
memory, she raked them out and
made them live in her pages
Her face. in the phrase OF Suder-
mann. overlooked with "the Joy OF
living" Love kept her young ana
made her intersstinE-nothin that
she wrote holds Us a. her biography
-thouGh In reading It we feel that
she loved too much and too easily.
George Eliot, who did not begin TO
love till the Autumn Of life was
dawning. has . face OF forbiddinK
austerity. Her resemblance to the
great rsformsr monk. OF the nf-
tenth century. savonsrola-about
whom she wrote In "Romola"-has
been commented on frequently. Each
had the same uncompromisinR
stsrnnsss of profile. each had the
chin that clsaTes obstacles as . bat
tlsship elsAves the water.
Life a Continual Love Story.
To George Sand life was a con-
tinuaI love story; TO George Eliot II
vaS an endless task OF dutisA
study. effort-then love came. and,
with It the towering OF great
literary art.
George Sand was born In Paris
IN Isot-ths event took place a,
the wedding festivities Of an aunt
and the bride exclaimed: She
has been born in the midst OF roses
and music. she will be happy"
Her father said: she shall be
called Aurore" And SO the it'll.
Armandine Lucille Aurore Dupin-
later Madame Dudevant-beEan life
TO the sounds OF nddling and dane
ing and which for her. on the whole.
confined . Joyous experience to the
end.
Gray Outlook of George Eliot.
No such glad overture o. music,
flowers and dancing ushsr.d In the
life of Marian Evans in warwick
shire, England. in 1919. The gray
and fog OF the EngliLh climate
seemed to have enterd her soul
and stayed there till Phs met and
loved George Henry l,ewes in her
thirty-sixth year. At forty she gave
to the world her DIST important
creative work: ''sceres From CIsr-
teal dLfa" and thB was followed
By a period of EPat literary ac-
tivity that lasted ov.r twenty years.
She had done nS,abls work be-
for. 0eorRs Lswet had eon. into
her life: a transls lon Of Strauss
Life OF Jesus" n 1915. had at
tractsd eonsIdsrab attention. and
the post OF assists It editor of The
Westminster Rsytsw" was a rare
for q woman in those
days.
But the mastery studies OF Eng
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, sallantry OF manner which one II
expected in France and Poland to
displsy in convsrsinG with every
woman. felt that was chatting
with eomrads"
There were scores of men, how
ever. who ala not feel that they
were chatting with = comrnds."
but woman at whose feet they
gladly laid the tribute of their
genius.
When her vaErant affections
were genuinely engaged. no peas
ant woman keeping the hearth
bright for her man could have
iabored more sssiduously at do
nestle drudgery than she who Is
regarded as one OF the glories OF
French literature The domestic
machine must move smoothly for
the beloved. and servants were not
always possible to procure at the
Antipodes.
The Balearic Isles Journey.
When she and Chopin undertook
that strange journey to the Ba-
learic Isles this littls known Medi-
terranean group had hardly yet
emerged from barbarism.
Chopln's cough was declared By
the superstitious SfaJorieaus to be .
curse of God, and the landlord de-
mandsd their house. They took ref
uge in q deserted carthusian con-
vent. lost between the rocks and the
sea.
One Is staggered at George sanGs
ability to successfully combine the
functions OF bread-wInner, chill
dren's Eoverness-for her two
children accompanied them-cook,
housekespsr. and Chopin's sick
nurse.
When love was the inspiration. no
task, or combination Of tasks, was
too much. Apparently she was
capable OF doing without slssp for
long periods OF time. for We con-
stantly read OF her working all
night long to furnish copy for the
Unsuitable press-in the morning she
cooked the breakfast and taught
the children.
Chopin a DetestabIe Patient"
This picture OF her eapability-
even II devotion sometimes tagged.
for she wrote OF Chopin as THE
great artist. poor man, was de-
testable patient"-was different TO
that last stark chapter OF their re-
lations. when. firing of him. she
took no pains to conceal her bore
dom and dismissed him III and I'M
happy.
List summed up the situation
wonderfully in q letter to JAnka
wohl:
MADAME Sand caught her butter
ny and tanned It in her bax by Civ
ing 1t grass and nowers-this was
the love period. Then she stuck
her pin into It when It struggled
this was the congo. and It always
came from her. Afterward she
vivisected 1t. stuffed II and added
II to her collection OF heroea for
novels. II WAS this traffic in souls
which had given themselves up I'M
reservedly to her which eventually
Disguised me with her friendship"
George Sand Good Company.
For all that. George Sand was
really good company; and IL one
forgot she was q woman thing
rarely cared to do-Gnd ~ one
closed ones eyes to her maternal
proclivities-a funny term coined
to express her own disenchantment
one could admire her. and even
passiopsiAls -ttSGh ane'S sAI 10
hsr.-
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Was George Eliot Hypocritical?

