Evening star., 1923-02-11

much in evidence in your newspapers
And yet ! hear them call themselves
downtrodden and say they have not
sufficient means of self-expre ssion.
II Is amazing to the European. In
Europe, especially in central Europe,
our women arc very much in the
back ground: they are seldom in the
papers; they are not so highly edu-
Gated Most of the education is Law
! iahed upon the male: he is trained for
the career
AS you move westward in the world
the realm of woman seems to move
higher and higher. In the orient the
woman is the chattel. Turning west
; ward into central Europe you find
her mistress Of her household. but
content with that lot. When you get
TO England you find the woman is
coming more and more into prorni-
nence; When you get to America you
hhd thdt woman is what you call IL
she Is everything, she is beautiful
she Is a wit. she has some of your
finest colleges. she is in your public
IRE she i5 in your newSpa pers; oh, so
much in your newspapers; she is d
bud and deb; yes, she is everything
IT is very amazing. Yet she calls
herself driven Amazing, I say"
When 1sadora Duncan, the dancer
sailed from New York A. few day<
ago carrying away with her back to
his dear Russia her boy-poet husband
Serge Essenin, the inmi grafton au-
thorities here in the capital had
great laugh at their own expense. They
had held Serge up when he first came
to this country a few short months
ago. They held him up at Ellis Island
because they had been told he waS
revolutionary, a real red bolshevist
who hated governments and rulers
fli ND rp-E. ..,I4
Miss Duncan was perfectly furious"
at the trea tment accorded her "boy''
and remained at the island with him
for the authorities argued that ii
marrying the red Russian she had
become d Russian herself and, pre-
sumably. also a red Russian.
When Isadora. and Serge sailed the
other day they Haunted red ban
ner; they said they we're revolu-
tionarieS. red red revolutionar1cs
place where they could get their
fill Of revolution ana black bread and
vodka. The immigrati tion authorities
smiled at the returning redness Of
the departing duo. The joke was on
! the American authorities They had
| released lsadora and Serge after their
arrival with some misgivings. You
, can always get a. rise out of a gov
ernment official by saying red" In
! low. significant tone.
30 tney watched serge during his
first few nights ashore. They watch
! ed him until one night Isadora took
! him TO Carnegie Hall where the
| Actors Equity was giving a benefit
| performance. Serge seemed very
nervous, so the sleuths watched him
closely. Serge seemed worried BY
, his surroundings: he was impatient
! i'll at case. Isadora also eyed Sergc
| closely. She, too. detected signs OF
! discomfort in his demeanor Finally
a boy selling refreshments passed
! through the audience. Isadora hailed
! him. She bought n small box Of
candy. Turning. she presented IL
to Serge. He devoured the chocolates
ravenousiy- The detectives turned
away and left the hall in disgust
Serge wasn't red after all. lie was
| hardly pink.
Washington newspaper men as a
rule are long-suffering. But occa-
| sionally here and there worm turns.
| One did a day or two ago in the Sen
| ate press gallery.
Gosh" he said. Il wish I were
o. Henry. He could write about Cab
bages and Kings All we have to
! write about are cabbages''