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Conservative *
for the chase , sullenly retire from the
field and rofnHO to associate with their
bristly competitor in vonery. Possibly
the hereditary and ineradicable enmity
between the dog and hog as domestic
animals may bo a survival of the fierce
antipathy which is known to exist be
tween the wolf and the wild boar. In
Burmah the ringed snake is trained for
the chase , and is especially serviceable in
flushing junglo-cook , since the reptile
can penetrate the thickest underbrush ,
where it would bo impossible for a dog
or a falcon to go.
MTJ5KAHY NOTES.
Houghton , Mifllin & Oo. have in press
four farces by Mr. Howolls which have
never boon reprinted from the magazines
inwhich they appeared. They arc en
titled "Bride Roses , " "Indian Giver , "
"Tho Smoking Oar , " and "Room 45. "
That they are bright , dolioiously humor
ous , exquisitely refined , and charming
in style is a matter of course since Mr.
Howolls wrote them. They will bo
brought out in little volumes of attrac
tive typography , simply and artistically
bound.
"Miss Johnston typewrites her own
stories , " writes Annie Keudriok Walker
in the Now York Times Saturday Re
view after an interview with Miss Mary
Johnston , the author of "To Have and
to Hold" which is now past its 200th
thousand. "She spent last summer at a
fashionable resort in the Alloghanies ,
and the click of her typewriter was fre
quently heard far into the summer's
night , as the was at work on the con
cluding chapters of "To Have and to
Hold , ' then running serially in the At
lantic Monthly. "
The second edition of "Tho School
and Society , " by Professor John Dewey ,
has just come from the University of
Chicago press and judging from the
interest shown bv school men in the
subject , a now edition will soon bo
needed. "The School and Society" is
based upon three lectures , "The School
and Social Progress , " "Tho School and
the Life of the Child , " and "Waste in
Education , " delivered by Professor
Dewey before popular audiences. The
appearance of the lectures in book form
is duo to the interest taken in educational
matters by Mrs. Emmous Elaine. In
handling his subject , Professor Dewey
speaks not merely from the theoretical
standpoint ; his work is based upon the
rock-bed of practical pedagogy and three
years' observation in the University of
Chicago Elementary School. This school
has been his laboratory.
We find today throughout the public
schools of the land , many so-called
"fads , " as nature study , sewing , cook
ing , manual training , etc. One or more
of these subjects may be found in the
course of study of every progressive
school. Criticisms have been numerous ,
first , because it has been difficult to
bring about close articulation between
the old curriculum and the "fads , " and
secondly people have not felt the full
import of such study. Professor Dewey
has treated the subject in a masterly
manner , delving beneath the surface
and demonstrating the incalculable
value of such training on the future life
of the child , ho has shown that the
"New Education" is not a mere acci
dent but is a part of the larger social
and industrial evolution that is sweep
ing the country. To organize these
factors , means "to make each one of
our schools an embryonic community
life , active with typos of occupation that
reflect the life of the larger society , and
permeated throughout with the spirit of
art , history and science. When the
school introduces and trains each child
of society into membership within such
a little community we shall have
the deepest and best guarantee of a larger
society which is worthy , lovely and
harmonious.This book will furnish
much food for reflection to teachers ,
parents and all who have the responsi
bility of bringing homo to the child the
real meaning of life. A. 0. F.
TIIK MOTHERS' CONGRESS AND MEN.
The mothers' congress is getting on
famously , though not exactly in the
direction mapped out for it by the lead
ers. The second day's session passed
with only remote reference to children ,
the time being devoted to the considera
tion of fathers. This was due , as might
have been expected , to the non-mothers ,
one of whom , Professor Ohrismau ,
hurled the statement at the congress
that man , being a reasoning animal ,
cannot love. It is to the credit of the
mothers that they promptly and em
phatically resented the charge that men
cannot love , and the inference there
from that women are unreasoning
miimalfl. bv vieorouslv hissing the un
fortunate Ohrisman. Then a Chicago
mother all Chicago mothers know that
men can love rose and mercilessly
flayed this Kansas non-mother. Other
mothers took a hand in. When plain
Tom Smith of Iowa sprang to his feet
and eloquently defended men as lovers
he carried off the laurels. The 3,000
mothers assembled loved him to a
woman , notwithstanding Mrs. Tom
Smith was tugging at his coat tails , un
certain where his indignant eloquence
might laud him. But Smith wont on ,
inspired by the memory of Paris , Mark
Antony , Leander and Abelard , and
finished his speech , with every mother
on her feet rending the air with enthu
siastic acclamations.
Distinctly flattering as this scene is to
man as a father , and reassuring as it is
to be told by 8,000 mothers that he can
love , the remainder of the proceedings
was not of a character to justify him in
pluming himself upon this delightful
information. Overlooking the infantile
theme which the congress was called to
discuss it proceeded to define the duties
of fathers. The definitions were of a
nature to arouse serious apprehensions
in the mind of man , to make Chrisman
regret his hasty conduct , and even to
dampen the eloquence of Smith. Cook
ing , making beds , washing and ironing ,
putting babies to bed , and caring for the
nursery were pronounced occupations
worthy of masculine consideration. The
mothers were confident that men could
learn how to perform these tasks , though
they were not prepared to indorse Bartle
Massey's taunt to Mrs. Poyeer that men
would do these things better than women
if they gave their minds to them.
Proceeding on this line , the radical
policy contemplated by the mothers is
indicated by the various propositions
offered looking to the education of man
in the affairs of the household , so as to
make his relations to the mother and to
the child more personal and expert.
They would have special courses in
schools and colleges , where young men
can be trained for the duties of father
hood by competent mothers , who.would
soon make them expert in the use of
rattles , rubber rings , and nursing bottles.
as well as connoisseurs in the tempera
ture of milk and the composition of
various kinds of soothing cordials. Nor
were the fathers overlooked. To make
up for lost time the mothers would have
them organized into fathers' congresses ,
where they could be taught the fine
points of the noble domestic drudgery.
No doubt was expressed that the fathers
would take to these congresses as ducks
take to water. And perhaps they would.
There is no knowing the degree of servile
acquiescence which the tyrant man has
reached under these repeated assaults
upon his old-time privileges. Undoubt
edly there are many cravens who would
promptly march into , the kitchen or even
into the nursery if they were ordered to
do so by firm and well advanced
mothers.
Now that the mothers have settled the
question of the fathers' duties , it is to
be hoped they will get back to the
original purpose of their congress
namely , the rearing of children. This
subject has been neglected too long.
They should not again allow themselves
to be switched off by the non-mothers
in attendance. Chicago Tribune.
A girl should be brought up so as to
bo able to make her own living , whether
or not she's going to inherit a fortune.
But a woman's place is in the home ,
though some women do better in busi
ness than men. A girl ought to be care
ful about the man she marries , too ,
especially if she has money. She
oughtn't to marry until she's old enough
to know what she's doing , anyway.
Hetty Green , in the June Ladies' Home
Journal.