Rightly or wrongly the whole
continent sees in George Eliots life
aScertain hypocrisy. II Is not the
ethical aspects OF her relations with
George Henry Leves. SO bitterly
and acrImoniously debated in Eng
land, that disturbs the continental
mind. What amazes them Is her
yearntng to be regarded as con-
vsntional and her calm assurance
that she could achieve It by assum-
Ing the name TO which another
woman was entitled. For she was
not Mrs. Lswes, though eventually
-alI England left cards. and agreed
to believe that she was
George Eliot still holds front rank
among the victorians, her Scenes
from Clerical Life" MIL On the
Floss" -Silas Mariner charm with
their humor and humanity. While
George Sands work Is the result OF
a temperament at once typical and
unique; and though they leave the
modern reader cold or cause him to
smile, they had a tremendous mes
sage TO the generation to which
p they were addressed
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LOUe the Mighty

George Sand. whose whole life was a con-
tinuous love story, with the famous men Of
the time as her ardent suitors,
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The Four of Hearts
A SERIAL OF YOUTH AND LOVE
Gerald Tells Cynthia He Loves Her
and Mrs. Livingstone Gets
a Surprise

? the note Of inquiry in his voice, ana
thought that he had made a state
ment to which she could but cOn-
cur
Il did not knoW-did not suspect
how matters wersr-
Then. her sslf-conTroi DESERVING
her. she turned from him sharply,
snatching her hand from his
= oh" she exclaimed, everything
Is wrongl I don't know what -
do
There was a leng silence. during
which the cracking OF the IRE
sounded very loud. The girl crossed
the room to the hearth and stood
looking down At the blazing logs.
She thought she understood Il al
now. This man loved her. He had
revealed this--psrhaps unintsntion-
aIly-to Mrs. Llvingstone. He had
probably confessed Il to Dora. or
she had suspected II and. seeing his
unhapplnsss. had sent the object Of
his affections in here where he
/. could be alone with her. And now
Z he had m good a. told Cynthia that
he loved her.
Conditions which she had unwft-
tingly brought upon herself seemed
to be hemminE her In she could
not sxtricate herself without max
ing this man wretchsd-sInee. A.
seemed certain. he loved her. II Il
were Nilton-
She cisnched her handA she
must not think OF Milton.
She heard Gerald crossing the
room toward her. but she did not
look up. He came and stood close
81 ~ - -
hia
Dear Cynthia" he said gently.
you say you DO not know what -
DO. Why not marry msy
He Kisses Her. rs
she did not move She could nst
reply
IF you viii trust me with such
a precious thing a. yourself" the
steady voice went on. 7 VIII try t.,
keep you from. being sorry yoa
trusted me. I will try to be worthy
Of you I shall have to be . very
good man. dear. TO be worthy Of
your Affection
Then she looked up she must
try to speak the truth. II she could
do SO before Il was too lAts
Perhaps" she faltered. you may
not consider such affection a. can
give suffieIent"-
He interrupted her. ~If II q suf-
fteient to make 20 unwilling to marry
me. It IL far more than I DESERVE
he said.
When she ala not reply. he put
his arm about her and kissed her
gently. almost reversntly.
II will try to be worthy of you.
dear" he repeated
"Dora!" Mrs Livingstone called
sharply from the hall
second later she had swept
aside the portieres. but she stopped
short on the threshold OF the IL
brary.
Il thought Dora was hersrs she
stammered- why CynthIa-WhSa
did you get homer I did not even
know you were in. I was sure
Dora was In here with Mr.. stewart
II am here. mother" Dora called
from the foot OF the stairs did
You want met I heard you asking
for me-"
But for \ moment MrA Living
stone was too much dassd to ~ =
swsr.
Ts Ne contfn.eL
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Hgh rural ufe, with their ininn-
