Evening star., 1932-02-21

nm politics our women have not done %
! much" he pointed out. "They seem to be
adopting mans methods and using our tactics
instead Of introducing their own. Their only
possible change is perhaps along certain lines
of legislation. such as child labor. But other
wise woman's influence in politics is not felt
much yet.
Sometimes I think the daughters Of the
Revolution would never have been the mothers
Of the Revolution" he broke out suddenly.
Why not?"
Because women Of the earlier days were
changes. In some ways we would do more to
carry On the spirit Of the first American
woman" he said frankly
"How?"
by not expecting only an easy existence for
themselves and by being more willing to work
for the family unit which Is really the cell Of
social life"
He took his pipe out of his mouth and rested
II on his knee refectively. Involuntarily as
though there reading epics of the past. his
eyes sought the walls where hung oil paintings
o( his father, his grandfather, his great
grandfather, whose offspring had wandered
from Vienna to settle In South and North
America In 1858, from which year the his
torian's ancestors have been Graded In
Americas development.
James Truslow Adams is not related to the
with such marked distinction. He was born
in Brooklyn in 1873. Even q boy books we're
his passion. He walked three miles to school
to save carfare for books. He was educated at
Yale, and Columbia and Wesleyan Universities
have since given him honorary degrees. His
where he began as an Office boy and ended as
. partner. He looks back at his business ex-
periences as the training school for his history
writings, for 1t gave him . practical knowledge
Of men and q frst-hand knowledge Of almost
every city in the United States He attended
the Peace Conference, and after the World War
retired from business to devote himself 70
writing.
Despite his scholarly interests and CONT
mental wanderings, Adams retains the appear
ance Of prosperous American business man.
Tall and broad-shouldered his eyes are keen
with intelligence his complexion rlddy with
health, his manner informal and friendly.
Although he was in English tweeds as we sat
in his drawing room in an old Victorian house
in Palace Court. London's Bayswater section.
the furnishings were all from his American
home, and he smilingly explained that he had
never acquired the old English custom of after
noon tea.
IN lot historian, but as man Of the
world would you prefer the society of an
American girl Of 1750 or of today" came my
next query we picked up the threads Of the
discourse
Undoubtedly present-day girl will do more
amusing things than would the girl Of 17sA
but don't know that she would necessarily
mean more to you, that man might love
her more or be more influenced by her." he ad-
mitted frankly. Women of those days were
not all fools nor all prudes, and in many ways
quite capable of interesting q man.
even the older woman of that time never
let her interests sag. For example, my own
reat-grandmother, he continued, was born
in 1900, about the time Washington died. and
lived until 1899. As young man I often
visited her. Every morning she read two news
papers to get the Democratic and Republican
side, and every night read her Bible in Greek.
Daring the Spanish American War-she was
se-she posted . big map IN her ROOM dotted
It with pins and flags snd 50 kept track Of all
the military movements. True, she wore lace
caps and white curls. but don't know many
women today who ~ TO Sc both sides Of ~
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