The New York herald., 1922-09-03


herself had really the immense inn
portance that Pascal asserted. Al
though Cleopatra was the Serpent of
the Old Nile she was not an
but a Greek; ''she was a
which is what
queens usually are" Prof. Matthews
upon many other remote
causes that have had unexpected
in history and gives
the Gentle Reader some new
thoughts to play with. John corbin
a second paper on The
Return of the Middle Class in this
number and calls ii THE Valiant
Woman" Equality between the sexes
Mrs. Gait is quoted as defining thus:
An equal chance to express what
ever either is capable of expressing"
Alice Paul thinks that the present
subsection of women consists in the
lack Of recognized jobs. which results
in inferior earning power. Mr.. Cor
bin covers important points in the
history of men and women. DE
mocracy as we practice it is an in
strument of amazing aptitude for the
extinction of ability, of liberty. ;.
Fundamentally the issue is b,olo3ie;
its psychological aspect is secondary
and its economic aspect tertiary. Tire
ultimate stake Is the freedom not
merely Of our women but of our
nation"
In McC1xre's for September Lau-
rette Taylor writes amusingiy Of
herself in Living and Play-Acting." +"
AS a child she was fearful little
liar, and she thought everything be-
longed to her. She tried stenography
for a while, but Office routine did not
appeal to her. She played in stock
in Seattle, then came East and ap-
peared in "The Bird of Paradise" ."
She has acted the part of Peg 1.12O
times, and it has had 6,60S perform
ances in the United States alone.
Miss Taylor gave a special perform
ance of peg O My Heart" for Sarah
Bernhardt, and her reward came in
this tribute: ''One young artist in
New York has not allowed herself
to be blinded. She has worked
hard and is still working, although
she is already a very agreeable
Coincidence, possessing humor, emo
ton and-a rare thing for her age
power"
Rarper's Bdznr for September
brings its usual flavor of Paris
frocks and fancies. Baron de Meyer
writes Paris Gossip by a Mere Man, :
Donald Ogden Stewart contributes
his fourth paper on "A Nonsense
Book of Etiquette" "The Etiquette
Of Games and Sports" "The picture
play has reached its majority. Nc
longer may it fall back on the excuse
that it is a youthful art" say Fred
eric and Fanny Hatton in THE
Super-Cinema," a beautifully Illus
trated article, also in this number.
ITO originate, to work wholly
without tradition, as though no art
had ever existed before in the world,
seems to be the intention of the mod
ern school Of art in middle Europe, :
according to Giles Edgerton in Mod
ern French and Viennese Decora-
ton" in the September House aud
Gardens. Other articles in this num-
Der are Caroline Duer's Decorative
Panels" Tapestries in the Decora-
tive Scheme" by Phyllis Acker-
mann; collecting Engraved Gems, =
by Gardner TEAL, and ''The Villa
Dante Alighieri," by Robert Carrere
and Morgan Heiskell. The former
home of the divine poet is still pre-
served as a thirteenth century Ital-
ian manor house.
There Is a woman in Chicago VIII
started a second floor cafeter;1
twelve years ago. when she was past
fifty. To-day. as president and chiei
owner of the Ontra Corporation, shs
conducts three restaurants and feeds
$4,000 people week. Allison Gray
tells about her in the American To-
September in an article entitled Miss
Dutton Knows What You Like II
Eat" To-day we eat less meat AM
more vegetables, salad and dessert
The latter may be due to prohibition