able humor and pathos, must be
ascribed TO the influence OF Lswss.
He saved her from the possible
prfEYiShnsES, OF which We get
many intimations in her Life and
LsttsTIi This drsary record was
written by John walter Gross.
whom she married in 1850. when
she was sixty-0ns years of age
The Life a Triumph Of Dizziness
How a man Of Crosrs ahflity-hs
! was = great Dante studsnt-could
have achieved such . triumph OF
dulinesS, and prolonged the tsdium
to the extent OF three volumes,
would be cause for speculation, II
one aid not reflect that he wrote
OF 4 woman's life devoid OF love.
or even = hint Of romance. till its
autumn.
II 10 too much like the record OF
an eTtra-promisinE pupil who al
ways made . hundred in everything,
to beguils the interest OF the gem
erai reader. We yeGrn for her to
do something besides read books,
take up new studies and acquire
languages. As the record develops
It becomes almost . parody Of an
sstImabls young English blue
stocking" We hope for the worst.
but she only decides to translate
something into Hebrew, or refresh
her weary spirit with q dash Of
Euclid.
FACILITATING Sand Biography.
We turn from this to the pslpi-
tatinE pages Of George Sands bio
graphy. full OF delicious Gallie hu-
NOR. mad Journeys TO the ends OF
the earth, quarrsla, rseeneiliations.
and talk, talk. talk. by the anotntsd
Of the muses.. BalIac, List, cho-
pin. De MuHset. Madam d'Agoult,
Tbeophils GautieT. F1aubert and
scores OF others sparkle through
the pares They talked among
themselves, better than, their char
actors talked in their hooks
It 10 an Olympus, of which the
reader never tires. thoVEh the gods
and Eoddssses tire Of each other.
quarrel and console themselves
with mortRls. e.
Balzac Did Not Love Her.
BaIzac. who was one OF the few
men to resist George Sands at
fractions. wrote of her to Madame
Hanska: TN spite Of her fearful
mIsfortunes, she has not q white
hair on her head; her dark COM
pIexion remains unAltered; her
eyes as bright as ever"
He continues: Her manner of life
bears a close resemblance to my
own. She goes to bed at in the
morning, and gets up at midday.
whereas ! 90 to bed at 8 In the
evening and get up At midnight;
but. naturally. have adopted my
habits TO hers and for three days
We have regularly Eossipsd from
nve In the sYening-Aftsr dinner
until nvs in the morning. with the
result that / have come to know
her better than during the four
years whom she used to visit me
from time to time" And in the
same letter:
{ characteristics Those Of a Man
Her dominant characteristics
are those Of . man. Therefore.
she Is not to be regarded as a wo-
man. While talking to her for
three days. and opening my heart
to her on all subjects, never
once arrived At that superficial
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Heart a Metropolis.

Heart a Metropolis.
It was Jules sandeau. another
lover. who replied to her plant
that her heart was . cemetery
with 1T Is a nscropohA"
No such spriEhtly repartee en-
e livens the pages OF Mr.. Cross
three-volume life OF George Eliot
We weary OF that sstimable group
Of the Coventry period. and We
wonder how they made out with
their hsir-splitting discussions and
the substantial books they read 80
eonscientiously and snapped about
among themselves. Nothing more
vital than :. headache ever sesmsd
to happen to George Eliot and there
are headaches a-plenty through
those dull three volumes. The
reader passIonatsly wishes that she
had known about New Thought" or
Christian Science or that she had
rssorted to taking some sort OF .
remedial tablet
George Eliot was an Infinitely
better artist than George Sand. who
produced her books in the midst Of
her whirlwind love anairs-with
often cooking, sewing and house.
keeping ION the side" What might
not George Eliot have done with a
little of the sand background.
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The Greatest Ice Block.

