A Lesson from France
The American is ready enough to make any change in his habits of conduct, provided he originates it himself. But he willingly borrows no custom from foreigners. Now, there are many customs which he might borrow with profit.
Take…
“Women in Literature.” Independent, 7 May 1891, pp. 1-2.
There can surely be little doubt that women will occupy a much wider space in American literature during the next thirty years than they have done hitherto. Chatauqan circles[1], University…
“The ‘Black North’” Independent, 6 February 1902, pp. 338-40.
Mr. W. E. Burghardt Du Bois[1] has lately finished his series of advisory lectures[2] to the negroes. Just now our poor black brother is the most advised man in Christendom. First of all,…
“One or Two Plain Questions”
By Rebecca Harding Davis
Every day the Weather Bureau[1] gives us a report in the news papers of the condition of the temperature all over the country, and also a forecast of the weather to come, the sunshine, storms,…
“Two Methods with the Negro”
By Rebecca Harding Davis
The recent Negro Conference at Tuskegee[1] was especially useful, as it set before the public more clearly than ever before the black actor who is playing his part with the others on the national…
“The Plague Spot of America”
By Rebecca Harding Davis
The Prince of Wales, it is said, is at the head of a movement to honor the memory of Father Damien, the hero priest of Molokai,[1] by erecting a hospital for lepers in London. There are reported…
“One Woman’s Question”
By Rebecca Harding Davis
Did you ever notice a shrewd farmer as he goes over his fields, how he takes account of every trifling sign to find out their condition? Here he picks up a bit of earth and smells it and tastes it;…
“The Lesson of Decoration Day” Saturday Evening Post, 30 May 1903, p. 12.
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DECORATION DAY, as we have it now, is one of those popular customs which, like Jonah's gourd, have grown so fast and into such huge proportions that we have almost…
“A Great Object-Lesson”
The great Controller of the world does not often gratify the dramatic sense of his creatures with a finer scene than that of the death of the Pope[1] the other day. A man who was one of the foremost rulers of the world, who…
“Low Wages for Women”
I have read, within the last six days, as many earnest, carefully written papers in leading American and English magazines on the position of woman in the labor-field; if we can call that a position which is described as a…
