Out of the scabbard of the night
By God’s hand drawn,
Flashes his shining sword of light,
And lo—the dawn!
_Charlotte P. S. Gilman_
Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman was born at Hartford, Connecticut,
July 3, 1860. She began public work in 1890, lecturing on ethics,
economics and sociology; identifying herself with the labor question
and the advance of women.
She has written about a dozen books, her best works being _Woman and
Economics_ (1898) and _Human Work_ (1904). Her volume of verse, _In
This Our World_ (1898), hurls many a shaft of ironic wit. Beneath
the whimsical humor of “A Conservative” and the better known
“Similar Cases” (unfortunately too long to quote) there is a
sub-acid satire not easily forgotten.