TM RSG mass 81 See In the world is probably the one
veh Ems up nearly the whole Of the interior of Green
hnd Is beHsved to form a block about six hundred
tOuund square miles in area and average mile and
| haM IN adeknesS --:
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Her relations with De Mussst
were equally tragic. for that I'M
happy author who wound up his
brilliant career a. an absinths ad-
dict and who used to be lured from
his favorits cafe at night by n
glass OF the green devil" held be-
meath his nose till he followed II to
his carriage Young Bohemians
used to wait about the cafe. night
after night. to see this spectacle.
George Sand yampired- de .Mussst.
as she did the rest, and wrote of
him in her novel. Ellie ct Lui." She
soaked in his genius with the re-
captivity OF q student preparing for
an examination. And she poured
It out with the nuency of a.Iawyer
speaking from a brief" The con-
elusion seems clear. says Francis
Gribbls, AS q thinker George
Sand was shallow and second
hand-an AeolIan hafp that made
music OF = sort when blown upon
by any wind of doctrine. She takes
the pose OF an evangelist when In
reality she Is no more than . vul-
garisatrice."
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c characteristics Those of a Man
lumph Of Dizziness

Her dominant characteristics
are those Of . man. Therefore.
she Is not to be regarded as a wo-
man. While talking to her for
three days. and opening my heart
to her on all subjects. I never
enes arrived At that superficial
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ADVERTISEMENT
The Washington times., 1918-03-27
George Sand Good Company.

For all that. George Sand was
really good company; and IL one
forgot she was q woman thing
I rarely cared to do-Gnd ~ one
closed ones eyes to her maternal
proclivities-a funny term coined
to express her own disenchantment
one could admire her. and even
passiopsi.ls -AtsGh ans'S SAI 10
hsr.-
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George Eliot. who, until she was forty,
! and wrote novels that made her famous.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-02
PORTEST IS RAISED
AGAINST AN UNJUST
SOUTHERN METHOD

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
through it's secretary, John, R. Shil-
lady of New York, makes public the
following telegram of protest to Pres
ident Wilson and to Governor Brough
of Arkansas against the application of
compulsory work laws to women. The
associations action was taken on the
basis of press dispatches stating that
Arkansas planters have begun move
ment to force Negro women to work
on cotton plantations in that state
against their will, and the reported en-
forcement in a Georgia town against
Negro women of compulsory work
laws which are applied against col
ored women only. The kilograms fol-
low:
Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President of
the United States, Washington,
D. C.
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People earnest
ly requests your attention and that of
proper department of the federal gov
ernment to prevent forced labor of
Negro women in any states.
New York newspapers carry press
dispatches from Pine Bluff, Ar
kansas, that local business men
and planters have begun movement
to have work or fight orders applied to
women, alleging that Negro women
now living on allotments paid them by
war department because of drafted
husbands and sons serving in armed
forces of the country are refusing to
perform labor. Wrightsville, Ca, is
reported to be enforcing against col
ored women only ordinance requiring
both sexes to work at least fifty hours
per week. This Association is conf
dent that your high sense of justice
will insure proper condemnation of
efforts to apply compulsory laws to
women's labor and that you will re-
gard it as invidious and un-American
to apply compulsory work principle to
Negro women alone.
JOHN A. SHILLADY,
Secretary National Association for
Advancement of Colored People
Hon. Charles H. Brough, Governor,
Little Rock, Arkansas.
National Association for Advance
ment of Colored People requests in
formation concerning proposed move
ment of Arkansas business men and
planters to invoke so-called work or
fight order to be applied to Negro
women. In the name of colored peo-
pie of Arkansas who are unrepresent-
ed in your legislature, and in the name
of colored people of the nation, this
Association emphatically protests
against discriminatory application of
labor conscription to colored people
and particularly objects to labor con-
scription of women. No proposition
is anywhere made to conscript labor
OF white women. The nation as a
whole will regard attempt to conscript
colored women as in the nature of
peonage. Negroes of the country are
serving loyalty in nations armed
forces and on its Industrial battle
fields.
JOHN R. SHILLADY, Secretary.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-02
SAN FRANCISCO NEGRO DoNs
UNIFORM AFTER MANY TRYs

San Francisco.-After having tried
to get into the United States army on
numerous occasions, being rejected ey-
cry time, ZAP Hudelston, one of the
most widely known, as wei las unique
Negro characters in this city, has at
last had his ambitio ngratifled, and
he will soon be wearing the uniform
of United States soldier.
Months ago Hudleston attempted to
enlist, but he was turned down be-
cause there were not enough Negroes
here to form Negro regiment. HAY
ing read of the heroism of his race in
the trenches he wanted to go and he
was continually trying to get into the
service, and his efforts have finally
been crowned with success.
Hudleston has acted as book mes
senger here for many years and dur
ing his spare moments he has been
reading classics, and today he is one
Of the best posted and most widely
read men in the West on classics.
War-like bits of Shakespeare were
being recited in African intonations
in an out of the way spot in the
office of local book concern, now
and then accompanied by sponta-
neous shuffling of the feet in minstrel
fashion. Inquiry brought forth the
information that Hudleston was going
into the army and he was giving
vent to his pent up feelings by re-
citing classics and doing an occasion
al clog dance.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-02
TOAST

Here's to our soldiers over the foam;
Here's to our boys so far from home
Here's to their valor and loyalty,
Who are fighting for you and fighting
for me;
Here's to their blood so freely shed,
Here's to the dear ones that are dead
Here's to the ones who languish in
pain,
May their sacrifice not be in vain:
Here's to the prayers that daily rise
From mothers to the vaulted skies:
Here's wish for their safe return.
To the homes and hearts that for
them yearn;
Here's tor our dear ones cover There"
o, may God keep them in His care;
Here's to the flag that we revere.
Here's to our Country we love so
dear;
Here's to a Worlds Democracy,
And here's to our boys across the sea.
-Juanita A. Brady.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-02
o. H. BROWN,
State Supt. Public Health.
TRUTH ABOUT
CONTINUED from page u

to make a thorough investigation of
the matter. The facts are as follows:
only two soldiers were involved
in the fracas-not score. Therefore,
ten Negro soldiers were not shot
down. One of the soldiers had gone
to photograph gallery to receive
pictures that he had previously had
taken. He was accused of stealing
SIS from the cash register. He denied
it. The proprietor went out and re-
turned with two policemen. 1t would
appear that had the soldier been
guilty he would have escaped; how
ever, he remained
No One Was Killed
"The two policemen jumped on
this soldier and beat him down with
clubs Several hundred of this mans
race, and one soldier who was stand
ing by, apparently believing that this
man was innocent, took his part and
accordingly started trouble for the
police. The, two soldiers were arrest
ed and conducted to the police sta
ton. They did not lead any mob, the
mob being composed entirely of civil
ians. Not one of the two soldiers were
shot.
"The story in your paper has done
a marked injustice to the colored
troops of Camp Alexander.
81 also wish to particularly invite
your attention to the fact that Camp
Alexander is not NEGRO stevedore
camp and that the proper term to be
applied to the colored members of
this camp is Colored Troops, United
States Army.
'The officers and enlisted men of
this camp are indignant over such ap-
parent wanton, slanderous remarks
being directed at the men in this
camp; and am very much surprised
that you would permit such baseless
story to appear in your good paper.
"A wrong and evil has been done
to the men and to the camp, and
feel sure, Sir. that you will take
proper steps to correct the same as
far as possible.
For your information l am enclos-
ing copy of Major Collins report.
CHARLES L. DULIN,
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-02
NEGRO SOLDIER, RELATIVE
OF KING MENELlk5 KNOWS
TWELVE LANGUAGES
Private in U. S. Army Proves Re-
markabIe Ability as Linguist

David Ben Isaac de KeIlchitta, a
private soldier at Camp Upton, is a
Jew, Negro, a blood relative of
King Menelik born in Italian Somaili-
land and before. becoming a citizen OF
the United States was naturalized
Italian.
In a recent examination conducted
for the purpose of determining his
fitness for an assignment in the intel
igence department of the army he
was questioned by five interpreters,
and proved his complete familiarity
with English, French, Spanish, Ger
man. Russian, Polish, the Scandina-
Wan languages, -xalian, Greek, Ara
bian, Turkish, Hebrew and a number
of dialects. His proficiency in He
brew is particularly complete as he
studied, at one time for rabbinical
orders.
An officer of the examination board
who is a college professor in private
life, declared he belived Kellscritta
to have no living equal as linguist
Phoenix tribune., 1918-11-02
SEEK RELEASE OF
COLORED SOLDIERS
IN HOUSTON JAIL

TOPEKA, Kan.-Application for a
writ of habeas corpus seeking the re-
lease of forty-one Negro soldiers
serving sentence in the federal prison
at Fort Leavenworth for participation
in the Houston riot was filed Satur-
day in the United States district court
The application is based on the as
sertion that the court-martial which
tried the Houston rioters was sum-
moned by orders from the headquar-
ters of the Southern Department of
the Army which, the petition states.
was not empowered to call such
court-martial